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1986-87 Independent Season Summary
Record: 237-250, .487 W-L% (28th of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: -4.85 (23rd of 33) ▪ SOS: -2.67 (22nd of 33)
Regular Season Champion: DePaul
NCAA Tournament: 3 (DePaul, New Orleans and Notre Dame)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (DePaul, New Orleans and Notre Dame)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| DePaul* R | 28 | 3 | .903 | 76.1 | 62.5 | 16.3 | 2.7 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 26-2 | ||||
| New Orleans* | 26 | 4 | .867 | 81.5 | 69.6 | 11.1 | -0.8 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 24 | 8 | .750 | 65.1 | 59.4 | 11.7 | 6.0 | |||||
| Texas-Pan American | 16 | 12 | .571 | 76.3 | 74.7 | -1.6 | -3.2 | |||||
| Marquette | 16 | 13 | .552 | 72.9 | 69.2 | 6.1 | 2.4 | |||||
| Miami (FL) | 15 | 16 | .484 | 73.0 | 76.1 | -3.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Dayton | 13 | 15 | .464 | 69.0 | 71.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 | |||||
| Central Florida | 12 | 15 | .444 | 69.0 | 74.1 | -12.1 | -7.0 | |||||
| Maryland-Baltimore County | 12 | 16 | .429 | 66.5 | 69.6 | -13.9 | -10.8 | |||||
| Alliant International | 11 | 17 | .393 | 82.3 | 89.4 | -17.1 | -10.0 | |||||
| Chicago State | 11 | 17 | .393 | 73.1 | 80.1 | -7.5 | -0.5 | |||||
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | 17 | .393 | 70.2 | 77.0 | -5.7 | 1.1 | |||||
| Utica | 10 | 16 | .385 | 68.0 | 73.9 | -13.2 | -7.4 | |||||
| Brooklyn | 10 | 18 | .357 | 70.7 | 76.8 | -15.9 | -9.8 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | 9 | 19 | .321 | 74.6 | 81.4 | -7.6 | -0.8 | |||||
| Central Connecticut State | 8 | 21 | .276 | 65.8 | 71.6 | -15.1 | -9.4 | |||||
| Eastern Washington | 5 | 23 | .179 | 62.6 | 76.8 | -15.6 | -1.4 | |||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DePaul | 19 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| New Orleans | 19 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 20 | 18 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
DePaul won (76-62) versus Louisiana Tech (Midwest Regional)
New Orleans won (83-79) versus Brigham Young (Southeast Regional)
Notre Dame won (84-71) versus Middle Tennessee (East Regional)
Second Round
DePaul won (83-75) versus St. John's (NY) (Midwest Regional)
New Orleans lost (101-76) versus Alabama (Southeast Regional)
Notre Dame won (58-57) versus Texas Christian (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
DePaul lost (63-58) versus Louisiana State (Midwest Regional)
Notre Dame lost (74-68) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
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