Overall: 35-3, .921 W-L% (2nd of 290)
Conference: 17-1, 1st in Pac-10 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lute Olson (35-3)
PS/G: 84.8 (15th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 64.3 (18th of 290)
SRS: 28.95 (2nd of 290) ▪ SOS: 8.45 (27th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (90-50) versus #16 Cornell
Won West Second Round (84-55) versus #8 Seton Hall
Won West Regional Semifinal (99-79) versus #5 Iowa
Won West Regional Final (70-52) versus #2 North Carolina
Lost National Semifinal (86-78) versus #1 Oklahoma
| Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1987 | REG | N | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 133 | 78 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 28, 1987 | REG | N | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 79 | 64 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 29, 1987 | REG | N | Syracuse | Big East | W | 80 | 69 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 4, 1987 | REG | Long Beach State | PCAA | W | 94 | 62 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 73 | 68 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 8, 1987 | REG | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 77 | 59 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 12, 1987 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 66 | 59 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 16, 1987 | REG | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | W | 77 | 59 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Dec 20, 1987 | REG | @ | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 110 | 71 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 22, 1987 | REG | @ | Washington State | Pac-10 | W | 89 | 55 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | |
| 11 | Tue, Dec 29, 1987 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 78 | 58 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Dec 30, 1987 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 91 | 85 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 2, 1988 | REG | @ | New Mexico | WAC | L | 59 | 61 | 12 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 7, 1988 | REG | California | Pac-10 | W | 80 | 51 | 13 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 9, 1988 | REG | Stanford | Pac-10 | W | 90 | 65 | 14 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 14, 1988 | REG | @ | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 70 | 48 | 15 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 16, 1988 | REG | @ | Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 70 | 54 | 16 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 21, 1988 | REG | Southern California | Pac-10 | W | 92 | 48 | 17 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Jan 24, 1988 | REG | UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 86 | 74 | 18 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Jan 28, 1988 | REG | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 99 | 59 | 19 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Jan 30, 1988 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 78 | 70 | 20 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 4, 1988 | REG | @ | Stanford | Pac-10 | L | 74 | 82 | 20 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | @ | California | Pac-10 | W | 74 | 62 | 21 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 11, 1988 | REG | Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 89 | 57 | 22 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 14, 1988 | REG | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 77 | 62 | 23 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 18, 1988 | REG | @ | Southern California | Pac-10 | W | 103 | 68 | 24 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 20, 1988 | REG | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 78 | 76 | 25 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 28 | Thu, Feb 25, 1988 | REG | @ | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 101 | 73 | 26 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 29 | Thu, Mar 3, 1988 | REG | Washington State | Pac-10 | W | 79 | 41 | 27 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | REG | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 89 | 71 | 28 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 11, 1988 | CTOURN | California | Pac-10 | W | 88 | 64 | 29 | 2 | W 9 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Mar 12, 1988 | CTOURN | Stanford | Pac-10 | W | 97 | 83 | 30 | 2 | W 10 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Mar 13, 1988 | CTOURN | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 83 | 67 | 31 | 2 | W 11 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Fri, Mar 18, 1988 | NCAA | N | Cornell | Ivy | W | 90 | 50 | 32 | 2 | W 12 | |
| 35 | Sun, Mar 20, 1988 | NCAA | N | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 84 | 55 | 33 | 2 | W 13 | |
| 36 | Fri, Mar 25, 1988 | NCAA | N | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 99 | 79 | 34 | 2 | W 14 | |
| 37 | Sun, Mar 27, 1988 | NCAA | N | North Carolina | ACC | W | 70 | 52 | 35 | 2 | W 15 | |
| 38 | Sat, Apr 2, 1988 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 78 | 86 | 35 | 3 | L 1 |