Overall: 20-12, .625 W-L% (74th of 290)
Conference: 8-6, 4th in OVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lake Kelly (20-12)
PS/G: 78.3 (51st of 290) ▪ PA/G: 76.2 (209th of 290)
SRS: 2.60 (107th of 290) ▪ SOS: 0.53 (131st of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#14 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (68-67) versus #3 Illinois
Lost Southeast Second Round (90-87) versus #6 Providence
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 69 | 71 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Fri, Dec 5, 1986 | REG | N | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 86 | 70 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | W | 73 | 68 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 9, 1986 | REG | @ | Rice | SWC | W | 73 | 70 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Thu, Dec 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 93 | 115 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW Coll | W | 69 | 66 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 73 | 79 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Thu, Dec 18, 1986 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 73 | 64 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 67 | 82 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 97 | 71 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 12, 1987 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 88 | 94 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | @ | Akron | OVC | L | 76 | 89 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 19, 1987 | REG | @ | Youngstown State | OVC | W | 74 | 68 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Morehead State | OVC | L | 63 | 64 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | @ | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | L | 77 | 79 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Murray State | OVC | L | 59 | 61 | 7 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 88 | 85 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 100 | 91 | 9 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 76 | 73 | 10 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | @ | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 90 | 74 | 11 | 9 | W 4 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | Youngstown State | OVC | W | 106 | 89 | 12 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | Akron | OVC | W | 63 | 58 | 13 | 9 | W 6 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Feb 27, 1987 | REG | @ | Murray State | OVC | L | 68 | 69 | 13 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Thu, Mar 5, 1987 | CTOURN | Morehead State | OVC | W | 78 | 76 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | @ | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 87 | 83 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 71 | 68 | 16 | 10 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 12, 1987 | NCAA | N | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 68 | 67 | 17 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 14, 1987 | NCAA | N | Providence | Big East | L | 87 | 90 | OT | 17 | 11 | L 1 |