Overall: 18-13, .581 W-L% (95th of 290)
Conference: 10-6, 2nd in SWC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Iba (18-13)
PS/G: 67.2 (224th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 66.8 (48th of 290)
SRS: 4.92 (82nd of 290) ▪ SOS: 4.47 (68th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 79 | 86 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | L | 74 | 84 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Colorado State | WAC | L | 64 | 69 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Wed, Dec 10, 1986 | REG | North Texas | Southland | W | 82 | 75 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 12, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 68 | 92 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | N | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 63 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | @ | Texas-San Antonio | A-Sun | L | 83 | 85 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 73 | 69 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | @ | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 59 | 55 | 4 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | SWC | L | 56 | 71 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Texas | SWC | W | 62 | 56 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 14, 1987 | REG | Texas Tech | SWC | L | 50 | 56 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Jan 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Rice | SWC | W | 80 | 64 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 22, 1987 | REG | Arkansas | SWC | W | 63 | 62 | 7 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | W | 67 | 62 | 8 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | @ | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 71 | 70 | 9 | 7 | W 4 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | L | 73 | 75 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 4, 1987 | REG | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 69 | 63 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | L | 74 | 78 | 10 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 11, 1987 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 65 | 62 | 11 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | Houston | SWC | W | 63 | 57 | 12 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | Rice | SWC | L | 62 | 63 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SWC | L | 67 | 71 | 12 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 25, 1987 | REG | Texas State | GSC | W | 91 | 67 | 13 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 51 | 48 | 14 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Mar 5, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 83 | 69 | 15 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 27 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Houston | SWC | W | 54 | 52 | 16 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Texas A&M | SWC | L | 46 | 71 | 16 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 12, 1987 | NIT | @ | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | L | 41 | 42 | 16 | 13 | L 2 |