Overall: 21-8, .724 W-L% (38th of 290)
Conference: 14-2, 2nd in Southern (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mack McCarthy (21-8)
PS/G: 74.2 (108th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 69.6 (93rd of 290)
SRS: -1.36 (148th of 290) ▪ SOS: -6.05 (233rd of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | Armstrong | Big South | W | 99 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 64 | 93 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Fri, Dec 5, 1986 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 63 | 62 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Georgia Southern | A-Sun | W | 79 | 68 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 16, 1986 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 66 | 51 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 19, 1986 | REG | N | Murray State | OVC | L | 67 | 76 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | N | Idaho State | Big Sky | L | 86 | 90 | 4 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | L | 74 | 75 | 4 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | Colgate | ECACN | W | 79 | 54 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Metro | W | 75 | 70 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 66 | 63 | 7 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 72 | 60 | 8 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 7, 1987 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 69 | 67 | 9 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 72 | 69 | 10 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 77 | 69 | 11 | 4 | W 7 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 22, 1987 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 61 | 53 | 12 | 4 | W 8 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | L | 81 | 94 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 75 | 63 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Jan 29, 1987 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 87 | 64 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 81 | 70 | 15 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | W | 63 | 55 | 16 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 79 | 78 | 17 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 84 | 70 | 18 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 75 | 60 | 19 | 5 | W 7 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 82 | 78 | 20 | 5 | W 8 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 61 | 56 | 21 | 5 | W 9 | |
| 27 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | L | 71 | 86 | 21 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Feb 27, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Western Carolina | Southern | L | 72 | 73 | OT | 21 | 7 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 12, 1987 | NIT | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | L | 73 | 92 | 21 | 8 | L 3 |