Overall: 20-10, .667 W-L% (56th of 290)
Conference: 8-6, 4th in CAA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Thurston (20-10)
PS/G: 75.1 (88th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 74.0 (174th of 290)
SRS: -0.81 (137th of 290) ▪ SOS: -1.84 (174th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 1, 1986 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 74 | 68 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 3, 1986 | REG | @ | West Virginia | A-10 | L | 68 | 89 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 70 | 67 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Sun, Dec 14, 1986 | REG | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 71 | 69 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 64 | 63 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Radford | Big South | W | 78 | 74 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 90 | 74 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 84 | 70 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | @ | George Mason | CAA | W | 80 | 77 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 7, 1987 | REG | Coastal Carolina | Big South | W | 110 | 95 | 9 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Navy | CAA | L | 70 | 95 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 12, 1987 | REG | American | CAA | L | 67 | 69 | 9 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | Central Connecticut State | Ind | W | 75 | 62 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | L | 61 | 71 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 19, 1987 | REG | @ | Richmond | CAA | W | 62 | 59 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 82 | 71 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | East Carolina | CAA | W | 78 | 70 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | Maryland | ACC | L | 76 | 90 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | George Mason | CAA | W | 75 | 69 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Navy | CAA | L | 71 | 73 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | @ | American | CAA | W | 82 | 77 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | William & Mary | CAA | W | 96 | 78 | 16 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | Richmond | CAA | L | 92 | 94 | 16 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 60 | 57 | 17 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 78 | 73 | 18 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CAA | L | 68 | 74 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | CTOURN | N | George Mason | CAA | W | 68 | 64 | 19 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 28 | Sun, Mar 1, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Navy | CAA | L | 64 | 85 | 19 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 12, 1987 | NIT | @ | Stephen F. Austin | GSC | L | 63 | 70 | 19 | 10 | L 2 |