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1987-88 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-9 (11-3, 2nd in Big 8 MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lon Kruger

PS/G: 75.4 (118th of 290)

PA/G: 68.0 (51st of 290)

SRS: 15.79 (18th of 290)

SOS: 10.14 (6th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (66-53) versus #13 La Salle
Won Midwest Second Round (66-58) versus #5 DePaul
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (73-70) versus #1 Purdue
Lost Midwest Regional Final (71-58) versus #6 Kansas

AP Poll Summary

1987-88 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	20

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	REG	N	San Diego State	WAC	0.23	W	79	68		1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	REG	@	Fresno State	PCAA	1.84	W	65	50		2	0	W 2	Selland Arena
3	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	REG		Kansas City			W	81	54		3	0	W 3	Ahearn Field House
4	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	-3.37	W	88	78		4	0	W 4	Omaha Civic Auditorium
5	Tue, Dec 8, 1987	REG		Missouri State	Mid-Cont	7.38	L	80	82		4	1	L 1	Ahearn Field House
6	Thu, Dec 17, 1987	REG		Southern Mississippi	Metro	9.10	L	69	71		4	2	L 2	Ahearn Field House
7	Sun, Dec 20, 1987	REG	@	Purdue (12)	Big Ten	21.83	L	72	101		4	3	L 3	Mackey Arena
8	Thu, Dec 31, 1987	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	11.48	W	81	69		5	3	W 1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
9	Sun, Jan 3, 1988	REG	N	Marquette	Ind	-1.01	W	78	57		6	3	W 2
10	Mon, Jan 11, 1988	REG	@	Southern Mississippi	Metro	9.10	L	89	91		6	4	L 1	Reed Green Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	REG		Oklahoma (3)	Big 8	29.48	W	69	62		7	4	W 1	Ahearn Field House
12	Tue, Jan 19, 1988	REG		Wichita State	MVC	7.49	W	58	47		8	4	W 2	Ahearn Field House
13	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6.61	W	76	60		9	4	W 3	Gallagher-Iba Arena
14	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	-0.63	W	68	60		10	4	W 4	Coors Events/Conference Center
15	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	REG	@	Kansas	Big 8	15.71	W	72	61		11	4	W 5	Allen Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	REG		Iowa State (16)	Big 8	12.68	W	79	68		12	4	W 6	Ahearn Field House
17	Sat, Feb 6, 1988	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	1.49	W	65	63		13	4	W 7	Ahearn Field House
18	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	17.80	L	75	79		13	5	L 1	Hearnes Center
19	Sat, Feb 13, 1988	REG	@	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	29.48	L	95	112		13	6	L 2	Lloyd Noble Center
20	Tue, Feb 16, 1988	REG		Colorado	Big 8	-0.63	W	83	65		14	6	W 1	Ahearn Field House
21	Thu, Feb 18, 1988	REG		Kansas	Big 8	15.71	L	63	64		14	7	L 1	Ahearn Field House
22	Mon, Feb 22, 1988	REG		Northern Illinois	Ind	-7.80	W	88	67		15	7	W 1	Ahearn Field House
23	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	12.68	W	83	66		16	7	W 2	James H. Hilton Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	6.61	W	59	58		17	7	W 3	Ahearn Field House
25	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	1.49	W	77	67		18	7	W 4	Bob Devaney Sports Center
26	Sat, Mar 5, 1988	REG		Missouri	Big 8	17.80	W	92	82		19	7	W 5	Ahearn Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	CTOURN	N	Nebraska	Big 8	1.49	W	75	70		20	7	W 6	Kemper Arena
28	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	CTOURN	N	Kansas	Big 8	15.71	W	69	54		21	7	W 7	Kemper Arena
29	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	CTOURN	N	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	29.48	L	83	88		21	8	L 1	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 17, 1988	NCAA	N	La Salle	MAAC	5.57	W	66	53		22	8	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
31	Sat, Mar 19, 1988	NCAA	N	DePaul	Ind	12.03	W	66	58		23	8	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
32	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	NCAA	N	Purdue (3)	Big Ten	21.83	W	73	70		24	8	W 3	Pontiac Silverdome
33	Sun, Mar 27, 1988	NCAA	N	Kansas	Big 8	15.71	L	58	71		24	9	L 1	Pontiac Silverdome