Overall: 27-11, .711 W-L% (40th of 290)
Conference: 9-5, 3rd in Big 8 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Brown (27-11)
PS/G: 73.8 (124th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 68.9 (60th of 290)
SRS: 15.71 (19th of 290) ▪ SOS: 10.77 (2nd of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (85-72) versus #11 Xavier
Won Midwest Second Round (61-58) versus #14 Murray State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (77-64) versus #7 Vanderbilt
Won Midwest Regional Final (71-58) versus #4 Kansas State
Won National Semifinal (66-59) versus #2 Duke
Won National Final (83-79) versus #1 Oklahoma
| Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 28, 1987 | REG | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 81 | 100 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sun, Nov 29, 1987 | REG | N | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 75 | 81 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 3, 1987 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 68 | 63 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 63 | 54 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 10, 1987 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 73 | 62 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 12, 1987 | REG | Rider | ECC | W | 110 | 72 | 4 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1987 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 74 | 67 | 5 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 28, 1987 | REG | N | Memphis | Metro | W | 64 | 62 | 6 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 29, 1987 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 56 | 70 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 4, 1988 | REG | @ | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 67 | 57 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 6, 1988 | REG | American | CAA | W | 90 | 69 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1988 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 78 | 74 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 13, 1988 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 78 | 88 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1988 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 76 | 80 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 27, 1988 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 8 | L | 68 | 70 | 9 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1988 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 61 | 72 | 9 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Feb 3, 1988 | REG | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 65 | 73 | 9 | 8 | L 5 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 73 | 62 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 10, 1988 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 78 | 68 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1988 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 82 | 72 | 12 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Tue, Feb 16, 1988 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 70 | 48 | 13 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 18, 1988 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 64 | 63 | 14 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 20, 1988 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 70 | 74 | OT | 14 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 24, 1988 | REG | @ | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 87 | 95 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 27, 1988 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 82 | 77 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Wed, Mar 2, 1988 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 85 | 64 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 75 | 57 | 17 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 11, 1988 | CTOURN | N | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 74 | 58 | 18 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 12, 1988 | CTOURN | N | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 54 | 69 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 18, 1988 | NCAA | N | Xavier | MW Coll | W | 85 | 72 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 20, 1988 | NCAA | N | Murray State | OVC | W | 61 | 58 | 20 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 32 | Fri, Mar 25, 1988 | NCAA | N | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 77 | 64 | 21 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 27, 1988 | NCAA | N | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 71 | 58 | 22 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 34 | Sat, Apr 2, 1988 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | W | 66 | 59 | 23 | 11 | W 5 | |
| 35 | Mon, Apr 4, 1988 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | W | 83 | 79 | 24 | 11 | W 6 |