Overall: 18-14, .563 W-L% (114th of 290)
Conference: 9-3, 1st in Metro (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Denny Crum (18-14)
PS/G: 73.3 (123rd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 72.3 (140th of 290)
SRS: 8.68 (50th of 290) ▪ SOS: 7.62 (30th of 290)
| Pre | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
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| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1986 | REG | N | Northeastern | ECACN | L | 84 | 88 | OT | 0 | 1 | L 1 |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | N | Washington | Pac-10 | L | 54 | 69 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 30, 1986 | REG | N | Texas | SWC | L | 70 | 74 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 98 | 86 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | Fairleigh Dickinson | ECACM | W | 82 | 74 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 10, 1986 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 60 | 58 | 3 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | DePaul | Ind | L | 68 | 75 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 58 | 67 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 51 | 85 | 3 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | Rutgers | A-10 | W | 79 | 49 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | Nevada | Big Sky | W | 92 | 77 | 5 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | W | 73 | 64 | 6 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | W | 67 | 64 | 7 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | Metro | L | 69 | 76 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sun, Jan 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 73 | 88 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 20, 1987 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 84 | 62 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 22, 1987 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 81 | 69 | 9 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 48 | 64 | 9 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 58 | 62 | 9 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 2, 1987 | REG | South Carolina | Metro | W | 90 | 62 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 90 | 71 | 11 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 87 | 75 | 12 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 11, 1987 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Metro | W | 59 | 55 | 13 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 72 | 99 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Metro | W | 85 | 84 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | Florida State | Metro | W | 87 | 71 | 15 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Feb 22, 1987 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | L | 57 | 58 | 15 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Wed, Feb 25, 1987 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 81 | 69 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | L | 86 | 99 | 16 | 13 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | Southern Mississippi | Metro | W | 78 | 71 | 17 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Mar 8, 1987 | CTOURN | Memphis | Metro | L | 52 | 75 | 17 | 14 | L 1 |