Overall: 10-18, .357 W-L% (216th of 290)
Conference: 5-13, 8th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jud Heathcote (10-18)
PS/G: 69.7 (193rd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 73.7 (150th of 290)
SRS: 5.17 (78th of 290) ▪ SOS: 9.21 (16th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1987 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 65 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 2, 1987 | REG | Maine | ECACN | W | 87 | 44 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | George Washington | A-10 | L | 64 | 65 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 12, 1987 | REG | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 69 | 52 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 15, 1987 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 78 | 64 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 17, 1987 | REG | @ | Eastern Michigan | MAC | L | 80 | 84 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1987 | REG | @ | Austin Peay | OVC | L | 77 | 85 | 4 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 22, 1987 | REG | San Jose State | PCAA | W | 82 | 68 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 29, 1987 | REG | @ | Arizona | Pac-10 | L | 58 | 78 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 30, 1987 | REG | N | Florida | SEC | L | 59 | 83 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 7, 1988 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 72 | 78 | 5 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1988 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 62 | 77 | 5 | 7 | L 4 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 14, 1988 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 72 | 90 | 5 | 8 | L 5 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 16, 1988 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 75 | 74 | OT | 6 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 20, 1988 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 67 | 78 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 27, 1988 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 56 | 59 | 6 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Feb 1, 1988 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 64 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Feb 4, 1988 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 65 | 64 | 8 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 77 | 101 | 8 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 10, 1988 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 70 | 72 | 8 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 13, 1988 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 65 | 83 | 8 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 18, 1988 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 58 | 95 | 8 | 14 | L 4 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 22, 1988 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 67 | 77 | 8 | 15 | L 5 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1988 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 78 | 77 | 9 | 15 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 3, 1988 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 87 | 103 | 9 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 61 | 62 | 9 | 17 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Thu, Mar 10, 1988 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 55 | 53 | 10 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 12, 1988 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 69 | 71 | 10 | 18 | L 1 |