Overall: 28-6, .824 W-L% (12th of 290)
Conference: 13-1, 1st in Mid-Cont (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charles Spoonhour (28-6)
PS/G: 69.6 (181st of 290) ▪ PA/G: 58.2 (1st of 290)
SRS: 9.70 (43rd of 290) ▪ SOS: -1.64 (169th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (65-60) versus #4 Clemson
Lost Southeast Second Round (67-63) versus #5 Kansas
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1986 | REG | N | Drake | MVC | L | 62 | 74 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | N | Southeastern Louisiana | GSC | W | 81 | 45 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 30, 1986 | REG | N | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | W | 61 | 46 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 5, 1986 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 53 | 57 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | Coppin State | MEAC | W | 84 | 52 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 18, 1986 | REG | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | W | 57 | 55 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | Saint Louis | MW Coll | L | 46 | 55 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | Arkansas | SWC | W | 56 | 49 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 55 | 59 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, Jan 6, 1987 | REG | @ | Brigham Young | WAC | W | 62 | 61 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | @ | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 67 | 57 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 72 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 19, 1987 | REG | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 89 | 75 | 9 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | L | 63 | 68 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 87 | 46 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 78 | 59 | 11 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 72 | 38 | 12 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 4, 1987 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 71 | 70 | 13 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 63 | 38 | 14 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 75 | 53 | 15 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 53 | 52 | 16 | 5 | W 7 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | W | 83 | 71 | 17 | 5 | W 8 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 56 | 54 | 18 | 5 | W 9 | |
| 24 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 46 | 19 | 5 | W 10 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 93 | 62 | 20 | 5 | W 11 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Mar 5, 1987 | CTOURN | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 81 | 60 | 21 | 5 | W 12 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 61 | 59 | 22 | 5 | W 13 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | W | 90 | 87 | 23 | 5 | W 14 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 13, 1987 | NCAA | N | Clemson | ACC | W | 65 | 60 | 24 | 5 | W 15 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 15, 1987 | NCAA | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 63 | 67 | 24 | 6 | L 1 |