Overall: 22-7, .759 W-L% (27th of 290)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in Mid-Cont (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Charles Spoonhour (22-7)
PS/G: 71.1 (168th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 63.9 (16th of 290)
SRS: 7.38 (67th of 290) ▪ SOS: 0.16 (136th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (54-50) versus #4 Nevada-Las Vegas
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 28, 1987 | REG | San Francisco | WCC | W | 80 | 57 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 29, 1987 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | L | 58 | 69 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SWC | L | 47 | 53 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 8, 1987 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 82 | 80 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Thu, Dec 10, 1987 | REG | Alabama State | SWAC | W | 75 | 71 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 12, 1987 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 74 | 77 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1987 | REG | Texas State | Southland | W | 71 | 56 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 21, 1987 | REG | Arkansas State | ASC | W | 65 | 57 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Dec 27, 1987 | REG | N | Southern Mississippi | Metro | L | 82 | 89 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 28, 1987 | REG | N | Grambling | SWAC | W | 77 | 60 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 4, 1988 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 58 | 56 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 7, 1988 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 64 | 49 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 16, 1988 | REG | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 75 | 67 | 9 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 18, 1988 | REG | @ | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 44 | 70 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 23, 1988 | REG | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | W | 89 | 84 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 25, 1988 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 57 | 55 | 11 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1988 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 72 | 44 | 12 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 18 | Mon, Feb 1, 1988 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 51 | 13 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | @ | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 77 | 65 | 14 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 8, 1988 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 93 | 78 | 15 | 5 | W 6 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 13, 1988 | REG | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 84 | 70 | 16 | 5 | W 7 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 15, 1988 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | Mid-Cont | L | 53 | 75 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 20, 1988 | REG | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 76 | 56 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 22, 1988 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 80 | 65 | 18 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 25, 1988 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 88 | 66 | 19 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | REG | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 70 | 52 | 20 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 18, 1988 | NCAA | N | Nevada-Las Vegas | PCAA | L | 50 | 54 | 20 | 7 | L 1 |