Overall: 20-13, .606 W-L% (82nd of 290)
Conference: 9-9, 6th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gary Williams (20-13)
PS/G: 84.4 (12th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 78.2 (240th of 290)
SRS: 14.67 (18th of 290) ▪ SOS: 8.48 (16th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (91-77) versus #8 Kentucky
Lost Southeast Second Round (82-79) versus #1 Georgetown
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | Bucknell | ECC | W | 90 | 62 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 2, 1986 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 98 | 92 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Dec 4, 1986 | REG | Siena | ECACN | W | 101 | 57 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Ohio | MAC | W | 96 | 75 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | Bowling Green State | MAC | W | 89 | 52 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | Howard | MEAC | W | 82 | 63 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 16, 1986 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 86 | 89 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 19, 1986 | REG | @ | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 89 | 74 | 7 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | N | Florida | SEC | L | 72 | 82 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | N | Arkansas | SWC | L | 94 | 97 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sun, Dec 28, 1986 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 79 | 78 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | N | Florida | SEC | W | 88 | 84 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Sun, Jan 4, 1987 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 80 | 92 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 8, 1987 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 92 | 107 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 80 | 90 | 9 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 87 | 59 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 81 | 66 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 93 | 78 | 12 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 80 | 76 | 13 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Thu, Jan 29, 1987 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 73 | 75 | 13 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 2, 1987 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 65 | 82 | 13 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 5, 1987 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 95 | 87 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 90 | 72 | 15 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 12, 1987 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 83 | 69 | 16 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 75 | 60 | 17 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 80 | 82 | 17 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 88 | 73 | 18 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Feb 25, 1987 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 70 | 93 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 73 | 87 | 18 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 81 | 90 | 18 | 12 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 13, 1987 | NCAA | N | Kentucky | SEC | W | 91 | 77 | 19 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 15, 1987 | NCAA | N | Georgetown | Big East | L | 79 | 82 | 19 | 13 | L 1 |