Overall: 24-10, .706 W-L% (44th of 290)
Conference: 9-5, 3rd in Big 8 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Tubbs (24-10)
PS/G: 89.1 (3rd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 80.1 (264th of 290)
SRS: 16.80 (12th of 290) ▪ SOS: 7.89 (26th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in West)
Won West First Round (74-69) versus #11 Tulsa
Won West Second Round (96-93) versus #3 Pittsburgh
Lost West Regional Semifinal (93-91) versus #2 Iowa
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 21, 1986 | REG | Brigham Young | WAC | W | 119 | 110 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | PCAA | L | 81 | 90 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Tue, Dec 2, 1986 | REG | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 93 | 79 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 101 | 76 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 10, 1986 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | W | 84 | 65 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | Florida State | Metro | W | 109 | 92 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 108 | 62 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Dec 26, 1986 | REG | N | Creighton | MVC | W | 106 | 90 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | N | Texas Christian | SWC | L | 82 | 95 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Fri, Jan 2, 1987 | REG | Arkansas State | Southland | W | 77 | 57 | 8 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | W | 68 | 63 | 9 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 83 | 87 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 12, 1987 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 94 | 85 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 76 | 74 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | Nevada-Las Vegas | PCAA | W | 89 | 88 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 21, 1987 | REG | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | W | 94 | 67 | 13 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | W | 81 | 78 | 14 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 18 | Tue, Jan 27, 1987 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 87 | 62 | 15 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 29, 1987 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 82 | 76 | 16 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 86 | 82 | 17 | 3 | W 8 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 4, 1987 | REG | @ | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 80 | 66 | 18 | 3 | W 9 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 81 | 78 | 19 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 11, 1987 | REG | @ | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 74 | 75 | 19 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 84 | 86 | 19 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 108 | 84 | 20 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 133 | 97 | 21 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Feb 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 84 | 86 | 21 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 28 | Fri, Feb 27, 1987 | REG | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 89 | 90 | 21 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Mar 1, 1987 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 74 | 75 | 21 | 8 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 83 | 73 | 22 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Kansas | Big 8 | L | 77 | 82 | 22 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 13, 1987 | NCAA | N | Tulsa | MVC | W | 74 | 69 | 23 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 33 | Sun, Mar 15, 1987 | NCAA | N | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 96 | 93 | 24 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 34 | Fri, Mar 20, 1987 | NCAA | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 91 | 93 | OT | 24 | 10 | L 1 |