Overall: 25-8, .758 W-L% (26th of 290)
Conference: 12-4, 2nd in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Evans (25-8)
PS/G: 83.6 (15th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 74.2 (179th of 290)
SRS: 16.59 (13th of 290) ▪ SOS: 7.25 (32nd of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Won West First Round (93-68) versus #14 Marist
Lost West Second Round (96-93) versus #6 Oklahoma
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Dec 3, 1986 | REG | @ | Saint Francis (PA) | ECACM | W | 108 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 97 | 99 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | Xavier | MW Coll | W | 99 | 76 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 13, 1986 | REG | West Virginia | A-10 | W | 78 | 57 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | Robert Morris | ECACM | W | 77 | 60 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 23, 1986 | REG | @ | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 73 | 93 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 79 | 76 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Sun, Dec 28, 1986 | REG | N | Arkansas | SWC | W | 114 | 82 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | N | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 98 | 82 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 76 | 67 | 8 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | Akron | OVC | W | 67 | 65 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | L | 70 | 82 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 12, 1987 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 102 | 77 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 14, 1987 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 87 | 85 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | Chicago State | Ind | W | 112 | 70 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 19, 1987 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 62 | 63 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 80 | 62 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | W | 84 | 70 | 14 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 95 | 81 | 15 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 73 | 52 | 16 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 4, 1987 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | W | 58 | 57 | 17 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | W | 87 | 81 | 18 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 9, 1987 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | W | 63 | 61 | 19 | 4 | W 7 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 72 | 67 | 20 | 4 | W 8 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 52 | 65 | 20 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 76 | 66 | 21 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 94 | 83 | 22 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 74 | 76 | 22 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 96 | 88 | 23 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Syracuse | Big East | L | 85 | 99 | 23 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 13, 1987 | NCAA | N | Marist | ECACM | W | 93 | 68 | 24 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 15, 1987 | NCAA | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 93 | 96 | 24 | 8 | L 1 |