Overall: 26-7, .788 W-L% (19th of 290)
Conference: 11-3, 1st in CAA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Tarrant (26-7)
PS/G: 69.4 (197th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 65.3 (23rd of 290)
SRS: 3.95 (88th of 290) ▪ SOS: -0.11 (138th of 290)
NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in East)
Won East First Round (72-69) versus #4 Indiana
Won East Second Round (59-55) versus #5 Georgia Tech
Lost East Regional Semifinal (69-47) versus #1 Temple
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1987 | REG | Boston University | ECACN | W | 66 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 28, 1987 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | L | 76 | 87 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Dec 4, 1987 | REG | N | Tulsa | MVC | W | 64 | 60 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Arizona State | Pac-10 | W | 76 | 63 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 9, 1987 | REG | Radford | Big South | W | 67 | 53 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | W | 60 | 58 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1987 | REG | N | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 63 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 22, 1987 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 73 | 67 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 9 | Mon, Jan 4, 1988 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | L | 53 | 72 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 6, 1988 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 88 | 55 | 8 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 9, 1988 | REG | Navy | CAA | W | 78 | 63 | 9 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 11, 1988 | REG | La Salle | MAAC | W | 82 | 81 | 10 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 13, 1988 | REG | @ | American | CAA | W | 78 | 65 | 11 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 16, 1988 | REG | George Mason | CAA | W | 86 | 70 | 12 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 20, 1988 | REG | @ | James Madison | CAA | L | 54 | 58 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 23, 1988 | REG | East Carolina | CAA | W | 84 | 79 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 27, 1988 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 73 | 66 | 14 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 30, 1988 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | W | 77 | 69 | 15 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 2, 1988 | REG | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | W | 82 | 75 | 16 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 6, 1988 | REG | @ | Navy | CAA | L | 59 | 73 | 16 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 10, 1988 | REG | American | CAA | L | 63 | 68 | 16 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 13, 1988 | REG | @ | George Mason | CAA | W | 62 | 60 | 17 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 15, 1988 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 74 | 87 | 17 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 17, 1988 | REG | James Madison | CAA | W | 69 | 55 | 18 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 20, 1988 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CAA | W | 68 | 64 | 19 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 24, 1988 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 61 | 60 | 20 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 27, 1988 | REG | William & Mary | CAA | W | 73 | 65 | 21 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 5, 1988 | CTOURN | N | East Carolina | CAA | W | 67 | 41 | 22 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 6, 1988 | CTOURN | N | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 54 | 53 | 23 | 6 | W 6 | |
| 30 | Mon, Mar 7, 1988 | CTOURN | N | George Mason | CAA | W | 74 | 71 | 24 | 6 | W 7 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 18, 1988 | NCAA | N | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 72 | 69 | 25 | 6 | W 8 | |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 20, 1988 | NCAA | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 59 | 55 | 26 | 6 | W 9 | |
| 33 | Thu, Mar 24, 1988 | NCAA | N | Temple | A-10 | L | 47 | 69 | 26 | 7 | L 1 |