Overall: 23-11, .676 W-L% (54th of 290)
Conference: 6-6, 3rd in Metro (Schedule and Results)
Coach: M.K. Turk (23-11)
PS/G: 80.4 (33rd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 75.2 (191st of 290)
SRS: 7.34 (60th of 290) ▪ SOS: 2.11 (111th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 1, 1986 | REG | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | W | 84 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | N | Arkansas State | Southland | L | 72 | 85 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 11, 1986 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 101 | 80 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 20, 1986 | REG | North Texas | Southland | W | 92 | 58 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | @ | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 90 | 77 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 6 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | N | Samford | A-Sun | W | 87 | 77 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 30, 1986 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 70 | 75 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 71 | 53 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Jan 7, 1987 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Metro | L | 58 | 66 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 14, 1987 | REG | Louisville | Metro | W | 76 | 69 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Jan 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 72 | 85 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 22, 1987 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 79 | 68 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | Florida State | Metro | L | 74 | 94 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 26, 1987 | REG | @ | McNeese State | Southland | W | 72 | 62 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 28, 1987 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ind | L | 72 | 73 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | South Carolina | Metro | W | 71 | 57 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Feb 2, 1987 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | W | 84 | 77 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 14, 1987 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 72 | 76 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 84 | 85 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 19, 1987 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 76 | 64 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 89 | 77 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 23, 1987 | REG | Arkansas State | Southland | L | 73 | 75 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 28, 1987 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | L | 102 | 117 | 13 | 10 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Fri, Mar 6, 1987 | CTOURN | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 83 | 66 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Mar 7, 1987 | CTOURN | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 71 | 78 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Fri, Mar 13, 1987 | NIT | Mississippi | SEC | W | 93 | 75 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 17, 1987 | NIT | @ | Saint Louis | MW Coll | W | 83 | 78 | 16 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 21, 1987 | NIT | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 95 | 84 | 17 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 29 | Tue, Mar 24, 1987 | NIT | N | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 82 | 75 | 18 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 30 | Thu, Mar 26, 1987 | NIT | N | La Salle | MAAC | W | 84 | 80 | 19 | 11 | W 5 |