Overall: 14-17, .452 W-L% (192nd of 290)
Conference: 4-14, 8th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Steve Yoder (14-17)
PS/G: 69.2 (190th of 290) ▪ PA/G: 72.5 (143rd of 290)
SRS: 4.98 (81st of 290) ▪ SOS: 8.27 (17th of 290)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1986 | REG | South Florida | Sun Belt | W | 65 | 51 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 1, 1986 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 71 | 84 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 4, 1986 | REG | South Carolina | Metro | W | 47 | 45 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1986 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | L | 66 | 80 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 8, 1986 | REG | @ | Miami (FL) | Ind | W | 65 | 54 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Thu, Dec 11, 1986 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | Ind | W | 95 | 63 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 22, 1986 | REG | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 72 | 68 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 27, 1986 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | W | 82 | 77 | 6 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 9 | Sun, Dec 28, 1986 | REG | N | California | Pac-10 | W | 66 | 63 | 7 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 29, 1986 | REG | N | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 82 | 98 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1987 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 67 | 69 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 63 | 78 | 7 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 8, 1987 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 66 | 68 | 7 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 10, 1987 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 48 | 57 | 7 | 7 | L 5 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 15, 1987 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 65 | 103 | 7 | 8 | L 6 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 17, 1987 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 66 | 81 | 7 | 9 | L 7 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 22, 1987 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 78 | 81 | 7 | 10 | L 8 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 24, 1987 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 78 | 84 | 7 | 11 | L 9 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1987 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 62 | 57 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 5, 1987 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 62 | 70 | 8 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 7, 1987 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 74 | 99 | 8 | 13 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 12, 1987 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 69 | 83 | 8 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 16, 1987 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 85 | 86 | 3OT | 8 | 15 | L 4 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 18, 1987 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 64 | 77 | 8 | 16 | L 5 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 21, 1987 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 65 | 63 | 9 | 16 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Sun, Mar 1, 1987 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 76 | 59 | 10 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 5, 1987 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 69 | 52 | 11 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 8, 1987 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 71 | 81 | 11 | 17 | L 1 |