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1987-88 Men's Big Eight Conference Season Summary

Record: 160-102, .611 W-L% (4th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 12.37 (4th of 33)

SOS: 8.93 (2nd of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Oklahoma

Player of the Year: Danny Manning

Coach of the Year: Billy Tubbs

Conference Tournament Champion: Oklahoma

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Oklahoma)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Kansas State and Oklahoma)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Oklahoma	12	2	.857	35	4	.897	102.9	81.0	29.5	7.6	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
2	Kansas State	11	3	.786	25	9	.735	75.4	68.0	15.8	10.1	NCAA Tournament
3	Kansas	9	5	.643	27	11	.711	75.3	67.9	15.7	10.8	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF; NCAA Champion
4	Missouri	7	7	.500	19	11	.633	87.0	78.2	17.8	9.1	NCAA Tournament
5	Iowa State	6	8	.429	20	12	.625	90.2	84.3	12.7	7.5	NCAA Tournament
6	Oklahoma State	4	10	.286	14	16	.467	72.8	73.2	6.6	7.8
7	Nebraska	4	10	.286	13	18	.419	71.2	75.1	1.5	6.8
8	Colorado	3	11	.214	7	21	.250	69.0	81.0	-0.6	11.6

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	20
Kansas	7	16	18	17	18	17	18	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa State	-	-	-	20	16	16	17	14	10	12	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	8	8	9	16	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	19	18	16	14	12	10	8	3	11	10	7	4	4	4	4	4	4
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Oklahoma	39	35	4	.897	12	2	15	0	7	2				39.3	79.3	.495	7.7	20.3	.378	.544	16.6	23.8	.696		42.5	22.1	12.5	5.2	13.6	20.5	102.9	81.0	29.48	7.61
2	Kansas State	34	25	9	.735	11	3	9	3	8	4				26.2	51.9	.506	5.3	10.9	.484	.556	17.7	24.0	.739		34.4	15.1	5.1	1.9	13.4	16.7	75.4	68.0	15.79	10.14
3	Kansas	38	27	11	.711	9	5	9	3	7	5				29.2	56.2	.521	2.1	6.1	.335	.539	14.8	21.4	.690		35.6	17.6	8.6	3.6	16.9	20.1	75.3	67.9	15.71	10.77
4	Missouri	30	19	11	.633	7	7	14	1	4	7				32.1	61.8	.520	3.4	8.2	.420	.547	19.3	28.2	.685		41.9	18.4	7.9	2.7	14.5	19.2	87.0	78.2	17.80	9.13
5	Iowa State	32	20	12	.625	6	8	11	3	6	5				34.4	71.1	.484	5.1	14.2	.357	.519	16.4	22.8	.718		39.1	21.7	9.2	3.8	15.3	20.7	90.2	84.3	12.68	7.52
6	Nebraska	31	13	18	.419	4	10	7	6	4	9				26.8	56.0	.479	2.8	7.9	.358	.504	14.7	20.5	.717		32.8	16.1	8.8	2.4	18.5	22.9	71.2	75.1	1.49	6.83
7	Oklahoma State	30	14	16	.467	4	10	7	5	5	8				27.3	54.9	.498	2.8	7.7	.365	.523	15.3	21.3	.717		33.5	16.2	8.3	2.8	17.3	19.6	72.8	73.2	6.61	7.83
8	Colorado	28	7	21	.250	3	11	6	7	1	12				25.8	58.5	.441	2.8	8.3	.335	.465	14.6	21.6	.676		34.9	15.2	6.6	2.9	17.4	20.4	69.0	81.0	-0.63	11.58

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.