1987-88 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Kansas

Final Four: Arizona, Duke, Kansas and Oklahoma

Consensus Player of the Year: Hersey Hawkins

AP Preseason #1: Syracuse

AP Final #1: Temple

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Pacific-10 Conference	10	160	146	.523	7.22	6.67	1	2	1	Arizona	Arizona
2	Big Ten Conference	10	180	128	.584	12.80	9.21	1	5	0	Purdue
3	Missouri Valley Conference	8	121	115	.513	2.32	2.68	1	2	0	Bradley	Bradley
4	Big Sky Conference	9	135	125	.519	-2.09	-0.75	0	1	0	Boise State	Boise State
5	Southwest Conference	9	146	127	.535	1.62	1.53	0	3	0	Southern Methodist	Southern Methodist
6	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	156	96	.619	13.32	8.14	0	5	1	North Carolina	Duke
7	Big East Conference	9	182	110	.623	12.81	8.05	0	6	0	Pittsburgh	Syracuse
8	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	10	160	141	.532	6.22	5.59	0	3	0	Nevada-Las Vegas	Utah State
9	Mid-Continent Conference	8	124	101	.551	-1.67	-0.76	0	1	0	Missouri State
10	Trans America Athletic Conference	10	154	136	.531	-3.17	-1.97	0	1	0	Georgia Southern, Little Rock	UTSA
11	Southeastern Conference	10	182	131	.581	10.13	8.08	0	5	0	Kentucky	Kentucky
12	American South Conference	6	110	75	.595	0.82	-0.66	0	0	0	Louisiana Tech, New Orleans	Louisiana Tech
13	Sun Belt Conference	8	123	118	.510	-0.25	0.83	0	1	0	Charlotte	Charlotte
14	Independent	18	222	291	.433	-8.05	-4.10	0	2	0
15	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	131	82	.615	9.83	5.83	0	3	0	Louisville	Louisville
16	Ohio Valley Conference	8	115	120	.489	-3.72	-1.56	0	1	0	Murray State	Murray State
17	Southland Conference	8	101	132	.433	-4.90	-3.52	0	1	0	North Texas	North Texas
18	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North	10	122	165	.425	-10.45	-7.58	0	1	0	Siena	Boston University
19	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	130	103	.558	2.70	1.94	0	1	0	Loyola Marymount	Loyola Marymount
20	Big Eight Conference	8	160	102	.611	12.37	8.93	0	5	2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
21	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	6	95	79	.546	1.11	-0.36	0	1	0	Xavier	Xavier
22	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro	9	120	135	.471	-14.57	-11.65	0	1	0	Fairleigh Dickinson, Marist	Fairleigh Dickinson
23	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	160	141	.532	1.12	1.29	0	2	0	Temple	Temple
24	East Coast Conference	8	123	107	.535	-7.25	-6.63	0	1	0	Lafayette	Lehigh
25	Colonial Athletic Association	8	115	118	.494	-4.97	-2.79	0	1	0	Richmond	Richmond
26	Western Athletic Conference	9	165	119	.581	6.13	4.20	0	3	0	Brigham Young	Wyoming
27	Mid-American Conference	9	129	130	.498	-3.87	-2.16	0	1	0	Eastern Michigan	Eastern Michigan
28	Southern Conference	9	136	128	.515	-7.26	-5.08	0	1	0	Marshall	Chattanooga
29	Big South Conference	7	99	99	.500	-10.27	-7.56	0	0	0	Coastal Carolina	Winthrop
30	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	111	127	.466	-6.21	-4.25	0	1	0	La Salle	La Salle
31	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	100	130	.435	-11.30	-6.58	0	1	0	Southern	Southern
32	Ivy League	8	97	112	.464	-9.47	-5.61	0	1	0	Cornell
33	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	121	134	.475	-14.57	-11.74	0	1	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/1	3/8	Final
Arizona	Pac-10	7	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	2	3	2
Auburn	SEC		20
BYU	WAC							14	9	7	2	6	7	7	15	14	21
Bradley	MVC										16		18	14	17	12	12
DePaul	Ind																18
Duke	ACC	9	9	7	6	6	9	6	9	4	5	9	6	5	8	7	6
Florida	SEC	6	12	11	9	9	15	20	20	12	20	19			24
Georgetown	Big East	12	11	16	15	16	14	11	15	15	13	20	15		25
Georgia Tech	ACC				20									16	14	18	23
Illinois	Big Ten			19		19	18		14	14	17					19	17
Indiana	Big Ten	3	6	5	12	13	13	15				17			21		22
Iowa	Big Ten	10	3	8	17	15	16	18	19	18	14	15	13	13	11	15	16
Iowa State	Big 8				16	17	19	17	12	17
Kansas	Big 8	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	18						23
Kansas State	Big 8											14					20
Kentucky	SEC	5	1	1	1	2	1	5	3	9	10	10	9	12	10	6	5
Louisville	Metro	16													22
Loyola Marymount	WCAC												20	15	16	16	14
Memphis	Metro			20
Michigan	Big Ten	13	15	12	11	12	11	10	8	8	11	12	10	10	9	10	10
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/1	3/8	Final
Missouri	Big 8	8	10	17	19	20				20			17	17
NC State	ACC	20							20			13	14	18	12	11	11
New Mexico	WAC							19
Notre Dame	Ind		18
Oklahoma	Big 8	17	16	14	13	10	8	3	11	10	8	4	4	4	3	4	3
Pitt	Big East	4	5	3	3	4	2	7	6	11	9	8	8	6	7	5	8
Purdue	Big Ten	14	14	13	10	11	10	8	4	2	6	2	3	2	4	2	4
SMU	SWC																24
Southern Miss	Metro									20
St. John's (NY)	Big East						19				18
Syracuse	Big East	2	7	9	7	7	7	9	13	13	12	11	12	11	13	13	9
Temple	A-10	15	13	10	8	8	6	4	5	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
UNC	ACC	1	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	7	5	5	9	5	9	7
UNLV	PCAA	18	17	15	14	14	12	13	7	5	3	7	11	8	6	8	15
UTEP	WAC								16	16	19					20	25
Vanderbilt	SEC										15	18	16	19	18
Villanova	Big East									19
Wyoming	WAC	11	8	6	5	5	5	12	16			16	18	20	19	17	13
Xavier	MW Coll														20		19

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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