1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1986-87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 66–85 vs. Florida
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#7
1986-87 record	25–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady
Captain	Tim Fischer
Captain	Doug Lee
Home arena	Mackey Arena

	Conf				Overall
1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	30	–	4	.882
#7 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
#6 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
#11 Illinois	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Minnesota	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll)

The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986-87 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 21		Bulgaria (Exhibition)	W 104–73		Mackey Arena
November 28*	#4	vs. Stetson	W 97–65	1-0
December 1*		Illinois State	W 96–64	2-0	Mackey Arena
December 6*	#4	at Connecticut	W 88–70	3-0	Hartford Civic Center
December 8*	#3	Wichita State	W 77–61	4-0	Mackey Arena
December 13*	#3	at Detroit	W 89–65	5-0
December 20*	#2	Tampa	W 79–48	6-0	Mackey Arena
December 22*	#2	at Toledo	W 89–67	7-0
December 29*	#2	vs. #4 North Carolina (Dallas Morning News Classic)	L 81–94	7-1
December 30*	#2	vs. Towson State (Dallas Morning News Classic)	W 94–58	8-1
January 3	#2	Michigan State	W 87–72	9-1 (1-0)	Mackey Arena
January 5	#2	Michigan	W 89–77	10-1 (2-0)	Mackey Arena
January 8	#6	at Northwestern	W 85–67	11-1 (3-0)
January 10	#6	at Wisconsin	W 57–48	12-1 (4-0)
January 14	#6		W 86–59	13-1 (5-0)	Mackey Arena
January 18*		Louisville	W 88–73	14-1	Mackey Arena
January 19	#6	#2 Iowa	L 67–70	14-2 (5-1)	Mackey Arena
January 22	#5	#9 Illinois	W 87–86 ^OT	15-2 (6-1)	Mackey Arena
January 29	#4	Ohio State	W 75–73	16-2 (7-1)
January 31	#4	at Indiana (Indiana-Purdue rivalry)	L 77–88	16-3 (7-2)
February 5	#7	Wisconsin	W 70–62	17-3 (8-2)	Mackey Arena
February 7	#7	Northwestern	W 86–60	18-3 (9-2)	Mackey Arena
February 12	#7	at #4 Iowa	W 80–73	19-3 (10-2)
February 14	#7	at Minnesota	W 81–73	20-3 (11-2)
February 23	#6	at #14 Illinois	W 76–75 ^OT	21-3 (12-2)
February 26	#6	#3 Indiana	W 75–64	22-3 (13-2)	Mackey Arena
February 28	#6	Ohio State	W 87–73	23-3 (14-2)	Mackey Arena
March 4	#3	at Michigan State	W 69–59	24-3 (15-2)
March 7	#3	at Michigan	L 68–104	24-4 (15-3)
March 13*	#7	vs. Northeastern (NCAA Tournament • First Round)	W 104–94	25-4	29 - Lee
March 15*	#7	vs. Florida (NCAA Tournament • Second Round)	L 66–85	25-5	17 - Lewis/Stephens
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book Retrieved April 29, 2013.

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)

Rivalries	Indiana

Culture & lore	History Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

People	Head coaches Award winners

Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics