1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1987-88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, lost in sweet sixteen 80-74 vs #6 Villanova
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1987-88 record	27-6 (25-5)^[1] (13-5 SEC)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton
Home arena	Rupp Arena

The 1987-88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton^[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27-6.^[3] However, the team forfeited three of their games to finish 25-5.^[4]

References

↑ "Sports-Reference: Forfeits and Vacated Games in College Basketball". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
↑ "1997-1988 Kentucky Wildcats Roster and Stats". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
↑ "1987-1988 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
↑ "Sports-Reference: Forfeits and Vacated Games in College Basketball". Retrieved 4 November 2013.

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)

Rivalries	Centre College (historical) Florida Georgetown College (historical) Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Fabulous Five "The Shot" The Unforgettables History under Adolph Rupp The Rivalry: Red v. Blue 2011 game vs. Indiana

People	Head coaches Honored players NBA draftees Cawood Ledford "Mr. Wildcat"

Seasons	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 2015–16

Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics