1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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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 Fisher
Captain Doug Lee
Home arena Mackey Arena
Seasons
« 1985-86 1987-88 »
1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
November 21
Bulgaria
Exhibition
W 104–73 
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
November 28*
#4 vs. Stetson W 97–65  1-0
 
Daytona Beach, FL
December 1*
Illinois State W 96–64  2-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 6*
#4 at Connecticut W 88–70  3-0
Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
December 8*
#3 Wichita State W 77–61  4-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 13*
#3 at Detroit W 89–65  5-0
 
Detroit, MI
December 20*
#2 Tampa W 79–48  6-0
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 22*
#2 at Toledo W 89–67  7-0
 
Toledo, OH
December 29*
#2 vs. #4 North Carolina
Dallas Morning News Classic
L 81–94  7-1
 
Dallas, TX
December 30*
#2 vs. Towson State
Dallas Morning News Classic
W 94–58  8-1
 
Dallas, TX
January 3
#2 Michigan State W 87–72  9-1
(1-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 5
#2 Michigan W 89–77  10-1
(2-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 8
#6 at Northwestern W 85–67  11-1
(3-0)
 
Evanston, IL
January 10
#6 at Wisconsin W 57–48  12-1
(4-0)
 
Madison, WI
January 14
#6 W 86–59  13-1
(5-0)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 18*
Louisville W 88–73  14-1
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 19
#6 #2 Iowa L 67–70  14-2
(5-1)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 22
#5 #9 Illinois W 87–86 OT 15-2
(6-1)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 29
#4 Ohio State W 75–73  16-2
(7-1)
 
Columbus, OH
January 31
#4 at Indiana
Indiana-Purdue rivalry
L 77–88  16-3
(7-2)
 
Bloomington, IN
February 5
#7 Wisconsin W 70–62  17-3
(8-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 7
#7 Northwestern W 86–60  18-3
(9-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 12
#7 at #4 Iowa W 80–73  19-3
(10-2)
 
Iowa City, IA
February 14
#7 at Minnesota W 81–73  20-3
(11-2)
 
Minneapolis, MN
February 23
#6 at #14 Illinois W 76–75 OT 21-3
(12-2)
 
Champaign, IL
February 26
#6 #3 Indiana W 75–64  22-3
(13-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 28
#6 Ohio State W 87–73  23-3
(14-2)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
March 4
#3 at Michigan State W 69–59  24-3
(15-2)
 
East Lansing, MI
March 7
#3 at Michigan L 68–104  24-4
(15-3)
 
Ann Arbor, MI
March 13*
#7 vs. Northeastern
NCAA Tournament • First Round
W 104–94  25-4
 29  Lee   
Syracuse, NY
March 15*
#7 vs. Florida
NCAA Tournament • Second Round
L 66–85  25-5
 17  Lewis/Stephens   
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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