1986-87 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary

Record: 181-105, .633 W-L% (2nd of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 10.47 (4th of 33)

SOS: 6.55 (5th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Georgetown, Pitt and Syracuse

Player of the Year: Reggie Williams

Coach of the Year: John Thompson Jr

Conference Tournament Champion: Georgetown

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Georgetown, Pitt, Providence, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Georgetown, Pitt and Syracuse)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Georgetown, Pitt and Syracuse)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Georgetown	12	4	.750	29	5	.853	77.8	64.2	17.2	8.0	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Pittsburgh	12	4	.750	25	8	.758	84.3	72.8	16.6	7.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Syracuse	12	4	.750	31	7	.816	82.8	72.8	18.0	8.2	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
4	Providence	10	6	.625	25	9	.735	86.6	77.1	15.1	5.5	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
5	St. John's (NY)	10	6	.625	21	9	.700	69.8	64.6	12.5	7.3	NCAA Tournament
6	Villanova	6	10	.375	15	16	.484	72.3	72.2	7.4	7.3
7	Seton Hall	4	12	.250	15	14	.517	77.6	74.9	6.2	4.2
8	Boston College	3	13	.188	11	18	.379	64.6	68.0	2.0	5.3
9	Connecticut	3	13	.188	9	19	.321	62.1	68.6	-0.6	5.8

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	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	3/2	Final
Seton Hall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgetown	18	16	13	10	10	8	16	9	15	11	10	13	11	8	7	4
UConn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	15	17	12	9	7	7	5	5	7	6	11	9	9	11	10	10
Boston College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	20	19	20	-	-
Pitt	16	12	17	14	14	17	14	18	16	17	13	10	8	9	11	12
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	15	15	10	10	13	14	15	19	16	20	-	-	-

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	Georgetown	34	29	5	.853	12	4	13	1	5	3				27.8	60.4	.460	4.4	11.9	.368	.497	17.7	26.6	.666		40.4	15.5	9.4	3.5	13.6	20.9	77.8	64.2	17.19	8.02
2	Pitt	33	25	8	.758	12	4	11	3	8	3				30.3	59.5	.509	3.3	8.9	.373	.537	20.1	29.1	.689		41.5	17.8	5.9	4.5	14.8	20.9	84.3	72.8	16.60	7.26
3	Syracuse	38	31	7	.816	12	4	15	2	5	3				31.7	61.4	.516	2.6	6.5	.403	.538	16.8	25.8	.650		40.1	18.3	7.2	5.1	13.7	18.3	82.8	72.8	17.98	8.23
4	Providence	34	25	9	.735	10	6	13	3	7	4				29.2	64.4	.454	8.2	19.6	.421	.518	19.9	25.9	.766		36.4	16.9	9.3	4.1	14.7	28.4	86.6	77.1	15.11	5.47
5	St. John's (NY)	30	21	9	.700	10	6	14	4	5	4				26.5	55.2	.480	1.9	4.8	.386	.497	14.9	21.5	.695		35.1	12.8	6.2	3.1	12.2	17.9	69.8	64.6	12.46	7.26
6	Villanova	31	15	16	.484	6	10	8	6	5	7				27.3	58.1	.471	3.0	7.9	.377	.496	14.7	19.5	.751		32.2	13.7	6.4	2.5	13.6	20.8	72.3	72.2	7.36	7.33
7	Seton Hall	29	15	14	.517	4	12	10	5	4	7				27.2	56.7	.479	2.7	7.4	.364	.503	20.6	29.0	.708		37.5	15.1	5.7	4.2	15.2	21.6	77.6	74.9	6.21	4.21
8	Boston College	29	11	18	.379	3	13	6	8	3	7				23.9	50.2	.477	2.8	7.6	.368	.505	14.0	19.7	.708		29.7	11.5	4.7	2.5	12.4	17.9	64.6	68.0	1.97	5.32
9	UConn	28	9	19	.321	3	13	7	10	2	7				23.4	55.9	.419	1.8	5.5	.327	.435	13.6	21.1	.642		35.7	13.9	4.8	3.5	14.2	18.9	62.1	68.6	-0.62	5.84

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