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1987-88 Men's Big East Conference Season Summary

Record: 182-110, .623 W-L% (1st of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 12.81 (2nd of 33)

SOS: 8.05 (5th of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Pitt

Player of the Year: Charles Smith

Coach of the Year: P.J. Carlesimo

Conference Tournament Champion: Syracuse

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Georgetown, Pitt, Seton Hall, St. John's (NY), Syracuse and Villanova)

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

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (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	Pittsburgh	12	4	.750	24	7	.774	79.8	71.0	17.0	8.2	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Syracuse	11	5	.688	26	9	.743	84.7	70.5	22.7	8.5	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Georgetown	9	7	.563	20	10	.667	71.9	62.4	14.2	8.4	NCAA Tournament
4	Villanova	9	7	.563	24	13	.649	71.9	68.6	13.9	10.5	NCAA Tournament
5	St. John's (NY)	8	8	.500	17	12	.586	71.3	68.4	11.9	9.1	NCAA Tournament
6	Seton Hall	8	8	.500	22	13	.629	79.1	71.5	14.6	7.4	NCAA Tournament
7	Boston College	6	10	.375	18	15	.545	75.3	71.7	9.0	6.1
8	Providence	5	11	.313	11	17	.393	76.5	82.5	3.1	9.2
9	Connecticut	4	12	.250	20	14	.588	69.8	65.9	8.9	5.0

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	1	3	8	9	7	7	7	9	14	17	12	11	12	10	12	13	9
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seton Hall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pitt	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	6	6	11	9	5	8	6	7	5	8
Boston College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgetown	16	17	14	18	19	18	14	11	15	15	14	-	18	-	-	-	-
UConn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	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	Pitt	31	24	7	.774	12	4	11	2	8	3				28.3	57.0	.497	3.7	9.3	.401	.529	19.5	27.1	.718		38.1	18.3	6.2	4.4	16.3	19.1	79.8	71.0	16.96	8.15
2	Syracuse	35	26	9	.743	11	5	13	3	8	3				32.4	62.7	.517	3.5	9.1	.378	.545	16.4	27.3	.600		41.5	19.9	7.8	5.0	11.1	17.7	84.7	70.5	22.66	8.55
3	Georgetown	30	20	10	.667	9	7	11	1	5	6				27.6	61.0	.452	4.1	11.6	.351	.486	12.7	21.2	.602		39.2	14.4	10.6	3.8	14.3	21.3	71.9	62.4	14.17	8.43
4	Villanova	37	24	13	.649	9	7	10	3	6	6				26.2	52.2	.502	4.4	10.8	.406	.543	15.1	21.0	.720		32.9	14.8	5.8	4.1	15.2	19.2	71.9	68.6	13.92	10.54
5	Seton Hall	35	22	13	.629	8	8	10	3	5	7				28.5	58.3	.490	3.3	8.9	.365	.518	18.7	25.1	.747		37.4	16.8	7.2	4.1	14.7	20.3	79.1	71.5	14.59	7.42
6	St. John's (NY)	29	17	12	.586	8	8	11	6	6	5				26.6	54.4	.489	1.0	3.3	.299	.498	17.1	23.2	.736		35.2	12.7	6.8	3.5	14.1	18.4	71.3	68.4	11.93	9.13
7	Boston College	33	18	15	.545	6	10	12	3	4	9				27.0	55.8	.484	5.8	13.0	.449	.537	15.5	21.5	.717		32.2	14.0	5.2	2.7	13.2	20.7	75.3	71.7	9.01	6.07
8	Providence	28	11	17	.393	5	11	11	7	0	9				26.8	61.8	.433	5.7	15.5	.368	.479	17.3	22.9	.756		32.3	14.8	11.0	3.7	17.5	23.7	76.5	82.5	3.12	9.23
9	UConn	34	20	14	.588	4	12	10	6	5	7				25.7	55.7	.461	3.4	8.5	.406	.492	15.0	21.7	.692		35.8	15.4	6.3	3.2	13.2	19.0	69.8	65.9	8.92	4.95

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