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1986-87 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 189-121, .610 W-L% (3rd of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 11.38 (3rd of 33)

SOS: 8.55 (2nd of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Indiana and Purdue

Player of the Year: Dennis Hopson

Coach of the Year: Tom Davis

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Purdue)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Purdue)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Indiana	15	3	.833	30	4	.882	82.5	70.9	20.7	9.1	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF; NCAA Champion
1	Purdue	15	3	.833	25	5	.833	81.7	70.6	18.1	8.1	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Iowa	14	4	.778	30	5	.857	87.3	74.4	20.6	8.0	NCAA Tournament
4	Illinois	13	5	.722	23	8	.742	80.3	70.4	18.0	8.7	NCAA Tournament
5	Michigan	10	8	.556	20	12	.625	88.2	79.3	15.0	8.7	NCAA Tournament
6	Ohio State	9	9	.500	20	13	.606	84.9	77.9	14.7	8.5	NCAA Tournament
7	Michigan State	6	12	.333	11	17	.393	75.2	77.0	6.2	7.9
8	Wisconsin	4	14	.222	14	17	.452	70.7	71.4	5.0	8.3
9	Minnesota	2	16	.111	9	19	.321	67.9	74.7	1.0	8.2
9	Northwestern	2	16	.111	7	21	.250	62.6	75.9	-5.6	10.0

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
Iowa	10	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	7	7	6	6
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	4	4	3	2	2	2	6	6	5	4	7	7	6	6	3	7
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	14	9	6	5	9	16	12	8	9	12	14	11	14	14	12	11
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	3	3	2	8	8	6	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	3

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	Indiana	34	30	4	.882	15	3	15	0	7	4				30.4	59.3	.513	3.8	7.5	.508	.545	17.9	23.4	.767		35.0	16.0	6.3	4.0	13.2	18.3	82.5	70.9	20.69	9.10
2	Purdue	30	25	5	.833	15	3	11	1	10	2				30.0	58.6	.512	4.4	10.8	.412	.550	17.2	25.7	.671		35.8	20.0	6.3	2.9	14.6	18.9	81.7	70.6	18.14	8.11
3	Iowa	35	30	5	.857	14	4	12	2	10	2				32.6	62.7	.520	4.2	10.9	.385	.553	17.9	26.5	.676		43.1	16.6	6.5	2.8	14.9	18.2	87.3	74.4	20.59	7.98
4	Illinois	31	23	8	.742	13	5	13	2	7	5				30.8	60.2	.513	3.6	7.8	.461	.543	15.0	20.9	.715		35.5	19.3	8.4	4.6	13.8	18.2	80.3	70.4	18.05	8.66
5	Michigan	32	20	12	.625	10	8	14	3	3	7				35.6	68.0	.524	4.9	11.4	.432	.560	12.0	16.0	.750		37.0	20.4	6.5	3.0	14.8	20.7	88.2	79.3	15.04	8.74
6	Ohio State	33	20	13	.606	9	9	11	4	5	6				30.2	61.6	.491	3.6	8.6	.418	.520	20.8	27.4	.760		33.8	15.0	8.5	1.3	14.0	19.3	84.9	77.9	14.67	8.48
7	Michigan State	28	11	17	.393	6	12	7	6	3	10				29.0	55.4	.524	2.6	6.2	.416	.547	14.6	18.9	.771		31.0	14.6	5.4	2.1	13.9	18.5	75.2	77.0	6.20	7.95
8	Wisconsin	31	14	17	.452	4	14	5	7	5	9				26.2	54.7	.479	5.2	11.5	.447	.527	13.1	19.2	.683		31.7	16.3	5.9	2.7	15.5	18.7	70.7	71.4	4.98	8.27
9	Minnesota	28	9	19	.321	2	16	6	8	1	11				27.5	61.1	.450	2.7	7.3	.373	.472	10.2	14.8	.691		32.3	10.6	6.1	1.7	12.9	21.0	67.9	74.7	0.99	8.18
10	Northwestern	28	7	21	.250	2	16	5	7	0	13				23.5	55.2	.426	2.1	6.0	.355	.446	13.4	20.3	.663		30.7	11.5	7.2	3.0	17.0	20.0	62.6	75.9	-5.56	10.04