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1987-88 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 180-128, .584 W-L% (6th of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 12.80 (3rd of 33)

SOS: 9.21 (1st of 33)

Regular Season Champion: Purdue

Player of the Year: Gary Grant

Coach of the Year: Gene Keady

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Purdue)

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

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 teams (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan 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	Purdue	16	2	.889	29	4	.879	84.6	71.5	21.8	8.9	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Michigan	13	5	.722	26	8	.765	87.4	73.8	22.4	9.1	NCAA Tournament
3	Iowa	12	6	.667	24	10	.706	93.6	81.4	21.8	9.8	NCAA Tournament
3	Illinois	12	6	.667	23	10	.697	82.6	70.9	21.5	9.8	NCAA Tournament
5	Indiana	11	7	.611	19	10	.655	78.8	70.9	17.5	9.7	NCAA Tournament
6	Ohio State	9	9	.500	20	13	.606	75.9	74.9	9.0	8.6
7	Wisconsin	6	12	.333	12	16	.429	69.0	74.4	3.3	8.7
8	Michigan State	5	13	.278	10	18	.357	69.5	73.7	5.2	9.2
9	Minnesota	4	14	.222	10	18	.357	72.3	75.6	4.8	8.2
10	Northwestern	2	16	.111	7	21	.250	64.4	72.9	0.6	10.2

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
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	6	5	6	5	13	13	12	15	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	13	13	17	-	-	-	-	19	16
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	11	6	3	7	14	14	16	17	19	16	13	13	13	13	11	15	17
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	2	11	13	12	10	11	10	8	5	2	6	2	2	2	2	2	3
Michigan	9	15	15	13	11	12	11	10	7	8	11	12	10	7	10	10	10
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Purdue	33	29	4	.879	16	2	15	1	10	2				30.8	57.9	.532	4.8	10.9	.440	.574	18.1	26.5	.680		35.4	20.6	6.1	2.5	13.8	17.2	84.6	71.5	21.83	8.86
2	Michigan	34	26	8	.765	13	5	14	1	6	5				35.2	64.6	.546	2.8	6.8	.414	.567	14.1	19.4	.731		36.9	20.4	7.3	2.8	15.2	20.0	87.4	73.8	22.42	9.06
3	Illinois	33	23	10	.697	12	6	13	3	5	5				32.3	63.8	.506	1.2	4.2	.279	.516	16.7	25.1	.667		37.4	17.6	9.4	3.4	15.2	19.2	82.6	70.9	21.54	9.82
4	Iowa	34	24	10	.706	12	6	14	2	4	6				33.6	63.5	.528	5.5	13.3	.415	.572	20.9	29.3	.714		38.7	17.6	9.7	1.4	15.1	18.3	93.6	81.4	21.79	9.76
5	Indiana	29	19	10	.655	11	7	13	2	4	6				30.2	58.7	.515	2.9	6.2	.467	.539	15.4	20.9	.738		33.0	16.9	6.0	4.5	13.2	18.7	78.8	70.9	17.48	9.66
6	Ohio State	33	20	13	.606	9	9	12	3	4	9				27.2	57.9	.470	2.4	6.2	.384	.491	19.1	25.9	.737		35.6	14.0	6.3	2.2	16.0	19.0	75.9	74.9	8.95	8.61
7	Wisconsin	28	12	16	.429	6	12	8	6	3	10				25.4	55.0	.461	4.5	10.4	.432	.502	13.8	20.3	.680		30.0	15.8	7.0	2.4	15.3	18.5	69.0	74.4	3.30	8.70
8	Michigan State	28	10	18	.357	5	13	8	7	2	10				27.4	55.1	.497	2.5	5.9	.421	.519	12.3	18.2	.674		33.1	14.7	6.8	2.0	17.6	21.1	69.5	73.7	5.17	9.21
9	Minnesota	28	10	18	.357	4	14	8	8	2	10				28.6	60.2	.475	3.6	8.7	.414	.505	11.5	16.9	.684		35.0	14.2	5.7	1.9	14.3	21.4	72.3	75.6	4.85	8.21
10	Northwestern	28	7	21	.250	2	16	4	8	1	10				24.0	52.5	.458	3.6	9.1	.391	.492	12.8	17.6	.728		27.5	12.2	7.2	1.9	15.8	20.4	64.4	72.9	0.63	10.21