1987-88 Arizona Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-3 (17-1, 1st in Pac-10 MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lute Olson

PS/G: 85.1 (15th of 290)

PA/G: 64.2 (18th of 290)

SRS: 28.95 (2nd of 290)

SOS: 8.45 (27th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (90-50) versus #16 Cornell
Won West Second Round (84-55) versus #8 Seton Hall
Won West Regional Semifinal (99-79) versus #5 Iowa
Won West Regional Final (70-52) versus #2 North Carolina
Lost National Semifinal (86-78) versus #1 Oklahoma

Pac-10 Reg Season Champ
Pac-10 Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1987-88 Season AP Poll summary

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
Arizona	17	9	4	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	REG	N	Duquesne	A-10	-6.13	W	133	78		1	0	W 1	Sullivan Arena
2	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	REG	N	Michigan (9)	Big Ten	22.42	W	79	64		2	0	W 2	Sullivan Arena
3	Mon, Nov 30, 1987	REG	N	Syracuse (3)	Big East	22.66	W	80	69		3	0	W 3	Sullivan Arena
4	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	REG		Long Beach State	PCAA	7.71	W	94	62		4	0	W 4	McKale Center
5	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	REG		Pepperdine	WCAC	5.97	W	73	68		5	0	W 5	McKale Center
6	Tue, Dec 8, 1987	REG		Northern Arizona	Big Sky	-4.73	W	77	59		6	0	W 6	McKale Center
7	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	REG	@	Iowa (3)	Big Ten	21.79	W	66	59		7	0	W 7	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
8	Wed, Dec 16, 1987	REG		Little Rock	TAAC	4.63	W	77	59		8	0	W 8	McKale Center
9	Sun, Dec 20, 1987	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	1.59	W	110	71		9	0	W 9	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
10	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	REG	@	Washington State	Pac-10	3.26	W	89	55		10	0	W 10	Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum
11	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	5.17	W	78	58		11	0	W 11	McKale Center
12	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	REG		Duke (9)	ACC	23.33	W	91	85		12	0	W 12	McKale Center
13	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	8.88	L	59	61		12	1	L 1	University Arena
14	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	REG		California	Pac-10	-0.71	W	80	51		13	1	W 1	McKale Center
15	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	REG		Stanford	Pac-10	11.35	W	90	65		14	1	W 2	McKale Center
16	Thu, Jan 14, 1988	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	10.98	W	70	48		15	1	W 3	Gill Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-10	5.03	W	70	54		16	1	W 4	McArthur Court
18	Thu, Jan 21, 1988	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	-4.28	W	92	48		17	1	W 5	McKale Center
19	Sun, Jan 24, 1988	REG		UCLA	Pac-10	12.22	W	86	74		18	1	W 6	McKale Center
20	Thu, Jan 28, 1988	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	3.80	W	99	59		19	1	W 7	McKale Center
21	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	REG		Illinois (13)	Big Ten	21.54	W	78	70		20	1	W 8	McKale Center
22	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	REG	@	Stanford	Pac-10	11.35	L	74	82		20	2	L 1	Maples Pavilion
23	Sat, Feb 6, 1988	REG	@	California	Pac-10	-0.71	W	74	62		21	2	W 1	Harmon Gym
24	Thu, Feb 11, 1988	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	5.03	W	89	57		22	2	W 2	McKale Center
25	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	REG		Oregon State	Pac-10	10.98	W	77	62		23	2	W 3	McKale Center
26	Thu, Feb 18, 1988	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	-4.28	W	103	68		24	2	W 4	L.A. Sports Arena
27	Sat, Feb 20, 1988	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	12.22	W	78	76		25	2	W 5	Pauley Pavilion
28	Thu, Feb 25, 1988	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	3.80	W	101	73		26	2	W 6	Desert Financial Arena
29	Thu, Mar 3, 1988	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	3.26	W	79	41		27	2	W 7	McKale Center
30	Sat, Mar 5, 1988	REG		Washington	Pac-10	1.59	W	89	71		28	2	W 8	McKale Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	CTOURN		California	Pac-10	-0.71	W	88	64		29	2	W 9	McKale Center
32	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	CTOURN		Stanford	Pac-10	11.35	W	97	83		30	2	W 10	McKale Center
33	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	CTOURN		Oregon State	Pac-10	10.98	W	83	67		31	2	W 11	McKale Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	NCAA	N	Cornell	Ivy	-5.46	W	90	50		32	2	W 12	Pauley Pavilion
35	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	NCAA	N	Seton Hall	Big East	14.59	W	84	55		33	2	W 13	Pauley Pavilion
36	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	NCAA	N	Iowa (17)	Big Ten	21.79	W	99	79		34	2	W 14	Kingdome
37	Sun, Mar 27, 1988	NCAA	N	North Carolina (7)	ACC	19.52	W	70	52		35	2	W 15	Kingdome
38	Sat, Apr 2, 1988	NCAA	N	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	29.48	L	78	86		35	3	L 1	Kemper Arena