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1987-88 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-10 (12-6, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 82.6 (33rd of 290)

PA/G: 70.9 (99th of 290)

SRS: 21.54 (8th of 290)

SOS: 9.81 (7th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (81-72) versus #14 UTSA
Lost Southeast Second Round (66-63) versus #6 Villanova

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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
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	13	13	17	-	-	-	-	19	16

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	Baylor	SWC	6.27	W	73	50		1	0	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
2	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	REG	N	Villanova	Big East	13.92	L	76	78		1	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Sun, Nov 29, 1987	REG	N	Kansas (7)	Big 8	15.71	W	81	75		2	1	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
4	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	REG		Chicago State	Ind	-6.62	W	86	57		3	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
5	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	REG		Mississippi Valley State	SWAC	-15.04	W	111	73		4	1	W 3	Assembly Hall
6	Tue, Dec 8, 1987	REG		Austin Peay	OVC	2.46	W	100	62		5	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
7	Fri, Dec 11, 1987	REG		Illinois-Chicago	Mid-Cont	-11.13	W	109	53		6	1	W 5	Assembly Hall
8	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	REG		Auburn	SEC	14.07	W	107	103		7	1	W 6	Assembly Hall
9	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	REG		North Carolina (4)	ACC	19.52	L	74	83		7	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
10	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	REG	N	Missouri (17)	Big 8	17.80	W	75	63		8	2	W 1	St. Louis Arena
11	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	REG	N	Colorado	Big 8	-0.63	W	86	68		9	2	W 2
12	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	REG		Purdue (10)	Big Ten	21.83	L	68	81		9	3	L 1	Assembly Hall
13	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	4.85	W	65	61		10	3	W 1	Williams Arena
14	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	5.17	W	77	62		11	3	W 2	Assembly Hall
15	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.30	W	80	65		12	3	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
16	Sun, Jan 17, 1988	REG		Tennessee	SEC	8.11	W	103	79		13	3	W 4	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Jan 21, 1988	REG	@	Iowa (19)	Big Ten	21.79	L	79	93		13	4	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
18	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.63	W	79	48		14	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 28, 1988	REG	@	Michigan (8)	Big Ten	22.42	L	64	76		14	5	L 1	Crisler Arena
20	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	REG	@	Arizona (1)	Pac-10	28.95	L	70	78		14	6	L 2	McKale Center
21	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.95	L	60	64		14	7	L 3	St. John Arena
22	Sat, Feb 6, 1988	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	17.48	L	74	75		14	8	L 4	Assembly Hall
23	Thu, Feb 11, 1988	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	4.85	W	86	50		15	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
24	Sat, Feb 13, 1988	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	5.17	W	83	65		16	8	W 2	Jenison Field House
25	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	8.95	W	118	86		17	8	W 3	Assembly Hall
26	Sun, Feb 21, 1988	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.30	W	85	65		18	8	W 4	Assembly Hall
27	Thu, Feb 25, 1988	REG	@	Purdue (2)	Big Ten	21.83	L	79	93		18	9	L 1	Mackey Arena
28	Mon, Feb 29, 1988	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	17.48	W	75	65		19	9	W 1	Assembly Hall
29	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	REG		Iowa (11)	Big Ten	21.79	W	94	81		20	9	W 2	Assembly Hall
30	Wed, Mar 9, 1988	REG		Michigan (10)	Big Ten	22.42	W	85	74		21	9	W 3	Assembly Hall
31	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.63	W	79	74	OT	22	9	W 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	NCAA	N	UTSA	TAAC	3.75	W	81	72		23	9	W 5	Riverfront Coliseum
33	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	NCAA	N	Villanova	Big East	13.92	L	63	66		23	10	L 1	Riverfront Coliseum