1986-87 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-4 (15-3, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bob Knight

PS/G: 82.5 (27th of 290)

PA/G: 70.9 (119th of 290)

SRS: 20.69 (3rd of 290)

SOS: 9.10 (6th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (92-58) versus #16 Fairfield
Won Midwest Second Round (107-90) versus #8 Auburn
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (88-82) versus #5 Duke
Won Midwest Regional Final (77-76) versus #10 Louisiana State
Won National Semifinal (97-93) versus #1 Nevada-Las Vegas
Won National Final (74-73) versus #2 Syracuse

NCAA Champion
Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1986-87 Season AP Poll summary

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
Indiana	3	3	2	8	8	6	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	4	3

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	Sat, Nov 29, 1986	REG		Montana State	Big Sky	3.11	W	90	55		1	0	W 1	Assembly Hall
2	Tue, Dec 2, 1986	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	11.72	W	67	62		2	0	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Sat, Dec 6, 1986	REG		Kentucky (13)	SEC	11.33	W	71	66	OT	3	0	W 3	Assembly Hall
4	Tue, Dec 9, 1986	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	10.19	L	75	79		3	1	L 1	Memorial Gymnasium
5	Fri, Dec 12, 1986	REG		UNC Wilmington	CAA	3.62	W	73	72		4	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
6	Sat, Dec 13, 1986	REG		East Carolina	CAA	-3.91	W	96	68		5	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
7	Sat, Dec 20, 1986	REG		Morehead State	OVC	-2.51	W	84	62		6	1	W 3	Assembly Hall
8	Tue, Dec 23, 1986	REG		Louisville	Metro	8.68	W	67	58		7	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
9	Fri, Dec 26, 1986	REG	N	Princeton	Ivy	-4.35	W	83	54		8	1	W 5	Market Square Arena
10	Sat, Dec 27, 1986	REG	N	Illinois State	MVC	5.61	W	82	58		9	1	W 6	Market Square Arena
11	Sun, Jan 4, 1987	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	14.67	W	92	80		10	1	W 7	St. John Arena
12	Thu, Jan 8, 1987	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	6.20	W	79	60		11	1	W 8	Jenison Field House
13	Mon, Jan 12, 1987	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	15.04	W	85	84		12	1	W 9	Crisler Arena
14	Thu, Jan 15, 1987	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.98	W	103	65		13	1	W 10	Assembly Hall
15	Sat, Jan 17, 1987	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-5.56	W	95	43		14	1	W 11	Assembly Hall
16	Thu, Jan 22, 1987	REG	@	Iowa (1)	Big Ten	20.59	L	88	101		14	2	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1987	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.99	W	77	53		15	2	W 1	Williams Arena
18	Wed, Jan 28, 1987	REG		Illinois (12)	Big Ten	18.05	W	69	66		16	2	W 2	Assembly Hall
19	Sat, Jan 31, 1987	REG		Purdue (4)	Big Ten	18.14	W	88	77		17	2	W 3	Assembly Hall
20	Wed, Feb 4, 1987	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	6.20	W	84	80		18	2	W 4	Assembly Hall
21	Sun, Feb 8, 1987	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	15.04	W	83	67		19	2	W 5	Assembly Hall
22	Wed, Feb 11, 1987	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-5.56	W	77	75		20	2	W 6	Welsh-Ryan Arena
23	Mon, Feb 16, 1987	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.98	W	86	85	3OT	21	2	W 7	Wisconsin Field House
24	Thu, Feb 19, 1987	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	0.99	W	72	70		22	2	W 8	Assembly Hall
25	Sat, Feb 21, 1987	REG		Iowa (7)	Big Ten	20.59	W	84	75		23	2	W 9	Assembly Hall
26	Thu, Feb 26, 1987	REG	@	Purdue (6)	Big Ten	18.14	L	64	75		23	3	L 1	Mackey Arena
27	Sun, Mar 1, 1987	REG	@	Illinois (14)	Big Ten	18.05	L	67	69		23	4	L 2	Assembly Hall
28	Sat, Mar 7, 1987	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	14.67	W	90	81		24	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Thu, Mar 12, 1987	NCAA	N	Fairfield	MAAC	-3.91	W	92	58		25	4	W 2	RCA Dome
30	Sat, Mar 14, 1987	NCAA	N	Auburn	SEC	13.88	W	107	90		26	4	W 3	RCA Dome
31	Fri, Mar 20, 1987	NCAA	N	Duke (17)	ACC	16.82	W	88	82		27	4	W 4	Riverfront Coliseum
32	Sun, Mar 22, 1987	NCAA	N	Louisiana State	SEC	11.89	W	77	76		28	4	W 5	Riverfront Coliseum
33	Sat, Mar 28, 1987	NCAA	N	Nevada-Las Vegas (1)	PCAA	23.11	W	97	93		29	4	W 6	Louisiana Superdome
34	Mon, Mar 30, 1987	NCAA	N	Syracuse (10)	Big East	17.98	W	74	73		30	4	W 7	Louisiana Superdome