1987-88 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 27-11 (9-5, 3rd in Big 8 MBB)

PS/G: 75.3 (120th of 290)

PA/G: 67.9 (49th of 290)

SRS: 15.71 (19th of 290)

SOS: 10.77 (2nd of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (85-72) versus #11 Xavier
Won Midwest Second Round (61-58) versus #14 Murray State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (77-64) versus #7 Vanderbilt
Won Midwest Regional Final (71-58) versus #4 Kansas State
Won National Semifinal (66-59) versus #2 Duke
Won National Final (83-79) versus #1 Oklahoma

NCAA Champion

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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
Kansas	7	16	18	17	18	17	18	16	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	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	REG	N	Iowa (11)	Big Ten	21.79	L	81	100		0	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
2	Sun, Nov 29, 1987	REG	N	Illinois	Big Ten	21.54	L	75	81		0	2	L 2	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Thu, Dec 3, 1987	REG	@	Western Carolina	Southern	-13.63	W	68	63		1	2	W 1	Ramsey Center
4	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	REG		St. John's (NY)	Big East	11.93	W	63	54		2	2	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
5	Thu, Dec 10, 1987	REG		Appalachian State	Southern	-7.38	W	73	62		3	2	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
6	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	REG		Rider	ECC	-13.11	W	110	72		4	2	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	REG	@	NC State	ACC	17.34	W	74	67		5	2	W 5	Reynolds Coliseum
8	Mon, Dec 28, 1987	REG	N	Memphis (19)	Metro	10.18	W	64	62		6	2	W 6
9	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	11.93	L	56	70		6	3	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
10	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	1.59	W	67	57		7	3	W 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
11	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	REG		American	CAA	-6.63	W	90	69		8	3	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
12	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	REG		Missouri	Big 8	17.80	W	78	74		9	3	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
13	Wed, Jan 13, 1988	REG	@	Iowa State (14)	Big 8	12.68	L	78	88		9	4	L 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	12.28	L	76	80		9	5	L 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	1.49	L	68	70		9	6	L 3	Bob Devaney Sports Center
16	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	15.79	L	61	72		9	7	L 4	Allen Fieldhouse
17	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	REG		Oklahoma (7)	Big 8	29.48	L	65	73		9	8	L 5	Allen Fieldhouse
18	Sat, Feb 6, 1988	REG		Colorado	Big 8	-0.63	W	73	62		10	8	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
19	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6.61	W	78	68		11	8	W 2	Gallagher-Iba Arena
20	Sat, Feb 13, 1988	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	12.68	W	82	72		12	8	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
21	Tue, Feb 16, 1988	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	1.49	W	70	48		13	8	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
22	Thu, Feb 18, 1988	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	15.79	W	64	63		14	8	W 5	Ahearn Field House
23	Sat, Feb 20, 1988	REG		Duke (6)	ACC	23.33	L	70	74	OT	14	9	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
24	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	REG	@	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	29.48	L	87	95		14	10	L 2	Lloyd Noble Center
25	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	REG	@	Missouri (15)	Big 8	17.80	W	82	77		15	10	W 1	Hearnes Center
26	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	-0.63	W	85	64		16	10	W 2	Coors Events/Conference Center
27	Sat, Mar 5, 1988	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	6.61	W	75	57		17	10	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	CTOURN	N	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6.61	W	74	58		18	10	W 4	Kemper Arena
29	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	CTOURN	N	Kansas State	Big 8	15.79	L	54	69		18	11	L 1	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	NCAA	N	Xavier (18)	MW Coll	9.84	W	85	72		19	11	W 1	Bob Devaney Sports Center
31	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	NCAA	N	Murray State	OVC	4.61	W	61	58		20	11	W 2	Bob Devaney Sports Center
32	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	NCAA	N	Vanderbilt	SEC	13.88	W	77	64		21	11	W 3	Pontiac Silverdome
33	Sun, Mar 27, 1988	NCAA	N	Kansas State (20)	Big 8	15.79	W	71	58		22	11	W 4	Pontiac Silverdome
34	Sat, Apr 2, 1988	NCAA	N	Duke (5)	ACC	23.33	W	66	59		23	11	W 5	Kemper Arena
35	Mon, Apr 4, 1988	NCAA	N	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	29.48	W	83	79		24	11	W 6	Kemper Arena