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1986-87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-8 (Independent)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 65.1 (259th of 290)

PA/G: 59.4 (3rd of 290)

SRS: 11.72 (32nd of 290)

SOS: 6.03 (45th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Won East First Round (84-71) versus #12 Middle Tennessee
Won East Second Round (58-57) versus #4 TCU
Lost East Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #1 North Carolina

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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
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18

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 21, 1986	REG		Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	12.91	L	63	80		0	1	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
2	Tue, Dec 2, 1986	REG		Indiana (3)	Big Ten	20.69	L	62	67		0	2	L 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Thu, Dec 4, 1986	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-2.69	W	60	56		1	2	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1986	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	9.67	W	62	46		2	2	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
5	Thu, Dec 11, 1986	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-0.39	W	81	76		3	2	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Sat, Dec 20, 1986	REG		Valparaiso	Mid-Cont	-9.92	W	63	50		4	2	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
7	Mon, Dec 29, 1986	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	6.14	W	55	54		5	2	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
8	Wed, Dec 31, 1986	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	4.60	W	63	50		6	2	W 6	Cole Fieldhouse
9	Sat, Jan 3, 1987	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-0.33	W	71	67		7	2	W 7	The Palestra
10	Mon, Jan 5, 1987	REG	@	Yale	Ivy	-4.53	W	64	49		8	2	W 8	John J. Lee Ampitheater
11	Sat, Jan 10, 1987	REG	@	DePaul (7)	Ind	16.31	L	54	58		8	3	L 1	Rosemont Horizon
12	Mon, Jan 12, 1987	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	-1.14	W	67	54		9	3	W 1	Omaha Civic Auditorium
13	Sat, Jan 17, 1987	REG		West Virginia	A-10	10.18	L	55	57		9	4	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sat, Jan 24, 1987	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	13.05	L	59	63		9	5	L 2	Pauley Pavilion
15	Tue, Jan 27, 1987	REG		Dayton	Ind	0.79	W	66	55		10	5	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
16	Thu, Jan 29, 1987	REG		Marquette	Ind	6.09	W	58	48		11	5	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Sun, Feb 1, 1987	REG		North Carolina (1)	ACC	24.48	W	60	58		12	5	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Wed, Feb 4, 1987	REG		La Salle	MAAC	6.15	W	76	64		13	5	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Fri, Feb 6, 1987	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	10.19	L	56	60		13	6	L 1	Memorial Gymnasium
20	Sun, Feb 8, 1987	REG	@	Kansas (18)	Big 8	13.33	L	60	70		13	7	L 2	Allen Fieldhouse
21	Sun, Feb 15, 1987	REG		Duke (15)	ACC	16.82	W	70	66	OT	14	7	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
22	Mon, Feb 16, 1987	REG		Wagner	ECACM	-8.42	W	74	54		15	7	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
23	Wed, Feb 18, 1987	REG	N	Fordham	MAAC	-2.58	W	69	57		16	7	W 3
24	Sat, Feb 21, 1987	REG	@	Utah	WAC	6.57	W	57	56		17	7	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
25	Wed, Feb 25, 1987	REG		DePaul (4)	Ind	16.31	W	73	62		18	7	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
26	Sat, Feb 28, 1987	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	6.09	W	72	60		19	7	W 6	MECCA Arena
27	Tue, Mar 3, 1987	REG		Brooklyn	Ind	-15.93	W	76	57		20	7	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
28	Thu, Mar 5, 1987	REG		Miami (FL)	Ind	-3.09	W	65	49		21	7	W 8	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
29	Sat, Mar 7, 1987	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	0.79	W	62	56		22	7	W 9	University of Dayton Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 12, 1987	NCAA	N	Middle Tennessee	OVC	3.67	W	84	71		23	7	W 10	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
31	Sat, Mar 14, 1987	NCAA	N	TCU (19)	SWC	12.83	W	58	57		24	7	W 11	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
32	Thu, Mar 19, 1987	NCAA	N	North Carolina (2)	ACC	24.48	L	68	74		24	8	L 1	Brendan Byrne Arena