1986-87 Providence Friars Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 25-9 (10-6, 4th in Big East MBB)

PS/G: 86.6 (9th of 290)

PA/G: 77.1 (233rd of 290)

SRS: 15.11 (16th of 290)

SOS: 5.47 (54th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (90-68) versus #11 UAB
Won Southeast Second Round (90-87) versus #14 Austin Peay
Won Southeast Regional Semifinal (103-82) versus #2 Alabama
Won Southeast Regional Final (88-73) versus #1 Georgetown
Lost National Semifinal (77-63) versus #2 Syracuse

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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
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	20	19	20	-	-

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 28, 1986	REG		American	CAA	-6.11	W	104	82		1	0	W 1	Providence Civic Center
2	Sat, Nov 29, 1986	REG		Tulsa	MVC	9.50	L	74	80		1	1	L 1	Providence Civic Center
3	Tue, Dec 2, 1986	REG	@	Holy Cross	MAAC	-9.23	W	90	65		2	1	W 1	Hart Recreation Center
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1986	REG		Rhode Island	A-10	3.94	W	100	90		3	1	W 2	Providence Civic Center
5	Tue, Dec 9, 1986	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-12.06	W	96	65		4	1	W 3	Marvel Gym
6	Thu, Dec 11, 1986	REG		Siena	ECACN	-2.72	W	75	64		5	1	W 4	Providence Civic Center
7	Sat, Dec 20, 1986	REG		Rider	ECC	-10.38	W	106	66		6	1	W 5	Providence Civic Center
8	Mon, Dec 22, 1986	REG		Howard	MEAC	-5.18	W	94	83		7	1	W 6	Providence Civic Center
9	Sat, Dec 27, 1986	REG		Maine	ECACN	-14.04	W	113	87		8	1	W 7	Providence Civic Center
10	Mon, Dec 29, 1986	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-14.52	W	97	61		9	1	W 8	Providence Civic Center
11	Sat, Jan 3, 1987	REG	@	Pittsburgh (17)	Big East	16.60	L	67	76		9	2	L 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
12	Mon, Jan 5, 1987	REG		Syracuse (5)	Big East	17.98	L	85	89		9	3	L 2	Providence Civic Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1987	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	7.36	W	96	78		10	3	W 1	The Pavilion
14	Wed, Jan 14, 1987	REG		Connecticut	Big East	-0.62	W	103	89		11	3	W 2	Providence Civic Center
15	Sat, Jan 17, 1987	REG		Boston College	Big East	1.97	W	81	71		12	3	W 3	Providence Civic Center
16	Tue, Jan 20, 1987	REG	@	Miami (FL)	Ind	-3.09	W	92	88		13	3	W 4	Knight Center
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1987	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	-0.62	W	61	53		14	3	W 5	Hartford Civic Center
18	Wed, Jan 28, 1987	REG		Georgetown (11)	Big East	17.19	W	82	79		15	3	W 6	Providence Civic Center
19	Sat, Jan 31, 1987	REG		St. John's (NY) (15)	Big East	12.46	W	93	81		16	3	W 7	Providence Civic Center
20	Tue, Feb 3, 1987	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	1.97	L	66	67		16	4	L 1	Roberts Center
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1987	REG		Pittsburgh (13)	Big East	16.60	L	81	87		16	5	L 2	Providence Civic Center
22	Sat, Feb 14, 1987	REG	@	St. John's (NY) (16)	Big East	12.46	W	79	78		17	5	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
23	Tue, Feb 17, 1987	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	6.21	W	91	87		18	5	W 2	Providence Civic Center
24	Thu, Feb 19, 1987	REG	@	Syracuse (9)	Big East	17.98	L	81	90		18	6	L 1	Carrier Dome
25	Wed, Feb 25, 1987	REG	N	Seton Hall	Big East	6.21	W	85	72		19	6	W 1
26	Sat, Feb 28, 1987	REG	@	Georgetown (8)	Big East	17.19	L	79	90		19	7	L 1	Capital Centre
27	Mon, Mar 2, 1987	REG		Villanova	Big East	7.36	W	97	80		20	7	W 1	Providence Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 6, 1987	CTOURN	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	12.46	W	80	51		21	7	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
29	Sat, Mar 7, 1987	CTOURN	N	Georgetown (7)	Big East	17.19	L	66	84		21	8	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 12, 1987	NCAA	N	UAB	Sun Belt	4.63	W	90	68		22	8	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
31	Sat, Mar 14, 1987	NCAA	N	Austin Peay	OVC	2.58	W	90	87	OT	23	8	W 2	BJCC Coliseum
32	Thu, Mar 19, 1987	NCAA	N	Alabama (9)	SEC	19.41	W	103	82		24	8	W 3	Freedom Hall
33	Sat, Mar 21, 1987	NCAA	N	Georgetown (4)	Big East	17.19	W	88	73		25	8	W 4	Freedom Hall
34	Sat, Mar 28, 1987	NCAA	N	Syracuse (10)	Big East	17.98	L	63	77		25	9	L 1	Louisiana Superdome