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1986-87 Syracuse Orange Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-7 (12-4, 3rd in Big East MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jim Boeheim

PS/G: 82.8 (26th of 290)

PA/G: 72.8 (162nd of 290)

SRS: 17.98 (9th of 290)

SOS: 8.23 (18th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East First Round (79-73) versus #15 Georgia Southern
Won East Second Round (104-86) versus #10 Western Kentucky
Won East Regional Semifinal (87-81) versus #6 Florida
Won East Regional Final (79-75) versus #1 North Carolina
Won National Semifinal (77-63) versus #6 Providence
Lost National Final (74-73) versus #1 Indiana

Big East 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
Syracuse	15	17	12	9	7	7	5	5	7	6	11	9	9	11	10	10

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		Loyola (IL)	MW Coll	3.35	W	87	66		1	0	W 1	Carrier Dome
2	Mon, Dec 1, 1986	REG		George Washington	A-10	-2.14	W	82	69		2	0	W 2	Carrier Dome
3	Fri, Dec 5, 1986	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	0.52	W	73	62		3	0	W 3	Carrier Dome
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1986	REG		Northeastern (19)	ECACN	4.01	W	94	74		4	0	W 4	Carrier Dome
5	Mon, Dec 8, 1986	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-2.69	W	83	76		5	0	W 5	Carrier Dome
6	Thu, Dec 11, 1986	REG	N	St. Bonaventure	A-10	-6.39	W	66	52		6	0	W 6
7	Sat, Dec 13, 1986	REG		Canisius	ECACN	-2.86	W	99	67		7	0	W 7	Carrier Dome
8	Sat, Dec 20, 1986	REG		Fairfield	MAAC	-3.91	W	93	74		8	0	W 8	Carrier Dome
9	Fri, Dec 26, 1986	REG	N	Wichita State	MVC	7.13	W	83	69		9	0	W 9
10	Tue, Dec 30, 1986	REG		Boston University	ECACN	0.80	W	96	67		10	0	W 10	Carrier Dome
11	Sat, Jan 3, 1987	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	-0.62	W	88	71		11	0	W 11	Hartford Civic Center
12	Mon, Jan 5, 1987	REG	@	Providence	Big East	15.11	W	89	85		12	0	W 12	Providence Civic Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1987	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	6.21	W	92	84		13	0	W 13	Carrier Dome
14	Tue, Jan 13, 1987	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	1.97	W	76	64		14	0	W 14	Roberts Center
15	Sun, Jan 18, 1987	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	15.04	L	88	91		14	1	L 1	Crisler Arena
16	Wed, Jan 21, 1987	REG		Villanova	Big East	7.36	W	70	58		15	1	W 1	Carrier Dome
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1987	REG		St. John's (NY) (14)	Big East	12.46	W	64	63		16	1	W 2	Carrier Dome
18	Mon, Jan 26, 1987	REG		Pittsburgh (17)	Big East	16.60	L	70	84		16	2	L 1	Carrier Dome
19	Sat, Jan 31, 1987	REG	@	Georgetown (11)	Big East	17.19	L	81	83		16	3	L 2	Capital Centre
20	Tue, Feb 3, 1987	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	6.21	W	84	80		17	3	W 1	Brendan Byrne Arena
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1987	REG		Connecticut	Big East	-0.62	W	59	53		18	3	W 2	Carrier Dome
22	Mon, Feb 9, 1987	REG	@	Pittsburgh (10)	Big East	16.60	L	61	63		18	4	L 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1987	REG		Louisville	Metro	8.68	W	99	72		19	4	W 1	Carrier Dome
24	Mon, Feb 16, 1987	REG	N	Villanova	Big East	7.36	W	96	82		20	4	W 2
25	Thu, Feb 19, 1987	REG		Providence (19)	Big East	15.11	W	90	81		21	4	W 3	Carrier Dome
26	Sun, Feb 22, 1987	REG		Georgetown (11)	Big East	17.19	L	71	72		21	5	L 1	Carrier Dome
27	Wed, Feb 25, 1987	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	12.46	W	88	80		22	5	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
28	Sat, Feb 28, 1987	REG		Boston College	Big East	1.97	W	87	63		23	5	W 2	Carrier Dome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 6, 1987	CTOURN	N	Villanova	Big East	7.36	W	72	66		24	5	W 3	Madison Square Garden (IV)
30	Sat, Mar 7, 1987	CTOURN	N	Pittsburgh (11)	Big East	16.60	W	99	85		25	5	W 4	Madison Square Garden (IV)
31	Sun, Mar 8, 1987	CTOURN	N	Georgetown (7)	Big East	17.19	L	59	69		25	6	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 13, 1987	NCAA	N	Georgia Southern	TAAC	-4.43	W	79	73		26	6	W 1	Carrier Dome
33	Sun, Mar 15, 1987	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	12.91	W	104	86		27	6	W 2	Carrier Dome
34	Thu, Mar 19, 1987	NCAA	N	Florida	SEC	20.37	W	87	81		28	6	W 3	Brendan Byrne Arena
35	Sat, Mar 21, 1987	NCAA	N	North Carolina (2)	ACC	24.48	W	79	75		29	6	W 4	Brendan Byrne Arena
36	Sat, Mar 28, 1987	NCAA	N	Providence	Big East	15.11	W	77	63		30	6	W 5	Louisiana Superdome
37	Mon, Mar 30, 1987	NCAA	N	Indiana (3)	Big Ten	20.69	L	73	74		30	7	L 1	Louisiana Superdome