1986-87 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Indiana

Final Four: Indiana, UNLV, Providence and Syracuse

Consensus Player of the Year: David Robinson

AP Preseason #1: North Carolina

AP Final #1: Nevada-Las Vegas

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Southeastern Conference	10	183	133	.579	12.04	9.31	1	6	0	Alabama	Alabama
2	Big Ten Conference	10	189	121	.610	11.38	8.55	1	6	1	Indiana, Purdue
3	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	161	89	.644	13.10	7.01	1	6	0	North Carolina	NC State
4	Pacific-10 Conference	10	163	141	.536	6.47	5.52	0	2	0	UCLA	UCLA
5	Southwest Conference	9	149	123	.548	6.22	4.80	0	3	0	TCU	Texas A&M
6	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	10	161	143	.530	5.05	4.91	0	1	1	Nevada-Las Vegas	Nevada-Las Vegas
7	Missouri Valley Conference	8	127	114	.527	3.44	3.32	0	2	0	Tulsa	Wichita State
8	Big Sky Conference	8	125	111	.530	-0.59	-0.36	0	1	0	Montana State	Idaho State
9	Mid-Continent Conference	8	131	109	.546	-3.13	-2.34	0	1	0	Missouri State	Missouri State
10	Sun Belt Conference	8	132	115	.534	3.49	2.59	0	2	0	Western Kentucky	UAB
11	Southland Conference	7	105	100	.512	-0.74	-0.12	0	1	0	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana Tech
12	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	131	103	.560	0.84	0.70	0	2	0	San Diego	Santa Clara
13	Ohio Valley Conference	9	142	117	.548	-3.03	-2.23	0	2	0	Middle Tennessee	Austin Peay
14	Big East Conference	9	181	105	.633	10.47	6.55	0	5	2	Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Syracuse	Georgetown
15	Big Eight Conference	8	144	108	.571	7.93	6.88	0	4	0	Missouri	Missouri
16	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North	10	136	155	.467	-6.21	-4.25	0	1	0	Northeastern	Northeastern
17	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	123	92	.572	5.83	4.26	0	0	0	Louisville	Memphis
18	Trans America Athletic Conference	10	145	148	.495	-7.40	-5.30	0	1	0	Little Rock	Georgia Southern
19	Atlantic 10 Conference	10	152	142	.517	1.33	1.76	0	2	0	Temple	Temple
20	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro	9	126	126	.500	-10.01	-8.30	0	1	0	Marist	Marist
21	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	7	106	102	.510	-0.88	-0.08	0	1	0	Evansville, Loyola (IL)	Xavier
22	Western Athletic Conference	9	149	128	.538	2.71	2.53	0	3	0	UTEP	Wyoming
23	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	115	122	.485	-4.34	-2.95	0	1	0	Saint Peter's	Fairfield
24	Mid-American Conference	9	130	126	.508	-2.48	-1.37	0	1	0	Central Michigan	Central Michigan
25	Colonial Athletic Association	8	124	107	.537	-1.21	-1.04	0	1	0	Navy	Navy
26	East Coast Conference	8	114	117	.494	-9.38	-6.78	0	1	0	Bucknell	Bucknell
27	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	99	132	.429	-12.56	-8.63	0	1	0	Grambling	Southern
28	Ivy League	8	103	106	.493	-5.78	-3.99	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
29	Southern Conference	9	131	129	.504	-7.18	-4.30	0	1	0	Marshall	Marshall
30	Gulf Star Conference	6	85	87	.494	-10.49	-7.87	0	0	0	Stephen F. Austin
31	Independent	17	237	250	.487	-4.86	-2.67	0	3	0
32	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	9	106	147	.419	-16.36	-12.18	0	1	0	Howard	North Carolina A&T
33	Big South Conference	8	102	124	.451	-11.29	-7.37	0	0	0	Charleston Southern	Charleston Southern

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
UNLV	PCAA	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Indiana	Big Ten	3	2	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	2
UNC	ACC	1	5	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	3
Georgetown	Big East	12	11	8	9	8	17	8	16	13	10	10	12	7	7	4
DePaul	Ind			17	15	16	9	7	6	8	7	5	5	5	5	5
Purdue	Big Ten	4	4	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	6
Iowa	Big Ten	6	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	8	6	7
Temple	A-10	20		19	17	15	7	11	8	7	5	7	7	4	8	8
Alabama	SEC	7	16					15	11	10	9	14	11	10	9	9
Syracuse	Big East	13	12	10	7	7	6	6	7	6	11	9	9	11	11	10
Illinois	Big Ten	14	6	5	10	13	13	10	10	12	14	12	13	13	12	11
Pitt	Big East	11	17	13	14	17	15	18	17	19	16	13	8	9	10	12
UCLA	Pac-10	17	7	16										20	16	13
Missouri	Big 8															14
Clemson	ACC							12	12	14	13	11	10	12	14	15
TCU	SWC					20	19	19	18	15	12	15	15	15	13	16
Wyoming	WAC		19										20			17
Notre Dame	Ind														18	18
Oklahoma	Big 8	9	13	9	8	12	10	16	9	9	8	8	16	14	17	19
New Orleans	Ind												20		19	19
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
UTEP	WAC											20	19	18		19
Duke	ACC				20	18	16	13	13	11	15	16	18	19	15
Kansas	Big 8	5	9	11	11	14	18		20	20	17	17	14	16	19
Florida	SEC				19					16	19	19	17	17
St. John's (NY)	Big East			14	16	11	12	14	14	18		18
Providence	Big East										18
Auburn	SEC	8	8	7	5	6	11	9	15	17	19
Navy	CAA	14	14	12	12	10	14	20	19
NC State	ACC	19	18	15	13		20	17
Kentucky	SEC	16	19	20	18	9	8
Cal State Fullerton	PCAA				20	19
Arkansas	SWC		15	17
Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	10	10
Louisville	Metro	18