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1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 7
Record25–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Tim Fisher
  • Doug Lee (basketball)
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons
1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Indiana 15 3   .833 30 4   .882
No. 7 Purdue 15 3   .833 25 5   .833
No. 6 Iowa 14 4   .778 30 5   .857
No. 11 Illinois 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Michigan 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Ohio State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Michigan State 6 12   .333 11 17   .393
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 14 17   .452
Minnesota 2 16   .111 9 19   .321
Northwestern 2 16   .111 7 21   .250
As of March 30, 1987[1]
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986–87 college basketball season.

Roster

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1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G/F 20 Doug Lee 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Washington, Illinois
G 21 Everette Stephens 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Evanston, Illinois
G 23 Troy Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Toledo, Ohio
F 30 Kip Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
So  
F 33 Todd Mitchell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Anderson, Indiana
F 35 Melvin McCants 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Chicago, Illinois
F/C 55 Steve Scheffler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Grand Rapids, Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
November 21
Bulgaria
Exhibition
W 104–73 
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
Regular Season
November 28*
No. 4 vs. Stetson W 97–65  1-0
                      
Daytona Beach, FL
December 1*
Illinois State W 96–64  2-0
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 6*
No. 4 at Connecticut W 88–70  3-0
                     Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, CT
December 8*
No. 3 Wichita State W 77–61  4-0
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 13*
No. 3 at Detroit W 89–65  5-0
                      
Detroit, MI
December 20*
No. 2 Tampa W 79–48  6-0
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
December 22*
No. 2 at Toledo W 89–67  7-0
                      
Toledo, OH
December 29*
No. 2 vs. No. 4 North Carolina
Dallas Morning News Classic
L 81–94  7-1
                      
Dallas, TX
December 30*
No. 2 vs. Towson State
Dallas Morning News Classic
W 94–58  8-1
                      
Dallas, TX
January 3
No. 2 Michigan State W 87–72  9-1
(1-0)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 5
No. 2 Michigan W 89–77  10-1
(2-0)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 8
No. 6 at Northwestern W 85–67  11-1
(3-0)
                      
Evanston, IL
January 10
No. 6 at Wisconsin W 57–48  12-1
(4-0)
                      
Madison, WI
January 14
No. 6 Minnesota W 86–59  13-1
(5-0)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 18*
No. 6 Louisville W 88–73  14-1
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 19
No. 6 No. 2 Iowa L 67–70  14-2
(5-1)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 22
No. 5 No. 9 Illinois W 87–86 OT 15-2
(6-1)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
January 29
No. 4 Ohio State W 75–73  16-2
(7-1)
                      
Columbus, OH
January 31
No. 4 at Indiana
Indiana–Purdue rivalry
L 77–88  16-3
(7-2)
                      
Bloomington, IN
February 5
No. 7 Wisconsin W 70–62  17-3
(8-2)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 7
No. 7 Northwestern W 86–60  18-3
(9-2)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 12
No. 7 at No. 4 Iowa W 80–73  19-3
(10-2)
                     Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
February 14
No. 7 at Minnesota W 81–73  20-3
(11-2)
                      
Minneapolis, MN
February 23
No. 6 at No. 14 Illinois W 76–75 OT 21-3
(12-2)
                      
Champaign, IL
February 26
No. 6 No. 3 Indiana W 75–64  22-3
(13-2)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
February 28
No. 6 Ohio State W 87–73  23-3
(14-2)
                     Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
March 4
No. 3 at Michigan State W 69–59  24-3
(15-2)
                      
East Lansing, MI
March 7
No. 3 at Michigan L 68–104  24-4
(15-3)
                     Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA Tournament
March 13*
(3) No. 7 vs. (14) Northeastern
NCAA tournament • First Round
W 104–95[2]  25-4
 29  Lee                 
Syracuse, NY
March 15*
(3) No. 7 vs. (6) Florida
NCAA Tournament • Second Round
L 66–85  25-5
 17  Lewis/Stephens                 
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 35 Doug Lee Houston Rockets

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References

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  1. ^ "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lee Leads Purdue to Round 2". The Chicago Tribune. March 14, 1987. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2022.