1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1986-87 Purdue Boilermakers Big Ten Conference Big Ten 6 7 25–5 15–3 Gene Keady 7th Bruce Weber 7th Kevin Stallings 5th Tom Reiter 1st Tim Fisher Doug Lee (basketball) Mackey Arena Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions NCAA tournament second round The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986–87 college basketball season. Roster 1986 Purdue Boilermakers y Doug Lee basketball 20 GF 6 5 195 Sr y Washington, Illinois Everette Stephens 21 G 6 2 175 Jr y Evanston, Illinois Troy Lewis 23 G 6 7 205 Jr y Toledo, Ohio Kip Jones 30 F 6 8 So Todd Mitchell 33 F 6 4 190 Jr y Anderson, Indiana Melvin McCants 35 F 6 8 240 So y Chicago, Illinois Steve Scheffler 55 FC 6 9 250 Fr y Grand Rapids, Michigan Gene Keady (Kansas State) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Kevin Stallings (Purdue) Tom Reiter Schedule yes November 21 w Bulgaria Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN Exhibition             104–73 |- !colspan=9 style=Purdue Boilermakers|Regular Season November 28 w yes yes 4 Stetson Daytona Beach, FL             97–65 1-0 December 1 w yes Illinois State Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             96–64 2-0 December 6 w yes yes 4 Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT             88–70 3-0 December 8 w yes 3 Wichita State Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             77–61 4-0 December 13 w yes yes 3 Detroit Detroit, MI             89–65 5-0 December 20 w yes 2 Tampa Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             79–48 6-0 December 22 w yes yes 2 Toledo Toledo, OH             89–67 7-0 December 29 l yes yes 2 North Carolina 4 Dallas, TX Dallas Morning News Classic             81–94 7-1 December 30 w yes yes 2 Towson State Dallas, TX Dallas Morning News Classic             94–58 8-1 January 3 w 2 Michigan State Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             87–72 9-1 1-0 January 5 w 2 Michigan Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             89–77 10-1 2-0 January 8 w yes 6 Northwestern Evanston, IL             85–67 11-1 3-0 January 10 w yes 6 Wisconsin Madison, WI             57–48 12-1 4-0 January 14 w 6 Minnesota Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             86–59 13-1 5-0 January 18 w yes 6 Louisville Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             88–73 14-1 January 19 l 6 Iowa 2 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             67–70 14-2 5-1 January 22 w 5 Illinois 9 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             87–86 OT 15-2 6-1 January 29 w 4 Ohio State Columbus, OH             75–73 16-2 7-1 January 31 l yes 4 Indiana Bloomington, IN Indiana–Purdue rivalry             77–88 16-3 7-2 February 5 w 7 Wisconsin Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             70–62 17-3 8-2 February 7 w 7 Northwestern Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             86–60 18-3 9-2 February 12 w yes 7 Iowa 4 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA             80–73 19-3 10-2 February 14 w yes 7 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN             81–73 20-3 11-2 February 23 w yes 6 Illinois 14 Champaign, IL             76–75 OT 21-3 12-2 February 26 w 6 Indiana 3 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             75–64 22-3 13-2 February 28 w 6 Ohio State Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN             87–73 23-3 14-2 March 4 w yes 3 Michigan State East Lansing, MI             69–59 24-3 15-2 March 7 l yes 3 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI             68–104 24-4 15-3 |- !colspan=9 style=Purdue Boilermakers|NCAA Tournament March 13 w yes yes 7 3 Northeastern 14 Syracuse, NY NCAA tournament • First Round Lee 29         104–95Lee Leads Purdue to Round 2 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-14-8701200577-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220121131812/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-14-8701200577-story.html January 21, 2022 The Chicago Tribune March 14, 1987 January 21, 2022 25-4 March 15 l yes yes 7 3 Florida 6 Syracuse, NY NCAA Tournament • Second Round Lewis/Stephens 17         66–85 25-5 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125645/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/1213recordbook.pdf 2016-03-04 Retrieved April 29, 2013. Rankings 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Team players drafted into the NBA Purdue Boilermakers Round Pick Player NBA club 2 35Doug Lee Houston Rocketshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1987.html 1987 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com April 9, 2022 References Purdue Purdue Category:Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball seasons