1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1987–88 UCLA Bruins UCLA Logo 1964-1995.jpeg Pacific-10 Pac-10 16–14 12–6, T-2nd Walt Hazzard Sidney Wicks Jack Hirsch Andre McCarter Pauley Pavilion The 1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. UCLA hosted the #12 Temple Owls and the #4 North Carolina Tarheels. UCLA lost their home game to the #3 Wildcats 78–76 in overtime. The Bruins finished tied for second place in the Pac-10 behind Arizona. In the Pac-10 tournament UCLA was upset in their first game vs. Washington St. The Bruins did not play in any post season tournaments after that for the first time in four years. Walt Hazzard who had played for UCLA under John Wooden, coached for his fourth and final year at UCLA (the longest tenure at this point of any post-Wooden coach). Starting lineup Position Player ClassFCraig JacksonSr.FTrevor WilsonSo.CKelvin ButlerSr.GDave ImmelSr.GPooh RichardsonJr. Roster 1987 UCLA Bruins men's y Kelvin Butler 42 C 6 7 Sr Greg Foster basketball y 32 C 7 0 So Oakland, California Dave Immel 30 G 6 4 Sr C Craig Jackson 52 F 6 7 Sr C Gerald Madkins y 12 G 6 3 Fr Merced, California Pooh Richardson y 24 G 6 1 Jr Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charles Rochelin 45 F 6 7 Jr Kevin Walker 50 C 6 10 So Kevin Williams 11 G 6 1 Fr Trevor Wilson basketball y 4 F 6 8 So Los Angeles, California http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1988_110_University%20of%20California,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf Walt Hazzard (UCLA) Sidney Wicks (UCLA) Jack Hirsch (UCLA) Andre McCarter (UCLA) Schedule yes 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1987 yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular Season November 20, 1987 y 1987 men Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 2,641 119–79 1–0 November 23, 1987 y yes 1987 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM 14,115 66–77 1–1 December 3, 1987 y Temple 12 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 8,171 76–81 1–2 December 5, 1987 y BYU Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 10,696 80–87 1–3 December 12, 1987 y St. John's Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 9,331 64–72 1–4 December 14, 1987 y 1987 men Pennsylvania Quakers Pennsylvania Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 4,849 98–49 2–4 December 17, 1987 y UC Irvine Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,735 116–100 3–4 December 21, 1987 yes 1987 men California Golden Bears California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 6,450 70–83 3–5 0–1 December 23, 1987 yes 1987 men Stanford Cardinal Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 7,236 110–116 2OT 3–6 0–2 December 28, 1987 y 1987 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 7,865 74–65 4–6 January 2, 1988 y North Carolina 4 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,544 73–80 4–7 January 7, 1988 Oregon State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 7,721 64–65 4–8 0–3 January 10, 1988 1987 men Oregon Ducks Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,165 65–60 5–8 1–3 January 14, 1988 1987 men USC Trojans USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,425 81–65 6–8 2–3 January 16, 1988 y yes Louisville Freedom Hall Louisville, KY 19,253 79–92 6–9 January 21, 1988 yes 1987 men Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ 7,542 94–81 7–9 3–3 January 24, 1988 yes Arizona 1 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,258 74–86 7–10 3–4 January 28, 1988 Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,583 88–663 8–10 4–4 January 30, 1988 Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,181 78–71 9–10 5–4 February 4, 1988 yes Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 8,554 76–71 10–10 6–4 February 7, 1988 yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 7,612 68–73 10–11 6–5 February 11, 1988 yes USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 6,057 85–70 11–11 7–5 February 14, 1988 y yes Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 11,418 66–73 11–12 February 18, 1988 Arizona State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 5,427 79–73 12–12 8–5 February 20, 1988 Arizona 3 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,037 76–78 OT 12–13 8–6 February 25, 1988 yes Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 3,235 97–87 13–13 9–6 February 27, 1988 yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 5,475 62–55 14–13 10–6 March 3, 1988 Stanford Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 7,453 91–69 15–13 11–6 March 6, 1988 California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 7,710 74–66 16–13 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins| Pac-10 Tournament March 11, 1988 yes Washington State McKale Center Tucson, AZ Quarterfinals 13,061 71–73 16–14 AP Poll Pacific Time SourceSeason by Season Records http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=12 UCLA Athletics February 13, 2018 December 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201229080204/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=12 dead Final 1988 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1988_110_University%20of%20California,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf#page=2 Notes Oregon St. swept the Bruins for the first time in four years (1983–84), and for only the third time since 1958. 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