1987–88 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 March 2017 Basketball 1987–88 Michigan Wolverines 150 1901-94 Michigan Wolverines Primary Logo.png 200 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 10 10 26–8 13–5 Bill Frieder Mike Boyd Steve Fisher David Hammer Glen Rice Gary Grant Gary Grant Crisler Arena NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 1987–88 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1987–88 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished second in the Big Ten Conference.http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 68 September 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all The team earned the number three seed in the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where it advanced two rounds before losing.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-ncaa-tournament NCAA Tournament History University of Michigan 3 2010 September 8, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101001104827/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-ncaa-tournament October 1, 2010 dead mdy-all The team was ranked all seventeen weeks of the season in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll where it began the season at number nine, ended at number ten and peaked at number seven.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records August 28, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 68–83 and it also ended the season ranked tenth in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records August 28, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 87 The team was the national statistical champion in team field goal percentage (54.6%, 1198 of 2196).http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records August 28, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 49 The team established the current Big Ten Conference records for team single-game assists by twice totaling 37 (vs. 1987 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University Western Michigan December 7, 1987, and vs. 1987 men Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan December 12, 1987) as well as the current team assist record for conference games with 36 (vs. Iowa February 3, 1988).http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 29 September 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-allhttp://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 32 September 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all The team also established Big Ten team records for single-season field goals made (1198),http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 28 September 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all and single-season assists (694, 1987–88) that it would surpass the following season. It also set the single-game (conference games only) three-point field goal percentage record that would only last one night (.875, 7 of 8, vs. Iowa February 3, 1988).http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 31 September 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all Glen Rice was the conference scoring champion with a 22.9 points per game average in conference games,http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 33 September 8, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all while Gary Grant led the conference in both steals and assists with 2.72 and 6.5 averages, respectively in conference games.http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide CBS Interactive 35 September 8, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT July 3, 2010 dead mdy-all Grant served as team captain and shared team MVP with Rice.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades All-Time Accolades CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 9–10 September 9, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100901151320/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades September 1, 2010 dead mdy-all Grant earned consensus All-American recognition.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades All-Time Accolades CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 4–7 September 9, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100901151320/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades September 1, 2010 dead mdy-all The team set a new school record by totaling 2973 points over the course of the season, surpassing the record of 2821 set the prior year. The record would be rebroken the following season.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all Loy Vaught also set the Michigan single field goal percentage record at 62.18% which he would break the following season.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all For the fourth of five consecutive seasons, the team set the school record for single-season field goal percentage on with a 54.6% (1198-for-2196) performance. Grant set the individual single-season three-point field goal percentage record of 48.53%, but it was eclipsed the following season by Glen Rice.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all Also against Iowa on February 3, the team set the current three-point field goal single game percentage record by making 7 of its eight attempts, surpassing the December 6, 1986, record of 75%. Gary Grant's established the current school record when his single-season total of 234 assists surpassed his own school record total of 185 that he set two years earlier.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all His 731 career assists also established the current school record, surpassing Antoine Joubert's 539 set the prior season. He also surpassed Dave Baxter's school single season average set in 1978 of 6.59 with the current record of 6.88 assists per game and Eric Turner's 1984 career average of 5.00 per game with a 5.67 average that was surpassed in 1990 by Rumeal Robinson. For the second of three consecutive seasons, the team set the school single-season total assist record with a total of 694, surpassing the prior total of 652. Grant's current school record total 14 assists in a game on December 7, 1987, against 1987 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University Western Michigan and he repeated the feat on December 19 against 1987 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan University Northern Michigan. This surpassed Mark Bodnar and Antoine Joubert, who had each posted 13 assists in a game previously. Grant's career steals total of 300 and average of 2.33 surpassed Thad Garner's 1982 statistics and remain school records.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all Gary Grant career total of 4231 minutes surpassed Joubert's school record total of 3960 set the prior year. Louis Bullock would break the record in 1999.http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records All-Time Records September 9, 2010 CBS Interactive MGoBlue.com 20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all Gary Grant ended his career with 129 games played and 128 games started, which surpassed Joubert's 1987 school records of 127 games and 115 starts. Glen Rice and Louis Bullock would surpass these records for games and starts in 1989 and 1999, respectively. In the 64-team NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, number three seeded Michigan advanced two rounds by defeating the fourteen-seeded Boise State Broncos 63–58 and the six-seeded Florida Gators 108–85. In the third round the team was defeated by two-seeded North Carolina 78–69. Schedule |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan Wolverines| Regular Season Nov 27, 1987 9 yes yes 1987 men Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL) 109–76 1–0 Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout Nov 28, 1987 9 yes yes 17 Arizona 64–79 1–1 Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout Nov 29, 1987 9 yes yes 1987 men UAB Blazers UAB 78–76 2–1 Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska Great Alaska Shootout Dec 2, 1987 15 yes year-1987 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 92–71 3–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 5, 1987 15 yes 1987 men Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 97–67 4–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 7, 1987 15 yes 1987 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 113–66 5–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 10, 1987 15 yes 1987 men Austin Peay Governors Austin Peay 88–67 6–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 12, 1987 15 yes 1987 men Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 115–63 7–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 19, 1987 13 yes 1987 men Northern Michigan Wildcats Northern Michigan 111–87 8–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 21, 1987 13 yes 1987 men Grambling State Tigers Grambling State 78–61 9–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Dec 28, 1987 11 yes yes Clemson 93–88 10–1 Sun Dome Tampa, Florida South Florida Invitational Dec 29, 1987 12 yes yes 1987 men USF Bulls USF 92–56 11–1 Sun Dome Tampa, Florida South Florida Invitational Jan 6, 1988 11 yes 1987 men Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern 92–69 12–1 1–0 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois Jan 9, 1988 11 1987 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota 103–71 13–1 2–0 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Jan 14, 1988 10 yes Michigan State 90–72 14–1 3–0 Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan Jan 18, 1988 7 yes 1987 men Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State 68–70 14–2 3–1 St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio Jan 21, 1988 7 Wisconsin 65–54 15–2 4–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Jan 24, 1988 7 yes Indiana 72–60 16–2 5–1 Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Jan 28, 1988 8 13 Illinois 76–64 17–2 6–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Jan 31, 1988 8 17 yes Syracuse yes 71–89 17–3 Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York Feb 3, 1988 8 13 Iowa 120–103 18–3 7–1 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb 7, 1988 11 6 Purdue 87–91 18–4 7–2 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb 11, 1988 12 yes Wisconsin 80–67 19–4 8–2 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb 13, 1988 12 19 Indiana 92–72 20–4 9–2 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb 17, 1988 10 yes Minnesota 82–78 21–4 10–2 Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Feb 22, 1988 10 Michigan State 77–69 22–4 11–2 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Feb 27, 1988 7 13 yes Iowa 87–95 22–5 11–3 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa Mar 2, 1988 10 Northwestern 105–67 23–5 12–3 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Mar 5, 1988 10 2 yes Purdue 67–80 23–6 12–4 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana Mar 9, 1988 10 19 yes Illinois 74–85 23–7 12–5 Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois Mar 12, 1988 10 Ohio State 95–76 24–7 13–5 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan |- !colspan=9 style=Michigan Wolverines| NCAA tournament Mar 17, 1988 10 3 W yes Boise State 14 W 63–58 25–7 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah First Round Mar 19, 1988 10 3 W yes Florida 6 W 108–85 26–7 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah Second Round Mar 25, 1988 10 3 W yes 7 North Carolina 2 W 26–8 69–78 The Kingdome Seattle, Washington AP Poll Rankings 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP Poll 0 16 9 15 15 13 11 12 11 10 7 8 11 12 10 7 10 10 10 Team players drafted into the NBA Six players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1988.html 1988 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com April 25, 2014https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1989.html 1989 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com April 25, 2014https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1990.html 1990 NBA Draft Basketball-reference.com April 25, 2014 Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA club 1988 1 15 15 Gary Grant Seattle SuperSonics 1989 1 4 4 Glen Rice Miami Heat 1990 1 10 10 Rumeal Robinson Atlanta Hawks 1990 1 13 13 Loy Vaught Los Angeles Clippers 1990 1 16 16 Terry Mills Milwaukee Bucks 1990 2 27 54 Sean Higgins San Antonio Spurs See also NCAA Men's Division I tournament bids by school NCAA Men's Division I tournament bids by school and conference NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament all-time team records References 30em Michigan Michigan Category:Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons Michigan Wolve Michigan Wolve