1987–88 Florida Gators men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1987–88 Florida Gators Florida Gators script logo.svg Southeastern Conference SEC 22–11 11–7 Norm Sloan 8th Monte Towe 8th Vernon Maxwell O'Connell Center NCAA tournament second round The 1987–88 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 1987–88 NCAA men's basketball season. Roster 1987 Florida Gators y Vernon Maxwell 11 G Sr y Clifford Lett 23 G 6 3 Jr y Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Dwayne Schintzius 33 C 7 1 So y Brandon, Florida Brandon Norm Sloan Schedule yes November 21, 1987 yes 14 Jacksonville Preseason Big Apple NIT 82–52 1–0 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL November 23, 1987 yes 14 18 Georgia Tech Preseason Big Apple NIT 80–69 2–0 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL November 27, 1987 yes 8:00 p.m. USA 14 yes Iowa State Preseason Big Apple NIT 96–89 3–0 Madison Square Garden 7,311 New York, NY November 28, 1987 yes 14 yes Seton Hall Preseason Big Apple NIT 70–68 4–0 Madison Square Garden New York, NY December 3, 1987 yes 7 yes SMU 76–82 4–1 Moody Coliseum University Park, TX December 12, 1987 yes 12 Florida State Rivalry 71–48 5–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL December 16, 1987 yes 11 Ohio State 102–69 6–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL December 21, 1987 yes 8 South Florida 83–69 7–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL December 29, 1987 yes 8:30 p.m. 8 yes 9 Duke Fiesta Bowl Classic 70–93 7–2 McKale Center 13,284 Tucson, AZ December 30, 1987 yes 8 yes Michigan State Fiesta Bowl Classic 83–59 8–2 McKale Center Tucson, AZ January 2, 1988 yes CBS 8 yes 3 Pittsburgh 68–80 8–3 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA January 4, 1988 yes 15 Towson State 77–55 9–3 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL January 6, 1988 15 yes Auburn 67–72 9–4 0–1 Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL January 9, 1988 15 Georgia 87–70 10–4 1–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL January 13, 1988 yes Mississippi State 55–45 11–4 2–1 Starkville, MS January 16, 1988 Ole Miss 77–72 12–4 3–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL January 20, 1988 yes 4 Kentucky Rivalry 58–56 13–4 4–1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY January 23, 1988 yes Tennessee 76–56 14–4 5–1 Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN January 27, 1988 JPTUF basketball slate finalized The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, Florida September 4, 1987 4D https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz9WAAAAIBAJ&dq=jefferson+pilot+sec+basketball+1988&pg=PA27&article_id=2972,1110356 Google Books September 27, 2023 14 LSU 61–50 15–4 6–1 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL January 30, 1988 14 yes Vanderbilt 65–92 15–5 6–2 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN February 3, 1988 19 yes Alabama 74–64 16–5 7–2 Tuscaloosa, AL February 6, 1988 19 Auburn 57–58 16–6 7–3 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL February 10, 1988 yes Georgia 65–71 16–7 7–4 Athens, GA February 13, 1988 Mississippi State 69–52 17–7 8–4 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL February 15, 1988 yes yes Miami (FL) 83–73 18–7 Miami, FL February 17, 1988 yes Ole Miss 75–82 18–8 8–5 Oxford, MS February 20, 1988 NBC 9 Kentucky 83–76 19–8 9–5 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL February 24, 1988 Tennessee 63–65 19–9 9–6 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL March 2, 1988 19 Vanderbilt 81–65 20–9 10–6 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL March 5, 1988 Alabama 52–45 21–9 11–6 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL March 9, 1988 ABC yes LSU 69–86 21–10 11–7 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA March 11, 1988 yes JPT yes Tennessee SEC Tournament Quarterfinals 67–60 22–10 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA March 12, 1988 yes JPT yes Georgia SEC Tournament Semifinals 70–72 22–11 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA March 17, 1988 yes (6) yes St. John's NCAA Tournament 62–59 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT March 19, 1988 yes yes 10 Michigan NCAA Tournament 85–108 Salt Lake City, UT AP Poll The two NCAA tournament results were vacated. 2017–18 Florida Gators men's basketball media guideJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot . p. 92–93. Retrieved 2017-Nov-23. Rankings 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References Category:Florida Gators men's basketball seasons Florida Florida Florida Gators Florida Gators