1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 17th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	19–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (17th season)
Captains	Steve Eyl Dean Garrett Keith Smart
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Purdue	16	–	2		.889			29	–	4		.879
No. 10 Michigan	13	–	5		.722			26	–	8		.765
No. 17 Iowa	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
No. 16 Illinois	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Indiana	11	–	7		.611			19	–	10		.655
Ohio State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			12	–	16		.429
Michigan State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	18		.357
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			10	–	18		.357
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			7	–	21		.250
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–10 and a conference record of 11–7, finishing 5th in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers were invited to participate in the 1988 NCAA Tournament as a 4-seed; however, IU made a quick exit with a first-round loss to 13-seed Richmond.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jay Edwards	G/F	6–4	Fr.	Marion, Indiana
4	Lyndon Jones	G	6–2	Fr.	Marion, Indiana
10	Mark Robinson	F	6–5	RS Jr.	Van Nuys, California
11	Todd Jadlow	F/C	6–9	Jr.	Salina, Kansas
14	Magnus Pelkowski	C	6–10	Jr.	Bogotá, Colombia
20	Ricky Calloway	G/F	6–6	Jr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
22	Dean Garrett	C	6–10	Sr.	San Clemente, California
23	Keith Smart	G	6–1	Sr.	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
32	Steve Eyl	F	6–6	Sr.	Hamilton, Ohio
35	Jeff Oliphant	G	6–5	So.	Lyons, Indiana
42	Kreigh Smith	G/F	6–7	Jr.	Tipton, Indiana
44	Joe Hillman	G	6–2	Jr.	Glendale, California
45	Brian Sloan	F/C	6–8	Jr.	McLeansboro, Illinois

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/28/1987*	No. 6	Miami (OH)	W 90–65	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/1/1987*	No. 5	Notre Dame	W 76–59	2–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/5/1987*	No. 5	vs. No. 2 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 76–82	2–1	Hoosier Dome  Indianapolis
12/8/1987*	No. 6	Vanderbilt	W 63–61	3–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1987*	No. 6	James Madison Indiana Classic	W 84–52	4–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/12/1987*	No. 6	Washington State Indiana Classic	W 63–56	5–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1987*	No. 5	Eastern Kentucky	W 103–75	6–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/19/1987*	No. 5	at Louisville	L 69–81	6–2	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
12/28/1987*	No. 13	vs. Pennsylvania Hoosier Classic	W 94–54	7–2	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis
12/29/1987*	No. 13	vs. Stanford Hoosier Classic	W 83–73	8–2	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis
Big Ten Regular Season
1/6/1988	No. 12	at No. 16 Iowa	L 70–84	8–3 (0–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
1/11/1988	No. 12	at Northwestern	L 64–66	8–4 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
1/14/1988	No. 15	Wisconsin	W 55–53	9–4 (1–2)	Assembly Hall (15,230) Bloomington, Indiana
1/16/1988	No. 15	at Michigan State	L 74–75	9–5 (1–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
1/24/1988		No. 7 Michigan	L 60–72	9–6 (1–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/27/1988		at Ohio State	W 75–71	10–6 (2–4)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
1/30/1988		No. 2 Purdue Rivalry	W 82–79	11–6 (3–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/4/1988		Minnesota	W 92–63	12–6 (4–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/6/1988		at Illinois Rivalry	W 75–74	13–6 (5–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/11/1988	No. 19	Northwestern	W 74–45	14–6 (6–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/13/1988	No. 19	at Michigan	L 72–92	14–7 (6–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/18/1988		Michigan State	W 95–58	15–7 (7–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/21/1988		at Purdue Rivalry	L 85–95	15–8 (7–6)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
2/24/1988		at Wisconsin	W 84–74	16–8 (8–6)	Wisconsin Field House (9,229) Madison, Wisconsin
2/29/1988		Illinois Rivalry	L 65–75	16–9 (8–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/5/1988		Ohio State	W 85–77	17–9 (9–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/10/1988		at Minnesota	W 91–85	18–9 (10–7)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
3/12/1988		No. 15 Iowa	W 116–89	19–9 (11–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
3/18/1988*	No. (4)	vs. No. (13) Richmond First Round	L 69–72	19–10 (11–7)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings