1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 8th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	20–12 (6–8 Big Eight)
Head coach	Johnny Orr (8th season)
Assistant coach	Steve Krafcisin
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma†	12	–	2		.857			35	–	4		.897
No. 20 Kansas State	11	–	3		.786			25	–	9		.735
Kansas	9	–	5		.643			27	–	11		.711
Missouri	7	–	7		.500			19	–	11		.633
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			20	–	12		.625
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			13	–	18		.419
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
† 1988 Big Eight tournament winner As of March 3, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 20–12, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the East region. The Cyclones lost to Georgia Tech in the opening round of the tournament.

Roster

1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
[1] Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Gary Thompkins (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr G 4 Terry Woods 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — So F 5 Lafester Rhodes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Sr 13 Dick Breitbach — — F 21 Norman Brown — — G 22 Mike Born 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — 23 Matt Margenthaler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — 24 Bernard Dutchik — — F 25 Elmer Robinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr G 30 Marc Urquhart 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Jr F 32 Adrian Moore 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — So F 41 Mark Baugh 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Dolton, Illinois 42 Robert Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — F 43 Paul Doerrfeld 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So G 44 Jeff Grayer (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Sr Flint, Michigan C 51 Bryan Heger 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — So F 52 Victor Alexander 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Fr Detroit	Head coach Johnny Orr (Beloit) Assistant coach(es) Steve Krafcisin Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 20, 1987* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Texas Big Apple NIT	W 100–83	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (14,122) Ames, Iowa
Nov 24, 1987* 6:30 pm, Score		at No. 2 Purdue Big Apple NIT	W 104–96	2–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 27, 1987* 8:00 pm, USA		vs. No. 14 Florida Big Apple NIT	L 89–96	2–1	Madison Square Garden (7,311) New York City
Nov 28, 1987* 6:00 pm		vs. New Mexico Big Apple NIT	W 107–96	3–1	Madison Square Garden  New York
Dec 2, 1987* 7:35 pm, Iowa Public Television		at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 80–75	4–1	UNI-Dome  Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dec 5, 1987* 7:38 pm, Heritage Cablevision		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 83–77	5–1	UNI-Dome  Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 8, 1987* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Arizona State	W 99–85	6–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Dec 12, 1987* 1:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Creighton	W 115–73	7–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Dec 19, 1987* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 20	No. 7 Iowa CyHawk Rivalry	W 102–100 OT	8–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Dec 21, 1987* 7:05 pm	No. 20	Eastern Illinois	W 76–66 OT	9–1	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Dec 28, 1987* 5:30 pm	No. 16	vs. Butler Blade City Classic Semifinals	L 76–78	9–2	Centennial Hall (4,500) Toledo, Ohio
Dec 29, 1987* 5:00 pm	No. 16	vs. Navy Blade City Classic Consolation	W 83–61	10–2	Centennial Hall  Toledo, Ohio
Jan 2, 1988* 1:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	South Dakota	W 95–67	11–2	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Jan 7, 1988* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Grambling State	W 99–81	12–2	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Jan 9, 1988* 7:10 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 17	at Dayton	W 84–80	13–2	Dayton Arena  Dayton, Ohio
Jan 13, 1988 7:08 pm, ESPN/Cyclone Television Network	No. 14	No. 16 Kansas	W 88–78	14–2 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Jan 16, 1988* 1:08 pm	No. 14	U.S. International	W 123–92	15–2	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Jan 20, 1988 7:08 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 10	Nebraska	W 114–76	16–2 (2–0)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Jan 23, 1988 1:10 pm, Big Eight	No. 10	at Missouri	L 93–119	16–3 (2–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 27, 1988 7:35 pm, Raycom/Closed Circuit (Iowa)[2]	No. 12	at No. 10 Oklahoma	L 86–109	16–4 (2–2)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 30, 1988 1:00 pm, Big Eight	No. 12	No. 10 Oklahoma	L 91–96	16–5 (2–3)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 3, 1988 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	at Kansas State	L 68–79 OT	16–6 (2–4)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 6, 1988 3:10 pm, Big Eight	No. 16	Oklahoma State	L 78–80 OT	16–7 (2–5)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 10, 1988 9:05 pm		at Colorado	L 75–87	16–8 (2–6)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
Feb 13, 1988 3:10 pm, Big Eight		at Kansas	L 72–82	16–9 (2–7)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 17, 1988 9:10 pm, ESPN		No. 15 Missouri	W 102–89	17–9 (3–7)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 24, 1988 7:08 pm		Kansas State	L 66–83	17–10 (3–8)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 27, 1988 3:08 pm, Big Eight (KCCI)[3]		at Nebraska	W 85–84	18–10 (4–8)	Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 2, 1988 7:10 pm, Cyclone Television Network		at Oklahoma State	W 97–88	19–10 (5–8)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
Mar 5, 1988 1:10 pm		at Colorado	W 98–62	20–10 (6–8)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Big Eight tournament
Mar 11, 1988 12:10 pm, Raycom	(5)	vs. (4) Missouri Big Eight tournament Quarterfinal	L 80–90	20–11	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1988* 11:07 am, WOI/KGAN/KCAU/KIMT/KLJB[4] ESPN/NCAA Productions	(12 E)	vs. (5 E) Georgia Tech NCAA tournament East Region First round	L 78–90	20–12	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

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