1987–88 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers finished fourth in the Big Eight Conference, lost in the semifinal round of the Big Eight tournament, and received a bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Tigers were upset by Rhode Island, 87–80, in the opening round^[1] and finished with an overall record of 19–11 (7–7 Big Eight).

1987–88 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	19–11 (7–7 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Sundvold (7th season) Rich Daly (5th season) Anthony Smith (3rd season)
Home arena	Hearnes Center
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

Roster

1987–88 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 3 Derrick Chievous 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr New York, New York G 4 Lee Coward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So Detroit, MI G 21 Byron Irvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Chicago, Illinois F 33 Greg Church 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr F 34 Doug Smith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Detroit, Michigan F 42 Mike Sandbothe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — Jr C 52 Gary Leonard 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 264 lb (120 kg) Jr Belleville, Illinois	Head coach Norm Stewart (Missouri) Assistant coach(es) Bob Sundvold Rich Daly Anthony Smith Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
Dec 4, 1987*	No. 8	North Texas Wadsworth Show-Me Classic	W 64–56	1–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 5, 1987*	No. 8	Eastern Michigan Wadsworth Show-Me Classic	W 77–75 2OT	2–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 8, 1987*	No. 9	at Drake	W 76–74	3–0	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 12, 1987*	No. 9	at No. 20 Memphis State	L 68–76[2]	3–1	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, Tennessee
Dec 15, 1987*	No. 16	Virginia Tech	W 105–96	4–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 22, 1987*	No. 17	vs. Illinois Braggin' Rights	L 63–75[3]	4–2	St. Louis Arena (18,224) St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 28, 1987*		San Jose State	W 85–61	5–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 30, 1987*		Alabama State	W 129–64	6–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 2, 1988*		Tulsa	W 92–48	7–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 4, 1988*		at Southern Illinois	W 86–66	8–2	SIU Arena  Carbondale, Illinois
Jan 6, 1988*		Maryland	W 93–85	9–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 9, 1988		at No. 18 Kansas Border War	L 74–78[4]	9–3 (0–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 16, 1988		at Nebraska	L 68–70	9–4 (0–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 23, 1988 1:10 pm, Big Eight		No. 10 Iowa State	W 119–93[5]	11–4 (1–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 30, 1988		at Oklahoma State	W 86–72	12–4 (2–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 3, 1988		Colorado	W 99–69	13–4 (3–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 6, 1988 1:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 7 Oklahoma	L 101–120[6]	13–5 (3–3)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 9, 1988		No. 14 Kansas State	W 79–75[7]	14–5 (4–3)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 11, 1988		Nebraska	W 92–67	15–5 (5–3)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 13, 1988*		at No. 7 UNLV	W 81–79[8]	16–5	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, Nevada
Feb 17, 1988 9:10 pm, ESPN	No. 15	at Iowa State	L 89–102	16–6 (5–4)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 21, 1988	No. 15	Oklahoma State	W 92–70	17–6 (6–4)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 24, 1988	No. 15	at Colorado	L 78–81	17–7 (6–5)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
Feb 27, 1988	No. 15	Kansas Border War	L 77–82	17–8 (6–6)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Mar 3, 1988 6:00 pm, ESPN		No. 4 Oklahoma	W 93–90 OT[9]	18–8 (7–6)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Mar 5, 1988		at Kansas State	L 82–92	18–9 (7–7)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Big Eight Conference tournament
Mar 11, 1988* 12:10 pm, Raycom	(4)	vs. (5) Iowa State Big Eight tournament quarterfinals	W 90–80	19–9	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 12, 1988* 1:00 pm, Raycom	(4)	vs. (1) No. 4 Oklahoma Big Eight tournament semifinals	L 99–102[10]	19–10	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1988*	(6 E)	vs. (11 E) Rhode Island East Regional – First Round	L 80–87	19–11	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central.

Rankings

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

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1988 NBA draft

Main article: 1988 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	16	Derrick Chievous	Houston Rockets

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