1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball | |
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Ivy League champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 13–14 (10–4 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | The Palestra |
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 2nd-year head coach Tom Schneider, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13–14, 10–4 in Ivy League play to win the conference championship.[1] They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to No. 1 seed North Carolina.[2]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 1, 1986* | at No. 15 Georgia Tech | L 57–84 | 0–1 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
Dec 6, 1986* | Niagara | L 74–79 | 0–2 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Dec 8, 1986* | at Temple | L 67–103 | 0–3 | McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Dec 13, 1986* | Vanderbilt | L 70–71 | 0–4 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Dec 29, 1986* | vs. Alabama BMA Holiday Classic | L 68–110 | 0–5 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri | |||||||
Dec 30, 1986* | vs. Oral Roberts BMA Holiday Classic | W 71–63 | 1–5 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri | |||||||
Jan 3, 1987* | Notre Dame | L 67–71 | 1–6 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 9, 1987 | at Harvard | L 91–93 | 1–7 (0–1) | Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
Jan 10, 1987 | at Dartmouth | W 94–74 | 2–7 (1–1) | Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
Jan 13, 1987* | Saint Francis (PA) | W 94–85 | 3–7 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 20, 1987* | Lafayette | W 80–64 | 4–7 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 27, 1987* | vs. Saint Joseph's | L 81–83 | 4–8 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 30, 1987 | Yale | L 80–81 | 4–9 (1–2) | The Palestra (3,152) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Jan 31, 1987 | Brown | W 98–74 | 5–9 (2–2) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 3, 1987 | at Princeton | W 69–68 | 6–9 (3–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 6, 1987 | at Cornell | L 74–86 | 6–10 (3–3) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 7, 1987 | at Columbia | W 79–73 | 7–10 (4–3) | Levien Gymnasium New York, New York | |||||||
Feb 10, 1987* | Villanova | L 60–71 | 7–11 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 13, 1987 | Dartmouth | W 88–75 | 8–11 (5–3) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 14, 1987 | Harvard | W 95–79 | 9–11 (6–3) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 16, 1987* | La Salle | L 72–80 | 9–12 | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 20, 1987* | Columbia | W 94–73 | 10–12 (7–3) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 21, 1987 | Cornell | W 93–59 | 11–12 (8–3) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 24, 1987 | Princeton | L 59–63 | 11–13 (8–4) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Feb 27, 1987 | at Brown | W 95–92 | 12–13 (9–4) | Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
Feb 28, 1987 | at Yale | W 78–74 | 13–13 (10–4) | Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1,178) New Haven, Connecticut | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1987* | (16 E) | vs. (1 E) No. 2 North Carolina First Round | L 82–113 | 13–14 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Awards and honors
References
- ^ "Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1987". The Daily Pennsylvanian. November 24, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "North Carolina 113, Pennsylvania 82". UPI Archives. March 13, 1987. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "1984-85 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2022.