1986β87 LSU Tigers basketball | |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 24β15 (8β10 SEC) |
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Home arena | LSU Assembly Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Alabama β | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 24 | – | 15 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1987 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986β87 LSU Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1986-87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Dale Brown and played their home games at LSU Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A year after becoming the lowest seeded team (11th) in the NCAA tournament to reach the Final Four, the Tigers nearly reached the Final Four for the second straight season as a double-digit seed. The Tigers finished below .500 during SEC regular season play (8β10, tied for 6th), but played terrific basketball for four consecutive days in an attempt to earn the SEC's automatic bid by nearly winning the SEC tournament. They were beaten by Alabama in the championship game, but it was enough to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region, LSU beat No. 7 seed Georgia Tech, No. 2 seed Temple, [1] and No. 3 seed DePaul [2] to reach the Elite Eight – the 4th of Coach Brownβs tenure. In the Midwest regional final, eventual National champion Indiana got by LSU by a single point, 77β76. [3] The Tigers finished with a record of 24β15.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 21, 1986* |
Texas Christian Preseason NIT |
L 74β83 | 0β1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 4, 1986* |
Arkansas State | W 73β61 | 1β1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 6, 1986* |
at McNeese State | W 77β62 | 2β1 |
Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 13, 1986* |
No. 16 Georgia Tech | W 52β49 | 3β1 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 16, 1986 |
at Florida | L 75β96 | 3β2 (0β1) |
Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, Florida | |||||||
Dec 19, 1986* |
Hardin-Simmons | W 77β71 | 4β2 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 20, 1986* |
New Orleans | L 71β82 | 4β3 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 22, 1986 |
Vanderbilt | L 61β63 | 4β4 (0β2) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 29, 1986* |
vs.
West Virginia State Seasider Classic |
W 93β76 | 5β4 |
Laie, Hawaii | |||||||
Dec 30, 1986* |
vs.
Illinois-Chicago Seasider Classic |
W 117β84 | 6β4 |
Laie, Hawaii | |||||||
Dec 31, 1986* |
vs.
BYUβHawaii Seasider Classic |
W 85β70 | 7β4 |
Laie, Hawaii | |||||||
Jan 1, 1987* |
vs. Denison | W 99β45 | 8β4 |
Laie, Hawaii | |||||||
Jan 5, 1987 |
at Ole Miss | L 63β73 | 8β5 (0β3) |
Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi | |||||||
Jan 7, 1987 |
at Tennessee | W 79β78 | 9β5 (1β3) |
Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 10, 1987 |
Georgia | L 63β64 | 9β6 (1β4) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 12, 1987* |
vs. No. 16 Oklahoma | L 85β94 | 9β7 |
Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
Jan 14, 1987 |
at No. 15 Alabama | L 65β69 | 9β8 (1β5) |
Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama | |||||||
Jan 18, 1987 ABC |
at Kentucky | W 76β41 | 10β8 (2β5) |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | |||||||
Jan 21, 1987 |
Florida | L 51β75 | 10β9 (2β6) |
Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 24, 1987* |
Western Kentucky | W 67β62 | 11β9 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 25, 1987 |
at Mississippi State | W 52β50 | 12β9 (3β6) |
Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi | |||||||
Jan 28, 1987 7:00 p.m., JPT |
No. 18 Auburn | W 75β73 | 13β9 (4β6) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 31, 1987 |
at Vanderbilt | L 65β66 | 13β10 (4β7) |
Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 4, 1987 |
Ole Miss | W 82β75 | 14β10 (5β7) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 7, 1987 2:00 p.m., JPT |
Tennessee | W 60β58 | 15β10 (6β7) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 9, 1987* |
Northern Arizona | W 70β58 | 16β10 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 11, 1987 7:00 p.m., JPT |
at Georgia | L 57β63 | 16β11 (6β8) |
Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia | |||||||
Feb 14, 1987 |
No. 14 Alabama | L 52β60 | 16β12 (6β9) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 21, 1987 |
Kentucky | W 65β52 | 17β12 (7β9) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 25, 1987 |
Mississippi State | W 55β46 | 18β12 (8β9) |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Mar 1, 1987 JPT |
at Auburn | L 62β100 | 18β13 (8β10) |
Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama | |||||||
SEC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 5, 1987* JPT |
(7) | vs. (10) Mississippi State First round |
W 68β54 | 19β13 |
The Omni Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 6, 1987* JPT |
(7) | vs. (2) Florida Quarterfinals |
W 72β66 | 20β13 |
The Omni Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 7, 1987* JPT |
(7) | vs. (3) Georgia Semifinals |
W 89β88 2OT [5] | 21β13 |
The Omni Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 8, 1987* ABC |
(7) | vs. (1) No. 9
Alabama Championship Game |
L 62β69 [6] | 21β14 |
The Omni Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 1987* |
(10 MW) | vs. (7 MW) Georgia Tech First round |
W 85β79 | 22β14 |
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Mar 15, 1987* |
(10 MW) | vs. (2 MW) No. 8
Temple Second Round |
W 72β62 | 23β14 |
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Mar 20, 1987* CBS |
(10 MW) | vs. (3 MW) No. 5
DePaul Midwest Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
W 63β58 | 24β14 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
Mar 22, 1987* CBS |
(10 MW) | vs. (1 MW) No. 3
Indiana Midwest Regional Final – Elite Eight |
L 76β77 | 24β15 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. |