1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	25–11 (9–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Larry Brown (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Gregg Popovich (1st season); R. C. Buford (4th season); Alvin Gentry (1st season); Ed Manning (4th season); John Robic (1st season);
Captains	Cedric Hunter; Mark Turgeon (2nd year);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1986–87 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Missouri †	11	–	3	.786	24	–	10	.706
No. 20 Kansas	9	–	5	.643	25	–	11	.694
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	24	–	10	.706
Kansas State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	21	–	12	.636
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	13	–	15	.464
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	8	–	20	.286
Colorado	3	–	11	.214	9	–	19	.321

† 1987 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 1986–87. They were led by Larry Brown in his fourth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	4	Robert Coyne	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr		Denver, Colorado
G	10	Scooter Barry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	De La Salle	Concord, California
G	11	Mark Turgeon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sr	Hayden	Topeka, Kansas
G	14	Kevin Pritchard	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Edison	Tulsa, Oklahoma
G/F	21	Milt Newton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Coolidge	Washington, D.C.
G	22	Cedric Hunter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Omaha South	Omaha, Nebraska
F	23	Archie Marshall	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Edison	Tulsa, Oklahoma
F	24	Chris Piper	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Lawrence	Lawrence, Kansas
F/C	25	Danny Manning	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	Lawrence	Lawrence, Kansas
G	33	Jeff Gueldner	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Charleston	Charleston, Illinois
C	40	Mark Pellock	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Parsons	Parsons, Kansas
F	42	Mark Randall	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Cherry Creek	Englewood, Colorado
F	44	Keith Harris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Santa Monica	Santa Monica, California
C	52	Sean Alvarado	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Dunbar	Washington, D.C.

Head coach

Larry Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
1986/11/29*	No. 8	Tennessee-Martin	W 88-69	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/01*	No. 8	Southern	W 87-69	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/04*	No. 6	Washington	W 82-68	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/06*	No. 6	at Arkansas	L 86-103	3-1	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
1986/12/13	No. 14	Colorado	W 59-56	4-1 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/19*	No. 13	Texas Tech	W 59-56	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/22*	No. 13	The Citadel	W 74-71	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/27*	No. 13	vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh Rainbow Classic First Round	L 76-79	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
1986/12/28*	No. 13	vs. Ohio State Rainbow Classic Loser's Bracket	L 78-79 ^OT	6-3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
1986/12/29*	No. 14	vs. Hawaii Rainbow Classic Seventh Place Game	W 81-80 ^OT	7-3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
1987/01/05*	No. 12	at Wichita State	L 49-54	7-4	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
1987/01/08*	No. 19	No. 8 Temple	W 67–64	8-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/11	No. 19	at Oklahoma State	W 66-63	9-4 (2–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
1987/01/15	No. 20	at No. 16 Oklahoma	L 74-76	9-5 (2–1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
1987/01/17*	No. 20	No. 14 Miami	W 82-47	10-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/21		Missouri Border War	W 71-70	11-5 (3–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/24		Nebraska	W 86-65	12–5 (4–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/25*		vs. No. 20 NC State	W 74-60	13-5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
1987/01/25	No. 20	Iowa State	W 72-48	14-5 (5–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/31*	No. 20	at Louisville	W 62-58	15-5	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
1987/02/04	No. 18	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 80-75 ^2OT	16-5 (6–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
1987/02/07	No. 18	Oklahoma State	W 88-63	17-5 (7–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/08*	No. 18	Notre Dame	W 70-60	18-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/11	No. 17	at Missouri Border War	L 60-63	18-6 (7–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
1987/02/14	No. 17	No. 8 Oklahoma	W 86-84	19-6 (8–2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/17	No. 15	at Iowa State	L 86-95	19-7 (8–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
1987/02/19	No. 15	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 84-67	20-7 (9–3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/21*	No. 15	at No. 20 St. John's	W 62-60	21-7	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1987/02/24	No. 16	at Colorado	L 56-66	21-8 (9–4)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
1987/02/28	No. 16	at Nebraska	L 81-83 ^OT	21-9 (9–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Big 8 Tournament
1987/03/06		vs. Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 67-58	22-9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
1987/03/07		vs. No. 17 Oklahoma Semifinals	W 82-77	23-9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
1987/03/08		vs. No. 19 Missouri Border War Championship Game	L 65-67	23-10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
1987/03/13*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (12 SE) Houston First Round	W 66-55	24-10	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
1987/03/15*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (13 SE) Southwest Missouri State Second Round	W 67-63	25-10	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
1987/03/19*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (1 SE) No. 4 Georgetown Sweet Sixteen	L 57–70	25–11	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	8	6	14	13	13	12	19	20	NR	20	18	17	15	16	NR	20

References

↑ University of Kansas Media Guide, in PDF Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] University of Kansas Media Guide, in PDF Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

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Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics