1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs basketball team

1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 19
Record	24–7 (14–2 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Killingsworth (8th season);
Home arena	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

1986–87 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 TCU	14	–	2	.875	24	–	7	.774
Baylor	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Houston	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Texas Tech	9	–	7	.563	15	–	14	.517
Arkansas	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
SMU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Texas	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Texas A&M †	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Rice	2	–	14	.125	8	–	19	.296

† 1987 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University as a member of the Southwestern Conference during the 1986–87 men's college basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Killingsworth, TCU won the regular season conference title and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. After an opening round victory over Marshall, the Horned Frogs were beaten by No. 5 seed Notre Dame, 58–57,^[1] in the round of 32. The team finished with a record of 24–7 (14–2 SWC).

Roster

1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	23	Jamie Dixon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Los Angeles, California
G	32	Carven Holcombe	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas

Head coach

Jim Killingsworth

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 1986*		at LSU Preseason NIT	W 83–74	1–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 24, 1986*		at Western Kentucky Preseason NIT	L 90–96	1–1	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
Dec 1, 1986*		at Lamar	L 72–83	1–2	Montagne Center Beaumont, Texas
Dec 3, 1986*		North Texas	W 92–85	2–2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 6, 1986*		at Colorado State	W 80–77	3–2	Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado
Dec 8, 1986*		Tulsa	W 71–65	4–2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 12, 1986*		at Cal State Fullerton	L 48–56	4–3	Titan Gym Fullerton, California
Dec 13, 1986*		vs. Arizona State Cougar Classic	W 96–78	5–3
Dec 20, 1986*		Michigan State	W 66–48	6–3	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 23, 1986*		Long Beach State	W 88–72	7–3	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 26, 1986*		vs. Oklahoma State All-College Tournament	W 92–61	8–3	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dec 27, 1986*		vs. No. 6 Oklahoma All-College Tournament	W 95–82	9–3	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jan 3, 1987		at Arkansas	W 80–77	10–3 (1–0)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 7, 1987		Baylor	W 71–56	11–3 (2–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 10, 1987		Texas A&M	W 55–54	12–3 (3–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 14, 1987		at SMU	W 57–53	13–3 (4–0)	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Jan 19, 1987		Texas	W 52–37	14–3 (5–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 21, 1987		at Texas Tech	W 48–43	15–3 (6–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 24, 1987		at Houston	W 62–56	16–3 (7–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 28, 1987		Rice	W 64–38	17–3 (8–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 31, 1987		Arkansas	W 73–66	18–3 (9–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 4, 1987		at Baylor	L 63–66	18–4 (9–1)	Heart O' Texas Fair Complex Waco, Texas
Feb 8, 1987		at Texas A&M	W 55–50	19–4 (10–1)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
Feb 12, 1987		SMU	W 69–50	20–4 (11–1)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 18, 1987		at Texas	W 70–54	21–4 (12–1)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 21, 1987		Texas Tech	W 52–44	22–4 (13–1)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 25, 1987		Houston	L 65–84	22–5 (13–2)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 28, 1987		at Rice	W 85–69	23–5 (14–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
SWC tournament
Mar 6, 1987*	(1) No. 15	vs. (8) Texas A&M Quarterfinals	L 70–81	23–6	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1987*	(4 E) No. 19	vs. (13 E) Marshall First round	W 76–60	24–6	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 14, 1987*	(4 E) No. 19	vs. (5 E) No. 18 Notre Dame Second round	L 57–58^[1]	24–7	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

References

1 2 "N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan". The New York Times. March 15, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
↑ "1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ "1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". TCU Athletics. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
↑ "TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

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[ncaa-notredame-1] 1 2 "N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan". The New York Times. March 15, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[2] "1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] "1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". TCU Athletics. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

[4] "TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

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