1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	20–12 (6–8 Big Eight)
Head coach	Johnny Orr (8th season);
Assistant coach	Steve Krafcisin
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum

1987–88 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	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

The 1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 8th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

They finished the season 20–12, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the #12 seed in the East region. The Cyclones lost to Georgia Tech in the opening round of the tournament.

Roster

1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	3	Gary Thompkins (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
G	4	Terry Woods	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	So
F	5	Lafester Rhodes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr
	13	Dick Breitbach	—	—
F	21	Norman Brown	—	—
G	22	Mike Born	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
	23	Matt M1rgenthaler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
	24	Bernard Dutchik	—	—
F	25	Elmer Robinson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr
G	30	Marc Urquhart	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	32	Adrian Moore	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
F	41	Mark Baugh	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So	Dolton, Illinois
	42	Robert Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—
F	43	Paul Doerrfeld	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
G	44	Jeff Grayer (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr	Flint, Michigan
C	51	Bryan Heger	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So
F	52	Victor Alexander	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Fr	Detroit, Michigan

Head coach

Johnny Orr (Beloit)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Krafcisin

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 20, 1987* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Texas Big Apple NIT	W 100–83	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (14,122) Ames, Iowa
Nov 24, 1987* 6:30 pm, Score		at No. 2 Purdue Big Apple NIT	W 104–96	2–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Nov 27, 1987* 8:00 pm, USA		vs. No. 14 Florida Big Apple NIT	L 89–96	2–1	Madison Square Garden (7,311) New York, NY
Nov 28, 1987* 6:00 pm		vs. New Mexico Big Apple NIT	W 107–96	3–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
Dec 2, 1987* 7:35 pm, Iowa Public Television		at Northern Iowa Iowa Big Four	W 80–75	4–1	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
Dec 5, 1987* 7:38 pm, Heritage Cablevision		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 83–77	5–1	UNI-Dome Des Moines, IA
Dec 8, 1987* 7:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Arizona State	W 99–85	6–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Dec 12, 1987* 1:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network		Creighton	W 115–73	7–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Dec 19, 1987* 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 20	No. 7 Iowa CyHawk Rivalry	W 102–100 ^OT	8–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Dec 21, 1987* 7:05 pm	No. 20	Eastern Illinois	W 76–66 ^OT	9–1	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Dec 28, 1987* 5:30 pm	No. 16	vs. Butler Blade City Classic Semifinals	L 76–78	9–2	Centennial Hall (4,500) Toledo, OH
Dec 29, 1987* 5:00 pm	No. 16	vs. Navy Blade City Classic Consolation	W 83–61	10–2	Centennial Hall Toledo, OH
Jan 2, 1988* 1:00 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	South Dakota	W 95–67	11–2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 7, 1988* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Grambling State	W 99–81	12–2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 9, 1988* 7:10 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 17	at Dayton	W 84–80	13–2	Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
Jan 13, 1988 7:08 pm, ESPN/Cyclone Television Network	No. 14	No. 16 Kansas	W 88–78	14–2 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 16, 1988* 1:08 pm	No. 14	U.S. International	W 123–92	15–2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 20, 1988 7:08 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 10	Nebraska	W 114–76	16–2 (2–0)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Jan 23, 1988 1:10 pm, Big Eight	No. 10	at Missouri	L 93–119	16–3 (2–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
Jan 27, 1988 7:35 pm, Raycom/Closed Circuit (Iowa)^[2]	No. 12	at No. 10 Oklahoma	L 86–109	16–4 (2–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
Jan 30, 1988 1:00 pm, Big Eight	No. 12	No. 10 Oklahoma	L 91–96	16–5 (2–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 3, 1988 7:05 pm, Cyclone Television Network	No. 16	at Kansas State	L 68–79 ^OT	16–6 (2–4)	Ahearn Fieldhouse Manhattan, KS
Feb 6, 1988 3:10 pm, Big Eight	No. 16	Oklahoma State	L 78–80 ^OT	16–7 (2–5)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 10, 1988 9:05 pm		at Colorado	L 75–87	16–8 (2–6)	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb 13, 1988 3:10 pm, Big Eight		at Kansas	L 72–82	16–9 (2–7)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Feb 17, 1988 9:10 pm, ESPN		No. 15 Missouri	W 102–89	17–9 (3–7)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 24, 1988 7:08 pm		Kansas State	L 66–83	17–10 (3–8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Feb 27, 1988 3:08 pm, Big Eight (KCCI)^[3]		at Nebraska	W 85–84	18–10 (4–8)	Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
Mar 2, 1988 7:10 pm, Cyclone Television Network		at Oklahoma State	W 97–88	19–10 (5–8)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Mar 5, 1988 1:10 pm		at Colorado	W 98–62	20–10 (6–8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
Big Eight tournament
Mar 11, 1988 12:10 pm, Raycom	(5)	vs. (4) Missouri Big Eight tournament Quarterfinal	L 80–90	20–11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1988* 11:07 am, WOI/KGAN/KCAU/KIMT/KLJB^[4] ESPN/NCAA Productions	(12 E)	vs. (5 E) Georgia Tech NCAA tournament East Region First Round	L 78–90	20–12	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

References

↑ "1987-88 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats".
↑ January 27, 1988 (Page 11 of 30). Des Moines, Iowa: , Jan 27, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
↑ 1. February 8, 1988 (Page 9 of 24). Des Moines, Iowa: , Feb 08, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
↑ March 18, 1988 (Page 9 of 32). Des Moines, Iowa: , Mar 18, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.
↑ "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
↑ August 10, 1988 (Page 17 of 216). Des Moines, Iowa: , Aug 10, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

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[1] "1987-88 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats".

[2] January 27, 1988 (Page 11 of 30). Des Moines, Iowa: , Jan 27, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[3] 1. February 8, 1988 (Page 9 of 24). Des Moines, Iowa: , Feb 08, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[4] March 18, 1988 (Page 9 of 32). Des Moines, Iowa: , Mar 18, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

[5] "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[6] August 10, 1988 (Page 17 of 216). Des Moines, Iowa: , Aug 10, 1988 ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central Collection.

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Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	Margaret Hall Gymnasium (1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics