1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball | |
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 7–21 (3–11 MVC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Hulman Center |
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Bradley † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1988 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1987–88 men's college basketball season.
The Sycamores were led by third year head coach Ron Greene[2] and finished the season with an overall record of 7-21, while going 3-11 in the Missouri Valley Conference.[3]
Roster
The team lost 8 of the 15 players from the previous season.[4] A notable addition to the team was Eddie Bird, younger brother of former Sycamores' player Larry Bird.[5][6]
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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November 28* | Fredonia State | W 68–56 | 1–0 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
November 30* | Ball State | L 69–72 | 1–1 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
December 3* | at Boston University | L 67–81 | 1–2 | Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 5* | Eastern Illinois | W 64–63 | 2–2 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
December 8* | at Butler | L 65–84 | 2–3 | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||||
December 11* | vs. Washington State | L 61–73 | 2–4 | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana | |||||||
December 12* | vs. James Madison | L 63–65 | 2–5 | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana | |||||||
December 19* | Butler | L 44–64 | 2–6 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
December 21* | at St. Louis | L 58–74 | 2–7 | Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri | |||||||
December 30* | Evansville | L 68–74 | 2–8 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
January 2* | St. Ambrose | W 87–74 | 3–8 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
January 7 | at Drake | L 54–63 | 3–9 (0–1) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
January 9* | Missouri Valley College | W 76–56 | 4–9 (0–1) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
January 14 | Bradley | L 68–79[7][8] | 4–10 (0–2) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
January 16 | at Southern Illinois | L 72–82 OT | 4–11 (0–3) | The SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois | |||||||
January 20 | at Illinois State | L 64–72 | 4–12 (0–4) | Horton Field House Normal, Illinois | |||||||
January 22 | at Creighton | L 63–85 | 4–13 (0–5) | Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska | |||||||
January 28 | Drake | W 84–78 | 5–13 (1–5) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
January 30 | Creighton | L 71–75 | 5–14 (1–6) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 2* | DePaul | L 56–64 | 5–15 (1–6) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 6 | at Wichita State | L 70–102 | 5–16 (1–7) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
February 8 | at Tulsa | L 67–70 | 5–17 (1–8) | Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
February 11 | Wichita State | W 63–62 | 6–17 (2–8) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 13 | Tulsa | W 93–88 2OT | 7–17 (3–8) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 17 | Illinois State | L 59–69 | 7–18 (3–9) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 24 | Southern Illinois | L 87–90 OT | 6–19 (3–10) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
February 27 | at No. 14 Bradley | L 74–95 | 7–20 (3–11) | Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois | |||||||
MVC Tournament | |||||||||||
March 5 | vs. No. 14 Bradley | L 74–93 | 7–21 (3–11) | Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
- ^ Mark Morrow (November 11, 1987). "Bird in hand good news to Sycamores' Greene". The Indianapolis News. p. B8. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dan Dunkin (November 4, 1988). "As Bird flies, so does ISU". The Indianapolis Star. p. F5. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Wayne Fuson (November 2, 1987). "Fuson: ISU basketball a problem, too". The Indianapolis News. p. B3. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brother Bird, little Ellis make debuts". The Buffalo News. United Press International. November 28, 1987. p. C6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ron Maly (November 10, 1987). "Bird II: Eddie takes his turn at Indiana State". The Des Moines Register. p. 5S. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wolff, Alexander (January 25, 1988). "SCORING IN HIGHEST STYLE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ "ON AND OFF COURT, BRADLEY'S HAWKINS IS ON TARGET". Chicago Tribune. January 17, 1988. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ "1987-88 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/indstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/10/14/2021_22_Media_Guide.pdf