1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#3
1986–87 record	30–4 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (16th year)
Assistant coach	Ron Felling
Assistant coach	Kohn Smith
Assistant coach	Royce Waltman
Assistant coach	Joby Wright
Captain	Steve Alford Todd Meier Daryl Thomas
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	30	–	4	.882
#7 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
#6 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
#11 Illinois	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Minnesota	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 16th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is noted for having achieved much success without much NBA talent.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 24-4 and a conference record of 15-3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference co-champions with Purdue, IU was named a one-seed in the 1987 NCAA Tournament.^[1] They won solidly over Fairfield, Auburn, and Duke in NCAA play, but they needed Ricky Calloway's rebound lay-in to beat LSU, 77-76, to get to the Final Four. Once there, Indiana beat one-seed UNLV, 97-93, despite ten 3-pointers by UNLV guard Freddie Banks, which is still the Final Four record.

In the championship game versus Syracuse, which featured three future long-time professional players, Indiana trailed 73-70 in the last minute. However, two late shots by Keith Smart, including the last at 0:05, won the game for Indiana.

"The greatness in this team," coach Bob Knight said, "may be the greatness no other team here has had, to the degree that this one did - almost a total resolve not to recognize or be a part of defeat. This team played the last five minutes of critical games as well as I've ever seen a team play."^[2]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
10	Tony Freeman	G	5–7	Fr.	Westchester, Illinois
11	Todd Jadlow	F/C	6–9	RS Jr.	Salina, Kansas
12	Steve Alford	G	6–2	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana
14	Magnus Pelkowski	C	6–10	So.	Bogota, Colombia
20	Ricky Calloway	G/F	6–6	So.	Cincinnati, Ohio
22	Dean Garrett	C	6–10	Jr.	San Clemente, California
23	Keith Smart	G	6–1	Jr.	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
24	Daryl Thomas	F/C	6–7	Sr.	Westchester, Illinois
30	Todd Meier	F/C	6–8	Sr.	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
31	Dave Minor	F	6–5	Fr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
32	Steve Eyl	F	6–6	Jr.	Hamilton, Ohio
35	Jeff Oliphant	G	6–5	Fr.	Lyons, Indiana
42	Kreigh Smith	G/F	6–7	So.	Tipton, Indiana
44	Joe Hillman	G	6–2	So.	Glendale, California
45	Brian Sloan	F/C	6–8	So.	McLeansboro, Illinois

Player stats

Player	Games	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Steve Alford^[3]	34	241	107	160	87	3	39	749
Keith Smart^[4]	34	148	12	74	100	2	30	382

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season

11/29/1986*	#3	Montana State Billings	W 90-55	1-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/2/1986*	#3	at Notre Dame	W 67-62	2-0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
12/6/1986*	#3	#13 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 71-66	3-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/9/1986*	#2	at Vanderbilt	L 75-79	3-1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
12/12/1986*	#2	UNC-Wilmington Indiana Classic	W 73-72	4-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/13/1986*	#2	East Carolina Indiana Classic	W 96-68	5-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/20/1986*	#8	Morehead State	W 84-62	6-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/23/1986*	#8	Louisville	W 67-58	7-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/26/1986*	#8	vs. Princeton Hoosier Classic	W 83-54	8-1	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
12/27/1986*	#8	vs. Illinois State Hoosier Classic	W 82-58	9-1	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
1/4/1987	#6	at Ohio State	W 92-80	10-1 (1-0)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/8/1987	#4	at Michigan State	W 79-60	11-1 (2-0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/12/1987	#4	at Michigan	W 85-84	12-1 (3-0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/15/1987	#4	Wisconsin	W 103-65	13-1 (4-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/17/1987	#4	Northwestern	W 95-43	14-1 (5-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/22/1987	#3	at #1 Iowa	L 88-101	14-2 (5-1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
1/24/1987	#3	at Minnesota	W 77-53	15-2 (6-1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/28/1987	#4	#12 Illinois Rivalry	W 69-66	16-2 (7-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/31/1987	#4	#4 Purdue Rivalry	W 88-74	17-2 (8-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/4/1987	#2	Michigan State	W 84-80	18-2 (9-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/8/1987	#2	Michigan	W 83-67	19-2 (10-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/11/1987	#2	at Northwestern	W 77-75	20-2 (11-1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/16/1987	#2	at Wisconsin	W 86-85 ^3OT	21-2 (12-1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/19/1987	#2	Minnesota	W 72-70	22-2 (13-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/21/1987	#2	#7 Iowa	W 84-75	23-2 (14-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/26/1987	#3	at #6 Purdue Rivalry	L 64-75	23-3 (14-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
3/1/1987	#3	at #14 Illinois Rivalry	L 67-69	23-4 (14-3)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
3/7/1987	#4	Ohio State	W 90-81	24-4 (15-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/12/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #(16) Fairfield First Round	W 92-58	25-4 (15-3)	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN
3/14/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #(8) Auburn Second Round	W 107-90	26-4 (15-3)	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN
3/20/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #17 (5) Duke Sweet Sixteen	W 88-82	27-4 (15-3)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
3/22/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #(10) LSU Elite Eight	W 77-76	28-4 (15-3)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
3/28/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #1 (1) UNLV Final Four	W 97-93	29-4 (15-3)	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
3/30/1987*	#3 (1)	vs. #10 (2) Syracuse NCAA Championship Game	W 74-73	30-4 (15-3)	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Steve Alford, Big Ten Player of the Year
Dean Garrett, Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Bobby Knight, Naismith College Coach of the Year
Keith Smart, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[5]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1987	2	26	Steve Alford	Dallas Mavericks
1987	6	116	Daryl Thomas	Sacramento Kings
1988	2	38	Dean Garrett	Phoenix Suns
1988	2	41	Keith Smart	Golden State Warriors

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References

↑ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ Hammel, Bob (1999). Glory of Old IU. United States: Sports Publishing Inc. pp. 190–191. ISBN 1-58261-068-1.
↑ "Steve Alford Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Databasebasketball.com. 1964-11-23. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
↑ "Keith Smart Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Databasebasketball.com. 1964-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ "1987 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Databasebasketball.com. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1986–87 NCAA Champions

12 Steve Alford 20 Ricky Calloway 22 Dean Garrett 23 Keith Smart (MOP) 24 Daryl Thomas 45 Brian Sloan Head Coach Bob Knight Assistant Coaches Royce Waltman Joby Wright

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (Practice)

Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova

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