1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
1987-88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
AP | No. 20 |
1987-88 record | 25–9 (11–3 Big Eight) |
Head coach | Lon Kruger |
Assistant coach | Dana Altman |
Assistant coach | Greg Grensing |
Home arena | Ahearn Field House |
1987–88 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 Oklahoma† | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 35 | – | 4 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lon Kruger who was in his second of four years at the helm of his alma mater. The Wildcats tied a then-school record with 25 wins and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.[1]
The team played its home games in Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. It was the last season the team played in Ahearn Field House before moving into Bramlage Coliseum. Kansas State was a member of the Big 8 Conference.
Roster
Starting line-up
Below is the starting five for the last game of the regular season, against Missouri on March 5, 1988.
Position | Player |
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Forward | Mitch Richmond |
Forward | Charles Bledsoe |
Center | Ron Meyer |
Guard | Steve Henson |
Guard | Will Scott |
Class of 1987 recruits
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Carlos Diggins SG |
South Bend, IN | Clay HS / Butler County CC | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Buster Glover SG |
Gary, IN | Lew Wallace HS / Allen County CC | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | ||
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Fred McCoy PF |
Washington, DC | Woodson HS / Allen County CC | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | ||
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
John Rettiger C |
Strong City, Kansas | Chase County HS | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
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Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
11/27/87* |
vs. San Diego State Sun Met Classic |
W 79-68 | 1–0 |
Selland Arena Fresno, CA | |||||||
11/28/87* |
vs. Fresno State Sun Met Classic |
W 65-50 | 2–0 |
Selland Arena Fresno, CA | |||||||
11/30/87* |
Cal-State Northridge | W 79-68 | 3–0 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
12/2/87* |
UMKC | W 81–54 | 4–0 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
12/5/87* |
at Creighton | W 88–78 | 5–0 |
Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, NE | |||||||
12/8/87* |
Southwest Missouri State | L 80–82 (4OT) | 5–1 |
Ahean Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
12/17/87* |
Southern Miss | L 69–71 | 5–2 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
12/20/87* |
at No. 12 Purdue | L 72–101 | 5–3 |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
12/31/87* |
at Utah State | W 81–69 | 6–3 |
Smith Spectrum Logan, UT | |||||||
1/3/88* |
vs. Marquette | W 78–57 | 7–3 |
Unknown Kansas City, MO | |||||||
1/11/88* |
at Southern Miss | L 89–91 (OT) | 7–4 |
Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
1/16/88 |
No. 3 Oklahoma | W 69–62 | 8–4 (1–0) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
1/19/88* |
Wichita State | W 58–47 | 9–4 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
1/23/88 |
at Oklahoma State | W 76–60 | 10–4 (2–0) |
Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||
1/27/88 |
at Colorado | W 68–60 | 11–4 (3–0) |
CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO | |||||||
1/30/88 |
at Kansas Sunflower Showdown |
W 72–61 | 12–4 (4–0) |
Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||
2/3/88 |
No. 16 Iowa State | W 79–68 (OT) | 13–4 (5–0) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
2/6/88 |
Nebraska | W 65–63 | 14–4 (6–0) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
2/9/88 |
No. 14 | at Missouri | L 75–79 | 14–5 (6–1) |
Hearnes Center Columbia, MO | ||||||
2/13/88 |
No. 14 | at No. 4 Oklahoma | L 95–112 | 14–6 (6–2) |
Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK | ||||||
2/16/88 |
Colorado | W 83–65 | 15–6 (7–2) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
2/18/88 |
Kansas Sunflower Showdown |
L 63–64 | 15–7 (7–3) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
2/22/88* |
Northern Illinois | W 88–67 | 16–7 |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
2/24/88 |
at Iowa State | W 83–66 | 17–7 (8–3) |
Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA | |||||||
2/27/88 |
Oklahoma State | W 59–58 | 18–7 (9–3) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
3/2/88 |
at Nebraska | W 77–67 | 19–7 (10–3) |
NU Sports Complex Lincoln, NE | |||||||
3/5/88 |
Missouri | W 92–82 | 20–7 (11–3) |
Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS | |||||||
Big 8 Tournament | |||||||||||
3/11/88 |
vs. Nebraska Big 8 Tournament |
W 75–70 | 21–7 |
Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO | |||||||
3/12/88 |
vs. Kansas Big 8 Tournament |
W 69–54 | 22–7 |
Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO | |||||||
3/13/88 ABC |
vs. No. 4 Oklahoma Big 8 Tournament |
L 83–88 | 22–8 |
Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/17/88 |
No. 20 | vs. La Salle NCAA Tournament Opening Round |
W 66–53 | 23–8 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN | ||||||
3/19/88 CBS |
No. 20 | vs. DePaul NCAA Tournament Second Round |
W 66–58 | 24–8 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN | ||||||
3/25/88 CBS |
No. 20 | vs. No. 3 Purdue NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen |
W 73–70 | 25–8 |
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI | ||||||
3/27/88 CBS |
No. 20 | vs. Kansas NCAA Tournament Elite Eight |
L 58–71 | 25–9 |
Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
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