1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC Tournament Champions (vacated)
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record25–5 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated)[1] (13–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJames Dickey
Dwane Casey
Jimmy Dykes
Roger Harden
CaptainWinston Bennett
Ed Davender
Cedric Jenkins
Robert Lock
Richard Madison
Home arenaRupp Arena
Seasons
1987–88 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Kentucky † 13 – 5   .722 27 – 6   .818
Auburn 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Florida 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
LSU 10 – 8   .556 16 – 14   .533
Vanderbilt 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645
Tennessee 9 – 9   .500 16 – 13   .552
Georgia 8 – 10   .444 20 – 16   .556
Ole Miss 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448
Alabama 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Mississippi State 6 – 12   .333 14 – 15   .483
† 1988 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27–6.[3] However, the team forfeited three of their games to finish 25–5.[4]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 28*
 No. 5 Hawaii W 86–59  1–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 1*
 No. 5 Cincinnati W 101–77  2–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 5*
 No. 2 vs. No. 5 Indiana
Big Four Classic 		W 82–76 OT 3–0
 Hoosier Dome 
Indianapolis, IN
December 12*
 No. 1 Louisville
Rivalry 		W 76–75  4–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 18*
 No. 1 Miami (OH)
UK Invitational Tournament 		W 85–71  5–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 19*
 No. 1 UNC-Charlotte
UK Invitational Tournament 		W 84–81  6–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 28*
 No. 2 Alaska-Anchorage W 100–58  7–0
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
December 31
 No. 2 Vanderbilt W 81–74  8–0
(1–0) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 2
 No. 2 vs. Georgia W 84–77  9–0
(2–0) 		 
Atlanta, GA
January 6
 No. 1 Mississippi State W 93–52  10–0
(3–0) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 9
 No. 1 Auburn L 52–53  10–1
(3–1) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 13
 No. 5 at Alabama W 63–55  11–1
(4–1) 		Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 16
 No. 5 Tennessee W 83–65  12–1
(5–1) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 20
 No. 4 Florida
Rivalry 		L 56–58  12–2
(5–2) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
January 23
 No. 4 at LSU W 76–61  13–2
(6–2) 		LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
January 27
 No. 9 at Vanderbilt L 66–83  13–3
(6–3) 		Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
January 31*
 No. 9 vs. Notre Dame W 78–69  14–3
 Freedom Hall 
Louisville, KY
February 3
 No. 10 Ole Miss W 94–65  15–3
(7–3) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
February 6
 No. 10 at Mississippi State W 83–59  16–3
(8–3) 		Humphrey Coliseum 
Starkville, MS
February 10
 No. 10 at Auburn W 69–62  17–3
(9–3) 		Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum 
Auburn, AL
February 13
 No. 10 Alabama W 82–68  18–3
(10–3) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
February 17
3:00 p.m., JPT[5] 		No. 9 at Tennessee L 70–72  18–4
(10–4) 		Thompson-Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
February 20
 No. 9 at Florida L 76–83  18–5
(10–5) 		O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, FL
February 24
 No. 12 LSU W 95–69  19–5
(11–5) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
February 28*
 No. 12 No. 10 Syracuse W 62–58  20–5
 Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
March 2
 No. 8 Georgia W 80–72  21–5
(12–5) 		Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
March 5
 No. 8 at Ole Miss W 78–71  22–5
(13–5) 		Tad Smith Coliseum 
Oxford, MS
SEC tournament
March 11*
 JPT 		(1) No. 6 vs. (8) Ole Miss
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals 		W 82–64  23–5
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
March 12*
12:00 p.m., JPT 		(1) No. 6 vs. (4) LSU
SEC Tournament Semifinals 		W 86–80  24–5
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
March 13*
 ABC 		(1) No. 6 vs. (7) Georgia
SEC Tournament Championship 		W 62–57  25–5
 LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
NCAA tournament
March 18*
 (2 SE) No. 6 vs. (15 SE) Southern
First Round 		W 99–84  26–5 (win vacated)
 Riverfront Coliseum 
Cincinnati, OH
March 20*
 (2 SE) No. 6 vs. (7 SE) Maryland
Second Round 		W 90–81  27–5 (win vacated)
 Riverfront Coliseum 
Cincinnati, OH
March 24*
 (2 SE) No. 6 vs. (6 SE) Villanova
Regional Semifinals 		L 74–80  27–6 (loss vacated)
 BJCC Arena 
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast.

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Rankings

Main article: 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

  1. ^ "Sports-Reference: Forfeits and Vacated Games in College Basketball". Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "1997-1988 Kentucky Wildcats Roster and Stats". Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "1987–1988 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Sports-Reference: Forfeits and Vacated Games in College Basketball". Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  5. ^ 1987–88 Tennessee Men's Basketball Media Guide, page 1.
  6. ^ BigBlueHistory.net. Retrieved 2015-Aug-23.