1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 1985–86 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Karl Fogel , the Huskies competed in the ECAC North Conference and played their home games at Matthews Arena . They finished the season 27–7 overall with a 17–1 mark in ECAC North play to win the regular season conference title. The Huskies one conference loss split two separate 11-game win streaks. They followed the regular season by winning the ECAC North Conference tournament to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 14 seed in the East region. The Huskies were defeated in the opening round by No. 3 seed Purdue , 104–95.[ 1]
Senior Reggie Lewis was awarded the ECAC North Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. He would finish as the school's all-time leading scorer and was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 22nd pick in the 1987 NBA draft .
Roster
1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 28, 1986 *
vs. No. 2 Louisville Great Alaska Shootout
W 88–84 OT
1–0
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 29, 1986 *
vs. Utah State Great Alaska Shootout
W 96–91
2–0
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 1986 *
vs. No. 10 Iowa Great Alaska Shootout
L 80–103
2–1
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 3, 1986 *
No. 19
Saint Joseph's (Maine)
W 81–54
3–1
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 5, 1986 *
No. 19
vs. Jacksonville
W 76–70
4–1
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 6, 1986 *
No. 19
at No. 17 Syracuse
L 74–94
4–2
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
Dec 8, 1986 *
at East Carolina
L 70–74
4–3
Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
Dec 13, 1986 *
at UMass
W 78–70
5–3
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts
Dec 26, 1986 *
vs. Bradley
L 105–110
5–4
Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 27, 1986 *
at La Salle
L 85–102
5–5
Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 2, 1987
at Maine
W 72–64
6–5 (1–0)
Alfond Arena Orono, Maine
Jan 4, 1987
at New Hampshire
W 91–64
7–5 (2–0)
Lundholm Gym Durham, New Hampshire
Jan 6, 1987
Hartford
W 64–62
8–5 (3–0)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 8, 1987 *
Tufts
W 99–72
9–5
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 10, 1987
Canisius
W 89–61
10–5 (4–0)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 13, 1987
at Hartford
W 74–65
11–5 (5–0)
Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Jan 17, 1987
Siena
W 93–64
12–5 (6–0)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 24, 1987
Maine
W 104–78
13–5 (7–0)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 26, 1987 *
Quinnipiac
W 104–54
14–5
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 28, 1987
at Vermont
W 68–66
15–5 (8–0)
Patrick Gym Burlington, Vermont
Jan 31, 1987
Niagara
W 60–50
16–5 (9–0)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 5, 1987
at Niagara
L 87–88
16–6 (9–1)
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Lewiston, New York
Feb 7, 1987
at Canisius
W 72–68
17–6 (10–1)
Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York
Feb 9, 1987
at Colgate
W 96–79
18–6 (11–1)
Cotterell Court Hamilton, New York
Feb 14, 1987
Boston University
W 68–65
19–6 (12–1)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 18, 1987
Colgate
W 97–73
20–6 (13–1)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 21, 1987
at Siena
W 90–83
21–6 (14–1)
Alumni Recreation Center Loudonville, New York
Feb 23, 1987
New Hampshire
W 76–69
22–6 (15–1)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 25, 1987
Vermont
W 80–68
23–6 (16–1)
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 28, 1987
at Boston University
W 84–77
24–6 (17–1)
Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts
ECAC North tournament
Mar 5, 1987 *
New Hampshire Quarterfinals
W 85–71
25–6
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 6, 1987 *
Siena Semifinals
W 89–79
26–6
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
Mar 7, 1987 *
Boston University Championship game
W 71–68
27–6
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1987 *
(14 E)
vs. (3 E) No. 7 Purdue
L 95–104
27–7
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East.
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Rankings
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Awards and honors
NBA draft
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References