1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs basketball team
American college basketball season
1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball | |
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SWC regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 19 |
Record | 24–7 (14–2 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum |
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 TCU | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M † | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1987 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University as a member of the Southwestern Conference during the 1986–87 men's college basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Killingsworth, TCU won the regular season conference title and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. After an opening round victory over Marshall, the Horned Frogs were beaten by No. 5 seed Notre Dame, 58–57,[1] in the round of 32. The team finished with a record of 24–7 (14–2 SWC).
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 21, 1986* | at LSU Preseason NIT | W 83–74 | 1–0 | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Nov 24, 1986* | at Western Kentucky Preseason NIT | L 90–96 | 1–1 | E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky | |||||||
Dec 1, 1986* | at Lamar | L 72–83 | 1–2 | Montagne Center Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 3, 1986* | North Texas | W 92–85 | 2–2 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Dec 6, 1986* | at Colorado State | W 80–77 | 3–2 | Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado | |||||||
Dec 8, 1986* | Tulsa | W 71–65 | 4–2 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Dec 12, 1986* | at Cal State Fullerton | L 48–56 | 4–3 | Titan Gym Fullerton, California | |||||||
Dec 13, 1986* | vs. Arizona State Cougar Classic | W 96–78 | 5–3 | | |||||||
Dec 20, 1986* | Michigan State | W 66–48 | 6–3 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Dec 23, 1986* | Long Beach State | W 88–72 | 7–3 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Dec 26, 1986* | vs. Oklahoma State All-College Tournament | W 92–61 | 8–3 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
Dec 27, 1986* | vs. No. 6 Oklahoma All-College Tournament | W 95–82 | 9–3 | Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
Jan 3, 1987 | at Arkansas | W 80–77 | 10–3 (1–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas | |||||||
Jan 7, 1987 | Baylor | W 71–56 | 11–3 (2–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Jan 10, 1987 | Texas A&M | W 55–54 | 12–3 (3–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Jan 14, 1987 | at SMU | W 57–53 | 13–3 (4–0) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas | |||||||
Jan 19, 1987 | Texas | W 52–37 | 14–3 (5–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Jan 21, 1987 | at Texas Tech | W 48–43 | 15–3 (6–0) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas | |||||||
Jan 24, 1987 | at Houston | W 62–56 | 16–3 (7–0) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas | |||||||
Jan 28, 1987 | Rice | W 64–38 | 17–3 (8–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Jan 31, 1987 | Arkansas | W 73–66 | 18–3 (9–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Feb 4, 1987 | at Baylor | L 63–66 | 18–4 (9–1) | Heart O' Texas Fair Complex Waco, Texas | |||||||
Feb 8, 1987 | at Texas A&M | W 55–50 | 19–4 (10–1) | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas | |||||||
Feb 12, 1987 | SMU | W 69–50 | 20–4 (11–1) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Feb 18, 1987 | at Texas | W 70–54 | 21–4 (12–1) | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas | |||||||
Feb 21, 1987 | Texas Tech | W 52–44 | 22–4 (13–1) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Feb 25, 1987 | Houston | L 65–84 | 22–5 (13–2) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas | |||||||
Feb 28, 1987 | at Rice | W 85–69 | 23–5 (14–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
SWC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 6, 1987* | (1) No. 15 | vs. (8) Texas A&M Quarterfinals | L 70–81 | 23–6 | Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1987* | (4 E) No. 19 | vs. (13 E) Marshall First round | W 76–60 | 24–6 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 14, 1987* | (4 E) No. 19 | vs. (5 E) No. 18 Notre Dame Second round | L 57–58[1] | 24–7 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time. |
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Rankings
References
- ^ a b "N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan". The New York Times. March 15, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". TCU Athletics. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
- ^ "TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.