1986–87 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

1986–87 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
1986–87 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record	14–14 (9–9 PCAA)
Head coach	Bill Mulligan (7th season);
Home arena	Crawford Hall/Bren Events Center
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by sixth year head coach Bill Mulligan. UCI played their first three home games at Crawford Hall until the new Bren Events Center was opened on January 8. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 14–14 and 9–9 in PCAA play.

1986–87 PCAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UNLV †	18	–	0	1.000	37	–	2	.949
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	8	.556	16	–	12	.571
San Jose State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	14	.533
Cal State Fullerton	9	–	9	.500	17	–	13	.567
New Mexico State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	15	.500
UC Irvine	9	–	9	.500	14	–	14	.500
Utah State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Long Beach State	7	–	11	.389	10	–	17	.370
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Fresno State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	20	.310

† 1987 PCAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 1985–86 Anteaters featured only one returning starter and the rest of the starting line-up was made up of transfers, including future NBA head coach Scott Brooks.^[1] Despite a slow start, the anteaters finished with an overall record of 16–11 which included an upset of #6 UNLV. They were invited to the 1986 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UCLA and lost to BYU.

Roster

1986–87 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Scott Brooks	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	French Camp, CA
G	23	Joe Buchanan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Seattle, WA
C		Mike Doktorczyk	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So
F	22	Rob Doktorczyk	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	San Pedro, CA
F	30	Wayne Engelstad	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Rosemead, CA
F		Steve Florentine	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr
G		Kevin Floyd	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
G	25	Mike Hess	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr
C		Arthur Phillips	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Fr
G	25	Peter Strauss	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Hilton Head, SC
G		Jason Turner	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Fr
F		Mike Warren	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So
F		Frank Woods	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Bill Mulligan

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 19, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Season
November 28, 1986*	Nebraska	W 109–101	1–0	Crawford Hall (1,458) Irvine, CA
December 1, 1986*	Bradley	W 121–111	2–0	Crawford Hall (1,229) Irvine, CA
December 4, 1986*	at Tulsa	L 66–84	2–1	Tulsa Convention Center (7,135) Tulsa, OK
December 6, 1986*	at Oral Roberts	W 92–91 ^OT	3–1	Mabee Center (3,569) Tulsa, OK
December 16, 1986*	at Boise State	L 71–81	3–2	BSU Pavilion (4,129) Boise, ID
December 18, 1986*	at Montana	L 80–101	3–3	Dahlberg Arena (5,604) Missoula, MT
December 20, 1986*	Pepperdine	W 103–91	4–3	Crawford Hall (1,247) Irvine, CA
December 28, 1986*	Eastern Washington Anteater Classic	W 97–68	5–3	Long Beach Arena^[2] (3,467) Long Beach, CA
December 29, 1986*	No. 3 Iowa Anteater Classic	L 103–105	5–4	Long Beach Arena (4,380) Long Beach, CA
Conference Season
January 3, 1987	at No. 1 UNLV	L 72–114	5–5 (0–1)	Thomas & Mack Center (19,058) Paradise, NV
January 5, 1987	at Fresno State	T 66–66	5–6 (0–2)	Selland Arena (10,132) Fresno, CA
January 8, 1987	Utah State	W 118–96	6–6 (1–2)	Bren Events Center (4,542) Irvine, CA
January 10, 1987	San Jose State	W 89–84	7–6 (2–2)	Bren Events Center (2,743) Irvine, CA
January 12, 1987	Pacific	W 83–77	8–6 (3–2)	Bren Events Center (1,777) Irvine, CA
January 15, 1987	at Cal State Fullerton	W 76–70	9–6 (4–2)	Titan Gym (3,354) Fullerton, CA
January 17, 1987	at UC Santa Barbara	L 75–93	9–7 (4–3)	UC Santa Barbara Events Center (1,441) Santa Barbara, CA
January 19, 1987	at Long Beach State	L 71–78	9–8 (4–4)	Gold Mine (1,862) Long Beach, CA
January 22, 1987	New Mexico State	W 86–80	10–8 (5–4)	Bren Events Center (1,531) Irvine, CA
January 24, 1987	Long Beach State	W 81–66	11–8 (6–4)	Bren Events Center (3,244) Irvine, CA
January 29, 1987	No. 3 UNLV	L 103–114	11–9 (6–5)	Bren Events Center (4,644) Irvine, CA
February 5, 1987	at San Jose State	L 70–95	11–10 (6–6)	San Jose Civic Auditorium (2,481) San Jose, CA
February 7, 1987	at Utah State	L 103–106	11–11 (6–7)	Smith Spectrum (6,540) Logan, UT
February 12, 1987	UC Santa Barbara	L 85–92	11–12 (6–8)	Bren Events Center (2,563) Irvine, CA
February 14, 1987	Cal State Fullerton	W 78–69 ^OT	12–12 (7–8)	Bren Events Center (4,522) Irvine, CA
February 19, 1987	at New Mexico State	L 66–70 ^OT	12–13 (7–9)	Pan American Center (7,258) Las Cruces,NM
February 21, 1987	at Pacific	W 90–79	13–13 (8–9)	Alex G. Spanos Center (3,800) Stockton, CA
February 26, 1987	Fresno State	W 92–82	14–13 (9–9)	Bren Events Center (3,204) Irvine, CA
PCAA tournament
March 5, 1987	vs. Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals	L 81–92	14–14	The Forum (11,338) Inglewood, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[3]^[4]

Awards and honors

Scott Brooks
- AP Honorable Mention All-American
- PCAA First Team All-Conference

Source: ^[5]

References

^ McCurdie, Jim (November 27, 1985). "UCI Hopes to Rebound". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 154450186.
^ "E. Washington Beaten by UCI". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. December 29, 1986. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "Final 1987 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

[1] McCurdie, Jim (November 27, 1985). "UCI Hopes to Rebound". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 154450186.

[2] "E. Washington Beaten by UCI". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. December 29, 1986. Retrieved August 1, 2017.

[uci_recordbook-3] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[4] "Final 1987 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[5] "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

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