1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 1986–87. They were led by Larry Brown in his fourth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	25–11 (9–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Larry Brown (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Gregg Popovich (1st season) R. C. Buford (4th season) Alvin Gentry (1st season) Ed Manning (4th season) John Robic (1st season)
Captains	Cedric Hunter Mark Turgeon (2nd year)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1986–87 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Missouri †	11	–	3		.786			24	–	10		.706
No. 20 Kansas	9	–	5		.643			25	–	11		.694
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			24	–	10		.706
Kansas State	8	–	6		.571			20	–	11		.645
Nebraska	7	–	7		.500			21	–	12		.636
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			9	–	19		.321
† 1987 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 4 Robert Coyne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr   Denver, Colorado G 10 Scooter Barry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So De La Salle Concord, California G 11 Mark Turgeon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Sr Hayden Topeka, Kansas G 14 Kevin Pritchard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Edison Tulsa, Oklahoma G/F 21 Milt Newton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Coolidge Washington, D.C. G 22 Cedric Hunter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Omaha South Omaha, Nebraska F 23 Archie Marshall  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Edison Tulsa, Oklahoma F 24 Chris Piper 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas F/C 25 Danny Manning 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas G 33 Jeff Gueldner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Charleston Charleston, Illinois C 40 Mark Pellock 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Parsons Parsons, Kansas F 42 Mark Randall 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Cherry Creek Englewood, Colorado F 44 Keith Harris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Santa Monica Santa Monica, California C 52 Sean Alvarado 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Dunbar Washington, D.C.	Head coach Larry Brown Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
1986/11/29*	No. 8	Tennessee-Martin	W 88-69	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/01*	No. 8	Southern	W 87-69	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/04*	No. 6	Washington	W 82-68	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/06*	No. 6	at Arkansas	L 86-103	3-1	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
1986/12/13	No. 14	Colorado	W 59-56	4-1 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/19*	No. 13	Texas Tech	W 59-56	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/22*	No. 13	The Citadel	W 74-71	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1986/12/27*	No. 13	vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh Rainbow Classic First Round	L 76-79	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
1986/12/28*	No. 13	vs. Ohio State Rainbow Classic Loser's Bracket	L 78-79 OT	6-3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
1986/12/29*	No. 14	vs. Hawaii Rainbow Classic Seventh Place Game	W 81-80 OT	7-3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
1987/01/05*	No. 12	at Wichita State	L 49-54	7-4	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
1987/01/08*	No. 19	No. 8 Temple	W 67–64	8-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/11	No. 19	at Oklahoma State	W 66-63	9-4 (2–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
1987/01/15	No. 20	at No. 16 Oklahoma	L 74-76	9-5 (2–1)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, Oklahoma
1987/01/17*	No. 20	No. 14 Miami	W 82-47	10-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/21		Missouri Border War	W 71-70	11-5 (3–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/22		Nebraska	W 86-65	12–5 (4–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/25*		vs. No. 20 NC State	W 74-60	13-5	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
1987/01/27	No. 20	Iowa State	W 72-48	14-5 (5–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/01/31*	No. 20	at Louisville	W 62-58	15-5	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
1987/02/04	No. 18	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 80-75 2OT	16-5 (6–1)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
1987/02/07	No. 18	Oklahoma State	W 88-63	17-5 (7–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/08*	No. 18	Notre Dame	W 70-60	18-5	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/11	No. 17	at Missouri Border War	L 60-63	18-6 (7–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
1987/02/14	No. 17	No. 8 Oklahoma	W 86-84	19-6 (8–2)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/17	No. 15	at Iowa State	L 86-95	19-7 (8–3)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
1987/02/19	No. 15	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 84-67	20-7 (9–3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
1987/02/21*	No. 15	at No. 20 St. John's	W 62-60	21-7	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
1987/02/24	No. 16	at Colorado	L 56-66	21-8 (9–4)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
1987/02/28	No. 16	at Nebraska	L 81-83 OT	21-9 (9–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
Big 8 Tournament
1987/03/06		vs. Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 67-58	22-9	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
1987/03/07		vs. No. 17 Oklahoma Semifinals	W 82-77	23-9	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
1987/03/08		vs. No. 19 Missouri Border War Championship Game	L 65-67	23-10	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
1987/03/13*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (12 SE) Houston First Round	W 66-55	24-10	Omni Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
1987/03/15*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (13 SE) Southwest Missouri State Second Round	W 67-63	25-10	Omni Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
1987/03/19*	(5 SE) No. 20	vs. (1 SE) No. 4 Georgetown Sweet Sixteen	L 57–70	25–11	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	8	6	14	13	13	12	19	20	NR	20	18	17	15	16	NR	20