1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

The 1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1987–88 men's college basketball season. There, they defeated Notre Dame to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #2 seed Duke, 94–79.

1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
SWC tournament champions SWC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round, L 79–94 vs. Duke
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	28–7 (12–4 SWC)
Head coach	Dave Bliss (8th season)
Assistant coach	Paul Graham (6th season)
Home arena	Moody Coliseum

1987–88 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
SMU †	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
Arkansas	11	–	5		.688			21	–	9		.700
Baylor	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Houston	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Texas	10	–	6		.625			16	–	13		.552
Texas A&M	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Texas Tech	4	–	12		.250			9	–	19		.321
TCU	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
Rice	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
† 1988 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 28*		vs. James Madison	W 121–89	1–0
November 29*		at Missouri State Mazzio's Pizza Classic	W 69–58	2–0	Hammons Student Center  Springfield, Missouri
December 3*		No. 7 Florida	W 82–76	3–0	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
December 5*		Alabama State	W 90–66	4–0	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
December 8*		Prairie View	W 91–75	5–0	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
December 12*		at No. 5 North Carolina	L 74–90	5–1	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
December 14*		at South Florida	W 87–66	6–1	Sun Dome  Tampa, Florida
December 19*		Alcorn State	W 116–85	7–1	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
December 21*		Santa Clara	W 78–70	8–1	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
December 27*		vs. Louisville Rainbow Classic	L 79–87	8–2	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
December 28*		vs. Creighton	W 88–51	9–2
December 29*		vs. Texas A&M	W 89–66	10–2
January 2*		Morgan State	W 96–65	11–2	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
SWC Regular Season
January 6		at Texas A&M	L 53–58	11–3 (0–1)	G. Rollie White Coliseum  College Station, Texas
January 9		Baylor	W 97–93 3OT	12–3 (1–1)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
January 13		Arkansas	L 83–85 OT	12–4 (1–2)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
January 16		at Rice	W 72–60	13–4 (2–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
January 19		at Houston	W 69–65	14–4 (3–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
January 23		Texas Tech	W 80–75	15–4 (4–2)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
January 27		Texas	W 75–70	16–4 (5–2)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
January 30		at TCU	W 51–48	17–4 (6–2)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum  Fort Worth, Texas
February 6		Texas A&M	W 94–71	18–4 (7–2)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
February 10		at Baylor	L 57–71	18–5 (7–3)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum  Waco, Texas
February 13		at Arkansas	W 73–63	19–5 (8–3)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 17		Rice	W 86–68	20–5 (9–3)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
February 20		Houston	W 87–84	21–5 (10–3)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
February 24		at Texas Tech	W 82–80	22–5 (11–3)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, Texas
February 27		at Texas	L 69–76	22–6 (11–4)	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
March 2		TCU	W 87–54	23–6 (12–4)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
March 5*		Chicago State	W 83–66	24–6 (12–4)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
SWC tournament
March 11		vs. TCU	W 86–66	25–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena  Dallas, Texas
March 12		vs. Houston	W 98–76	26–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena  Dallas, Texas
March 13		vs. Baylor Championship game	W 75–64	27–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena  Dallas, Texas
1988 NCAA tournament
March 17*	(7 E)	vs. (10 E) Notre Dame First round	W 83–75	28–6 (12–4)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
March 19*  CBS		vs. No. 5 Duke Second round	L 79–94	28–7 (12–4)	Dean Smith Center (20,505) Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.