1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 7
Record25–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Tim Fisher
  • Doug Lee (basketball)
Home arenaMackey Arena
1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Indiana 15 3   .833 30 4   .882
No. 7 Purdue 15 3   .833 25 5   .833
No. 6 Iowa 14 4   .778 30 5   .857
No. 11 Illinois 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Michigan 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Ohio State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Michigan State 6 12   .333 11 17   .393
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 14 17   .452
Minnesota 2 16   .111 9 19   .321
Northwestern 2 16   .111 7 21   .250
As of March 30, 1987
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986–87 college basketball season.