1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC tournament champion (vacated)
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record25–5 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated) (13–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJames Dickey
Dwane Casey
Jimmy Dykes
Roger Harden
Captains
Home arenaRupp Arena
1987–88 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Kentucky 13 5   .722 27 6   .818
Auburn 11 7   .611 19 11   .633
Florida 11 7   .611 23 12   .657
LSU 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
Vanderbilt 10 8   .556 20 11   .645
Tennessee 9 9   .500 16 13   .552
Georgia 8 10   .444 20 16   .556
Ole Miss 6 12   .333 13 16   .448
Alabama 6 12   .333 14 17   .452
Mississippi State 6 12   .333 14 15   .483
1988 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27–6. However, the team forfeited three of their games to finish 25–5. In the 1988 NCAA Tournament the Wildcats were invited as a #2 seed. After opening wins vs Southern and Maryland, they would face off vs Villanova. In the regional semi-finals Kentucky were defeated by Villanova 80–74.