The 1987–88 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the University of Wichita Field House. They were in their 43rd season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and 82nd season overall. They were led by head coach Eddie Fogler in his 2nd season at the school. They finished the season 20–10, 11–3 in Missouri Valley play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the MVC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. As the No. 12 seed in the Midwest region, the Shockers lost in the opening round to DePaul, 83–62.[2]
| 1987–88 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 20–10 (11–3 MVC) |
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| Home arena | Levitt Arena (10,506) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Bradley † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 28, 1987* | Cal State Northridge | W 78–53 | 1–0 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Dec 3, 1987* | No. 11 Purdue | L 78–80 | 1–1 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Dec 5, 1987* | at George Mason | L 93–94 | 1–2 | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, Virginia | |||||||
| Dec 7, 1987* | at Hartford | L 62–69 | 1–3 | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
| Dec 12, 1987* | Grambling State | W 93–80 | 2–3 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Dec 17, 1987* | Austin Peay | W 72–66 | 3–3 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Dec 19, 1987* | at Oregon State | W 60–57 | 4–3 | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon | |||||||
| Dec 28, 1987* | Illinois-Chicago | W 79–58 | 5–3 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 2, 1988* | Minnesota | W 78–68 | 6–3 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 4, 1988* | at SW Missouri State | L 56–58 | 6–4 | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri | |||||||
| Jan 6, 1988* | Oral Roberts | W 94–72 | 7–4 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 9, 1988 | at Bradley | L 70–88 | 7–5 (0–1) | Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois | |||||||
| Jan 11, 1988 7:30 p.m. | at Illinois State | W 66–54 | 8–5 (1–1) | Horton Field House (6,375) Normal, Illinois | |||||||
| Jan 13, 1988 | Drake | W 80–69 | 9–5 (2–1) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 16, 1988 | Creighton | W 92–73 | 10–5 (3–1) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 19, 1988* | at Kansas State | L 47–58 | 10–6 | Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas | |||||||
| Jan 23, 1988 | at Drake | L 58–61 | 10–7 (3–2) | Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||
| Jan 30, 1988 7:30 p.m. | Illinois State | W 61–58 | 11–7 (4–2) | Levitt Arena (10,280) Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Feb 1, 1988 | Bradley | W 116–92 | 12–7 (5–2) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Feb 6, 1988 | Indiana State | W 102–70 | 13–7 (6–2) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Feb 8, 1988 | Southern Illinois | W 89–87 | 14–7 (7–2) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Feb 11, 1988 | at Indiana State | L 62–63 | 14–8 (7–3) | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana | |||||||
| Feb 13, 1988 | at Southern Illinois | W 83–81 | 15–8 (8–3) | SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois | |||||||
| Feb 18, 1988 | Tulsa | W 65–59 | 16–8 (9–3) | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| Feb 20, 1988 | at Creighton | W 63–49 | 17–8 (10–3) | Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska | |||||||
| Feb 27, 1988 | at Tulsa | W 79–77 | 18–8 (11–3) | Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
| Feb 29, 1988* | Radford | W 98–75 | 19–8 | Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | |||||||
| MVC tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 5, 1988* | (2) | vs. (7) Tulsa Quarterfinals | W 74–66 | 20–8 | Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois | ||||||
| Mar 6, 1988* | (2) | vs. (3) Illinois State Semifinals | L 51–59 | 20–9 | Carver Arena (9,225) Peoria, Illinois | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 17, 1988* | (12 MW) | vs. (5 MW) DePaul First round | L 62–83 | 20–10 | Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
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