1986–87 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
|year=1986–87
|team=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
|sport=Basketball
|image=
|conference=Southland Conference
|division=
|short_conf=Southland
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record=22–8
|conf_record=9–1
|head_coach=Tommy Joe Eagles
|hc_year=
|asst_coach1=
|stadium=Thomas Assembly Center
|champion=Southland Regular season champions
Southland tournament champions
|tourney=NCAA tournament
|tourney_result = second round
}}
{{1986–87 Southland Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 1986–87 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference during the 1986–87 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-tech/1987.html|title=1986-87 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Roster and Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} The Bulldogs were led by head coach Tommy Joe Eagles. Louisiana Tech finished atop the Southland regular season standings (9–1) and would earn an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament by winning the conference tournament championship. The Bulldogs lost to No. 3 seed DePaul in the opening round.
Roster
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Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}| Exhibition
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 23, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Windsor Club
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename =
| score = 86–67
| overtime =
| attend = 1,350
| record =
}}
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}| Regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Nov 29, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Arkansas
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| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| score = 64–90
| overtime =
| attend = 7,854
| record = 0–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 1, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Concordia Lutheran
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename =
| score = 122–70
| overtime =
| attend = 1,625
| record = 1–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 3, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=none|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}}
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| site_stadium =
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| gamename =
| score = 56–63
| overtime =
| attend = 10,607
| record = 1–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 6, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=none|team=Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks|title=Stephen F. Austin}}
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| site_stadium =
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| gamename =
| score = 79–81
| overtime = OT
| attend = 1,630
| record = 1–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 8, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Georgia College Bobcats|title=Georgia College}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename =
| score = 70–59
| overtime =
| attend = 1,775
| record = 2–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 13, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=none|team=South Alabama Jaguars|title=South Alabama}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename =
| score = 82–75
| overtime =
| attend = 1,525
| record = 3–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 19, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Duquesne Dukes|title=Duquesne}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center
| site_cityst = Las Vegas, Nevada
| gamename =
| score = 82–64
| overtime =
| attend = 2,500
| record = 4–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 20, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UNLV
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center
| site_cityst = Las Vegas, Nevada
| gamename =
| score = 75–79
| overtime =
| attend = 15,954
| record = 4–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 23, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Weber State Wildcats|title=Weber State}}
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| site_stadium =
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| gamename =
| score = 70–69
| overtime = OT
| attend = 7,552
| record = 5–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 27, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Washington
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| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| score = 88–87
| overtime =
| attend = 11,983
| record = 6–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 28, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Oregon State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| score = 93–76
| overtime =
| attend = 8,680
| record = 7–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Dec 29, 1986
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Oregon Webfoots|title=Oregon}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| score = 57–50
| overtime =
| attend = 8,189
| record = 8–4
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}| Southland Conference tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 4, 1987
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Lamar Cardinals|title=Lamar}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename = Semifinals
| score = 70–64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 21–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 5, 1987
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Arkansas State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Thomas Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Ruston, Louisiana
| gamename = Championship game
| score = 58–51
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 22–7
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}| NCAA tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Mar 13, 1987
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| seed = 14 MW
| opponent = DePaul
| opprank = 5
| oppseed = 3 MW
| site_stadium = Rosemont Horizon
| site_cityst = Rosemont, Illinois
| gamename =
| score = 62–76
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 22–8
}}
{{CBB schedule end|poll=AP Poll|region=MW|regionname=Midwest}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-tech/1987-schedule.html|title=1986-87 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Schedule and Results - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=May 6, 2022}}{{cite web |title=2019–20 Louisiana Tech Men's Basketball Media Guide |url=https://latechsports.com/sports/2018/7/20/_m_baskbl_media_guides_html.aspx |publisher=Louisiana Tech Athletics |access-date=May 6, 2022}}
References
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