1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode=Basketball
|year=1986–87
|team=Michigan Wolverines
|image=
|image_size=150
| logo = 1901-94 Michigan Wolverines Primary Logo.png
| logo_size = 200
| logo_alt =
|conference=Big Ten Conference
|division=
|short_conf=Big Ten
|CoachRank=
|APRank=
|record= 20–12
|conf_record= 10–8
|head_coach=Bill Frieder
|asst_coach1=Mike Boyd
|asst_coach2=Steve Fisher
|asst_coach3=David Hammer
|mvp=Gary Grant
|captain= Gary Grant
|captain2= Antoine Joubert
|stadium= Crisler Arena
|champion=
|bowl=NCAA tournament
|bowl_result = Round of 32
}}
{{1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1986–87 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|title=Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|page=68|access-date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The team earned the number nine seed in the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where it advanced one round before losing.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-ncaa-tournament|title=NCAA Tournament History|publisher=University of Michigan|page=3|year=2010|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001104827/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-ncaa-tournament|archive-date=October 1, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The team was unranked all season in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|pages=68–83}} and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=87}} Gary Grant and Antoine Joubert served as team co-captains and Grant earned team MVP.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades|title=All-Time Accolades|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|pages=9–10|access-date=September 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901151320/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-accolades|archive-date=September 1, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
On March 12, 1987, Garde Thompson set the Big Ten Conference single-game record for three-point field goals made with 9 against Navy. The record was unsurpassed until February 23, 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|title=Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|page=26|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Thompson's performance continues to be the school record.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Grant led the conference with a 2.67 steals average in conference games for the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|title=Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|page=35|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The team led the conference with an 86.7 points per game scoring average.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|title=Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|page=36|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Additionally, the team led the conference with a total of 89 three-point field goals made in 18 conference games.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|title=Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|page=37|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703173409/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} That season Thompson also set the current Michigan record for career three-point field goal percentage (48.08) as well as a single-game three-point field goal percentage record of 88.9% (8-for-9) against the {{cbb link|1986|sex=men|team=UIC Flames|school=University of Illinois at Chicago|title=UIC Flames}} on December 6, 1986, that would last until February 25, 1989. That night the team made 12 of 16 to set the team single-game three-point field goal percentage record, that stood until February 3, 1988, and that season the team shot 43.2% on its three-point shots which lasted two years as a school single-season record.
The team set a new school record by totaling 2821 points over the course of the season, surpassing the record of 2753 set in 1976. The record would be rebroken each of the following two seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} For the third of five consecutive seasons, the team set the school record for single-season field goal percentage with a 52.4% (1139-for-2175) performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Antoine Joubert's 539 career assists surpassed Eric Turner's 1984 total to set a school record that Gary Grant eclipsed the following season.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} For the first of three consecutive seasons, the team set the school single-season total assist record with a total of 652, surpassing the 1976 total of 600. Gary Grant's single-season steals total of 86 and average of 2.69 surpassed his own school records set the prior year and remain school records.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
The team set the current school record for single-game field goal percentage on December 30, 1986, against {{cbb link|1986|sex=men|team=Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves|school=University of Alaska Anchorage|title=Alaska–Anchorage Seawolves}} with a 69.2% (45–65) performance, surpassing the 66.2% mark set on February 23, 1978. The team also set a school single-season free throw percentage record of 75.0% that would last until 1999, surpassing the 74.8% set in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} On February 21, 1987, against Northwestern, the team set the school single-game free throw percentage record by making all fifteen of its free throws, which has only been outdone by the March 2, 2002 16-for-16 performance. The team set the school single-game assists record of 33 on March 7, 1987, against Purdue, surpassing the February 23, 1974, total of 32. This was surpassed twice the following December. Joubert's career total of 3960 minutes surpassed Mike McGee's school record total of 3941. Gary Grant would break the record the following season.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Joubert ended his career with 127 games played and 115 games started, which surpassed Richard Rellford's 1986 school record of 124 games and Mike McGee's record of 112 starts. Gary Grant would surpass the record the following season.
In the 64-team NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, number nine seeded Michigan advanced one round by defeating the eight-seeded Navy 97–82. In the second round the team was defeated by top-seeded North Carolina 109–97. Grant became the first Wolverine to post a triple double on against North Carolina with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|title=All-Time Records|access-date=September 9, 2010|publisher=CBS Interactive|website=MGoBlue.com|page=17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401053824/http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records|archive-date=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan Wolverines}}| Regular Season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 21, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Bradley
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 115–107
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 22, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Memphis State Tigers|title=Memphis State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Mid-South Coliseum
| site_cityst = Memphis, Tennessee
| score = 76–82
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 1–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 1, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Ball State Cardinals|title=Ball State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 90–57
| record = 2–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 3, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Central Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 76–56
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 3–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 6, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=UIC Flames|title=UIC}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 123–88
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 4–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 8, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Western Michigan Broncos|title=Western Michigan}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 59–62
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 4–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 9, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Kent State Golden Flashes|title=Kent State}}
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 73–61
| attend =
| record = 5–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 15, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = {{cbb link|year=1986|sex=men|team=Bowling Green Falcons|title=Bowling Green}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 76–64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 6–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 28, 1986
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
| site_cityst = Birmingham, Alabama
| gamename = UAB Classic
| score = 63–65
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 6–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 3, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Illinois
| opprank = 16
| gamename =
| site_stadium = Assembly Hall
| site_cityst = Champaign, Illinois
| score = 84–95
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 6–4
| conference = 0–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 5, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Purdue
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Mackey Arena
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, Indiana
| score = 77–89
| record = 6–5
| conference = 0–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 8, 1987
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 107–92
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 7–5
| conference = 1–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 12, 1987
| opponent = Indiana
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 84–85
| record = 7–6
| conference = 1–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 15, 1987
| opponent = Michigan State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 74–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 8–6
| conference = 2–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 18, 1987
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Syracuse
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 91–88
| record = 9–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 21, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Welsh-Ryan Arena
| site_cityst = Evanston, Illinois
| score = 87–73
| record = 10–6
| conference = 3–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 24, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Wisconsin Field House
| site_cityst = Madison, Wisconsin
| gamename =
| score = 84–78
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11–6
| conference = 4–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 29, 1987
| opponent = Minnesota
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 84–78
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 12–6
| conference = 5–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 31, 1987
| opponent = Iowa
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 100–92
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–6
| conference = 6–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 5, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = St. John Arena
| site_cityst = Columbus, Ohio
| gamename =
| score = 87–95
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–7
| conference = 6–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 8, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Indiana
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Assembly Hall
| site_cityst = Bloomington, Indiana
| gamename =
| score = 67–83
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–8
| conference = 6–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 15, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Jenison Fieldhouse
| site_cityst = East Lansing, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 81–90
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–9
| conference = 6–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 18, 1987
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 77–64
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 14–9
| conference = 7–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 21, 1987
| opponent = Northwestern
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| gamename =
| score = 101–73
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–9
| conference = 8–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 25, 1987
| away = yes
| opponent = Minnesota
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Williams Arena
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, Minnesota
| gamename =
| score = 95–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–9
| conference = 9–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 28, 1987
| away = yes
| opprank = 7
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Carver-Hawkeye Arena
| site_cityst = Iowa City, Iowa
| score = 85–95
| record = 16–10
| conference = 9–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 4, 1987
| opponent = Illinois
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 75–89
| record = 16–11
| conference = 9–8
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 7, 1987
| opponent = Purdue
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Crisler Arena
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, Michigan
| score = 104–68
| record = 17–11
| conference = 10–8
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan Wolverines}}| 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 12, 1987
| nonconf = yes
| seed = 9 E
| opponent = Navy
| oppseed = 8 E
| site_stadium = Charlotte Coliseum
| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina
| gamename = First Round
| score = 97–82
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 18–11
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 14, 1987
| nonconf = yes
| seed = 9 E
| opponent = North Carolina
| opprank = 2
| oppseed = 1 E
| site_stadium = Charlotte Coliseum
| site_cityst = Charlotte, North Carolina
| gamename = Second Round
| score = 97–109
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 18–12
}}
{{CBB schedule end
| rank =
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}}
Team players drafted into the NBA
Seven players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1987.html|title=1987 NBA Draft|publisher=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 25, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1988.html|title=1988 NBA Draft|publisher=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 25, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1989.html|title=1989 NBA Draft|publisher=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 25, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1990.html|title=1990 NBA Draft|publisher=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 25, 2014}}
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| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | NBA Club |
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| 1987 | 6 | 20 | 134 | Antoine Joubert | Detroit Pistons |
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| 1988 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Gary Grant | Seattle SuperSonics |
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| 1989 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Glen Rice | Miami Heat |
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| 1990 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Rumeal Robinson | Atlanta Hawks |
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| 1990 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Loy Vaught | Los Angeles Clippers |
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| 1990 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Terry Mills | Milwaukee Bucks |
See also
References
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