1987–88 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team

The 1987–88 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1987–88 season. Playing in the Summit League (AMCU-8) and led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour, the Bears finished the season with a 22–7 overall record and won the AMCU-8 regular season title.^[1] Southwest Missouri State lost to UNLV in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.^[2]

1987–88 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball
AMCU-8 Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Association of Mid-Continent Universities
Record	22–7 (12–2 AMCU-8)
Head coach	Charlie Spoonhour (5th season)
Home arena	Hammons Student Center
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 AMCU-8 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
SW Missouri State	12	–	2		.857			22	–	7		.759
Cleveland State	11	–	3		.786			22	–	8		.733
Wisconsin–Green Bay	9	–	5		.643			18	–	9		.667
Eastern Illinois	7	–	7		.500			17	–	11		.607
Western Illinois	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Northern Iowa	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Illinois-Chicago	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
Valparaiso	3	–	11		.214			12	–	16		.429
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1987–88 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F Lee Campbell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So C 42 Kelby Stuckey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr	Head coach Charlie Spoonhour (Ozarks) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 23, 1987*		Windsor	W 107–48		Hammons Student Center (5,790) Springfield, Missouri
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 28, 1987*		San Francisco Mazzio’s Pizza Classic	W 80–57	1–0	Hammons Student Center (7,782) Springfield, Missouri
Nov 29, 1987*		SMU Mazzio’s Pizza Classic	L 58–69	1–1	Hammons Student Center (7,594) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 1, 1987*		Northern Michigan	W 82–69	2–1	Hammons Student Center (5,698) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 5, 1987*		at Arkansas	L 47–53	2–2	Barnhill Arena (8,610) Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dec 8, 1987*		at Kansas State	W 82–80 ^4OT[4]	3–2	Ahearn Field House (10,800) Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 10, 1987*		Alabama State	W 75–71	4–2	Hammons Student Center (6,741) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 12, 1987*		at Southern Illinois	L 74–77	4–3	SIU Arena (4,152) Carbondale, Illinois
Dec 19, 1987*		Texas State	W 71–56	5–3	Hammons Student Center (8,395) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 21, 1987*		Arkansas State	W 65–57	6–3	Hammons Student Center (6,722) Springfield, Missouri
Dec 27, 1987*		vs. Southern Miss First Tulsa Classic	L 82–89 ^OT	6–4	Tulsa Convention Center (7,725) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 28, 1987*		vs. Grambling State First Tulsa Classic	W 77–60	7–4	Tulsa Convention Center (7,955) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jan 4, 1988*		Wichita State	W 58–56	8–4	Hammons Student Center (8,483) Springfield, Missouri
Jan 7, 1988*		at Saint Louis	W 64–49	9–4	Kiel Auditorium (7,402) St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 9, 1988*		Lincoln	W 82–54	10–4	Hammons Student Center (8,372) Springfield, Missouri
AMCU-8 Regular Season
Jan 16, 1988		Northern Iowa	W 75–67	11–4 (1–0)	Hammons Student Center (8,158) Springfield, Missouri
Jan 18, 1988		at Western Illinois	L 44–70	11–5 (1–1)	Western Hall (4,613) Macomb, Illinois
Jan 23, 1988		Cleveland State	W 89–84	12–5 (2–1)	Hammons Student Center (9,154) Springfield, Missouri
Jan 25, 1988		at Eastern Illinois	W 57–55	13–5 (3–1)	Lantz Arena (1,685) Charleston, Illinois
Jan 30, 1988		at Valparaiso	W 72–44	14–5 (4–1)	Athletics-Recreation Center (2,857) Valparaiso, Indiana
Feb 1, 1988		Illinois-Chicago	W 80–51	15–5 (5–1)	Hammons Student Center (8,052) Springfield, Missouri
Feb 6, 1988		at Wisconsin–Green Bay	W 77–65	16–5 (6–1)	Brown County Arena (5,536) Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin
Feb 8, 1988		at Northern Iowa	W 93–78	17–5 (7–1)	UNI-Dome (1,430) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Feb 13, 1988		Western Illinois	W 84–70	18–5 (8–1)	Hammons Student Center (8,922) Springfield, Missouri
Feb 15, 1988		at Cleveland State	L 53–75	18–6 (8–2)	Woodling Gym (3,262) Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 20, 1988		Eastern Illinois	W 76–56	19–6 (9–2)	Hammons Student Center (9,129) Springfield, Missouri
Feb 22, 1988		Valparaiso	W 80–65	20–6 (10–2)	Hammons Student Center (7,028) Springfield, Missouri
Feb 25, 1988		at Illinois-Chicago	W 88–66	21–6 (11–2)	UIC Pavilion (1,824) Chicago, Illinois
Mar 5, 1988		Wisconsin–Green Bay	W 70–52	22–6 (12–2)	Hammons Student Center (9,170) Springfield, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 18, 1988*	(13 W)	vs. (4 W) No. 12 UNLV First Round	L 50–54	22–7	Pauley Pavilion (11,175) Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. "2018–19 Missouri State Bears Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Missouri State University. 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
2. "UNLV Barely Escapes With 54-50 Victory". Los Angeles Times. March 19, 1988. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
3. "1987-88 Missouri State Bears Roster and Stats". Retrieved May 7, 2022.
4. "SW Missouri St. 82, Kansas St. 80 (4OT)". UPI Archives. December 9, 1987. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
5. "1987–88 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.