1987–88 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

The 1987–88 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 12th year. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 26–9 (11–5) record while making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

1987–88 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
Big East Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, second round, L 94–97 vs. Rhode Island
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	26–9^[1] (11–5 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Bernie Fine (12th season) Wayne Morgan (4th season) Barry Copeland (2nd season)
Home arena	Carrier Dome
Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh	12	–	4		.750			24	–	7		.774
No. 9 Syracuse†	11	–	5		.688			26	–	9		.743
Georgetown	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Villanova	9	–	7		.563			24	–	13		.649
St. John's	8	–	8		.500			17	–	12		.586
Seton Hall	8	–	8		.500			22	–	13		.629
Boston College	6	–	10		.375			18	–	15		.545
Providence	5	–	11		.313			11	–	17		.393
Connecticut	4	–	12		.250			20	–	14		.588
† 1988 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 1988^[2] Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1987–88 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 4 Rony Seikaly 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Athens, Greece G 20 Sherman Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Washington, D.C. G 21 Matt Roe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Manlius, New York F/C 30 Derek Brower 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr North Babylon, New York G 32 Stephen Thompson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Los Angeles, California F 33 Herman Harried 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Baltimore, Maryland C 41 Erik Rogers 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Temple City, California F 43 Keith Hughes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Carteret, New Jersey F 44 Derrick Coleman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Detroit, Michigan	Head coach Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) Assistant coach(es) Bernie Fine (Syracuse) Wayne Morgan (St. Lawrence) Barry Copeland (Central Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2019-Jan-25

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 21, 1987*	No. 1	vs. No. 3 North Carolina Hall of Fame Tip Off Classic	L 93–96	0–1	Springfield Civic Center  Springfield, Massachusetts
Nov 27, 1987	No. 1	at Alaska-Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 95–79	1–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 28, 1987*	No. 1	vs. UAB Great Alaska Shootout	W 79–63	2–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 1987*	No. 1	vs. No. 17 Arizona Great Alaska Shootout	L 69–80^[3]	2–2	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 4, 1987*	No. 3	South Florida Carrier Classic	W 111–65	3–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Dec 5, 1987*	No. 3	TCU Carrier Classic	W 87–58	4–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Dec 7, 1987*	No. 3	Cornell	W 95–59	5–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Dec 12, 1987*	No. 8	at Canisius	W 92–77	6–2	Koessler Center  Buffalo, New York
Dec 17, 1987*	No. 9	St. Bonaventure	W 111–68	7–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Dec 21, 1987*	No. 7	UTSA	W 108–84	8–2	Carrier Dome (26,222) Syracuse, New York
Dec 28, 1987*	No. 7	Morehead State	W 110–69	9–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Jan 2, 1988*	No. 7	Siena	W 123–72	10–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Big East Conference Regular Season
Jan 5, 1988	No. 7	at Boston College	W 80–67	11–2 (1–0)	Boston Garden  Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 9, 1988	No. 7	Seton Hall	W 84–82^[4]	12–2 (2–0)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Jan 11, 1988  ESPN	No. 7	at Villanova	L 78–80	12–3 (2–1)	The Spectrum (16,284) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1988  WTXX	No. 9	Connecticut Rivalry	L 50–51	12–4 (2–2)	Carrier Dome (29,898) Syracuse, New York
Jan 18, 1988	No. 14	Boston College	W 90–60	13–4 (3–2)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Jan 24, 1988 12:00 p.m.	No. 14	No. 15 Georgetown	L 68–69	13–5 (3–3)	Carrier Dome (32,419) Syracuse, New York
Jan 27, 1988	No. 17	at Seton Hall	W 87–76^[5]	14–5 (4–3)	Brendan Byrne Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Non-Conference Regular Season
Jan 31, 1988	No. 17	No. 8 Michigan	W 89–71	15–5	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Big East Conference Regular Season
Feb 2, 1988	No. 12	Providence	W 92–71	16–5 (5–3)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Feb 6, 1988	No. 12	at No. 20 St. John's	W 79–62	17–5 (6–3)	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Feb 10, 1988  ESPN	No. 11	at No. 5 Pittsburgh	W 84–75	18–5 (7–3)	Civic Arena (16,798) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 13, 1988 2:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Georgetown	L 69–71	18–6 (7–4)	Capital Centre (19,025) Landover, Maryland
Feb 17, 1988	No. 12	St. John's	W 82–68	19–6 (8–4)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Feb 20, 1988  NESN	No. 12	at Connecticut Rivalry	W 73–71	20–6 (9–4)	Hartford Civic Center (16,016) Hartford, Connecticut
Feb 25, 1988	No. 10	at Providence	W 91–73	21–6 (10–4)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
Non-Conference Regular Season
Feb 28, 1988*	No. 10	at No. 12 Kentucky	L 58–62	21–7	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
Big East Conference Regular Season
Mar 1, 1988  Big East TV	No. 12	Villanova	W 71–69	22–7 (11–4)	Carrier Dome (16,284) Syracuse, New York
Mar 6, 1988  CBS	No. 12	No. 7 Pittsburgh	L 84–85	22–8 (11–5)	Carrier Dome (32,492) Syracuse, New York
Big East Tournament
March 11, 1988*  Big East TV	(2) No. 13	vs. (7) Boston College Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	W 67–53	23–8	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
March 12, 1988*  CBS	(2) No. 13	vs. (6) Seton Hall Big East Tournament Semifinal	W 68–63^[6]	24–8	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
March 13, 1988*  CBS	(2) No. 13	vs. (4) Villanova Big East Tournament Championship	W 85–68	25–8	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1988*	(3 E) No. 9	vs. (14 E) North Carolina A&T First round	W 69–55	26–8	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 19, 1988*	(3 E) No. 9	vs. No. 11 E Rhode Island Second round	L 94–97	26–9	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings

Main article: 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Team Players in the 1988 NBA draft

Main article: 1988 NBA draft

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References

1. . Syracuse University. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
2. sports-reference.com 1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary
3. . Sun-Sentinel. December 1, 1987. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
4. "BIG EAST; SYRACUSE HOLDS OFF SETON HALL, 84-82". New York Times. January 10, 1988. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
5. "Syracuse Triumphs With Late Spurt". New York Times. January 28, 1988. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
6. "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Syracuse Rallies Into Final". New York Times. March 13, 1988. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
7. College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Sep-13.
8. "1988 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2019.