1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
Record	25–5 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (7th season); Kevin Stallings (5th season); Tom Reiter (1st season);
Captains	Tim Fisher; Doug Lee (basketball);
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Last updated January 20, 2026

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	30	–	4	.882
No. 7 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
No. 6 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 Illinois	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Minnesota	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

As of March 30, 1987^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1986–87 college basketball season.

Roster

1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	20	Doug Lee	6 ft 5 in(1.96 m)	195 lb(88 kg)	Sr	Washington, Illinois
G	21	Everette Stephens	6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)	175 lb(79 kg)	Jr	Evanston, Illinois
G	23	Troy Lewis	6 ft 7 in(2.01 m)	205 lb(93 kg)	Jr	Toledo, Ohio
F	30	Kip Jones	6 ft 8 in(2.03 m)	—	So
F	33	Todd Mitchell	6 ft 4 in(1.93 m)	190 lb(86 kg)	Jr	Anderson, Indiana
F	35	Melvin McCants	6 ft 8 in(2.03 m)	240 lb(109 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
F/C	55	Steve Scheffler	6 ft 9 in(2.06 m)	250 lb(113 kg)	Fr	Grand Rapids, Michigan

Head coach

Gene Keady (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
November 21		Bulgaria Exhibition	W 104–73		–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Regular Season
November 28*	No. 4	vs. Stetson	W 97–65	1-0	–	–	–	Daytona Beach, FL
December 1*		Illinois State	W 96–64	2-0	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 6*	No. 4	at Connecticut	W 88–70	3-0	–	–	–	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
December 8*	No. 3	Wichita State	W 77–61	4-0	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 13*	No. 3	at Detroit	W 89–65	5-0	–	–	–	Detroit, MI
December 20*	No. 2	Tampa	W 79–48	6-0	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 22*	No. 2	at Toledo	W 89–67	7-0	–	–	–	Toledo, OH
December 29*	No. 2	vs. No. 4 North Carolina Dallas Morning News Classic	L 81–94	7-1	–	–	–	Dallas, TX
December 30*	No. 2	vs. Towson State Dallas Morning News Classic	W 94–58	8-1	–	–	–	Dallas, TX
January 3	No. 2	Michigan State	W 87–72	9-1 (1-0)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 5	No. 2	Michigan	W 89–77	10-1 (2-0)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 8	No. 6	at Northwestern	W 85–67	11-1 (3-0)	–	–	–	Evanston, IL
January 10	No. 6	at Wisconsin	W 57–48	12-1 (4-0)	–	–	–	Madison, WI
January 14	No. 6	Minnesota	W 86–59	13-1 (5-0)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 18*	No. 6	Louisville	W 88–73	14-1	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 19	No. 6	No. 2 Iowa	L 67–70	14-2 (5-1)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 22	No. 5	No. 9 Illinois	W 87–86 ^OT	15-2 (6-1)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 29	No. 4	Ohio State	W 75–73	16-2 (7-1)	–	–	–	Columbus, OH
January 31	No. 4	at Indiana Indiana–Purdue rivalry	L 77–88	16-3 (7-2)	–	–	–	Bloomington, IN
February 5	No. 7	Wisconsin	W 70–62	17-3 (8-2)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 7	No. 7	Northwestern	W 86–60	18-3 (9-2)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 12	No. 7	at No. 4 Iowa	W 80–73	19-3 (10-2)	–	–	–	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 14	No. 7	at Minnesota	W 81–73	20-3 (11-2)	–	–	–	Minneapolis, MN
February 23	No. 6	at No. 14 Illinois	W 76–75 ^OT	21-3 (12-2)	–	–	–	Champaign, IL
February 26	No. 6	No. 3 Indiana	W 75–64	22-3 (13-2)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 28	No. 6	Ohio State	W 87–73	23-3 (14-2)	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 4	No. 3	at Michigan State	W 69–59	24-3 (15-2)	–	–	–	East Lansing, MI
March 7	No. 3	at Michigan	L 68–104	24-4 (15-3)	–	–	–	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA Tournament
March 13*	(3) No. 7	vs. (14) Northeastern NCAA tournament • First Round	W 104–95^[2]	25-4	29 – Lee	–	–	Syracuse, NY
March 15*	(3) No. 7	vs. (6) Florida NCAA Tournament • Second Round	L 66–85	25-5	17 – Lewis/Stephens	–	–	Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA club
2	35	Doug Lee	Houston Rockets

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References

↑ "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
↑ "Lee Leads Purdue to Round 2". The Chicago Tribune . March 14, 1987. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
↑ 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 29, 2013.
↑ "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com . Retrieved April 9, 2022.

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[1] "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

[2] "Lee Leads Purdue to Round 2". The Chicago Tribune . March 14, 1987. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[3] 2012-13 Purdue Men's Basketball Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 29, 2013.

[4] "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com . Retrieved April 9, 2022.

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Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset Indy Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

References