1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–21 (3–11 MVC)
Head coach	Ron Greene (3th season)
Home arena	Hulman Center

1987–88 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Bradley †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	5		.839
Wichita State	11	–	3		.786			20	–	10		.667
Illinois State	9	–	5		.643			18	–	13		.581
Southern Illinois	6	–	8		.429			12	–	16		.429
Creighton	6	–	8		.429			16	–	16		.500
Drake	5	–	9		.357			14	–	14		.500
Tulsa	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
Indiana State	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
† 1988 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1987–88 men's college basketball season.

The Sycamores were led by third year head coach Ron Greene^[2] and finished the season with an overall record of 7-21, while going 3-11 in the Missouri Valley Conference.^[3]

Roster

The team lost 8 of the 15 players from the previous season.^[4] A notable addition to the team was Eddie Bird, younger brother of former Sycamores' player Larry Bird.^[5][6]

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 15 Richie Adderly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Freeport, Bahamas F 41 Olufemi Akinola 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Onto St., Nigeria F 50 Rotimi Alakija 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Lagos, Nigeria F 42 Eddie Bird 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr French Park, Indiana F/C 40 Larry Bush 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois G 24 Dion Campbell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Michigan City, Indiana G 45 Ron Cheatham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Paris, Illinois G 21 Jimmie Holliday 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Saginaw, Michigan F/C 52 Darin Liles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Town Creek, Alabama C 35 Jerome Stainback 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Maywood, Illinois G 10 Rob Vickers 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Kingston, Maine F/C 51 Brian Williamson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Lota, Kansas	Head coach Ron Greene Assistant coach(es) Mark Atherton Mike Calhoun Al Perry Mike Saylor Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*		Fredonia State	W 68–56	1–0	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
November 30*		Ball State	L 69–72	1–1	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 3*		at Boston University	L 67–81	1–2	Case Gym  Boston, Massachusetts
December 5*		Eastern Illinois	W 64–63	2–2	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 8*		at Butler	L 65–84	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
December 11*		vs. Washington State	L 61–73	2–4	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 12*		vs. James Madison	L 63–65	2–5	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 19*		Butler	L 44–64	2–6	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
December 21*		at St. Louis	L 58–74	2–7	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis, Missouri
December 30*		Evansville	L 68–74	2–8	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 2*		St. Ambrose	W 87–74	3–8	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 7		at Drake	L 54–63	3–9 (0–1)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, Iowa
January 9*		Missouri Valley College	W 76–56	4–9 (0–1)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 14		Bradley	L 68–79[7][8]	4–10 (0–2)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 16		at Southern Illinois	L 72–82 ^OT	4–11 (0–3)	The SIU Arena  Carbondale, Illinois
January 20		at Illinois State	L 64–72	4–12 (0–4)	Horton Field House  Normal, Illinois
January 22		at Creighton	L 63–85	4–13 (0–5)	Omaha Civic Auditorium  Omaha, Nebraska
January 28		Drake	W 84–78	5–13 (1–5)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
January 30		Creighton	L 71–75	5–14 (1–6)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 2*		DePaul	L 56–64	5–15 (1–6)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 6		at Wichita State	L 70–102	5–16 (1–7)	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
February 8		at Tulsa	L 67–70	5–17 (1–8)	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
February 11		Wichita State	W 63–62	6–17 (2–8)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 13		Tulsa	W 93–88 ^2OT	7–17 (3–8)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 17		Illinois State	L 59–69	7–18 (3–9)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 24		Southern Illinois	L 87–90 ^OT	6–19 (3–10)	Hulman Center  Terre Haute, Indiana
February 27		at No. 14 Bradley	L 74–95	7–20 (3–11)	Carver Arena  Peoria, Illinois
MVC Tournament
March 5		vs. No. 14 Bradley	L 74–93	7–21 (3–11)	Carver Arena  Peoria, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1987-88 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
2. Mark Morrow (November 11, 1987). "Bird in hand good news to Sycamores' Greene". The Indianapolis News. p. B8. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Dan Dunkin (November 4, 1988). "As Bird flies, so does ISU". The Indianapolis Star. p. F5. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
4. Wayne Fuson (November 2, 1987). "Fuson: ISU basketball a problem, too". The Indianapolis News. p. B3. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brother Bird, little Ellis make debuts". The Buffalo News. United Press International. November 28, 1987. p. C6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Ron Maly (November 10, 1987). "Bird II: Eddie takes his turn at Indiana State". The Des Moines Register. p. 5S. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Wolff, Alexander (January 25, 1988). "SCORING IN HIGHEST STYLE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
8. "ON AND OFF COURT, BRADLEY'S HAWKINS IS ON TARGET". Chicago Tribune. January 17, 1988. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
9. "1987-88 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.
10. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/indstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/10/14/2021_22_Media_Guide.pdf