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1987–88 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
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 (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

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.

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)

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.