1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 1985–86 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Karl Fogel, the Huskies competed in the ECAC North Conference and played their home games at Matthews Arena. They finished the season 27–7 overall with a 17–1 mark in ECAC North play to win the regular season conference title. The Huskies one conference loss split two separate 11-game win streaks. They followed the regular season by winning the ECAC North Conference tournament to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 14 seed in the East region. The Huskies were defeated in the opening round by No. 3 seed Purdue, 104–95.[1]
- Karl Fogel (1st season)
- J. Keith Motley
- Kevin Dunne
- Dennis Walsh
| 1986–87 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball | |
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ECAC North Regular-season champion ECAC North Conference tournament champion | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Eastern College Athletic Conference-North |
| Record | 27–7 (17–1 ECAC-North) |
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| Home arena | Matthews Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1987 ECAC North tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Reggie Lewis was awarded the ECAC North Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. He would finish as the school's all-time leading scorer and was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 22nd pick in the 1987 NBA draft.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 28, 1986* |
vs. No. 2 Louisville Great Alaska Shootout |
W 88–84 OT | 1–0 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
| Nov 29, 1986* |
vs. Utah State Great Alaska Shootout |
W 96–91 | 2–0 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
| Nov 30, 1986* |
vs. No. 10 Iowa Great Alaska Shootout |
L 80–103 | 2–1 |
Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
| Dec 3, 1986* |
No. 19 | Saint Joseph's (Maine) | W 81–54 | 3–1 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||
| Dec 5, 1986* |
No. 19 | vs. Jacksonville | W 76–70 | 4–1 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | ||||||
| Dec 6, 1986* |
No. 19 | at No. 17 Syracuse | L 74–94 | 4–2 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | ||||||
| Dec 8, 1986* |
at East Carolina | L 70–74 | 4–3 |
Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina | |||||||
| Dec 13, 1986* |
at UMass | W 78–70 | 5–3 |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Dec 26, 1986* |
vs. Bradley | L 105–110 | 5–4 |
Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Dec 27, 1986* |
at La Salle | L 85–102 | 5–5 |
Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
| Jan 2, 1987 |
at Maine | W 72–64 | 6–5 (1–0) |
Alfond Arena Orono, Maine | |||||||
| Jan 4, 1987 |
at New Hampshire | W 91–64 | 7–5 (2–0) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, New Hampshire | |||||||
| Jan 6, 1987 |
Hartford | W 64–62 | 8–5 (3–0) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 8, 1987* |
Tufts | W 99–72 | 9–5 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 10, 1987 |
Canisius | W 89–61 | 10–5 (4–0) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 13, 1987 |
at Hartford | W 74–65 | 11–5 (5–0) |
Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | |||||||
| Jan 17, 1987 |
Siena | W 93–64 | 12–5 (6–0) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 24, 1987 |
Maine | W 104–78 | 13–5 (7–0) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 26, 1987* |
Quinnipiac | W 104–54 | 14–5 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Jan 28, 1987 |
at Vermont | W 68–66 | 15–5 (8–0) |
Patrick Gym Burlington, Vermont | |||||||
| Jan 31, 1987 |
Niagara | W 60–50 | 16–5 (9–0) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Feb 5, 1987 |
at Niagara | L 87–88 | 16–6 (9–1) |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Lewiston, New York | |||||||
| Feb 7, 1987 |
at Canisius | W 72–68 | 17–6 (10–1) |
Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York | |||||||
| Feb 9, 1987 |
at Colgate | W 96–79 | 18–6 (11–1) |
Cotterell Court Hamilton, New York | |||||||
| Feb 14, 1987 |
Boston University | W 68–65 | 19–6 (12–1) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Feb 18, 1987 |
Colgate | W 97–73 | 20–6 (13–1) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Feb 21, 1987 |
at Siena | W 90–83 | 21–6 (14–1) |
Alumni Recreation Center Loudonville, New York | |||||||
| Feb 23, 1987 |
New Hampshire | W 76–69 | 22–6 (15–1) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Feb 25, 1987 |
Vermont | W 80–68 | 23–6 (16–1) |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Feb 28, 1987 |
at Boston University | W 84–77 | 24–6 (17–1) |
Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| ECAC North tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 5, 1987* |
New Hampshire Quarterfinals |
W 85–71 | 25–6 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Mar 6, 1987* |
Siena Semifinals |
W 89–79 | 26–6 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Mar 7, 1987* |
Boston University Championship game |
W 71–68 | 27–6 |
Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 13, 1987* |
(14 E) | vs. (3 E) No. 7 Purdue | L 95–104 | 27–7 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | ||||||
Rankings
Awards and honors
NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA club |
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| 1 | 22 | Reggie Lewis | Boston Celtics |