1987–88 Florida Gators men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1987–88 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 1987–88 NCAA men's basketball season.
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record22–11 (11–7 SEC)
Headcoach
- Norm Sloan (8th season)
Assistant coachMonte Towe (8th season)
| 1987–88 Florida Gators men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, second round | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 22–11 (11–7 SEC) |
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| Assistant coach | Monte Towe (8th season) |
| Captain | Vernon Maxwell |
| Home arena | O'Connell Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Kentucky † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1988 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site city, state | |||
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| November 21, 1987* |
No. 14 | Jacksonville Preseason Big Apple NIT |
W 82–52 | 1–0 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| November 23, 1987* |
No. 14 | No. 18 Georgia Tech Preseason Big Apple NIT |
W 80–69 | 2–0 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| November 27, 1987* 8:00 p.m., USA |
No. 14 | vs. Iowa State Preseason Big Apple NIT |
W 96–89 | 3–0 |
– | – | – | Madison Square Garden (7,311) New York, NY | |||
| November 28, 1987* |
No. 14 | vs. Seton Hall Preseason Big Apple NIT |
W 70–68 | 4–0 |
– | – | – | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||
| December 3, 1987* |
No. 7 | at SMU | L 76–82 | 4–1 |
– | – | – | Moody Coliseum University Park, TX | |||
| December 12, 1987* |
No. 12 | Florida State Rivalry |
W 71–48 | 5–1 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| December 16, 1987* |
No. 11 | Ohio State | W 102–69 | 6–1 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| December 21, 1987* |
No. 8 | South Florida | W 83–69 | 7–1 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| December 29, 1987* 8:30 p.m. |
No. 8 | vs. No. 9 Duke Fiesta Bowl Classic |
L 70–93 | 7–2 |
– | – | – | McKale Center (13,284) Tucson, AZ | |||
| December 30, 1987* |
No. 8 | vs. Michigan State Fiesta Bowl Classic |
W 83–59 | 8–2 |
– | – | – | McKale Center Tucson, AZ | |||
| January 2, 1988* CBS |
No. 8 | at No. 3 Pittsburgh | L 68–80 | 8–3 |
– | – | – | Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA | |||
| January 4, 1988* |
No. 15 | Towson State | W 77–55 | 9–3 |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| January 6, 1988 |
No. 15 | at Auburn | L 67–72 | 9–4 (0–1) |
– | – | – | Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL | |||
| January 9, 1988 |
No. 15 | Georgia | W 87–70 | 10–4 (1–1) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| January 13, 1988 |
at Mississippi State | W 55–45 | 11–4 (2–1) |
– | – | – | Starkville, MS | ||||
| January 16, 1988 |
Ole Miss | W 77–72 | 12–4 (3–1) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| January 20, 1988 |
at No. 4 Kentucky Rivalry |
W 58–56 | 13–4 (4–1) |
– | – | – | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||
| January 23, 1988 |
at Tennessee | W 76–56 | 14–4 (5–1) |
– | – | – | Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | ||||
| January 27, 1988 JPT[1] |
No. 14 | LSU | W 61–50 | 15–4 (6–1) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| January 30, 1988 |
No. 14 | at Vanderbilt | L 65–92 | 15–5 (6–2) |
– | – | – | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN | |||
| February 3, 1988 |
No. 19 | at Alabama | W 74–64 | 16–5 (7–2) |
– | – | – | Tuscaloosa, AL | |||
| February 6, 1988 |
No. 19 | Auburn | L 57–58 | 16–6 (7–3) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | |||
| February 10, 1988 |
at Georgia | L 65–71 | 16–7 (7–4) |
– | – | – | Athens, GA | ||||
| February 13, 1988 |
Mississippi State | W 69–52 | 17–7 (8–4) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| February 15, 1988* |
at Miami (FL) | W 83–73 | 18–7 |
– | – | – | Miami, FL | ||||
| February 17, 1988 |
at Ole Miss | L 75–82 | 18–8 (8–5) |
– | – | – | Oxford, MS | ||||
| February 20, 1988 NBC |
No. 9 Kentucky | W 83–76 | 19–8 (9–5) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| February 24, 1988 |
Tennessee | L 63–65 | 19–9 (9–6) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| March 2, 1988 |
No. 19 Vanderbilt | W 81–65 | 20–9 (10–6) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| March 5, 1988 |
Alabama | W 52–45 | 21–9 (11–6) |
– | – | – | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL | ||||
| March 9, 1988 ABC |
at LSU | L 69–86 | 21–10 (11–7) |
– | – | – | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| March 11, 1988* JPT |
vs. Tennessee SEC Tournament Quarterfinals |
W 67–60 | 22–10 |
– | – | – | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| March 12, 1988* JPT |
vs. Georgia SEC Tournament Semifinals |
L 70–72 | 22–11 |
– | – | – | LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| March 17, 1988* |
No. (6) | vs. St. John's NCAA Tournament |
W 62–59 | – | – | – | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
| March 19, 1988* |
vs. No. 10 Michigan NCAA Tournament |
L 85–108 | – | – | – | Salt Lake City, UT | |||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. The two NCAA tournament results were vacated. | |||||||||||