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1986–87 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

1986–87 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Big Eight Conference
20–11 (8–6 Big Eight)
Lon Kruger (1st season)
Dana Altman (1st season)
Greg Grensing
Ahearn Field House

The 1986–87 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big 8 Conference during the 1986-87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lon Kruger who was in his first of four years at the helm of his alma mater. The team played its home games in Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. The Wildcats finished 4th in the Big 8 regular season standings and fell to conference champion Missouri in the semifinal round of the Big 8 Tournament. K-State received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 9 seed in the West region. After an opening round win over Georgia in overtime, the Wildcats were beaten by eventual Final Four participant and No. 1 ranked UNLV in the round of 32.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 29, 1986*		South Dakota	W 95–45	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 1, 1986*		Grand Canyon	W 93–57	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 4, 1986*		at Texas Tech	W 73–72	3–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Dec 6, 1986*		Texas State	W 98–83	4–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 9, 1986*		Creighton	W 81–64	5–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 11, 1986*		Abilene Christian	W 90–67	6–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 13, 1986*		at Wichita State	L 60–63	6–1	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
Dec 19, 1986*		vs. Illinois State Music City Invitational	W 87–86	7–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 20, 1986*		at Vanderbilt Music City Invitational	L 72–79	7–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 23, 1986*		at Northern Illinois	W 81–79	8–2	Rockford MetroCentre Rockford, Illinois
Dec 27, 1986*		vs. No. 4 North Carolina	L 62–81	8–3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 7, 1987*		at Marquette	W 85–84	9–3	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 10, 1987		Nebraska	W 114–82	10–3(1–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 12, 1987*		Wichita State	W 79–67	11–3	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 17, 1987		Iowa State	W 68–65	12–3(2–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 21, 1987		at Colorado	W 92–61	13–3(3–0)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 24, 1987		No. 11 Oklahoma	L 78–81	13–4(3–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 28, 1987		at Oklahoma State	W 88–77	14–4(4–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 1, 1987		at Missouri	L 64–68	14–5(4–2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 4, 1987		No. 18 Kansas	L 75–80 2OT	14–6(4–3)	Ahearn Field House Columbia, Missouri
Feb 7, 1987		at Iowa State	W 87–75	15–6(5–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Feb 11, 1987		at Colorado	W 74–56	16–6(6–3)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 14, 1987		at Nebraska	L 76–78	16–7(6–4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 17, 1987		Oklahoma State	W 81–60	17–7(7–4)	Ahearn Field House Columbia, Missouri
Feb 19, 1987		at No. 15 Kansas	L 67–84	17–8(7–5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 25, 1987		Missouri	L 75–80	17–9(7–6)	Ahearn Field House Columbia, Missouri
Feb 27, 1987		at No. 12 Oklahoma	W 90–89	18–9(8–6)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 6, 1987*		vs. Nebraska Quarterfinals	W 47–45	19–9	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 7, 1987*		vs. No. 19 Missouri Semifinals	L 69–72	19–10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 12, 1987*	(9 W)	vs. (8 W) Georgia First round	W 82–79 OT	20–10	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 14, 1987*	(9 W)	vs. (1 W) No. 1 UNLV Second round	L 61–80	20–11	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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