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1986–87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball

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No. 18
No. 18
24–8
Digger Phelps (16th season)
Joyce Center

The 1986–87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1986-87 college basketball season. The Irish were led by head coach Digger Phelps, in his 16th season, and played their home games at the Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana. Notre Dame earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they reached the Sweet Sixteen. The team finished with a 24–8 record and a No. 18 rankings in both major polls.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 21, 1986*		Western Kentucky Preseason NIT	L 63–80	0–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 2, 1986*		No. 3 Indiana	L 62–67	0–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 4, 1986*		Cornell	W 60–56	1–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 6, 1986*		Brigham Young	W 62–46	2–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 11, 1986*		Eastern Michigan	W 81–76	3–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 20, 1986*		Valparaiso	W 63–50	4–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 29, 1986*		Central Michigan	W 55–54	5–2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Dec 31, 1986*		at Maryland	W 63–50	6–2	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Jan 3, 1987*		at Pennsylvania	W 71–67	7–2	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 4, 1987*		at Yale	W 64–49	8–2	New Haven Coliseum (3,423)New Haven, Connecticut
Jan 10, 1987*		at No. 7 DePaul	L 54–58	8–3	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Jan 12, 1987*		at Creighton	W 67–54	9–3	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
Jan 17, 1987*		West Virginia	L 55–57	9–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 24, 1987*		at UCLA	L 59–63	9–5	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Jan 27, 1987*		Dayton	W 66–55	10–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Jan 29, 1987*		Marquette	W 58–48	11–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 1, 1987*		No. 1 North Carolina	W 60–58	12–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 4, 1987*		La Salle	W 76–64	13–5	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 6, 1987*		at Vanderbilt	L 56–60	13–6	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Feb 8, 1987*		at No. 18 Kansas	L 60–70	13–7	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 15, 1987*		No. 15 Duke	W 70–66 OT	14–7	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 16, 1987*		Wagner	W 74–54	15–7	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 18, 1987*		vs. Fordham	W 69–57	16–7
Feb 21, 1987*		at Utah	W 57–56	17–7	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb 25, 1987*		No. 4 DePaul	W 73–62	18–7	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Feb 28, 1987*		at Marquette	W 72–60	19–7	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 3, 1987*	No. 20	Brooklyn	W 76–57	20–7	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Mar 5, 1987*	No. 20	Miami (FL)	W 65–49	21–7	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
Mar 7, 1987*	No. 20	at Dayton	W 62–56	22–7	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 12, 1987*	(5 E) No. 18	vs. (12 E) Middle Tennessee First round	W 84–71	23–7	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 14, 1987*	(5 E) No. 18	vs. (4 E) No. 19 TCU Second round	W 58–57	24–7	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 19, 1987*	(5 E) No. 18	vs. (1 E) No. 2 North Carolina East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 68–74	24–8	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/UPI Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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