1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
SEC Regular Season Champions; SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
1986–87 record	26–4, 2 wins vacated (16–2 SEC)
Head coach	Wimp Sanderson (7th season);
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Wimp Sanderson, who was in his seventh season at Alabama. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season with a school-record 28 wins at 28–5 and won the Southeastern Conference regular season title with a 16–2 conference record. The 16 wins in conference were also a school record.

The team lost forward Buck Johnson to graduation, but signed freshman forward Keith Askins from Athens High School in Athens, Alabama.

The Tide also won the 1987 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, beating LSU in the final and earning an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. They were seeded second in the Southeast Region, their highest ever in the NCAA tournament thus far. The Tide defeated North Carolina A&T and New Orleans before falling to Providence in the Sweet 16. It was the Tide's third straight Sweet 16 appearance.^[1] Alabama's participation in the NCAA Tournament was later vacated by the NCAA.^[2]

Roster[]

1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	45	Michael Ansley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Jackson-Olin High School	Birmingham, Alabama
G	23	Mark Gottfried	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
F/C	31	Derrick McKey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr	Meridian High School	Meridian, MS
G	30	Terry Coner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
G	24		6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	21	Jim Farmer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
G	11		5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—
F		Keith Askins	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Athens High School	Athens, Alabama
	52		6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So

^ "1986-87 Alabama Crimson Tide Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Alabama †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	5	.848
Florida	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Georgia	10	–	8	.556	18	–	12	.600
Kentucky	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Auburn	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Ole Miss	8	–	10	.444	15	–	14	.517
LSU	8	–	10	.444	24	–	15	.615
Tennessee	7	–	11	.389	14	–	15	.483
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	18	–	16	.529
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	21	.250

† 1987 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

v t Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Venues	(1915–1939) Foster Auditorium (1939–1968) Coleman Coliseum (1968–present)
Rivalries	Auburn
Culture & lore	Traditions Big Al Mark's Madness / Crimson Chaos 2017 corruption scandal
People	Statistical leaders
	1929–30 1943–44 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981��82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold

1986–87 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
SEC Regular Season Champions SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
1986–87 record	26–4, 2 wins vacated (16–2 SEC)
Head coach	Wimp Sanderson (7th season)
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →