1986–87 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	As of March 30, 1987; Rankings from AP Poll

1986–87 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
1986–87 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1986–87 record	9–19 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (1st season);
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← →

The 1986–87 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Indiana	15	–	3	.833	30	–	4	.882
No. 7 Purdue	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
No. 6 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 Illinois	13	–	5	.722	23	–	8	.742
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Minnesota	2	–	16	.111	9	–	19	.321
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

As of March 30, 1987^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

v t Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Statistical leaders
	1901–02 1902–03 1918–19 1979–80 1981–82 1986–87 1988–89 1989–90 1992–93 1996–97 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics