1986–87 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

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

1986–87 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
1986–87 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1986–87 record	7–21 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Foster (1st season);
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena
	Seasons ← →

The 1986–87 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University 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 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Old Patten Gymnasium (1910–1940) Patten Gymnasium (1940–1952) Welsh–Ryan Arena (1952–present) Allstate Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Illinois
Culture & lore	"Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1930–31 1973–74 1986–87 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 championship in bold