1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

1987–88 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1988 SWC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 79–94 vs. Duke
Conference	Southwest Conference
1987–88 record	28–7 (12–4 SWC)
Head coach	Dave Bliss;
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
	Seasons ← →

The 1987–88 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1987–88 men's college basketball season. There, they defeated Notre Dame to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the #2 seed Duke, 94–79.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*	vs. James Madison	W 121–89	1–0
November 29*	at Missouri State	W 69–58	2–0	Hammons Student Center
December 3*	No. 7 Florida	W 82–76	3–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 5*	Alabama State	W 90–66	4–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 8*	Prairie View	W 91–75	5–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 12*	at North Carolina	L 74–90	5–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
December 14*	at South Florida	W 87–66	6–1	Sun Dome Tampa, Florida
December 19*	Alcorn State	W 116–85	7–1	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 21*	Santa Clara	W 78–70	8–1	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 27*	vs. Louisville	L 79–87	8–2
December 28*	vs. Creighton	W 88–51	9–2
December 29*	vs. Texas A&M	W 89–66	10–2
January 2*	Morgan State	W 96–65	11–2	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 6	at Texas A&M	L 53–58	11–3 (0–1)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
January 9	Baylor	W 97–93	12–3 (1–1)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 13	Arkansas	L 83–85	12–4 (1–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 16	at Rice	W 72–60	13–4 (2–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 19	at Houston	W 69–65	14–4 (3–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 23	Texas Tech	W 80–75	15–4 (4–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 27	Texas	W 75–70	16–4 (5–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 30	at TCU	W 51–48	17–4 (6–2)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 6	Texas A&M	W 94–71	18–4 (7–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 10	at Baylor	L 57–71	18–5 (7–3)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 13	at Arkansas	W 73–63	19–5 (8–3)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 17	Rice	W 86–68	20–5 (9–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 20	Houston	W 87–84	21–5 (10–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 24	at Texas Tech	W 82–80	22–5 (11–3)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 27	at Texas	L 69–76	22–6 (11–4)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
March 2	TCU	W 87–54	23–6 (12–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
March 5*	Chicago State	W 83–66	24–6 (12–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas

March 11	vs. TCU	W 86–66	25–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 12	vs. Houston	W 98–76	26–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 13	vs. Baylor	W 75–64	27–6 (12–4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
1988 NCAA Tournament
March 17*	vs. Notre Dame First round	W 83–75	28–6 (12–4)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
March 19*	vs. Duke Second round	L 79–94	28–7 (12–4)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ "1987–88 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[1] "1987–88 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

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v t SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Various sites (1916–1927) (1927–1942) (1942–1956) Moody Coliseum (1956–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1955–56 1968–69 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1983–84 1984–85 1987–88 1991–92 1992–93 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1987–88 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
SMU †	12	–	4	.750	28	–	7	.800
Arkansas	11	–	5	.688	21	–	9	.700
Baylor	11	–	5	.688	23	–	11	.676
Houston	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Texas	10	–	6	.625	16	–	13	.552
Texas A&M	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
Texas Tech	4	–	12	.250	9	–	19	.321
TCU	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321
Rice	3	–	13	.188	6	–	21	.222

† 1988 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll