1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1988 Pacific-10 Tournament winner ; As of April 15, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
1987–88 record	16–14 (12–6, T-2nd Pac-10)
Head coach	Walt Hazzard;
Assistant coaches	Sidney Wicks; Jack Hirsch; Andre McCarter;
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. UCLA hosted the #12 Temple Owls and the #4 North Carolina Tarheels. UCLA lost their home game to the #3 Wildcats 76–78 in overtime. The Bruins finished tied for second place in the Pac-10 behind Arizona. In the Pac-10 Tournament UCLA was upset in their first game vs. Washington St. The Bruins did not play in any post season tournaments after that for the first time in four years. Walt Hazzard who had played for UCLA under John Wooden, coached for his fourth and final year at UCLA (the longest tenure at this point of any post-Wooden coach).

Starting lineup[]

Position	Player	Class
F	Craig Jackson	Sr.
F	Trevor Wilson	So.
C	Kelvin Butler	Sr.
G	Dave Immel	Sr.
G	Pooh Richardson	Jr.

Roster[]

1987–88 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	42	Kelvin Butler	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
C	32	Greg Foster	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	—	So	Oakland, California
G	30	Dave Immel (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
F	52	Craig Jackson (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
G	12	Gerald Madkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr	Merced, California
G	24	Pooh Richardson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	45	Charles Rochelin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
C	50	Kevin Walker	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So
G	11	Kevin Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr
F	4	Trevor Wilson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So	Los Angeles, California

Head coach

Walt Hazzard (UCLA)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 20, 1987	Oral Roberts	W 119–79	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (2,641) Los Angeles, CA
November 23, 1987	at New Mexico	L 66–77	1–1	The Pit (14,115) Albuquerque, NM
December 3, 1987	No. 12 Temple	L 76–81	1–2	Pauley Pavilion (8,171) Los Angeles, CA
December 5, 1987	BYU	L 80–87	1–3	Pauley Pavilion (10,696) Los Angeles, CA
December 12, 1987	St. John's	L 64–72	1–4	Pauley Pavilion (9,331) Los Angeles, CA
December 14, 1987	Pennsylvania	W 98–49	2–4	Pauley Pavilion (4,849) Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 1987	UC Irvine	W 116–100	3–4	Pauley Pavilion (6,735) Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 1987	at California	L 70–83	3–5 (0–1)	Harmon Gym (6,450) Berkeley, CA
December 23, 1987	at Stanford	L 110–116 ^2OT	3–6 (0–2)	Maples Pavilion (7,236) Stanford, CA
December 28, 1987	Cal State Fullerton	W 74–65	4–6	Pauley Pavilion (7,865) Los Angeles, CA
January 2, 1988	No. 4 North Carolina	L 73–80	4–7	Pauley Pavilion (12,544) Los Angeles, CA
January 7, 1988	Oregon State	L 64–65	4–8 (0–3)	Pauley Pavilion (7,721) Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 1988	Oregon	W 65–60	5–8 (1–3)	Pauley Pavilion (6,165) Los Angeles, CA
January 14, 1988	USC	W 81–65	6–8 (2–3)	Pauley Pavilion (11,425) Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 1988	at Louisville	L 79–92	6–9	Freedom Hall (19,253) Louisville, KY
January 21, 1988	at Arizona State	W 94–81	7–9 (3–3)	ASU Activity Center (7,542) Tempe, AZ
January 24, 1988	at No. 1 Arizona	L 74–86	7–10 (3–4)	McKale Center (13,258) Tucson, AZ
January 28, 1988	Washington State	L 88–663	8–10 (4–4)	Pauley Pavilion (6,583) Los Angeles, CA
January 30, 1988	Washington	W 78–71	9–10 (5–4)	Pauley Pavilion (6,181) Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 1988	at Oregon	W 76–71	10–10 (6–4)	McArthur Court (8,554) Eugene, OR
February 7, 1988	at Oregon State	L 68–73	10–11 (6–5)	Gill Coliseum (7,612) Corvallis, OR
February 11, 1988	at USC	W 85–70	11–11 (7–5)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (6,057) Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1988	at Notre Dame	L 66–73	11–12	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
February 18, 1988	Arizona State	W 79–73	12–12 (8–5)	Pauley Pavilion (5,427) Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 1988	No. 3 Arizona	L 76–78 ^OT	12–13 (8–6)	Pauley Pavilion (12,037) Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 1988	at Washington	W 97–87	13–13 (9–6)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (3,235) Seattle, WA
February 27, 1988	at Washington State	W 62–55	14–13 (10–6)	Beasley Coliseum (5,475) Pullman, WA
March 3, 1988	Stanford	W 91–69	15–13 (11–6)	Pauley Pavilion (7,453) Los Angeles, CA
March 6, 1988	California	W 74–66	16–13 (12–6)	Pauley Pavilion (7,710) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-10 Tournament
March 11, 1988	vs. Washington State Quarterfinals	L 71–73	16–14	McKale Center (13,061) Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[2] ^[3]

Notes[]

Oregon St. swept the Bruins for the first time in four years (1983–84), and for only the third time since 1958.

References[]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
^ "Final 1988 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).

[1] "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[2] "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

[3] "Final 1988 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).

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v t UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)
Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin
People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Arizona †	17	–	1	.944	35	–	3	.921
Oregon State	12	–	6	.667	20	–	11	.645
UCLA	12	–	6	.667	16	–	14	.533
Stanford	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Oregon	10	–	8	.556	16	–	14	.533
Washington State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	16	.448
Arizona State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	16	.448
USC	5	–	13	.278	7	–	21	.250
California	5	–	13	.278	9	–	20	.310
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	19	.345

† 1988 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 15, 1988^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll