1987–88 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1987–88 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–18 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Izzo Herb Williams Jim Boylan
Captains	George Papadakos Carlton Valentine Ed Wright
Home arena	Jenison Fieldhouse
Seasons← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Purdue	16	–	2	.889	29	–	4	.879
No. 10 Michigan	13	–	5	.722	26	–	8	.765
No. 17 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
No. 16 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	12	–	16	.429
Michigan State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 12th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished with an overall record of 10–18, 5–13 to finish in eighth place in Big Ten play.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1987–88 season with an overall record of 11–17, 6–12 to finish in seventh place in Big Ten play.

Roster and statistics

1987–88 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb	Ast
45	Carlton Valentine	F	SR	6–5	13.3	5.6	1.5
20	Ken Redfield	F	SO	6–7	11.7	5.1	2.3
21	Steve Smith	G/F	FR	6–6	10.7	4.0	2.9
41	George Papadakos	C	SR	7–0	10.1	5.7	0.6
35	Ed Wright	G/F	SR	6–6	6.2	1.8	3.3
10	Kirk Manns	G	SO	6–1	5.0	4.0	0.5
24	Todd Wolfe	G	JR	6–5	4.4	2.1	0.8
43	Bobby Worthington	F	SR	6–7	4.0	4.1	0.5
23	Jesse Hall	G	FR	6–3	3.3	0.6	0.8
44	Scott Sekal	F	SR	6–8	1.5	0.2	0.1
22	Andre Rison	G	JR	6–0	1.3	0.9	2.3
55	Mario Izzo	C	SR	6–11	1.0	0.0	0.0
34	David Mueller	F/C	SO	6–9	0.5	1.0	0.2
30	Jim Sarkine	F	SR	6–9	0.0	0.3	0.0

Source

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 27, 1987*	Detroit Mercy	W 65–63	1–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 2, 1987*	Maine	W 87–44	2–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 5, 1987*	George Washington	L 64–65	2–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 12, 1987*	TCU	W 69–52	3–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 15, 1987*	Illinois-Chicago	W 78–64	4–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 17, 1987*	at Eastern Michigan	L 80–84	4–2	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
Dec 19, 1987*	at Austin Peay	L 77–85	4–3	Winfield Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
Dec 22, 1987*	San Jose State	W 82–68	5–3	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1987*	at No. 1 Arizona Fiesta Basketball Classic semifinals	L 58–78	5–4	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Dec 30, 1987*	vs. No. 8 Florida Fiesta Basketball Classic third place game	L 59–83	5–5	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Big Ten regular season
Jan 7, 1988	at Wisconsin	L 72–78	5–6 (0–1)	Wisconsin Field House (6,743) Madison, WI
Jan 9, 1988	at No. 19 Illinois	L 62–77	5–7 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
Jan 14, 1988	No. 10 Michigan Rivlary	L 72–90	5–8 (0–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 16, 1988	No. 15 Indiana	W 75–74	6–8 (1–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 20, 1988	at No. 5 Purdue	L 67–68	6–9 (1–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Jan 27, 1988	Minnesota	L 56–59	6–10 (1–5)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 1, 1988	Ohio State	W 76–64	7–10 (2–5)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 4, 1988	at Northwestern	W 65–64	8–10 (3–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 6, 1988	at No. 13 Iowa	L 77–101	8–11 (3–6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
Feb 10, 1988	No. 2 Purdue	L 70–72	8–12 (3–7)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 13, 1988	Illinois	L 65–83	8–13 (3–8)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 18, 1988	at Indiana	L 58–95	8–14 (3–9)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Feb 22, 1988	at No. 10 Michigan Rivalry	L 67–77	8–15 (3–10)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 27, 1988	at Ohio State	W 78–77	9–15 (4–10)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Mar 3, 1988	No. 11 Iowa	L 87–103	9–16 (4–11)	Jenison Field House (8,777) East Lansing, MI
Mar 5, 1988	at Minnesota	L 61–62	9–17 (4–12)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Mar 10, 1988	Northwestern	W 55–53	10–17 (5–12)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 12, 1988	Wisconsin	L 69–71	10–18 (5–13)	Jenison Field House (8,158) East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

"1989 Michigan State Spartans". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
"2015-2016 Michigan State Spartans Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2018.
"1987-88 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".

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