1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record12–16 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ray McCallum (4th season)
  • Brad McNulty (6th season)
  • Ron Zentner (1st season)
Home arenaWisconsin Field House
Seasons
1987–88 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his sixth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 12-16, 6-12 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place.

Roster

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1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 10 Billy Douglass Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Lake Forest, Illinois
G 14 Rodney Tapp (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Evansville, Indiana
G 20 Byron Robinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Springfield, Illinois
G 22 Pollis Robertson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wayne, Michigan
G 23 Willie Simms (I*) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Pontiac, Michigan
G/F 30 Tom Molaski (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Grafton, Wisconsin
G 32 Trent Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Bolingbrook, Illinois
G 33 Sean Fleming 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Oakland, California
F 41 Rob Willey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Neenah, Wisconsin
F 43 Patrick Tompkins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Waukegan, Illinois
G 44 Tim Locum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Flora, Illinois
F 50 Danny Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Rockford, Illinois
C 52 Darin Schubring 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Baraboo, Wisconsin
F 53 Kurt Portmann 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Sheboygan, Wisconsin
F/C 55 Greg Sipla (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Racine, Wisconsin
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

[1] *academically ineligible second semester

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 28, 1987*
at South Florida W 58–55  1–0
Sun Dome (3,736)
Tampa, FL
Dec 1, 1987*
Northern Illinois W 87–77  2–0
Dane County Coliseum (5,642)
Madison, WI
Dec 3, 1987*
at Eastern Illinois L 52–59  2–1
Lantz Arena (4,793)
Charleston, IL
Dec 5, 1987*
Butler W 92–80  3–1
Wisconsin Field House (5,344)
Madison, WI
Dec 8, 1987*
at Southern Illinois L 76–80  3–2
SIU Arena (4,475)
Carbondale, IL
Dec 10, 1987*
Marquette W 66–55  4–2
Wisconsin Field House (9,009)
Madison, WI
Dec 12, 1987*
Loyola (IL) L 75–78  4–3
Wisconsin Field House (5,479)
Madison, WI
Dec 28, 1987*
at No. 15 UNLV
Rebel Classic
L 65–102  4–4
Thomas & Mack Center (15,971)
Paradise, NV
Dec 29, 1987*
vs. Northern Iowa
Rebel Classic
W 64–56  5–4
Thomas & Mack Center (2,000)
Paradise, NV
Jan 3, 1988*
Washington State W 80–65  6–4
Wisconsin Field House (6,205)
Madison, WI
Big Ten regular season
Jan 7, 1988
Michigan State W 78–72 2OT 7–4
(1–0)
Wisconsin Field House (6,743)
Madison, WI
Jan 9, 1988
Ohio State W 64–63  8–4
(2–0)
Wisconsin Field House (8,862)
Madison, WI
Jan 14, 1988
at No. 15 Indiana L 53–55  8–5
(2–1)
Assembly Hall (15,230)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 16, 1988
No. 20 Illinois L 65–80  8–6
(2–2)
Wisconsin Field House (11,068)
Madison, WI
Jan 21, 1988
at No. 7 Michigan L 54–65  8–7
(2–3)
Crisler Arena (13,459)
Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 25, 1988
No. 19 Iowa L 89–104  8–8
(2–4)
Wisconsin Field House (9,119)
Madison, WI
Jan 30, 1988
Northwestern W 80–59  9–8
(3–4)
Wisconsin Field House (8,838)
Madison, WI
Feb 3, 1988
at No. 6 Purdue L 62–86  9–9
(3–5)
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 8, 1988
at Minnesota L 62–71  9–10
(3–6)
Williams Arena (10,742)
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 11, 1988
No. 12 Michigan L 67–80  9–11
(3–7)
Wisconsin Field House (7,496)
Madison, WI
Feb 13, 1988
at Ohio State L 53–78  9–12
(3–8)
St. John Arena (13,320)
Columbus, OH
Feb 21, 1988
at Illinois L 65–85  9–13
(3–9)
Assembly Hall (16,348)
Champaign, IL
Feb 24, 1988
Indiana L 74–84  9–14
(3–10)
Wisconsin Field House (9,229)
Madison, WI
Feb 28, 1988
Minnesota W 81–70  10–14
(4–10)
Wisconsin Field House (9,015)
Madison, WI
Mar 3, 1988
No. 2 Purdue L 56–84  10–15
(4–11)
Wisconsin Field House (8,496)
Madison, WI
Mar 5, 1988
at Northwestern W 74–69  11–15
(5–11)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,473)
Evanston, IL
Mar 10, 1988
at No. 15 Iowa L 70–103  11–16
(5–12)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
Mar 12, 1988
at Michigan State W 71–69  12–16
(6–12)
Jenison Fieldhouse (8,158)
East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A TO Blk Stl PF
Jackson, Trent 28 28 1032 36.9 546 19.5 192 426 .451 74 164 .451 88 106 .830 - - 106 3.8 98 66 4 59 59
Jones, Danny 26 25 831.5 32.0 441 17.0 176 309 .570 0 1 .000 89 124 .718 - - 121 4.7 26 50 17 14 83
Locum, Tim 28 3 478 17.1 187 6.7 58 137 .423 41 93 .441 30 35 .857 - - 41 1.5 41 35 2 16 45
Molaski, Tom 28 19 745 26.6 158 5.6 49 128 .383 6 17 .353 54 67 .806 - 106 3.8 104 53 3 42 68
Tapp, Rodney 28 15 551 19.7 153 5.5 62 129 .481 4 12 .333 25 43 .581 - - 51 1.8 43 41 0 14 48
Portmann, Kurt 28 23 681 24.3 151 5.4 62 160 .388 0 0 .000 27 49 .551 - - 101 3.6 33 57 25 16 94
Tompkins, Patrick 27 7 426.5 15.8 120 4.4 46 95 .484 0 3 .000 28 54 .519 - - 88 3.3 32 43 9 7 24
Schubring, Darin 28 13 526.5 18.8 93 3.3 41 89 .461 0 0 .000 11 36 .306 - - 101 3.6 29 30 5 9 71
Robinson, Byron 19 6 266 14.0 63 3.3 19 48 .396 0 0 .000 25 33 .758 - - 34 1.8 30 33 1 18 19
Simms, Willie 2 1 18 9.0 4 2.0 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 5 .400 - - 7 3.5 3 2 0 0 1
Fleming, Sean 7 0 45 6.4 8 1.1 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 - - 2 0.3 3 9 0 1 3
Willey, Rob 8 0 18 2.3 4 0.5 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 - - 3 0.4 0 2 1 0 2
Robertson, Pollis 15 0 31.5 2.1 5 0.3 1 7 .143 0 0 .000 3 9 .333 - - 6 0.4 0 7 1 0 1
Total 28 - 5650 40.4 1933 69.0 710 1539 .461 126 292 .432 387 569 .680 - - 841 30.0 442 429 68 196 518
Opponents 28 - 5650 40.4 2084 74.4 784 1585 .495 108 264 .409 408 560 .729 - - 968 34.6 462 461 84 199 562
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started Tot Total count Avg Average per game  Pts  Points
FG Field goals made  FGA  Field goal attempts  3FG  3-pointers made  3FA  3-point attempts FT Free throws made
 FTA  Free throw attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists  TO  Turnovers
Blk Blocks Stl Steals PF Personal fouls Team high

Awards and honors

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Trent Jackson - Third Team All-Big Ten (UPI)

References

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  1. ^ "1987-88 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "1987-88 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". Retrieved February 23, 2023.