1986–87 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1986–87 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1986–87 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–17 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Yoder (5th season);
Home arena	Wisconsin Field House
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 1986–87 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	10	Mike Heineman (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Connersville, Indiana
G	14	Rodney Tapp	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Evansville, Indiana
G	20	Byron Robinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Springfield, Illinois
G	22	Pollis Robertson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Wayne, Michigan
G	24	Shelton Smith, Jr.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Indianapolis, Indiana
G/F	30	Tom Molaski	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Grafton, Wisconsin
G	32	Trent Jackson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	33	Sean Fleming	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Oakland, California
F	40	J.J. Weber (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Wales, Wisconsin
F	41	Rob Willey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Neenah, Wisconsin
F	42	Rod Ripley (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Pulaski, Wisconsin
F	50	Danny Jones	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Rockford, Illinois
C	52	Darin Schubring	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Baraboo, Wisconsin
F	53	Kurt Portmann	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Head coach

Steve Yoder (Illinois Wesleyan)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad McNulty (Purdue)
Ray McCallum (Ball State)
Chris Benetti (MacMurray)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ "1986-87 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[1] "1986-87 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

[2] "1986-87 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

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v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics