1986–87 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

1986–87 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
1986–87 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
NIT, Champions
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	23–11 (6–6 Metro)
Head coach	M. K. Turk (11th season);
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Louisville	9	–	3	.750	18	–	14	.563
Memphis State †	8	–	4	.667	26	–	8	.765
Southern Miss	6	–	6	.500	23	–	11	.676
Florida State	6	–	6	.500	19	–	11	.633
South Carolina	5	–	7	.417	15	–	14	.517
Virginia Tech	5	–	7	.417	10	–	18	.357
Cincinnati	3	–	9	.250	12	–	16	.429

† 1987 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented University of Southern Mississippi in the 1986–87 college basketball season.

Roster

1986–87 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Randolph Keys	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Collins, Mississippi
F	Derreck Hamilton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Mobile, Alabama
G	Casey Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr
F	John White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
G	Kenny Siler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
G	Randy Pettus	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So
F	Jurado Hinton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
C	Willie Brown	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
G	Jimmy Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
C	John Brown	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	So
F	Allen Chapman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
G	Jay Ladner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
F	D. J. Bowe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So

Head coach

M. K. Turk

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 1, 1986*		Northeast Louisiana	W 84–69	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 8, 1986*		vs. Arkansas State	L 72–85	1–1	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Dec 11, 1986*		South Alabama	W 101–80	2–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 13, 1986*		Central Arkansas	W 95–82	3–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 15, 1986*		UC Riverside	W 87–66	4–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 18, 1986*		Georgia College	W 100–87	5–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 20, 1986*		North Texas	W 92–58	6–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 22, 1986*		at Tennessee Tech	W 90–77	7–1	Hooper Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee
Dec 27, 1986*		Illinois Wesleyan	W 92–90	8–1	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 29, 1986*		vs. Samford Tennessee-Chattanooga Classic	W 87–77 ^OT	9–1	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 30, 1986*		at Chattanooga Tennessee-Chattanooga Classic	L 70–75	9–2	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee
Metro Conference regular season
Jan 5, 1987		at Cincinnati	W 73–51	10–2 (1–0)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 7, 1987		at South Carolina	L 58–66	10–3 (1–1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
Jan 14, 1987		Louisville	W 76–69	11–3 (2–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 17, 1987		at Virginia Tech	L 72–85	11–4 (2–2)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
Jan 22, 1987*		Jackson State	W 79–68	12–4	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 24, 1987		Florida State	L 74–94	12–5 (2–3)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 26, 1987*		at McNeese State	W 72–62	13–5	Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, Louisiana
Jan 28, 1987*		at Southwestern Louisiana	L 72–73	13–6	Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana
Jan 31, 1987		South Carolina	W 71–57	14–6 (3–3)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 2, 1987		at Memphis State	W 84–77	15–6 (4–3)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 14, 1987		Memphis State	L 72–76	15–7 (4–4)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 16, 1987		at Louisville	L 84–85 ^OT	15–8 (4–5)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Feb 19, 1987		Cincinnati	W 76–64	16–8 (5–5)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 21, 1987		Virginia Tech	W 89–77	17–8 (6–5)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 23, 1987*		Arkansas State	L 73–75	17–9	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 28, 1987		at Florida State	L 102–117	17–10 (6–6)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Metro Conference tournament
Mar 6, 1987*	(4)	vs. (5) Virginia Tech First round	W 83–66	18–10	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 7, 1987*	(4)	at (1) Louisville Semifinals	L 71–78	18–11	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
NIT
Mar 13, 1987*		Ole Miss First round	W 93–75	19–11	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 17, 1987*		at Saint Louis Second round	W 83–78 ^OT	20–11	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 21, 1987*		at Vanderbilt Quarterfinals	W 95–88	21–11	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 24, 1987*		vs. Nebraska Semifinals	W 82–75	22–11	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 26, 1987*		vs. La Salle Finals	W 84–80	23–11	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References

^ "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

[1] "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

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