1986–87 Temple Owls men's basketball team

The 1986–87 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1986–87 Temple Owls men's basketball
A–10 Regular Season Champions A–10 tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
Record	32–4 (17–1 A–10)
Head coach	John Chaney (5th season)
Home arena	McGonigle Hall

1986–87 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Temple †	17	–	1		.944			32	–	4		.889
West Virginia	15	–	3		.833			23	–	8		.742
Rhode Island	12	–	6		.667			20	–	10		.667
Penn State	9	–	9		.500			15	–	12		.556
Saint Joseph's	9	–	9		.500			16	–	13		.552
Duquesne	7	–	11		.389			12	–	17		.414
UMass	7	–	11		.389			11	–	16		.407
George Washington	6	–	12		.333			10	–	19		.345
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			8	–	20		.286
St. Bonaventure	3	–	15		.167			5	–	23		.179
† 1987 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1986–87 Temple Owls men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Nate Blackwell (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr South Philadelphia HS Philadelphia, PA G 21 Howard Evans 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Jr     F 32 Mike Vreeswyk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Morrisville HS   F 33 Tim Perry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Jr Freehold HS Freehold, NJ C 44 Ramón Rivas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Pedro Albizu Campos Carolina, PR C 45 Duane Causwell 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Benjamin N. Cardozo HS Queens, NY F Derrick Brantley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr     F Darrin Pearsall 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) —     G Tom Katsikis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) —     G Jerome Dowdell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — So     F Shawn Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) —	Head coach John Chaney 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
Regular season
Nov 21, 1986*		at Virginia Preseason NIT	W 79–75	1–0	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
Nov 22, 1986*		at Villanova Preseason NIT	W 80–73	2–0	The Pavilion  Philadelphia, PA
Nov 28, 1986*		vs. No. 5 UNLV Preseason NIT	L 76-78	2-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Nov 29, 1986*		vs. Memphis State Preseason NIT	W 67-59	3-1	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
Dec 2, 1986*		at La Salle	W 70–66	4–1	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
Dec 4, 1986*		Drexel	W 78–58	5–1	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Dec 8, 1986*		Penn	W 103–67	6–1	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Dec 13, 1986		at St. Bonaventure	W 68–66	7–1 (1–0)	Reilly Center  St. Bonaventure, NY
Dec 15, 1986*	No. 20	No. 11 UCLA	W 81–76	8–1	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Dec 20, 1986*	No. 20	at Villanova	W 67–65	9–1	The Pavilion  Philadelphia, PA
Dec 29, 1986*	No. 14	vs. Georgia Southern	W 80–61	10–1	John F. Savage Hall  Toledo, OH
Dec 30, 1986*	No. 14	at Toledo	W 75–68	11–1	John F. Savage Hall  Toledo, OH
Jan 3, 1987	No. 14	at Rhode Island	W 81–68	12–1 (2–0)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, RI
Jan 5, 1987	No. 8	George Washington	W 77–73	13–1 (3–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 8, 1987*	No. 8	at No. 19 Kansas	L 64–67	13-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
Jan 10, 1987	No. 8	at Rutgers	W 71–58	14–2 (4–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
Jan 15, 1987	No. 11	Penn State	W 66–49	15–2 (5–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 18, 1987	No. 11	vs. Saint Joseph's	W 70–69	16–2 (6–0)	Philadelphia, PA
Jan 21, 1987	No. 8	Massachusetts	W 72–60	17–2 (7–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 24, 1987*	No. 8	at UAB	W 67–60	18–2	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, AL
Jan 26, 1987	No. 7	Rutgers	W 76–56	19–2 (8–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 29, 1987	No. 7	Duquesne	W 82–64	20–2 (9–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Feb 2, 1987	No. 6	at Massachusetts	W 72–59	21–2 (10–0)	Curry Hicks Cage  Amherst, MA
Feb 5, 1987	No. 6	Rhode Island	W 87–75	22–2 (11–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Feb 7, 1987	No. 6	Saint Joseph's	W 78–69	23–2 (12–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Feb 9, 1987	No. 6	at Penn State	W 73–70	24–2 (13–0)	Rec Hall  University Park, PA
Feb 14, 1987	No. 6	at West Virginia	W 67–57	25–2 (14–0)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
Feb 17, 1987	No. 5	at Duquesne	W 84–56	26–2 (15–0)	Civic Arena  Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 19, 1987	No. 5	St. Bonaventure	W 77–56	27–2 (16–0)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Feb 21, 1987	No. 5	at George Washington	W 88–77	28–2 (17–0)	Charles E. Smith Center  Washington, D.C.
Feb 24, 1987	No. 5	West Virginia	L 61–64	28–3 (17–1)	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Feb 28, 1987*	No. 5	George Washington	W 77–69	29–3	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1, 1987*	No. 5	Saint Joseph's	W 84–68	30–3	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
Mar 5, 1987*	No. 8	West Virginia	W 70–57	31–3	McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1987*	(2 MW) No. 8	vs. (15 MW) Southern NCAA tournament first round	W 75–56	32–3	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
Mar 15, 1987*	(2 MW) No. 8	vs. (10 MW) LSU NCAA tournament second round	L 62–72	32–4	Rosemont Horizon  Rosemont, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Rankings

Main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Nate Blackwell – Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, First-team All-Atlantic 10
• John Chaney – USBWA National Coach of the Year, Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year