1987–88 Siena Saints men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College in the 1987–88 college basketball season. This was head coach Mike Deane's second season at Siena. The Saints competed in the ECAC North and played their home games at Alumni Recreation Center. They finished the season 23–6, 16–2 in NAC play to capture the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed, they were upset in the quarterfinals of the ECAC North tournament by New Hampshire. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Boston College in the first round.

1987–88 Siena Saints men's basketball
ECACN regular season champions
NIT, First round
Conference	ECAC North
Record	23–6 (16–2 ECACN)
Head coach	Mike Deane (2nd season)
Home arena	Alumni Recreation Center

1987–88 North Atlantic Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Siena	16	–	2		.889			23	–	6		.793
Boston University †	14	–	4		.778			23	–	8		.742
Hartford	12	–	6		.667			15	–	16		.484
Niagara	12	–	6		.667			15	–	15		.500
Northeastern	11	–	7		.611			15	–	13		.536
Maine	10	–	8		.556			13	–	15		.464
Canisius	7	–	11		.389			7	–	20		.259
New Hampshire	3	–	15		.167			4	–	25		.138
Colgate	3	–	15		.167			4	–	23		.148
Vermont	2	–	16		.111			3	–	24		.111
† 1988 North Atlantic tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule and results

Source

• All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1987*		at Fairleigh Dickinson	L 69–77	0–1	Rothman Center  Hackensack, New Jersey
Nov 30, 1987*		at Wake Forest	W 72–67	1–1	Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 5, 1987*		Le Moyne	W 75–70	2–1	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Dec 9, 1987*		Fairfield	W 91–77	3–1	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Dec 12, 1987*		at Marist	W 87–66	4–1	McCann Arena  Poughkeepsie, New York
Dec 28, 1987		Vermont	W 113–74	5–1 (1–0)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Dec 29, 1987*		Bowling Green	W 73–52	6–1	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Jan 2, 1988*		at No. 7 Syracuse	L 72–123	6–2	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
Jan 6, 1988		Maine	W 93–76	7–2 (2–0)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Jan 9, 1988		at Northeastern	W 90–75	8–2 (3–0)	Matthews Arena  Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 13, 1988		at Vermont	W 66–65	9–2 (4–0)	Patrick Gym  Burlington, Vermont
Jan 16, 1988		Colgate	W 94–50	10–2 (5–0)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Jan 20, 1988		Northeastern	W 86–72	11–2 (6–0)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Jan 23, 1988		at Maine	W 94–74	12–2 (7–0)	Memorial Gym  Orono, Maine
Jan 26, 1988		at Boston University	L 68–90	12–3 (7–1)	Walter Brown Arena  Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 30, 1988		Hartford	W 83–64	13–3 (8–1)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Feb 3, 1988		Boston University	W 89–84	14–3 (9–1)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Feb 6, 1988*		Brooklyn College	W 93–68	15–3	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Feb 9, 1988		at Niagara	W 91–68	16–3 (10–1)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, New York
Feb 13, 1988		Niagara	W 90–76	17–3 (11–1)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Feb 17, 1988		New Hampshire	W 90–66	18–3 (12–1)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Feb 19, 1988		at Hartford	L 63–80	18–4 (12–2)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
Feb 21, 1988*		at Central Connecticut State	W 84–79	19–4	William H. Detrick Gymnasium  New Britain, Connecticut
Feb 24, 1988		at Canisius	W 85–70	20–4 (13–2)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium  Buffalo, New York
Feb 27, 1988		at New Hampshire	W 98–81	21–4 (14–2)	Lundholm Gym  Durham, New Hampshire
Mar 2, 1988		Canisius	W 65–52	22–4 (15–2)	Alumni Recreation Center  Loudonville, New York
Mar 5, 1988		at Colgate	W 81–74	23–4 (16–2)	Cotterell Court  Hamilton, New York
ECACN tournament
Mar 9, 1988*	(1)	vs. (8) New Hampshire Quarterfinals	L 63–70	23–5	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
NIT
Mar 17, 1988*		at Boston College First round	L 65–73	23–6	Roberts Center  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.