# 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.

## 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. ||||||

## 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