# 1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Steve Yoder, coaching his sixth season with Wisconsin. The Badgers finished 12-16, 6-12 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place.

## Roster

*academically ineligible second semester

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 28, 1987* | at South Florida | W 58–55 | 1–0 | Sun Dome (3,736) Tampa, FL |
| Dec 1, 1987* | Northern Illinois | W 87–77 | 2–0 | Dane County Coliseum (5,642) Madison, WI |
| Dec 3, 1987* | at Eastern Illinois | L 52–59 | 2–1 | Lantz Arena (4,793) Charleston, IL |
| Dec 5, 1987* | Butler | W 92–80 | 3–1 | Wisconsin Field House (5,344) Madison, WI |
| Dec 8, 1987* | at Southern Illinois | L 76–80 | 3–2 | SIU Arena (4,475) Carbondale, IL |
| Dec 10, 1987* | Marquette | W 66–55 | 4–2 | Wisconsin Field House (9,009) Madison, WI |
| Dec 12, 1987* | Loyola (IL) | L 75–78 | 4–3 | Wisconsin Field House (5,479) Madison, WI |
| Dec 28, 1987* | at No. 15 UNLV Rebel Classic | L 65–102 | 4–4 | Thomas & Mack Center (15,971) Paradise, NV |
| Dec 29, 1987* | vs. Northern Iowa Rebel Classic | W 64–56 | 5–4 | Thomas & Mack Center (2,000) Paradise, NV |
| Jan 3, 1988* | Washington State | W 80–65 | 6–4 | Wisconsin Field House (6,205) Madison, WI |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| Jan 7, 1988 | Michigan State | W 78–72 $^{2OT}$ | 7–4 (1–0) | Wisconsin Field House (6,743) Madison, WI |
| Jan 9, 1988 | Ohio State | W 64–63 | 8–4 (2–0) | Wisconsin Field House (8,862) Madison, WI |
| Jan 14, 1988 | at No. 15 Indiana | L 53–55 | 8–5 (2–1) | Assembly Hall (15,230) Bloomington, IN |
| Jan 16, 1988 | No. 20 Illinois | L 65–80 | 8–6 (2–2) | Wisconsin Field House (11,068) Madison, WI |
| Jan 21, 1988 | at No. 7 Michigan | L 54–65 | 8–7 (2–3) | Crisler Arena (13,459) Ann Arbor, MI |
| Jan 25, 1988 | No. 19 Iowa | L 89–104 | 8–8 (2–4) | Wisconsin Field House (9,119) Madison, WI |
| Jan 30, 1988 | Northwestern | W 80–59 | 9–8 (3–4) | Wisconsin Field House (8,838) Madison, WI |
| Feb 3, 1988 | at No. 6 Purdue | L 62–86 | 9–9 (3–5) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN |
| Feb 8, 1988 | at Minnesota | L 62–71 | 9–10 (3–6) | Williams Arena (10,742) Minneapolis, MN |
| Feb 11, 1988 | No. 12 Michigan | L 67–80 | 9–11 (3–7) | Wisconsin Field House (7,496) Madison, WI |
| Feb 13, 1988 | at Ohio State | L 53–78 | 9–12 (3–8) | St. John Arena (13,320) Columbus, OH |
| Feb 21, 1988 | at Illinois | L 65–85 | 9–13 (3–9) | Assembly Hall (16,348) Champaign, IL |
| Feb 24, 1988 | Indiana | L 74–84 | 9–14 (3–10) | Wisconsin Field House (9,229) Madison, WI |
| Feb 28, 1988 | Minnesota | W 81–70 | 10–14 (4–10) | Wisconsin Field House (9,015) Madison, WI |
| Mar 3, 1988 | No. 2 Purdue | L 56–84 | 10–15 (4–11) | Wisconsin Field House (8,496) Madison, WI |
| Mar 5, 1988 | at Northwestern | W 74–69 | 11–15 (5–11) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,473) Evanston, IL |
| Mar 10, 1988 | at No. 15 Iowa | L 70–103 | 11–16 (5–12) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA |
| Mar 12, 1988 | at Michigan State | W 71–69 | 12–16 (6–12) | Jenison Fieldhouse (8,158) East Lansing, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Player statistics

Individual player statistics (Final) :
| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free Throws | Free Throws | Free Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | TO | Blk | Stl | PF |
| Jackson, Trent | 28 | 28 | 1032 | 36.9 | 546 | 19.5 | 192 | 426 | .451 | 74 | 164 | .451 | 88 | 106 | .830 | - | - | 106 | 3.8 | 98 | 66 | 4 | 59 | 59 |
| Jones, Danny | 26 | 25 | 831.5 | 32.0 | 441 | 17.0 | 176 | 309 | .570 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 89 | 124 | .718 | - | - | 121 | 4.7 | 26 | 50 | 17 | 14 | 83 |
| Locum, Tim | 28 | 3 | 478 | 17.1 | 187 | 6.7 | 58 | 137 | .423 | 41 | 93 | .441 | 30 | 35 | .857 | - | - | 41 | 1.5 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 45 |
| Molaski, Tom | 28 | 19 | 745 | 26.6 | 158 | 5.6 | 49 | 128 | .383 | 6 | 17 | .353 | 54 | 67 | .806 | - | | 106 | 3.8 | 104 | 53 | 3 | 42 | 68 |
| Tapp, Rodney | 28 | 15 | 551 | 19.7 | 153 | 5.5 | 62 | 129 | .481 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 25 | 43 | .581 | - | - | 51 | 1.8 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 48 |
| Portmann, Kurt | 28 | 23 | 681 | 24.3 | 151 | 5.4 | 62 | 160 | .388 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 27 | 49 | .551 | - | - | 101 | 3.6 | 33 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 94 |
| Tompkins, Patrick | 27 | 7 | 426.5 | 15.8 | 120 | 4.4 | 46 | 95 | .484 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 28 | 54 | .519 | - | - | 88 | 3.3 | 32 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| Schubring, Darin | 28 | 13 | 526.5 | 18.8 | 93 | 3.3 | 41 | 89 | .461 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 11 | 36 | .306 | - | - | 101 | 3.6 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 71 |
| Robinson, Byron | 19 | 6 | 266 | 14.0 | 63 | 3.3 | 19 | 48 | .396 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 25 | 33 | .758 | - | - | 34 | 1.8 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Simms, Willie | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 5 | .400 | - | - | 7 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fleming, Sean | 7 | 0 | 45 | 6.4 | 8 | 1.1 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 3 | 4 | .750 | - | - | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Willey, Rob | 8 | 0 | 18 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 4 | .500 | - | - | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Robertson, Pollis | 15 | 0 | 31.5 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 9 | .333 | - | - | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | - | 5650 | 40.4 | 1933 | 69.0 | 710 | 1539 | .461 | 126 | 292 | .432 | 387 | 569 | .680 | - | - | 841 | 30.0 | 442 | 429 | 68 | 196 | 518 |
| Opponents | 28 | - | 5650 | 40.4 | 2084 | 74.4 | 784 | 1585 | .495 | 108 | 264 | .409 | 408 | 560 | .729 | - | - | 968 | 34.6 | 462 | 461 | 84 | 199 | 562 |

## Awards and honors

Trent Jackson - Third Team All-Big Ten (UPI)