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1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
1986–87 record 20–12 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach Bill Frieder
Assistant coach Mike Boyd
Assistant coach Steve Fisher
Assistant coach David Hammer
MVP Gary Grant
Captain Gary Grant
Captain Antoine Joubert
Home arena Crisler Arena
Seasons
← 1985–86
1987–88 →
1986–87 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Indiana 15 3   .833     30 4   .882
#7 Purdue 15 3   .833     25 5   .833
#6 Iowa 14 4   .778     30 5   .857
#11 Illinois 13 5   .722     23 8   .742
Michigan 10 8   .556     20 12   .625
Ohio State 9 9   .500     20 13   .606
Michigan State 6 12   .333     11 17   .393
Wisconsin 4 14   .222     14 17   .452
Minnesota 2 16   .111     9 19   .321
Northwestern 2 16   .111     7 21   .250
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1986–87 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned the number nine seed in the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it advanced one round before losing. The team was unranked all season in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll. and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.Gary Grant and Antoine Joubert served as team co-captains and Grant earned team MVP.

On March 12, 1987, Garde Thompson set the Big Ten Conference single-game record for three-point field goals made with 9 against Navy. The record was unsurpassed until February 23, 2003. Thompson's performance continues to be the school record. Grant led the conference with a 2.67 steals average in conference games for the season. The team led the conference with an 86.7 points per game scoring average. Additionally, the team led the conference with a total of 89 three-point field goals made in 18 conference games. That season Thompson also set the current Michigan record for career three-point field goal percentage (48.08) as well as a single-game three-point field goal percentage record of 88.9% (8-for-9) against the UIC Flames on December 6, 1986, that would last until February 25, 1989. That night the team made 12 of 16 to set the team single-game three-point field goal percentage record, that stood until February 3, 1988, and that season the team shot 43.2% on its three-point shots which lasted two years as a school single-season record.


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