1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1986–87
Prev Year:	1985–86
Next Year:	1987–88
Team:	TCU Horned Frogs
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Short Conf:	SWC
Coachrank:	16
Aprank:	19
Record:	24–7
Conf Record:	14–2
Hc Year:	8th
Champion:	SWC regular season champions
Tourney Result:	Second Round

The 1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University as a member of the Southwestern Conference during the 1986–87 men's college basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Killingsworth, TCU won the regular season conference title and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. After an opening round victory over Marshall, the Horned Frogs were beaten by No. 5 seed Notre Dame, 58–57,^[1] in the round of 32. The team finished with a record of 24–7 (14–2 SWC).

Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SWC tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament^{[2] [3] [4]}

Rankings

See main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

1. News: N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan . . March 15, 1987 . February 1, 2022.
2. Web site: 1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
3. Web site: 1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule . . April 5, 2023.
4. Web site: TCU History . . April 17, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201031943/https://s3.amazonaws.com/gofrogs.com/documents/2018/7/31/0708_mg_sec6.pdf . February 1, 2022.