| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 1986–87 |
| Prev Year: | 1985–86 |
| Next Year: | 1987–88 |
| Team: | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 29–9 |
| Conf Record: | 12–2 |
| Champion: | Sun Belt Conference Champion Wendy's Classic Champion Chaminade Classic Champion |
| Bowl: | NCAA Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 1986–87 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Murray Arnold and SBC Player of the Year Tellis Frank.[1] The Hilltoppers started the season by advancing to the finals of the Preseason NIT and then being ranked in the top 10 of both major polls.[2] [3] WKU won the SBC championship and received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[4] This team was one of the most talented in school history with three players being drafted in the early rounds of the NBA draft: Frank in the 1st round, Kannard Johnson in the 2nd, and Clarence Martin in the 3rd.[5] Frank and Johnson were selected to the All-Conference Team; Frank and Brett McNeal made the SBC All-Tournament Team.[6]
[7] |-!colspan=6| Regular Season|- |-!colspan=6| 1987 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament|-!colspan=6| Regular Season|-!colspan=6| 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament