1986–87 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team

American college basketball season

1986–87 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball
AMCU-8 Regular Season Champions AMCU-8 tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Association of Mid-Continent Universities
Record	28–6 (13–1 AMCU-8)
Head coach	Charlie Spoonhour (4th season)
Home arena	Hammons Student Center
Seasons← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1986–87 season. Playing in the Summit League (AMCU-8) and led by head coach Charlie Spoonhour, the Bears finished the season with a 28–6 overall record and won the AMCU-8 regular season and conference tournament titles. Southwest Missouri State upset No. 4 seed Clemson, then lost to No. 5 seed Kansas in the round of 32 in the NCAA tournament.

Roster

1986–87 Missouri State Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Winston Garland	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Gary, Indiana
F		Lee Campbell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 28, 1986*		vs. Drake	L 62–74	0–1
Nov 29, 1986*		vs. Southeastern Louisiana	W 81–45	1–1
Dec 5, 1986*		at Missouri	L 53–57	2–2	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 22, 1986*		Arkansas	W 56–49	5–3	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Dec 30, 1986*		at Illinois State	L 55–59	5–4	Horton Field House Normal, Illinois
Jan 6, 1987*		at BYU	W 62–61	6–4	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
AMCU-8 tournament
Mar 5, 1987*	(1)	(8) Western Illinois Quarterfinals	W 81–60	25–5	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Mar 6, 1987*	(1)	(4) Wisconsin–Green Bay Semifinals	W 61–59	26–5	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
Mar 7, 1987*	(1)	(2) Cleveland State Championship game	W 90–87	27–5	Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri
NCAA tournament
Mar 13, 1987*	(13 SE)	vs. (4 SE) No. 13 Clemson Second round	W 65–60	28–5	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 15, 1987*	(13 SE)	vs. (5 SE) No. 20 Kansas Second round	L 63–67	28–6	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time.

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Venues	Hammons Student Center (1976–2008) Great Southern Bank Arena (2008–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NAIA national championships in bold