1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball
1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball
Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	13–14 (10–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tom Schneider (2nd season);
Home arena	The Palestra

The 1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 2nd-year head coach Tom Schneider, played their home games at The Palestra as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 13–14, 10–4 in Ivy League play to win the conference championship.[1] They received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Round to No. 1 seed North Carolina.[2]

1986–87 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	10	–	4	.714	13	–	14	.481
Princeton	9	–	5	.643	16	–	9	.640
Cornell	9	–	5	.643	15	–	11	.577
Dartmouth	7	–	7	.500	15	–	11	.577
Yale	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Columbia	6	–	8	.429	12	–	14	.462
Harvard	4	–	10	.286	9	–	17	.346
Brown	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333

Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1986–87 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	4	Perry Bromwell (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr	Manhattan
F/C	24	Bruce Lefkowitz (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr		Scarsdale, New York

Head coach

Tom Schneider

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 1, 1986*		at No. 15 Georgia Tech	L 57–84	0–1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 6, 1986*		Niagara	L 74–79	0–2	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 8, 1986*		at Temple	L 67–103	0–3	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 13, 1986*		Vanderbilt	L 70–71	0–4	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 29, 1986*		vs. Alabama BMA Holiday Classic	L 68–110	0–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 30, 1986*		vs. Oral Roberts BMA Holiday Classic	W 71–63	1–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 3, 1987*		Notre Dame	L 67–71	1–6	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ivy League regular season
Jan 9, 1987		at Harvard	L 91–93	1–7 (0–1)	Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jan 10, 1987		at Dartmouth	W 94–74	2–7 (1–1)	Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire
Jan 13, 1987*		Saint Francis (PA)	W 94–85	3–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 20, 1987*		Lafayette	W 80–64	4–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 27, 1987*		vs. Saint Joseph's	L 81–83	4–8	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 30, 1987		Yale	L 80–81	4–9 (1–2)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 31, 1987		Brown	W 98–74	5–9 (2–2)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 3, 1987		at Princeton	W 69–68	6–9 (3–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 6, 1987		at Cornell	L 74–86	6–10 (3–3)	Barton Hall Ithaca, New York
Feb 7, 1987		at Columbia	W 79–73	7–10 (4–3)	Levien Gymnasium New York, New York
Feb 10, 1987*		Villanova	L 60–71	7–11	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 13, 1987		Dartmouth	W 88–75	8–11 (5–3)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 14, 1987		Harvard	W 95–79	9–11 (6–3)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 16, 1987*		La Salle	L 72–80	9–12	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 20, 1987*		Columbia	W 94–73	10–12 (7–3)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 21, 1987		Cornell	W 93–59	11–12 (8–3)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 24, 1987		Princeton	L 59–63	11–13 (8–4)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 27, 1987		at Brown	W 95–92	12–13 (9–4)	Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island
Feb 28, 1987		at Yale	W 78–74	13–13 (10–4)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, Connecticut
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1987*	(16 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 2 North Carolina First Round	L 82–113	13–14	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and honors

Perry Bromwell – Ivy League Player of the Year

References

"Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1987". The Daily Pennsylvanian. November 24, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
"North Carolina 113, Pennsylvania 82". UPI Archives. March 13, 1987. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
"1984-85 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
"1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

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[1] "Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1987". The Daily Pennsylvanian. November 24, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

[2] "North Carolina 113, Pennsylvania 82". UPI Archives. March 13, 1987. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

[3] "1984-85 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

[4] "1986–87 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics