1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
MAAC regular season champion; MAAC Tournament champion
NCAA Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	24–10 (14–0 MAAC)
Head coach	Speedy Morris (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Joe Mihalich
Home arena	Convention Hall

The 1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1987–88 MAAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
La Salle †	14	–	0	1.000	24	–	10	.706
Saint Peter's	11	–	3	.786	20	–	9	.690
Fordham	9	–	5	.643	18	–	15	.545
Holy Cross	8	–	6	.571	14	–	15	.483
Iona	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Army	4	–	10	.286	9	–	19	.321
Fairfield	4	–	10	.286	8	–	20	.286
Manhattan	1	–	13	.071	7	–	23	.233

† 1988 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	11	Doug Overton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Dobbins Technical	Philadelphia, PA
F	22	Lionel Simmons	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	South Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA
G		Tim Legler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	John Randolph Tucker

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La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 1943–44 1944–45 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics