1986–87 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

1986–87 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
1986–87 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	16–14 (5–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tim Floyd (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Kermit Davis; Larry Eustachy;
Home arena	Kibbie Dome
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State	12	–	2	.857	21	–	8	.724
Boise State	10	–	4	.714	22	–	8	.733
Montana	8	–	6	.571	18	–	11	.621
Nevada	7	–	7	.500	15	–	15	.500
Northern Arizona	5	–	9	.357	11	–	17	.393
Idaho	5	–	9	.357	16	–	14	.533
Idaho State †	5	–	9	.357	15	–	16	.484
Weber State	4	–	10	.286	7	–	22	.241

† Conference tournament winner

The 1986–87 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Tim Floyd and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 15–13 overall in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play. At the conference tournament in Flagstaff, Arizona,^[1] Idaho met third-seed Montana in the first quarterfinal at noon and won by a point, the program's first postseason win in five years.^[2]^[3] In the semifinal the next night, the Vandals lost to seventh-seed Idaho State, the eventual champion, by nineteen to end the season at 16–14.^[4]^[5]

Assistants Kermit Davis and Larry Eustachy were both future head coaches of the program.

Postseason results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Big Sky tournament
Thu, March 5 11:00 am	(6)	vs. (3) Montana Quarterfinal	W 63–62	16–13	Walkup Skydome (3,300) Flagstaff, Arizona
Fri, March 6 8:10 pm	(6)	vs. (7) Idaho State Semifinal	L 63–82	16–14	Walkup Skydome (3,527) Flagstaff, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References[edit]

^ Pierce, Oliver (March 4, 1987). "Vandals open play against Montana". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 9.
^ Boling, Dave (March 6, 1987). "Idaho cures free-throw blues, upsets Griz". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
^ "Idaho stays alive, WSU season ends". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 6, 1987. p. 11.
^ Boling, Dave (March 7, 1987). "First food, then ISU stops Vandals, 82-63". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
^ "Ousted: Sky falls on Vandals". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 7, 1987. p. 21.

External links[edit]

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1986–87 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1987 University of Idaho yearbook – 1986–87 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1987 editions

[vopagmt-1] Pierce, Oliver (March 4, 1987). "Vandals open play against Montana". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 9.

[ftblu-2] Boling, Dave (March 6, 1987). "Idaho cures free-throw blues, upsets Griz". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.

[stalve-3] "Idaho stays alive, WSU season ends". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 6, 1987. p. 11.

[ffood-4] Boling, Dave (March 7, 1987). "First food, then ISU stops Vandals, 82-63". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.

[oust-5] "Ousted: Sky falls on Vandals". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 7, 1987. p. 21.

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v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 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 1943–44 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