1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–21 (3–11 MVC)
Head coach	Ron Greene (3th season);
Home arena	Hulman Center
	Seasons ← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Bradley †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	5	.839
Wichita State	11	–	3	.786	20	–	10	.667
Illinois State	9	–	5	.643	18	–	13	.581
Southern Illinois	6	–	8	.429	12	–	16	.429
Creighton	6	–	8	.429	16	–	16	.500
Drake	5	–	9	.357	14	–	14	.500
Tulsa	4	–	10	.286	8	–	20	.286
Indiana State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	21	.250

† 1988 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1987–88 men's college basketball season.

The Sycamores were led by third year head coach Ron Greene^[2] and finished the season with an overall record of 7-21, while going 3-11 in the Missouri Valley Conference.^[3]

Roster

The team lost 8 of the 15 players from the previous season.^[4] A notable addition to the team was Eddie Bird, younger brother of former Sycamores' player Larry Bird.^[5]^[6]

1987–88 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	15	Richie Adderly	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Freeport, Bahamas
F	41	Olufemi Akinola	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Onto St., Nigeria
F	50	Rotimi Alakija	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Lagos, Nigeria
F	42	Eddie Bird	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	French Park, Indiana
F/C	40	Larry Bush	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Chicago, Illinois
G	24	Dion Campbell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Michigan City, Indiana
G	45	Ron Cheatham	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Paris, Illinois
G	21	Jimmie Holliday	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Saginaw, Michigan
F/C	52	Darin Liles	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Town Creek, Alabama
C	35	Jerome Stainback	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Maywood, Illinois
G	10	Rob Vickers	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Kingston, Maine
F/C	51	Brian Williamson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Lota, Kansas

Head coach

Ron Greene

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Atherton
Mike Calhoun
Al Perry
Mike Saylor

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*	Fredonia State	W 68–56	1–0	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
November 30*	Ball State	L 69–72	1–1	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 3*	at Boston University	L 67–81	1–2	Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts
December 5*	Eastern Illinois	W 64–63	2–2	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 8*	at Butler	L 65–84	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
December 11*	vs. Washington State	L 61–73	2–4	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 12*	vs. James Madison	L 63–65	2–5	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 19*	Butler	L 44–64	2–6	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
December 21*	at St. Louis	L 58–74	2–7	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
December 30*	Evansville	L 68–74	2–8	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 2*	St. Ambrose	W 87–74	3–8	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 7	at Drake	L 54–63	3–9 (0–1)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa
January 9*	Missouri Valley College	W 76–56	4–9 (0–1)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 14	Bradley	L 68–79^[7]^[8]	4–10 (0–2)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 16	at Southern Illinois	L 72–82 ^OT	4–11 (0–3)	The SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois
January 20	at Illinois State	L 64–72	4–12 (0–4)	Horton Field House Normal, Illinois
January 22	at Creighton	L 63–85	4–13 (0–5)	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
January 28	Drake	W 84–78	5–13 (1–5)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
January 30	Creighton	L 71–75	5–14 (1–6)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 2*	DePaul	L 56–64	5–15 (1–6)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 6	at Wichita State	L 70–102	5–16 (1–7)	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
February 8	at Tulsa	L 67–70	5–17 (1–8)	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
February 11	Wichita State	W 63–62	6–17 (2–8)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 13	Tulsa	W 93–88 ^2OT	7–17 (3–8)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 17	Illinois State	L 59–69	7–18 (3–9)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 24	Southern Illinois	L 87–90 ^OT	6–19 (3–10)	Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
February 27	at No. 14 Bradley	L 74–95	7–20 (3–11)	Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois
MVC Tournament
March 5	vs. No. 14 Bradley	L 74–93	7–21 (3–11)	Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ Mark Morrow (November 11, 1987). "Bird in hand good news to Sycamores' Greene". The Indianapolis News. p. B8. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dan Dunkin (November 4, 1988). "As Bird flies, so does ISU". The Indianapolis Star. p. F5. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ Wayne Fuson (November 2, 1987). "Fuson: ISU basketball a problem, too". The Indianapolis News. p. B3. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brother Bird, little Ellis make debuts". The Buffalo News. United Press International. November 28, 1987. p. C6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ron Maly (November 10, 1987). "Bird II: Eddie takes his turn at Indiana State". The Des Moines Register. p. 5S. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wolff, Alexander (January 25, 1988). "SCORING IN HIGHEST STYLE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ "ON AND OFF COURT, BRADLEY'S HAWKINS IS ON TARGET". Chicago Tribune. January 17, 1988. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ "1987-88 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/indstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/10/14/2021_22_Media_Guide.pdf

[1] sports-reference.com 1987-88 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] Mark Morrow (November 11, 1987). "Bird in hand good news to Sycamores' Greene". The Indianapolis News. p. B8. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Dan Dunkin (November 4, 1988). "As Bird flies, so does ISU". The Indianapolis Star. p. F5. Retrieved May 28, 2023.

[4] Wayne Fuson (November 2, 1987). "Fuson: ISU basketball a problem, too". The Indianapolis News. p. B3. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Brother Bird, little Ellis make debuts". The Buffalo News. United Press International. November 28, 1987. p. C6. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] Ron Maly (November 10, 1987). "Bird II: Eddie takes his turn at Indiana State". The Des Moines Register. p. 5S. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] Wolff, Alexander (January 25, 1988). "SCORING IN HIGHEST STYLE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

[8] "ON AND OFF COURT, BRADLEY'S HAWKINS IS ON TARGET". Chicago Tribune. January 17, 1988. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

[9] "1987-88 Indiana State Sycamores Schedule". sports-reference.com.

[10] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/indstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/10/14/2021_22_Media_Guide.pdf

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