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The 1986–87 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 16th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is noted for having achieved much success without much NBA talent.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 24–4 and a conference record of 15–3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference co-champions with Purdue, IU was named a one-seed in the 1987 NCAA Tournament. They won solidly over Fairfield, Auburn, and Duke in NCAA play, but they needed Ricky Calloway's rebound lay-in to beat LSU, 77–76, to get to the Final Four. Once there, Indiana beat one-seed UNLV, 97–93, despite ten 3-pointers by UNLV guard Freddie Banks, which is still the Final Four record.
In the championship game versus Syracuse, which featured three future long-time professional players, Indiana trailed 73–70 in the last minute. However, two late shots by Keith Smart, including the last at 0:05, won the game for Indiana.
"The greatness in this team", coach Bob Knight said, "may be the greatness no other team here has had, to the degree that this one did – almost a total resolve not to recognize or be a part of defeat. This team played the last five minutes of critical games as well as I've ever seen a team play.
Offered is a hand painted Trophy full sized vintage basketball signed in black sharpie at the time by members of the 86-87 team. Signed by 16 members (complete) of the team including:
Head Coach – Bobby Knight (D. 2023) Basketball HOF
Kreigh Smith
Keith Smart - played for the San Antonio Spurs in 1988 and professional basketball in Europe and in the D League through 1997 before going into coaching with several NBA teams. He is currently an asst coach at Arkansas.
Dave Minor
Daryl Thomas – drafted by the Sacramento Kings before playing a few years in the CBA
Dean Garrett – drafted by the Phoenix Suns before going over to Europe to play professional ball. He returned to the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, and Golden State Warriors 1996-2002
Todd Jadlow – one of Knight’s all-time favorite players; he played professionally from 1989-2002 in the Cba and over in Europe
Steve Alford – played in the NBA for the Dallas Mavs and Golden State Warriors (1987-91). He was the head coach at Iowa 1999-2007, New Mexico 2007-2013, UCA 2013-2018, and Nevada 2019-present. He ws also a 2 x first team All-American, 3 X first team All-Big Ten, and the 1987 Big 10 MVP
Rick Calloway – played in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings and later with the CBA and in Europe
Joe Hillman – played for the A’s in their minor league system and would later play professionally in Australia
Tony Freeman
Brian Sloan
Jeff Oliphant
Todd Meier
Steve Eyl
Magnus Pelkowski
Fantastic affordable, rare basketball! Great display
Item: 13614
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