1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs basketball team

1986–87 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1987 SWC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 19
1986–87 record	24–7 (14–2 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Killingsworth (8th season);
Home arena	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

The 1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University as a member of the Southwestern Conference during the 1986–87 men's college basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Killingsworth, TCU won the regular season conference title and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 4 seed in the East region. After an opening round victory over Marshall, the Horned Frogs were beaten by No. 5 seed Notre Dame, 58–57,[1] in the round of 32. The team finished with a record of 24–7 (14–2 SWC).

Roster

1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	23	Jamie Dixon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Los Angeles, California
G	32	Carven Holcombe	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas

Head coach

Jim Killingsworth

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 21, 1986*		at LSU	W 83–74	1–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 22, 1986*		at Western Kentucky	L 90–96	1–1	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
SWC Tournament
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1987*	(4 E)	vs. No. 19 Marshall First round	W 76–60	24–6	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar 14, 1987*	(4 E) No. 19	vs. (5 E) No. 18 Notre Dame Second round	L 57–58	24–7	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

"N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan". The New York Times. March 15, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
"1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

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[1] "N.C.A.A Tournament: Runnin' Rebels Roll; Irish Squeak By; North Carolina Beats Michigan". The New York Times. March 15, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

[2] "1986–87 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] "TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
Venues	Little Gym (1920–1926) TCU Fieldhouse (1926–1949) Will Rogers Memorial Center (1949–195?) Fort Worth High School (195?–1961) Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (1961–2014) Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (2014–2015) Schollmaier Arena (2015–present)
Culture & lore	"TCU Fight"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–13 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

1986–87 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 TCU	14	–	2	.875	24	–	7	.774
Baylor	10	–	6	.625	18	–	13	.581
Houston	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Texas Tech	9	–	7	.563	15	–	14	.517
Arkansas	8	–	8	.500	19	–	14	.576
SMU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	13	.552
Texas	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Texas A&M †	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Rice	2	–	14	.125	8	–	19	.296

† 1987 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll