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1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh	12	–	4	.750	24	–	7	.774
No. 9 Syracuse†	11	–	5	.688	26	–	9	.743
Georgetown	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Villanova	9	–	7	.563	24	–	13	.649
St. John's	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
Boston College	6	–	10	.375	18	–	15	.545
Providence	5	–	11	.313	11	–	17	.393
Connecticut	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588

† 1988 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 1988^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 1987–88 season. The head coach was Rollie Massimino. The team played its home games at The Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Big East Conference.

Roster

1987–88 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
F	34	Barry Bekkedam	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So
G	4	Greg Downs	—	—	Fr
G	10	Pat Enright	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Jr
C	33	Tom Greis	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	—	So
G	44	Eric Leslie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
G	21	Chris Masotti	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	Fr
G	22	Gary Massey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
G	32	Tim Muller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
F	31	Mark Plansky	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
F	35	Rodney Taylor	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
G	12	Rob Tribuiani	—	—	Fr
G	42	Doug West	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr
G	3	Kenny Wilson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Rollie Massimino (Vermont)

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
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 28, 1987*		vs. Illinois Hawaiian Airlines Maui Classic Semifinal	W 78–76	2–0	Lahania Civic Center (1,200) Lahaina, Hawaii
December 1, 1987*		Penn Big 5	W 84–55	3–1	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,222) Villanova, Pennsylvania
Big East Conference Regular Season
Non-Conference Regular Season
December 12, 1987*		St. Joseph's Big 5	L 52–53	5–2	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
December 18, 1987*		vs. La Salle Big 5/Jostens Philadelphia Classic Semifinal	W 83–80	6–2	The Palestra (8,144) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Big East Conference Regular Season
January 4, 1988		at St. John's	W 69–62	10–3 (2–0)	Alumni Hall (6,008) Jamaica, New York
January 9, 1988		Boston College	W 66–54	11–3 (3–0)	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
January 11, 1988 ESPN		No. 7 Syracuse	W 80–78	12–3 (4–0)	The Spectrum (16,284) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 16, 1988		at No. 6 Pittsburgh	L 73–85	12–4 (4–1)	Fitzgerald Field House (6,798) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 23, 1988		Seton Hall	W 69–63	14–4 (6–1)	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
January 27, 1988	No. 19	St. John's	L 55–60	14–5 (6–2)	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 1, 1988		No. 15 Georgetown	W 64–58	15–6 (7–3)	The Spectrum (18,059) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 6, 1988		at Boston College	W 66–54	16–6 (8–3)	Boston Garden (7,427) Boston, Massachusetts
Non-Conference Regular Season
February 10, 1988*	No. 20	at No. 1 Temple Big 5	L 86–98	16–7	McGonigle Hall (4,500) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Big East Conference Regular Season
February 13, 1988	No. 20	No. 5 Pittsburgh	L 75–87	16–8 (8–4)	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 15, 1988		at Georgetown	L 54–56	16–9 (6–5)	Capital Centre (11,816) Landover, Maryland
Non-Conference Regular Season
February 22, 1988*		Drexel City 6	W 90–73	18–9	John Eleuthère du Pont Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, Pennsylvania
Big East Conference Regular Season
February 27, 1988		at Seton Hall	L 58–84	18–10 (9–6)	Meadowlands Arena (13,101) East Rutherford, New Jersey
March 1, 1988		at No. 12 Syracuse	L 69–71	18–11 (9–7)	Carrier Dome (30,139) Syracuse, New York
Non-Conference Regular Season
Big East Tournament
March 11, 1988*		vs. St. John's Big East Tournament Quarterfinal	W 71–68	20–11	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
March 12, 1988*	(4)	vs. (1) No. 5 Pittsburgh Semifinal	W 72–69	21–11	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
March 13, 1988* CBS	(4)	vs. (2) No. 13 Syracuse Championship	L 68–85	21–12	Madison Square Garden (19,591) New York City, New York
NCAA Tournament
March 18, 1988*	(6 SE)	vs. (11 SE) Arkansas NCAA Southeast First Round	W 82–74	22–12	Riverfront Coliseum (16,562) Cincinnati, Ohio
March 20, 1988* CBS	(6 SE)	vs. (3 SE) No. 16 Illinois NCAA Southeast Second Round	W 66–63	23–12	Riverfront Coliseum (16,562) Cincinnati, Ohio
March 24, 1988* CBS	(6 SE)	vs. (2 SE) No. 6 Kentucky NCAA Southeast Regional Semifinal	W 80–74	24–12	BJCC Coliseum (16,816) Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast.

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary
^ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Sep-13.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1987-88 Big East Conference Season Summary

[2] College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-Sep-13.

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v t e Villanova Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Jake Nevin Field House (1932–1986) William E. Finneran Pavilion (1986–2017, 2018–present) First Union Spectrum (alternate; 1967–2009) Wells Fargo Center (alternate; 1996–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	Will D. Cat City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 Big 5 Classic Robert V. Geasey Trophy "V for Villanova"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1999–00 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 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics