The 1986–87 Idaho State Bengals men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bengals were led by second-year head coach Jim Boutin and played their home games on campus at the

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. The Bengals were overall in the regular season and in conference play, tied for fifth place. At the conference tournament in

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, they were seeded seventh and upset second-seeded

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by a point in the quarterfinal round. semifinal the next night, Idaho State defeated sixth seed

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by nineteen and advanced to the final against fourth-seeded and won In the 64-team NCAA tournament, ISU was seeded sixteenth in the West regional and met top-ranked

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in Down by nineteen points at halftime, they lost and ended the season This was Idaho State's

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NCAA tournament appearance, but its first in ten years, and its most recent.

Postseason results

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References

External links

Sports Reference
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