1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC tournament champion (vacated)
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated)
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record25–5 (2 wins, 1 loss vacated) (13–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachJames Dickey
Dwane Casey
Jimmy Dykes
Roger Harden
Captains
Home arenaRupp Arena
1987–88 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Kentucky135 .722276  .818
Auburn117 .6111911  .633
Florida117 .6112312  .657
LSU108 .5561614  .533
Vanderbilt108 .5562011  .645
Tennessee99 .5001613  .552
Georgia810 .4442016  .556
Ole Miss612 .3331316  .448
Alabama612 .3331417  .452
Mississippi State612 .3331415  .483
1988 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27–6. However, the team forfeited three of their games to finish 25–5. In the 1988 NCAA Tournament the Wildcats were invited as a #2 seed. After opening wins vs Southern and Maryland, they would face off vs Villanova. In the regional semi-finals Kentucky were defeated by Villanova 80–74.