TUCSON, Ariz. – In the second week of our look back at previous Pac-10 and Pac-12 conference champions, we look back at the 1987-88 team that won the Pac-10 regular season and conference tournament titles and advanced to the first Final Four in program history.
 
Below is a look at the roster, season results and more from that team.
 

1987-88 Arizona Roster
#	Name	Class	Pos.	Ht.	Points/Gm
32	Sean Elliott	Jr.	F	6-8	19.2
23	Tom Tolbert	Sr.	C	6-8	14.1
00	Anthony Cook	Jr.	F	6-9	13.9
25	Steve Kerr	Sr.	G	6-3	12.6
20	Craig McMillan	Sr.	G	6-6	6.5
35	Jud Buechler	So.	F	6-7	4.7
11	Ken Lofton	Jr.	G	5-11	4.7
44	Harvey Mason	So.	G	6-3	4.5
33	Joe Turner	Sr.	F	6-8	3.9
24	Matt Muehlebach	Fr.	G	6-2	1.5
31	Craig Bergman	So.	F	6-6	0.8

 

1987-88 Schedule and Results
Won 35, Lost 3
Coach:  Lute Olson
Great Alaska Shootout Champions
Valley Bank Fiesta Bowl Classic Champions
Pacific-10 Conference Champions
Pac-10 Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament Participants (Final Four)
N27	Duquesne (1)	W	133-78
N28	Michigan (1)	W	79-64
N30	Syracuse (1)	W	80-69
D4	Long Beach State	W	94-62
D6	Pepperdine	W	73-68
D8	Northern Arizona	W	77-59
D12	at Iowa	W	66-59
D16	Arkansas-Little Rock	W	77-53
D20	*at Washington	W	110-71
D22	*at Washington State	W	89-55
D29	Michigan State (2)	W	78-58
D30	Duke (2)	W	91-85
J2	at New Mexico	L	59-61
J7	*California	W	80-51
J9	*Stanford	W	90-65
J14	*at Oregon State	W	70-48
J16	*at Oregon	W	70-54
J21	*USC	W	92-48
J24	*UCLA	W	86-74
J28	*Arizona State	W	99-59
J30	Illinois	W	78-70
F4	*at Stanford	L	74-82
F7	*at California	W	74-62
F11	*Oregon	W	89-57
F14	*Oregon State	W	77-62
F18	*at USC	W	103-68
F20	*at UCLA (ot)	W	78-76
F27	*at Arizona State	W	101-73
M3	*Washington State	W	79-41
M5	*Washington	W	89-71
M11	California (3)	W	88-64
M12	Stanford (3)	W	97-83
M13	Oregon State (3)	W	93-67
M18	Cornell (4)	W	90-50
M20	Seton Hall (4)	W	84-55
M25	Iowa (5)	W	99-79
M27	North Carolina (5)	W	70-52
A2	Oklahoma (6)	L	78-86
*  Pacific-10 Conference game (17-1, 1st)
(1)  at Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska
(2)  at Valley Bank Fiesta Bowl Classic, Tucson, Ariz.
(3)  at Pac-10 Conference Tourn., Tucson, Ariz.
(4)  at NCAA Tournament, Los Angeles, Calif.
(5)  at NCAA West Regional, Seattle, Wash.
(6)  at NCAA Final Four, Kansas City, Mo.

Notes
? Arizona returned 94.5 percent of its minutes played and 95.9 percent of its scoring from the 1986-87 roster for the 1987-88 season.
 
? In addition to advancing to winning the Pac-10 regular season and tournament titles, the Wildcats also won the Great Alaska Shootout and the Valley Bank Fiesta Bowl Classic.
 
? At the Great Alaska Shootout, Arizona opened with a 133-78 whitewashing of Duquesne before topping a pair of Top 10 teams in Michigan and Syracuse to claim the crown.
 
? The 35 wins are still a single-season UA record and it was the first time UA won 30 games in a season.
 
? The 17-1 mark in conference play marked the first time UA won 17 conference games in a season.
 
? In a nod to the unselfishness of the team, Arizona had three players average over 3.5 assists per game – Kerr (3.9), Elliot (3.6), Craig McMillan (3.6).
 
? Junior forward Sean Elliott led Arizona in scoring (19.2) and tied for second in rebounds per game (5.8). He was named a consensus All-American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. After the 'Cats rolled to the Pac-10 tournament title, he was named tournament MVP. And despite Arizona playing just one game in the Final Four, Elliott was named to the NCAA All-Final Four team that season after collecting MOP accolades at the West Regional.
 
? Senior guard Steve Kerr averaged 12.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and a team-high 3.9 assists per game. He was also 114-of-199 on 3-point field goals for the season (57.3 percent), still the UA and Pac-12 record for accuracy from long distance. Kerr earned all-American honors and was named the Most Courageous Athlete by the USBWA
 
? Senior center Tom Tolbert was named to the all-regional team in the NCAA Tournament and averaged 14.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while shooting 54.7 percent from the floor and 81.2 percent from the free throw line.
 
? Junior forward Anthony Cook posted averages of 13.9 points, and a team-leading 7.1 rebounds while also making 61.8 percent of his shots and blocking two shots per game. He collected All-Pacific-10 Conference honors along with Elliott and Kerr.