The 1987–88 North Texas State Mean Green men's basketball team (often referred to as "North Texas" or the "Mean Green") represented the University of North Texas as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1987–88 college basketball season.

The team was led by head coach Jimmy Gales and played their home games at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.

After winning the conference regular season title, the Mean Green followed that success by winning the Southland tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Making the school's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament and playing as the No.

15 seed in the West region, the Mean Green were beaten by No.