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1985-86 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 178-90, .664 W-L% (1st of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 16.38 (1st of 33) ▪ SOS: 9.40 (3rd of 33)
Regular Season Champion: Duke
Tournament Champion: Duke
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Virginia)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina and North Carolina State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Duke, Georgia Tech and North Carolina)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Duke* RTF | 12 | 2 | .857 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 79.8 | 67.2 | 22.1 | 9.5 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech* | 11 | 3 | .786 | 27 | 7 | .794 | 73.8 | 63.7 | 21.8 | 11.7 |
| 3 | North Carolina* | 10 | 4 | .714 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 86.6 | 69.0 | 26.1 | 8.5 |
| 4 | North Carolina State* | 7 | 7 | .500 | 21 | 13 | .618 | 70.3 | 63.8 | 16.9 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Virginia* | 7 | 7 | .500 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 70.4 | 64.9 | 14.8 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Maryland* | 6 | 8 | .429 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 69.5 | 65.5 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
| 7 | Clemson | 3 | 11 | .214 | 19 | 15 | .559 | 74.9 | 67.5 | 12.9 | 5.4 |
| 8 | Wake Forest | 0 | 14 | .000 | 8 | 21 | .276 | 59.9 | 67.8 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Maryland | 19 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 17 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Duke won (85-78) versus Mississippi Valley State (East Regional)
Georgia Tech won (68-53) versus Marist (Southeast Regional)
Maryland won (69-64) versus Pepperdine (West Regional)
North Carolina won (84-72) versus Utah (West Regional)
North Carolina State won (66-64) versus Iowa (Midwest Regional)
Virginia lost (72-68) versus DePaul (East Regional)
Second Round
Duke won (89-61) versus Old Dominion (East Regional)
Georgia Tech won (66-61) versus Villanova (Southeast Regional)
Maryland lost (70-64) versus Nevada-Las Vegas (West Regional)
North Carolina won (77-59) versus Alabama-Birmingham (West Regional)
North Carolina State won (80-66) versus Arkansas-Little Rock (Midwest Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Duke won (74-67) versus DePaul (East Regional)
Georgia Tech lost (70-64) versus Louisiana State (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina lost (94-79) versus Louisville (West Regional)
North Carolina State won (70-66) versus Iowa State (Midwest Regional)
Regional Final
Duke won (71-50) versus Navy (East Regional)
North Carolina State lost (75-67) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)
National Semifinal
Duke won (71-67) versus Kansas
National Final
Duke lost (72-69) versus Louisville
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