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1987-88 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 156-95, .622 W-L% (2nd of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 13.32 (1st of 33) ▪ SOS: 8.14 (3rd of 33)
Regular Season Champion: North Carolina
Tournament Champion: Duke
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Duke, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina and North Carolina State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Duke, Georgia Tech and North Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS | Notes |
| 1 | North Carolina* R | 11 | 3 | .786 | 27 | 7 | .794 | 82.0 | 73.2 | 19.5 | 10.7 | |
| 2 | North Carolina State* | 10 | 4 | .714 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 82.9 | 72.1 | 17.3 | 6.5 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 24-6 |
| 3 | Duke* TF | 9 | 5 | .643 | 28 | 7 | .800 | 83.8 | 68.8 | 23.3 | 8.4 | |
| 4 | Georgia Tech* | 8 | 6 | .571 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 80.0 | 73.5 | 14.0 | 7.4 | |
| 5 | Maryland* | 6 | 8 | .429 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 75.6 | 72.4 | 11.9 | 8.7 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 17-12 |
| 6 | Virginia | 5 | 9 | .357 | 13 | 18 | .419 | 66.9 | 67.8 | 8.6 | 9.6 | |
| 7 | Clemson | 4 | 10 | .286 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 74.3 | 72.0 | 9.2 | 6.9 | |
| 8 | Wake Forest | 3 | 11 | .214 | 10 | 18 | .357 | 72.4 | 76.6 | 2.6 | 6.8 | |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| North Carolina State | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 18 | 20 | 13 | 18 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Duke won (85-69) versus Boston University (East Regional)
Georgia Tech won (90-78) versus Iowa State (East Regional)
Maryland won (92-82) versus California-Santa Barbara (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina won (83-65) versus North Texas (West Regional)
North Carolina State lost (78-75) versus Murray State (Midwest Regional)
Second Round
Duke won (94-79) versus Southern Methodist (East Regional)
Georgia Tech lost (59-55) versus Richmond (East Regional)
Maryland lost (90-81) versus Kentucky (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina won (123-97) versus Loyola Marymount (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Duke won (73-72) versus Rhode Island (East Regional)
North Carolina won (78-69) versus Michigan (West Regional)
Regional Final
Duke won (63-53) versus Temple (East Regional)
North Carolina lost (70-52) versus Arizona (West Regional)
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