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1988-89 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 162-94, .633 W-L% (3rd of 33) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 14.82 (2nd of 33) ▪ SOS: 9.06 (3rd of 33)
Regular Season Champion: North Carolina State
Tournament Champion: North Carolina
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Virginia)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and North Carolina State)
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 |
| 1 | North Carolina State* R | 10 | 4 | .714 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 84.5 | 74.0 | 17.7 | 7.1 |
| 2 | Duke* F | 9 | 5 | .643 | 28 | 8 | .778 | 86.5 | 69.8 | 24.9 | 8.2 |
| 3 | Virginia* | 9 | 5 | .643 | 22 | 11 | .667 | 81.9 | 77.7 | 15.4 | 11.2 |
| 4 | North Carolina* T | 9 | 5 | .643 | 29 | 8 | .784 | 90.0 | 79.7 | 22.7 | 12.4 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech* | 8 | 6 | .571 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 80.2 | 74.2 | 14.2 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Clemson* | 7 | 7 | .500 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 79.6 | 75.6 | 11.6 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 3 | 11 | .214 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 76.3 | 76.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 8 | Maryland | 1 | 13 | .071 | 9 | 20 | .310 | 68.8 | 74.2 | 4.0 | 9.4 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/6 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/7 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Duke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| North Carolina State | 18 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 19 |
| Georgia Tech | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Clemson won (83-70) versus Saint Mary's (CA) (West Regional)
Duke won (90-69) versus South Carolina State (East Regional)
Georgia Tech lost (76-70) versus Texas (Midwest Regional)
North Carolina won (93-79) versus Southern (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina State won (81-66) versus South Carolina (East Regional)
Virginia won (100-97) versus Providence (Southeast Regional)
Second Round
Clemson lost (94-68) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Duke won (70-63) versus West Virginia (East Regional)
North Carolina won (88-81) versus UCLA (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina State won (102-96) versus Iowa (East Regional)
Virginia won (104-88) versus Middle Tennessee (Southeast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Duke won (87-70) versus Minnesota (East Regional)
North Carolina lost (92-87) versus Michigan (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina State lost (69-61) versus Georgetown (East Regional)
Virginia won (86-80) versus Oklahoma (Southeast Regional)
Regional Final
Duke won (85-77) versus Georgetown (East Regional)
Virginia lost (102-65) versus Michigan (Southeast Regional)
National Semifinal
Duke lost (95-78) versus Seton Hall
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