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1985-86 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results

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Overall: 28-6, .824 W-L% (13th of 283)
Conference: 10-4, 3rd in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dean Smith (28-6)

PS/G: 86.6 (4th of 283) ▪ PA/G: 69.0 (137th of 283)
SRS: 26.12 (1st of 283) ▪ SOS: 8.51 (34th of 283)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Won West First Round (84-72) versus #14 Utah
Won West Second Round (77-59) versus #6 Alabama-Birmingham
Lost West Regional Semifinal (94-79) versus #2 Louisville

AP Poll Summary

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
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 8

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Sun, Nov 24, 1985 REG UCLA Pac-10 W 107 70 1 0 W 1
2 Mon, Nov 25, 1985 REG Iona MAAC W 110 67 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Nov 29, 1985 REG N Missouri Big 8 W 84 63 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 REG N Purdue Big Ten W 73 62 4 0 W 4
5 Sun, Dec 1, 1985 REG N Nevada-Las Vegas PCAA W 65 60 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, Dec 7, 1985 REG N Rutgers A-10 W 114 71 6 0 W 6
7 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 REG Ohio MAC W 99 57 7 0 W 7
8 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 REG @ Jacksonville Sun Belt W 69 65 8 0 W 8
9 Fri, Dec 20, 1985 REG Stanford Pac-10 W 89 55 9 0 W 9
10 Sun, Dec 22, 1985 REG N Citadel Southern W 104 51 10 0 W 10
11 Fri, Dec 27, 1985 REG N Manhattan MAAC W 129 45 11 0 W 11
12 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 REG N Brown Ivy W 115 63 12 0 W 12
13 Tue, Dec 31, 1985 REG N Florida State Metro W 109 64 13 0 W 13
14 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 REG North Carolina State ACC W 90 79 14 0 W 14
15 Thu, Jan 9, 1986 REG N Fordham MAAC W 92 68 15 0 W 15
16 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 REG @ Wake Forest ACC W 89 65 16 0 W 16
17 Tue, Jan 14, 1986 REG @ Maryland ACC W 71 67 17 0 W 17
18 Sat, Jan 18, 1986 REG Duke ACC W 95 92 18 0 W 18
19 Sun, Jan 19, 1986 REG @ Marquette Ind W 66 64 19 0 W 19
20 Sat, Jan 25, 1986 REG Georgia Tech ACC W 85 77 20 0 W 20
21 Sun, Jan 26, 1986 REG Notre Dame Ind W 73 61 21 0 W 21
22 Thu, Jan 30, 1986 REG @ Virginia ACC L 73 86 21 1 L 1
23 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 REG Clemson ACC W 85 67 22 1 W 1
24 Tue, Feb 4, 1986 REG @ Georgia Tech ACC W 78 77 23 1 W 2
25 Sat, Feb 8, 1986 REG Wake Forest ACC W 91 62 24 1 W 3
26 Wed, Feb 12, 1986 REG @ Clemson ACC W 79 64 25 1 W 4
27 Thu, Feb 20, 1986 REG Maryland ACC L 72 77 25 2 L 1
28 Sun, Feb 23, 1986 REG @ North Carolina State ACC L 65 76 25 3 L 2
29 Wed, Feb 26, 1986 REG Virginia ACC W 85 79 26 3 W 1
30 Sun, Mar 2, 1986 REG @ Duke ACC L 74 82 26 4 L 1
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
31 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 CTOURN Maryland ACC L 75 85 26 5 L 2
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
32 Thu, Mar 13, 1986 NCAA N Utah WAC W 84 72 27 5 W 1
33 Sat, Mar 15, 1986 NCAA N Alabama-Birmingham Sun Belt W 77 59 28 5 W 2
34 Thu, Mar 20, 1986 NCAA N Louisville Metro L 79 94 28 6 L 1