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1986-87 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results

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Overall: 32-4, .889 W-L% (3rd of 290)
Conference: 14-0, 1st in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dean Smith (32-4)

PS/G: 90.5 (2nd of 290) ▪ PA/G: 74.7 (186th of 290)
SRS: 24.48 (1st of 290) ▪ SOS: 8.71 (12th of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Won East First Round (113-82) versus #16 Pennsylvania
Won East Second Round (109-97) versus #9 Michigan
Won East Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #5 Notre Dame
Lost East Regional Final (79-75) versus #2 Syracuse

AP Poll Summary

Pre 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 2

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Fri, Nov 28, 1986 REG @ Hawaii WAC W 98 78 1 0 W 1
2 Mon, Dec 1, 1986 REG @ UCLA Pac-10 L 84 89 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Dec 3, 1986 REG Stetson A-Sun W 100 64 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Dec 6, 1986 REG Miami (FL) Ind W 122 77 3 1 W 2
5 Sat, Dec 13, 1986 REG Jacksonville Sun Belt W 98 69 4 1 W 3
6 Sat, Dec 20, 1986 REG Illinois Big Ten W 90 77 5 1 W 4
7 Mon, Dec 22, 1986 REG N Furman Southern W 95 65 6 1 W 5
8 Sat, Dec 27, 1986 REG N Kansas State Big 8 W 81 62 7 1 W 6
9 Mon, Dec 29, 1986 REG N Purdue Big Ten W 94 81 8 1 W 7
10 Tue, Dec 30, 1986 REG @ Southern Methodist SWC W 88 86 9 1 W 8
11 Sat, Jan 3, 1987 REG @ La Salle MAAC W 79 72 10 1 W 9
12 Thu, Jan 8, 1987 REG Maryland ACC W 98 65 11 1 W 10
13 Sat, Jan 10, 1987 REG @ Duke ACC W 85 77 12 1 W 11
14 Wed, Jan 14, 1987 REG @ Virginia ACC W 95 80 13 1 W 12
15 Sun, Jan 18, 1987 REG North Carolina State ACC W 96 78 14 1 W 13
16 Thu, Jan 22, 1987 REG @ Wake Forest ACC W 79 53 15 1 W 14
17 Sat, Jan 24, 1987 REG Georgia Tech ACC W 92 55 16 1 W 15
18 Wed, Jan 28, 1987 REG @ Clemson ACC W 108 99 17 1 W 16
19 Sun, Feb 1, 1987 REG @ Notre Dame Ind L 58 60 17 2 L 1
20 Thu, Feb 5, 1987 REG @ North Carolina State ACC W 96 79 18 2 W 1
21 Sun, Feb 8, 1987 REG Virginia ACC W 74 73 19 2 W 2
22 Wed, Feb 11, 1987 REG Wake Forest ACC W 94 85 20 2 W 3
23 Sat, Feb 14, 1987 REG @ Maryland ACC W 93 86 21 2 W 4
24 Sun, Feb 15, 1987 REG Marquette Ind W 83 74 22 2 W 5
25 Wed, Feb 18, 1987 REG East Tennessee State Southern W 118 65 23 2 W 6
26 Sat, Feb 21, 1987 REG Clemson ACC W 96 80 24 2 W 7
27 Thu, Feb 26, 1987 REG Duke ACC W 77 71 25 2 W 8
28 Sun, Mar 1, 1987 REG N Georgia Tech ACC W 92 76 26 2 W 9
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
29 Fri, Mar 6, 1987 CTOURN @ Maryland ACC W 82 63 27 2 W 10
30 Sat, Mar 7, 1987 CTOURN N Virginia ACC W 84 82 2OT 28 2 W 11
31 Sun, Mar 8, 1987 CTOURN N North Carolina State ACC L 67 68 28 3 L 1
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
32 Thu, Mar 12, 1987 NCAA N Pennsylvania Ivy W 113 82 29 3 W 1
33 Sat, Mar 14, 1987 NCAA N Michigan Big Ten W 109 97 30 3 W 2
34 Thu, Mar 19, 1987 NCAA N Notre Dame Ind W 74 68 31 3 W 3
35 Sat, Mar 21, 1987 NCAA N Syracuse Big East L 75 79 31 4 L 1