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1988-89 Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 162-94, .633 W-L% (3rd of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 14.83 (2nd of 33)

SOS: 9.06 (3rd of 33)

Regular Season Champion: NC State

Player of the Year: Danny Ferry

Coach of the Year: Jim Valvano

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, UNC, NC State and Virginia)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 teams (Duke, Georgia Tech, UNC and NC State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Duke, UNC and NC State)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	NC State	10	4	.714	22	9	.710	84.5	74.0	17.7	7.2	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Duke	9	5	.643	28	8	.778	86.5	69.8	24.9	8.2	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
3	Virginia	9	5	.643	22	11	.667	81.9	78.0	15.4	11.2	NCAA Tournament
4	North Carolina	9	5	.643	29	8	.784	90.0	79.7	22.7	12.4	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
5	Georgia Tech	8	6	.571	20	12	.625	80.2	74.2	14.2	8.2	NCAA Tournament
6	Clemson	7	7	.500	19	11	.633	79.8	75.6	11.6	7.6	NCAA Tournament
7	Wake Forest	3	11	.214	13	15	.464	76.1	76.9	8.1	8.4
8	Maryland	1	13	.071	9	20	.310	69.2	74.2	4.0	9.4

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/21	11/28	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	18	18	16	19	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	13	17	19	17	20	17	19
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	12	14	11	9	9	7	9
UNC	6	5	10	8	8	8	7	6	8	13	7	3	6	8	5	5	9	5
Georgia Tech	13	14	12	12	11	16	17	19	19	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Clemson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	NC State	31	22	9	.710	10	4	16	2	4	5				32.1	64.0	.501	4.5	11.9	.383	.537	15.9	22.7	.700		36.2	19.4	8.7	4.1	13.3	18.7	84.5	74.0	17.67	7.16
2	Duke	36	28	8	.778	9	5	14	1	7	3				32.3	60.2	.537	4.0	11.0	.365	.570	17.9	26.5	.675		38.0	19.0	8.8	3.9	18.0	20.8	86.5	69.8	24.95	8.20
3	UNC	37	29	8	.784	9	5	12	2	8	4				33.2	62.9	.527	5.0	12.9	.389	.567	18.6	25.7	.725		38.3	21.3	7.7	3.3	17.1	17.4	90.0	79.7	22.73	12.41
4	Virginia	33	22	11	.667	9	5	14	2	3	5				28.6	62.2	.460	4.2	12.0	.350	.494	20.5	28.3	.722		38.8	14.9	7.2	2.0	14.2	18.5	81.9	78.0	15.38	11.17
5	Georgia Tech	32	20	12	.625	8	6	13	3	4	7				29.9	60.3	.496	4.8	12.8	.375	.536	15.5	20.4	.758		37.0	19.7	5.6	2.3	14.2	17.9	80.2	74.2	14.19	8.19
6	Clemson	30	19	11	.633	7	7	13	1	3	7				30.5	61.2	.498	4.2	12.4	.342	.533	14.6	22.6	.646		38.1	17.6	7.6	6.3	16.2	19.1	79.8	75.6	11.56	7.62
7	Wake Forest	28	13	15	.464	3	11	6	6	3	8				28.5	59.4	.480	5.4	13.0	.419	.526	13.7	18.7	.731		33.7	15.3	5.8	2.1	15.4	21.3	76.1	76.9	8.12	8.37
8	Maryland	29	9	20	.310	1	13	5	9	0	10				26.2	56.9	.460	3.0	10.7	.283	.487	13.7	20.2	.678		34.6	14.7	5.5	4.3	16.3	18.2	69.2	74.2	4.01	9.39

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.