1986–87 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1986–87 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1987 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1986–87 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 2
1986–87 record	32–4 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (19th season); Roy Williams (8th season);
Home arena	Dean Smith Center

The 1986–87 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1]

Led by head coach Dean Smith, the tar heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, with an ACC Regular Season title, a top five ranked team, and having reached all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. [2]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 28, 1986*	No. 1	at Hawaii	W 98–78	1–0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
Dec 1, 1986*	No. 1	at UCLA	L 84–89	1–1	Pauley Pavilion
Dec 3, 1986*	No. 1	Stetson	W 100–64	2–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 6, 1986*	No. 1	Miami	W 122–77	3–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 13, 1986*	No. 5	Jacksonville	W 98–69	4–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 20, 1986*	No. 4	No. 5 Illinois	W 90–77	5–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 22, 1986*	No. 4	Furman	W 95–65	6–1
Dec 27, 1986*	No. 4	Kansas State	W 81–62	7–1
Dec 29, 1986*	No. 4	No. 2 Purdue	W 94–81	8–1
Dec 30, 1986*	No. 4	at Southern Methodist	W 88–86	9–1	Moody Coliseum
Jan 3, 1987*	No. 4	at La Salle	W 79–72	10–1	The Palestra
Jan 8, 1987	No. 3	vs. Maryland	W 98–65	11–1 (1-0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 10, 1987	No. 3	at No. 17 Duke	W 85–77	12–1 (2-0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Jan 14, 1987	No. 3	at Virginia	W 95–80	13–1 (3-0)	University Hall
Jan 18, 1987	No. 2	vs. No. 17 NC State	W 96–78	14–1 (4-0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 22, 1987	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 79–53	15–1 (5-0)	Greensboro Coliseum
Jan 24, 1987	No. 2	vs. Georgia Tech	W 92–55	16–1 (6-0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 28, 1987	No. 1	at No. 14 Clemson	W 108–99	17–1 (7-0)	Littlejohn Coliseum
Feb 1, 1987*	No. 1	at Notre Dame	L 58–60	17–2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
Feb 5, 1987	No. 3	at NC State	W 96–79	18–2 (8-0)	Reynolds Coliseum
Feb 8, 1987	No. 3	vs. Virginia	W 74–73	19–2 (9-0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 11, 1987	No. 3	vs. Wake Forest	W 94–85	20–2 (10-0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 14, 1987	No. 3	at Maryland	W 93–86	21–2 (11-0)	Cole Fieldhouse
Feb 15, 1987*	No. 3	vs. Marquette Golden Eagles	W 83–74	22–2	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 18, 1987*	No. 3	vs. East Tennessee State	W 118–65	23–2	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 21, 1987	No. 2	vs. No. 10 Clemson	W 96–80	24–2 (12–0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 26, 1987	No. 2	vs. No. 17 Duke	W 77–71	25–2 (13–0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 1, 1987	No. 2	vs. Georgia Tech	W 92–76	26–2 (14–0)
ACC Tournament
Mar 6, 1987	No. 2	at Maryland ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 82–63	27–2	Capital Centre Landover, MD
Mar 7, 1987	No. 2	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament Semifinal	W 84–82 ^2OT	28–2	Capital Centre Landover, MD
Mar 8, 1987	No. 2	vs. NC State ACC Tournament Final	L 67–68	28–3	Capital Centre Landover, MD
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1987*	(1) No. 2	vs. (16) Penn First Round	W 113–82	29–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Mar 14, 1987*	(1) No. 2	vs. (9) Michigan Second Round	W 109–97	30–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Mar 19, 1987*	(1) No. 2	vs. (5) No. 18 Notre Dame East Regional Semifinal	W 74–68	31–3	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
Mar 21, 1987*	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 10 Syracuse East Regional Final	L 75–79	31–4	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

References

"1986-87 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
"North Carolina Tar Heels 1986-1987 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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[sports-reference-1] "1986-87 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

[tarheeltimes-2] "North Carolina Tar Heels 1986-1987 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1986–87 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina	14	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
No. 13 Clemson	10	–	4	.714	25	–	6	.806
No. 17 Duke	9	–	5	.643	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	8	–	6	.571	21	–	10	.677
Georgia Tech	7	–	7	.500	16	–	13	.552
NC State †	6	–	8	.429	20	–	14	.588
Wake Forest	2	–	12	.143	14	–	15	.483
Maryland	0	–	14	.000	9	–	17	.346

† 1987 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll