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1986-87 UNC Tar Heels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-4 (14-0, 1st in ACC MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 91.2 (2nd of 290)

PA/G: 74.9 (196th 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

ACC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1986-87 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
UNC	1	1	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 28, 1986	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	-4.48	W	98	78		1	0	W 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
2	Mon, Dec 1, 1986	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	13.05	L	84	89		1	1	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
3	Wed, Dec 3, 1986	REG		Stetson	TAAC	-1.19	W	100	64		2	1	W 1	Dean Smith Center
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1986	REG		Miami (FL)	Ind	-3.09	W	122	77		3	1	W 2	Dean Smith Center
5	Sat, Dec 13, 1986	REG		Jacksonville	Sun Belt	7.63	W	98	69		4	1	W 3	Dean Smith Center
6	Sat, Dec 20, 1986	REG		Illinois (5)	Big Ten	18.05	W	90	77		5	1	W 4	Dean Smith Center
7	Mon, Dec 22, 1986	REG	N	Furman	Southern	-4.05	W	95	65		6	1	W 5
8	Sat, Dec 27, 1986	REG	N	Kansas State	Big 8	10.59	W	81	62		7	1	W 6
9	Mon, Dec 29, 1986	REG	N	Purdue (2)	Big Ten	18.14	W	94	81		8	1	W 7
10	Tue, Dec 30, 1986	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	8.61	W	88	86		9	1	W 8	Moody Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 3, 1987	REG	@	La Salle	MAAC	6.15	W	79	72		10	1	W 9	The Palestra
12	Thu, Jan 8, 1987	REG		Maryland	ACC	4.60	W	98	65		11	1	W 10	Dean Smith Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1987	REG	@	Duke (17)	ACC	16.82	W	85	77		12	1	W 11	Cameron Indoor Stadium
14	Wed, Jan 14, 1987	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	13.61	W	95	80		13	1	W 12	University Hall
15	Sun, Jan 18, 1987	REG		NC State (17)	ACC	11.03	W	96	78		14	1	W 13	Dean Smith Center
16	Thu, Jan 22, 1987	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	6.49	W	79	53		15	1	W 14	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1987	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	11.23	W	92	55		16	1	W 15	Dean Smith Center
18	Wed, Jan 28, 1987	REG	@	Clemson (14)	ACC	16.59	W	108	99		17	1	W 16	Littlejohn Coliseum
19	Sun, Feb 1, 1987	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	11.72	L	58	60		17	2	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
20	Thu, Feb 5, 1987	REG	@	NC State	ACC	11.03	W	96	79		18	2	W 1	Reynolds Coliseum
21	Sun, Feb 8, 1987	REG		Virginia	ACC	13.61	W	74	73		19	2	W 2	Dean Smith Center
22	Wed, Feb 11, 1987	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	6.49	W	94	85		20	2	W 3	Dean Smith Center
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1987	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	4.60	W	93	86		21	2	W 4	Cole Fieldhouse
24	Sun, Feb 15, 1987	REG		Marquette	Ind	6.09	W	83	74		22	2	W 5	Dean Smith Center
25	Wed, Feb 18, 1987	REG		East Tennessee State	Southern	-16.90	W	118	65		23	2	W 6	Dean Smith Center
26	Sat, Feb 21, 1987	REG		Clemson (10)	ACC	16.59	W	96	80		24	2	W 7	Dean Smith Center
27	Thu, Feb 26, 1987	REG		Duke (17)	ACC	16.82	W	77	71		25	2	W 8	Dean Smith Center
28	Sun, Mar 1, 1987	REG	N	Georgia Tech	ACC	11.23	W	92	76		26	2	W 9
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 6, 1987	CTOURN	@	Maryland	ACC	4.60	W	82	63		27	2	W 10	Capital Centre
30	Sat, Mar 7, 1987	CTOURN	N	Virginia	ACC	13.61	W	84	82	2OT	28	2	W 11	Capital Centre
31	Sun, Mar 8, 1987	CTOURN	N	NC State	ACC	11.03	L	67	68		28	3	L 1	Capital Centre
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Thu, Mar 12, 1987	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-0.33	W	113	82		29	3	W 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
33	Sat, Mar 14, 1987	NCAA	N	Michigan	Big Ten	15.04	W	109	97		30	3	W 2	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
34	Thu, Mar 19, 1987	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (18)	Ind	11.72	W	74	68		31	3	W 3	Brendan Byrne Arena
35	Sat, Mar 21, 1987	NCAA	N	Syracuse (10)	Big East	17.98	L	75	79		31	4	L 1	Brendan Byrne Arena