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1987-88 UNC Tar Heels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-7 (11-3, 1st in ACC MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 82.1 (40th of 290)

PA/G: 73.2 (151st of 290)

SRS: 19.52 (9th of 290)

SOS: 10.72 (3rd of 290)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West First Round (83-65) versus #15 North Texas
Won West Second Round (123-97) versus #10 Loyola Marymount
Won West Regional Semifinal (78-69) versus #3 Michigan
Lost West Regional Final (70-52) versus #1 Arizona

ACC Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1987-88 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	2/29	3/7	Final
UNC	3	1	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	8	6	5	9	6	9	7

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	Sat, Nov 21, 1987	REG	N	Syracuse (1)	Big East	22.66	W	96	93		1	0	W 1	MassMutual Center
2	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	REG	N	Southern California	Pac-10	-4.28	W	82	77		2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	REG	@	Richmond	CAA	3.95	W	87	76		3	0	W 3	Robins Center
4	Thu, Dec 3, 1987	REG		Stetson	TAAC	-1.86	W	86	74		4	0	W 4	Dean Smith Center
5	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	13.88	L	76	78		4	1	L 1	Memorial Gymnasium
6	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	11.12	W	90	74		5	1	W 1	Dean Smith Center
7	Thu, Dec 17, 1987	REG	N	The Citadel	Southern	-14.72	W	98	74		6	1	W 2
8	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	21.54	W	83	74		7	1	W 3	Assembly Hall
9	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	REG	@	Nevada	Big Sky	-1.10	W	115	91		8	1	W 4	Lawlor Events Center
10	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	12.22	W	80	73		9	1	W 5	Pauley Pavilion
11	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	REG	N	Fordham	MAAC	-0.77	W	76	67		10	1	W 6
12	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	REG		La Salle	MAAC	5.57	W	96	82		11	1	W 7	Dean Smith Center
13	Thu, Jan 14, 1988	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	11.91	W	71	65		12	1	W 8	Cole Fieldhouse
14	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	REG		Virginia	ACC	8.64	W	87	62		13	1	W 9	Dean Smith Center
15	Thu, Jan 21, 1988	REG		Duke (9)	ACC	23.33	L	69	70		13	2	L 1	Dean Smith Center
16	Sun, Jan 24, 1988	REG	@	NC State (20)	ACC	17.34	W	77	73		14	2	W 1	Reynolds Coliseum
17	Thu, Jan 28, 1988	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	2.63	L	80	83		14	3	L 1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	13.96	W	73	71		15	3	W 1	Dean Smith Center
19	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	REG	@	Clemson	ACC	9.21	W	88	64		16	3	W 2	Littlejohn Coliseum
20	Thu, Feb 11, 1988	REG		NC State (16)	ACC	17.34	W	75	73		17	3	W 3	Dean Smith Center
21	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	8.64	W	64	58		18	3	W 4	University Hall
22	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	2.63	W	80	62		19	3	W 5	Dean Smith Center
23	Sat, Feb 20, 1988	REG		Maryland	ACC	11.91	W	74	73		20	3	W 6	Dean Smith Center
24	Sun, Feb 21, 1988	REG		Temple (1)	A-10	18.61	L	66	83		20	4	L 1	Dean Smith Center
25	Sun, Feb 28, 1988	REG		Clemson	ACC	9.21	W	88	52		21	4	W 1	Dean Smith Center
26	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	REG	@	Georgia Tech (13)	ACC	13.96	W	97	80		22	4	W 2	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
27	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	REG	@	Duke (9)	ACC	23.33	L	81	96		22	5	L 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	CTOURN	N	Wake Forest	ACC	2.63	W	83	62		23	5	W 1	Greensboro Coliseum
29	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	CTOURN		Maryland	ACC	11.91	W	74	64		24	5	W 2	Greensboro Coliseum
30	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	CTOURN	N	Duke (8)	ACC	23.33	L	61	65		24	6	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 17, 1988	NCAA	N	North Texas	Southland	1.46	W	83	65		25	6	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
32	Sat, Mar 19, 1988	NCAA	N	Loyola Marymount (15)	WCAC	12.96	W	123	97		26	6	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
33	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	NCAA	N	Michigan (10)	Big Ten	22.42	W	78	69		27	6	W 3	Kingdome
34	Sun, Mar 27, 1988	NCAA	N	Arizona (2)	Pac-10	28.95	L	52	70		27	7	L 1	Kingdome