1988-89 UNC Tar Heels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-8 (9-5, 4th in ACC MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 90.0 (13th of 293)

PA/G: 79.7 (232nd of 293)

SRS: 22.73 (6th of 293)

SOS: 12.41 (5th of 293)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (93-79) versus #15 Southern
Won Southeast Second Round (88-81) versus #7 UCLA
Lost Southeast Regional Semifinal (92-87) versus #3 Michigan

ACC Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1988-89 Season AP Poll summary

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
UNC	6	5	10	8	8	8	7	6	8	13	7	3	6	8	5	5	9	5

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	Fri, Nov 18, 1988	REG		Chattanooga	Southern	-1.71	W	111	84		1	0	W 1	Dean Smith Center
2	Sat, Nov 19, 1988	REG		Georgia	SEC	7.34	W	99	91		2	0	W 2	Dean Smith Center
3	Sun, Nov 20, 1988	REG	N	Missouri (14)	Big 8	20.80	L	81	91		2	1	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
4	Fri, Nov 25, 1988	REG	N	Indiana (20)	Big Ten	20.27	W	106	92		3	1	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
5	Mon, Nov 28, 1988	REG		Stanford	Pac-10	20.00	W	87	76		4	1	W 2	Dean Smith Center
6	Fri, Dec 2, 1988	REG	N	Arizona (11)	Pac-10	27.92	W	79	72		5	1	W 3
7	Sat, Dec 3, 1988	REG	N	Missouri (8)	Big 8	20.80	W	76	60		6	1	W 4
8	Wed, Dec 7, 1988	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	11.82	W	89	77		7	1	W 5	Dean Smith Center
9	Sat, Dec 10, 1988	REG	N	Richmond	CAA	2.69	W	76	68		8	1	W 6
10	Sat, Dec 17, 1988	REG		UCLA (20)	Pac-10	13.90	W	104	78		9	1	W 7	Dean Smith Center
11	Thu, Dec 22, 1988	REG	N	Towson	ECC	-0.09	W	102	74		10	1	W 8
12	Thu, Dec 29, 1988	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	0.61	W	103	92		11	1	W 9	San Diego Sports Arena
13	Tue, Jan 3, 1989	REG	@	Pepperdine	WCAC	4.94	W	102	80		12	1	W 10	Firestone Fieldhouse
14	Thu, Jan 5, 1989	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	9.41	W	87	67		13	1	W 11	Rosemont Horizon
15	Sat, Jan 7, 1989	REG		Iowa (9)	Big Ten	18.99	L	97	98		13	2	L 1	Dean Smith Center
16	Wed, Jan 11, 1989	REG		Maryland	ACC	4.01	W	88	72		14	2	W 1	Dean Smith Center
17	Sun, Jan 15, 1989	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	15.38	L	83	106		14	3	L 1	University Hall
18	Wed, Jan 18, 1989	REG	@	Duke (1)	ACC	24.95	W	91	71		15	3	W 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
19	Sat, Jan 21, 1989	REG		NC State (15)	ACC	17.67	W	84	81		16	3	W 2	Dean Smith Center
20	Wed, Jan 25, 1989	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	8.12	W	88	74		17	3	W 3	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
21	Sat, Jan 28, 1989	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	14.19	W	92	85		18	3	W 4	Dean Smith Center
22	Wed, Feb 1, 1989	REG	@	Clemson	ACC	11.56	L	82	85		18	4	L 1	Littlejohn Coliseum
23	Thu, Feb 9, 1989	REG	@	NC State (17)	ACC	17.67	L	88	98		18	5	L 2	Reynolds Coliseum
24	Sun, Feb 12, 1989	REG		Virginia	ACC	15.38	W	85	67		19	5	W 1	Dean Smith Center
25	Tue, Feb 14, 1989	REG	@	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	4.51	W	87	77		20	5	W 2	Norfolk Scope
26	Thu, Feb 16, 1989	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	8.12	W	99	76		21	5	W 3	Dean Smith Center
27	Sun, Feb 19, 1989	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	4.01	W	86	75		22	5	W 4	Cole Fieldhouse
28	Tue, Feb 21, 1989	REG		Nevada	Big Sky	1.00	W	109	86		23	5	W 5	Dean Smith Center
29	Sat, Feb 25, 1989	REG		Clemson	ACC	11.56	W	100	86		24	5	W 6	Dean Smith Center
30	Wed, Mar 1, 1989	REG	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	14.19	L	74	76		24	6	L 1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
31	Sun, Mar 5, 1989	REG		Duke (9)	ACC	24.95	L	86	88		24	7	L 2	Dean Smith Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 10, 1989	CTOURN	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	14.19	W	77	62		25	7	W 1	The Omni
33	Sat, Mar 11, 1989	CTOURN	N	Maryland	ACC	4.01	W	88	58		26	7	W 2	The Omni
34	Sun, Mar 12, 1989	CTOURN	N	Duke (7)	ACC	24.95	W	77	74		27	7	W 3	The Omni
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
35	Fri, Mar 17, 1989	NCAA	N	Southern	SWAC	-0.53	W	93	79		28	7	W 4	The Omni
36	Sun, Mar 19, 1989	NCAA	N	UCLA	Pac-10	13.90	W	88	81		29	7	W 5	The Omni
37	Thu, Mar 23, 1989	NCAA	N	Michigan (10)	Big Ten	27.63	L	87	92		29	8	L 1	Rupp Arena