1985–86 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
1985–86 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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Great Alaska Shootout Champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
AP | No. 8 |
Record | 28–6 (10–4 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Carmichael Auditorium Dean Smith Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Duke† | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 37 | – | 3 | .925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Georgia Tech | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 North Carolina | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1986 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1985–86 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, holding the #1 ranking in the AP poll for 13 consecutive weeks, and reaching the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament before falling to eventual national champion, Louisville.[1]
On January 18, 1986, #1 North Carolina defeated #3 Duke 95–92 in the first game played at the Dean Smith Center.
Roster
[edit]Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 24, 1985* | No. 2 | UCLA | W 107–70 | 1–0 | Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Nov 25, 1985* | No. 1 | Iona | W 110–67 | 2–0 | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Nov 29, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Missouri Great Alaska Shootout | W 84–63 | 3–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK | ||||||
Nov 30, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Purdue Great Alaska Shootout | W 73–62 | 4–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK | ||||||
Dec 1, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. No. 16 UNLV Great Alaska Shootout | W 65–60 | 5–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK | ||||||
Dec 7, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Rutgers | W 114–71 | 6–0 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
Dec 14, 1985* | No. 1 | Ohio | W 99–57 | 7–0 | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Dec 17, 1985* | No. 1 | at Jacksonville | W 69–65 | 8–0 | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, FL | ||||||
Dec 20, 1985* | No. 1 | Stanford | W 89–55 | 9–0 | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Dec 22, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. The Citadel | W 104–51 | 10–0 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
Dec 27, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Manhattan Orange Bowl Tournament | W 129–45 | 11–0 | Knight Center Miami, FL | ||||||
Dec 28, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Brown Orange Bowl Tournament | W 115–63 | 12–0 | Knight Center Miami, FL | ||||||
Dec 31, 1985* | No. 1 | vs. Florida State | W 109–64 | 13–0 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
Jan 4, 1986 | No. 1 | NC State Rivalry | W 90–79 | 14–0 (1–0) | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Jan 9, 1986* | No. 1 | vs. Fordham | W 92–68 | 15–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
Jan 11, 1986 | No. 1 | at Wake Forest | W 89–65 | 16–0 (2–0) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
Jan 14, 1986 | No. 1 | at Maryland | W 71–67 | 17–0 (3–0) | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD | ||||||
Jan 18, 1986 | No. 1 | No. 3 Duke Rivalry | W 95–92 | 18–0 (4–0) | Dean Smith Center (21,444) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Jan 19, 1986* | No. 1 | at Marquette | W 66–64 | 19–0 | MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
Jan 25, 1986 | No. 1 | No. 4 Georgia Tech | W 85–77 | 20–0 (5–0) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Jan 26, 1986* | No. 1 | No. 16 Notre Dame | W 73–61 | 21–0 | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Jan 30, 1986 | No. 1 | at Virginia | L 73–86 | 21–1 (5–1) | University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
Feb 1, 1986 | No. 1 | Clemson | W 85–67 | 22–1 (6–1) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Feb 4, 1986 | No. 1 | at No. 2 Georgia Tech | W 78–77 | 23–1 (7–1) | Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
Feb 8, 1986 | No. 1 | Wake Forest | W 91–62 | 24–1 (8–1) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Feb 12, 1986 | No. 1 | at Clemson | W 79–64 | 25–1 (9–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
Feb 20, 1986 | No. 1 | Maryland | L 72–77 | 25–2 (9–2) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Feb 23, 1986 | No. 1 | at No. 20 NC State Rivalry | L 65–76 | 25–3 (9–3) | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
Feb 26, 1986 | No. 3 | Virginia | W 85–79 | 26–3 (10–3) | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
Mar 2, 1986 | No. 3 | at No. 1 Duke Rivalry | L 74–82 | 26–4 (10–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 7, 1986* | No. 4 | Maryland ACC tournament Quarterfinal | L 75–85 | 26–5 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 1986* | (3) No. 8 | vs. (14) Utah First round | W 84–72 | 27–5 | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT | ||||||
Mar 15, 1986* | (3) No. 8 | vs. (6) UAB Second Round | W 77–59 | 28–5 | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT | ||||||
Mar 20, 1986* | (3) No. 8 | vs. (2) No. 7 Louisville Regional semifinal | L 79–94[3] | 28–6 | The Summit Houston, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1985-86 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "North Carolina Tar Heels 1985-1986 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "LOUISVILLE TOPS NORTH CAROLINA, 94-79; AUBURN GAINS". New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2019.