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1987–88 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

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1987–88 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record27–7 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDean Smith Center
Seasons
1987–88 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 North Carolina 11 3   .786 27 7   .794
No. 14 NC State 10 4   .714 24 8   .750
No. 5 Duke 9 5   .643 28 7   .800
Georgia Tech 8 6   .571 22 10   .688
Maryland 6 8   .429 18 13   .581
Virginia 5 9   .357 13 18   .419
Clemson 4 10   .286 14 15   .483
Wake Forest 3 11   .214 10 18   .357
1988 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1987–88 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 ten ranked team, and having reached all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. After the season, longtime assistant coach Roy Williams would depart to become head coach of that season's national championship, Kansas. Williams would eventually leave Kansas to become the head coach of the Tar Heels since 2003, Williams would win national Championships with the Tar Heels in 2005, 2009, and 2017, surpassing Smith as having the most national Championships at UNC with three. [2]

Roster

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1987–88 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 3 Jeff Denny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
GS Rural Hall, North Carolina
G 11 Rodney Hyatt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So Wadesboro, North Carolina
F 20 Steve Bucknall 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr London, England
G 21 King Rice 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr Binghamton, New York
G/F 22 Kevin Madden 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
So Staunton, Virginia
G 24 Doug Elstun 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Overland Park, Kansas
F 31 David May 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Jr Greensboro, North Carolina
F 32 Pete Chilcutt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Fr Eutaw, Alabama
G 33 Ranzino Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sr Chapel Hill, North Carolina
F 34 J. R. Reid 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Virginia Beach, Virginia
F 35 Joe Jenkins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sr Elizabeth City, North Carolina
C 42 Scott Williams 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Hacienda Heights, California
F 44 Rick Fox 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Nassau, Bahamas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 21, 1987*
No. 3 vs. No. 1 Syracuse
Hall of Fame Tip Off Classic
W 96–93  1–0
Springfield Civic Center 
Springfield, Massachusetts
Nov 27, 1987*
No. 3 vs. USC W 82–77  2–0
 
 
Nov 28, 1987*
No. 3 at Richmond
Central Fidelity Holiday Classic
W 87–76  3–0
Robins Center 
Richmond, Virginia
Dec 3, 1987*
No. 1 Stetson W 86–74  4–0
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 5, 1987*
No. 1 at Vanderbilt L 76–78  4–1
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 12, 1987*
No. 5 SMU W 90–74  5–1
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 17, 1987*
No. 4 The Citadel W 98–74  6–1
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 19, 1987*
No. 4 at Illinois W 85–74  7–1
Assembly Hall (16,712)
Champaign, Illinois
Dec 30, 1987*
No. 4 at Nevada W 115–91  8–1
Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, Nevada
Jan 2, 1988*
No. 4 at UCLA W 80–73  9–1
Pauley Pavilion (12,544)
Los Angeles, California
Jan 6, 1988*
No. 4 vs. Fordham W 76–67  10–1
 
 
Jan 9, 1988*
No. 4 La Salle W 96–82  11–1
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Regular season
Jan 14, 1988
No. 2 at Maryland W 71–65  12–1
(1–0)
Cole Fieldhouse 
College Park, Maryland
Jan 16, 1988
No. 2 Virginia W 87–62  13–1
(2–0)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 21, 1988
8:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 2 No. 9 Duke
Rivalry
L 69–70  13–2
(2–1)
Dean Smith Center (21,444)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan 24, 1988
No. 2 at No. 20 NC State W 77–73  14–2
(3–1)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan 28, 1988
No. 3 at Wake Forest L 80–83  14–3
(4–1)
Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 30, 1988
No. 3 Georgia Tech W 73–71  15–3
(5–1)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 4, 1988
No. 8 at Clemson W 88–64  16–3
(6–1)
Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, South Carolina
Feb 11, 1988
No. 6 No. 16 NC State W 75–73  17–3
(7–1)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 14, 1988
No. 6 at Virginia W 64–58  18–3
(8–1)
University Hall 
Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 17, 1988
No. 5 Wake Forest W 80–62  19–3
(9–1)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 20, 1988
No. 5 Maryland W 74–73  20–3
(10–1)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Non-conference Regular season
Feb 21, 1988*
 NBC
No. 5 No. 1 Temple L 66–83  20–4
Dean Smith Center (21,444)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Regular season
Feb 28, 1988
No. 9 Clemson W 88–52  21–4
(10–2)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mar 2, 1988
No. 6 at No. 13 Georgia Tech W 97–80  22–4
(11–2)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 
Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 6, 1988
1:00 p.m., NBC
No. 6 at No. 9 Duke
Rivalry
L 81–96  22–5
(11–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564)
Durham, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 11, 1988*
No. 9 vs. Wake Forest
Quarterfinals
W 83–62  23–5
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 12, 1988*
No. 9 Maryland
Semifinals
W 74–64  24–5
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 13, 1988*
No. 9 vs. No. 8 Duke
Championship game
L 61–65  24–6
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, North Carolina
1988 NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 1988*
(2 W) No. 7 vs. (15 W) North Texas State
First round
W 83–65  25–6
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 19, 1988*
(2 W) No. 7 vs. (10 W) No. 15 Loyola Marymount
Second round
W 123–97  26–6
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 25, 1988*
(2 W) No. 7 vs. (3 W) No. 10 Michigan
West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen
W 78–69  27–6
Kingdome 
Seattle, Washington
Mar 27, 1988*
(2 W) No. 7 vs. (1 W) No. 2 Arizona
West Regional Final – Elite Eight
L 52–70  27–7
Kingdome 
Seattle, Washington
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ "1987-88 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "North Carolina Tar Heels 1987-1988 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved June 1, 2018.