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The 1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1]
1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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ACC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet 16 | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 5 |
Record | 29–8 (9–5 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Captain | Steve Bucknall Jeff Lebo |
Home arena | Dean Smith Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 NC State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Duke | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 North Carolina † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1989 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, with 29 wins, a top ten ranking, and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA tournament. [2]
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 18, 1988* |
No. 6 | Chattanooga Preseason NIT |
W 111–84 | 1–0 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Nov 19, 1988* |
No. 6 | Georgia Preseason NIT |
W 99–91 | 2–0 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Nov 20, 1988* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 14 Missouri Preseason NIT |
L 81–91 | 2–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||||
Nov 25, 1988* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 20 Indiana Preseason NIT Consolation |
W 106–92 | 3–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | ||||||
Nov 28, 1988* |
No. 5 | Stanford | W 87–76 | 4–1 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 2, 1988* |
No. 10 | vs. No. 11 Arizona Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions |
W 79–72 | 5–1 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 3, 1988* |
No. 10 | vs. No. 8 Missouri Diet Pepsi Tournament of Champions |
W 76–60 | 6–1 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 7, 1988* |
No. 8 | Vanderbilt | W 89–77 | 7–1 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 10, 1988* |
No. 8 | vs. Richmond | W 76–68 | 8–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 17, 1988* |
No. 8 | No. 20 UCLA | W 104–78 | 9–1 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Dec 22, 1988* |
No. 8 | vs. Towson State | W 102–74 | 10–1 |
HersheyPark Arena Hershey, PA | ||||||
Dec 29, 1988* |
No. 7 | at San Diego State | W 103–92 | 11–1 |
Peterson Gym San Diego, California | ||||||
Jan 3, 1989* |
No. 6 | at Pepperdine | W 102–80 | 12–1 |
Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California | ||||||
Jan 5, 1989* |
No. 6 | at DePaul | W 87–67 | 13–1 |
Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois | ||||||
Jan 7, 1989* |
No. 6 | No. 9 Iowa | L 97–98[3] | 13–2 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan 11, 1989 |
No. 8 | Maryland | W 88–72 | 14–2 (1–0) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan 15, 1989 |
No. 8 | at Virginia | L 83–106 | 14–3 (1–1) |
University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan 18, 1989 |
No. 13 | at No. 1 Duke | W 91–71 | 15–3 (2–1) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan 21, 1989 |
No. 13 | No. 15 NC State | W 84–81 | 16–3 (3–1) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan 25, 1989 |
No. 7 | at Wake Forest | W 88–74 | 17–3 (4–1) |
Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan 28, 1989 |
No. 7 | Georgia Tech | W 92–85 | 18–3 (5–1) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 1, 1989 |
No. 3 | at Clemson | L 82–85 | 18–4 (5–2) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
Feb 9, 1989 |
No. 6 | at No. 17 NC State | L 88–98 | 18–5 (5–3) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 12, 1989 |
No. 6 | Virginia | W 85–67 | 19–5 (6–3) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 14, 1989* |
No. 8 | at Old Dominion | W 87–77 | 20–5 |
Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||
Feb 16, 1989 |
No. 8 | Wake Forest | W 99–76 | 21–5 (7–3) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 19, 1989 |
No. 8 | at Maryland | W 86–75 | 22–5 (8–3) |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | ||||||
Feb 21, 1989* |
No. 5 | Nevada | W 109–86 | 23–5 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb 25, 1989 |
No. 5 | Clemson | W 100–86 | 24–5 (9–3) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 1, 1989 |
No. 5 | at Georgia Tech | L 74–76 | 24–6 (9–4) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 5, 1989 |
No. 5 | No. 9 Duke | L 86–88 | 24–7 (9–5) |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 10, 1989* |
No. 9 | at Georgia Tech ACC Tournament Quarterfinal |
W 77–62 | 25–7 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 11, 1989* |
No. 9 | vs. Maryland ACC Tournament Semifinal |
W 88–58 | 26–7 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 12, 1989* |
No. 9 | vs. No. 7 Duke ACC tournament championship |
W 77–74 | 27–7 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 1989* |
(2 SE) No. 5 | vs. (15 SE) Southern First round |
W 93–79 | 28–7 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 19, 1989* |
(2 SE) No. 5 | vs. (7 SE) UCLA Second Round |
W 88–81 | 29–7 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 23, 1989* |
(2 SE) No. 5 | vs. (3 SE) No. 10 Michigan Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 87–92 | 29–8 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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1 | 5 | J. R. Reid | Charlotte Hornets |
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