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

1987–88 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1988 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1987–88 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1987–88 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1987–88 record	27–7 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (26th season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (20th season); Roy Williams (10th season); Dick Harp (2nd season);
Home arena	Dean Smith Center

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

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	34	J. R. Reid	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	Virginia Beach, Virginia
F	44	Rick Fox	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr

Head coach

Dean Smith (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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	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
Mar 6, 1988	No. 6	at No. 9 Duke	L 81–96	22–5 (11–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium 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
NCAA Tournament
Mar 17, 1988*	(2 W) No. 7	vs. (15 W) North Texas 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

References

"1987-88 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
"North Carolina Tar Heels 1987-1988 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

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[sports-reference-1] "1987-88 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

[tarheeltimes-2] "North Carolina Tar Heels 1987-1988 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics