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1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Atlantic Coast Conference
No. 4
No. 5
29–8 (9–5 ACC)
Dean Smith (27th season)
Bill Guthridge (21st season)
Dick Harp (3rd season)
Steve Bucknall
Jeff Lebo
Dean Smith Center

The 1988–89 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Led by head coach Dean Smith, the Tar Heels won 29 games, achieved a top ten ranking, and reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.

Sources:

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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	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
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
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
1	5	J. R. Reid	Charlotte Hornets

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