1986 NCAA Tournament

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1986 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

. It began on March 13, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Dallas, Texas. A total of 63 games were played.

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1986 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

March 13 and 15
- East Region
  - Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Midwest Region
  - University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
- Southeast Region
  - LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- West Region
  - Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah
March 14 and 16
- East Region
  - Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
- Midwest Region
  - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Southeast Region
  - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
- West Region
  - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California

Round of 64

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East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Duke	16	Mississippi Valley State	85-78
		2	Syracuse	15	Brown	101-52
		3	Indiana	14	Cleveland State	83-79
		4	Oklahoma	13	Northeastern	80-74
		5	Virginia	12	DePaul	72-68
		6	St. Joseph's	11	Richmond	60-59
		7	Navy	10	Tulsa	87-68
		8	Old Dominion	9	West Virginia	72-64

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Kansas	16	North Carolina A&T	71-46
		2	Michigan	15	Akron	70-64
		3	Notre Dame	14	#14 Arkansas-Little Rock	90-83
		4	Georgetown	13	Texas Tech	70-64
		5	Michigan State	12	Washington	72-70
		6	North Carolina State	11	Iowa	66-64
		7	Iowa State	10	Miami (Ohio)	81-79 (ot)
		8	Jacksonville	9	Temple	61-50 (ot)

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Kentucky	16	Davidson	75-55
		2	Georgia Tech	15	Marist	68-53
		3	Memphis State	14	Ball State	95-63
		4	Illinois	13	Fairfield	75-51
		5	Alabama	12	Xavier	97-80
		6	Purdue	11	Louisiana State	94-87 (2ot)
		7	Virginia Tech	10	Villanova	71-62
		8	Western Kentucky	9	Nebraska	67-59

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	St. John's	16	Montana State	83-74
		2	Louisville	15	Drexel	93-73
		3	North Carolina	14	Utah	84-72
		4	UNLV	13	Northeast Louisiana	74-51
		5	Maryland	12	Pepperdine	69-64
		6	UAB	11	Missouri	66-64
		7	Bradley	10	Texas-El Paso	83-65
		8	Auburn	9	Arizona	73-63

Round of 32

East REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Duke	8	Old Dominion	89-61
		2	Syracuse	7	Navy	97-85
		6	St. Joseph's	14	Cleveland State	75-69
		4	Oklahoma	12	DePaul	74-69

Midwest REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kansas	9	Temple	65-43
		2	Michigan	7	Iowa State	72-69
		6	North Carolina State	14	Arkansas-Little Rock	80-66 (2 OT)
		4	Georgetown	5	Michigan State	80-68

Southeast REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	Kentucky	8	Western Kentucky	71-64
		2	Georgia Tech	10	Villanova	66-61
		3	Memphis State	11	Louisiana State	83-81
		4	Illinois	5	Alabama	58-56

West REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		1	St. John's	8	Auburn	81-65
		2	Louisville	7	Bradley	82-68
		3	North Carolina	6	UAB	77-59
		4	UNLV	5	Maryland	70-64

Sweet 16

East REGIONAL at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New JerseyMarch 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Duke	12	DePaul	74-67
	7	Navy	14	Cleveland State	71-70

Midwest REGIONAL at Kemper Arena, Kansas CityMarch 21 and 23
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kansas	5	Michigan State	96-86 (ot)
	6	North Carolina State	7	Iowa State	70-66

Southeast REGIONAL at Omni Coliseum, AtlantaMarch 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky	5	Alabama	68-63
	2	Georgia Tech	11	Louisiana State	70-64

West REGIONAL at The Summit, Houston,March 20 and 22
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Louisville	3	North Carolina	94-79
	4	UNLV	8	Auburn	70-63

Elite 8

East REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Duke	7	Navy	71-50

Midwest REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kansas	6	North Carolina State	75-67

Southeast REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Kentucky	11	Louisiana State	59-57

West REGIONAL at Los Angeles
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	2	Louisville	8	Auburn	84-76

Final 4

at Dallas, TX

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

March 29 and 31
- Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Duke	1	Kansas	71-67
	2	Louisville	11	Louisiana State	88-77

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Dallas, TX


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
	1	Duke	2	Louisville	72-69

NCAA Results

First Round

Second Round

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

National Semifinals

Louisville leaders: Billy Thompson, Sr., F; Milt Wagner, Sr., G; Pervis Ellison, Fr., C; Herbert Crook, So., F; Jeff Hall, Sr., G; Tony Kimbro, Fr., F

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Duke	37-3	NCAA 2nd Place
2.	Kansas	35-4	Lost NCAA semifinals
3	Kentucky	32-4	Lost NCAA regionals
4.	St. John’s	31-5	Lost NCAA regionals
5.	Michigan	28-5	Lost NCAA regionals
6.	Georgia Tech	27-7	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Louisville	32-7	NCAA 1st Place
8.	North Carolina	28-6	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	Syracuse	26-6	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	Notre Dame	23-6	Lost NCAA regionals

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
F	Walter Berry	Jr.	St. John’s
F	Kenny Walker	Sr.	Kentucky
F	Len Bias	Sr.	Maryland
G	Steve Alford	Jr.	Indiana
G	Johnny Dawkins	Sr.	Duke

All NCAA Tournament Team

Name	Cl.	Pos	Team
Mark Alarie	Sr.	F	Duke
Billy Thompson	Sr.	F	Louisivlle
Pervis Ellison	Fr.	F-C	Louisville
Tommy Amaker	Jr.	G	Duke
Johnny Dawkins	Sr.	G	Duke

Team Offense

U.S. International, 90.8

Notes

45-second shot clock introduced.
Navy’s David Robinson set a season NCAA record with 207 blocked shots, including 14 vs. North Carolina-Wilmington.
Houston coach Guy Lewis retired after 32 seasons of coaching, leaving with a 592-279 record.
NIT 1st Place: Ohio State def. Wyoming.

Team Defense

Princeton, St. Peter's, 55.0

Individual Scoring

1. Terrance Bailey	Wagner	29.4
2. Scott Skiles	Michigan State	27.4
3. Joe Yezbak	U.S. International	27.0
4. Reggie Miller	UCLA	25.9
5. Ron Harper	Miami (Ohio)	24.4
6. Dell Curry	Virginia Tech	24.1

Individual Rebounding

1. David Robinson	Navy	13.0
2. Greg Anderson	Houston	12.9
3. Brad Sellers	Ohio State	12.6