1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1986 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Season 198586
Teams 64
Finals site Reunion Arena
Dallas, Texas
Champions Louisville (2nd title, 2nd title game,
7th Final Four)
Runner-up Duke (3rd title game,
5th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Denny Crum (2nd title)
MOP Pervis Ellison Louisville
Attendance 499,704
Top scorer Johnny Dawkins Duke
(153 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1985 1987»

The 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. 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.

Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 72-69 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski. Pervis Ellison of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

The 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament was the first tournament to use a shot clock limiting the amount of time for any one offensive possession by a team prior to taking a shot at the basket. Beginning with the 1986 tournament, the shot clock was set at 45 seconds, which it would remain until being shortened to 35 seconds beginning in the 1994 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, and further shortened to 30 seconds starting with the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 1986 tournament was also the last to not feature the Three-Point Shot.

LSU's 1985-86 team is tied for the lowest-seeded team (#11) to ever make the Final Four (with George Mason's 2005–2006 team and VCU's 2010-2011 team). As of 2013, they are the only team in tournament history to beat the top 3 seeds from their region. LSU began its run to the Final Four by winning two games on its home court, leading to a change two years later which prohibited teams from playing NCAA tournament games on a court which they have played four or more games in the regular season. Cleveland State University became the first #14 seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen, losing to their fellow underdog, Navy, by a single point. This was also the first year in which two #14 seeds reached the second round in the same year, as Arkansas-Little Rock beat #3-seed Notre Dame; however, they lost their second-round game in overtime. Both feats have only occurred one other time. Chattanooga reached the Sweet Sixteen as a 14-seed in 1997, and Old Dominion and Weber State both reached the second round as 14-seeds in 1995.

Every regional final featured a #1 or #2 seed playing a team seeded #6 or lower. The lone #1 seed to not reach the Elite Eight, St. John's (West), was knocked out in the second round by #8 Auburn, which lost to #2 Louisville in the regional final.

It can be argued that these upsets by the 14-seeds launched the NCAA Tournament's reputation for having unknown teams surprise well-known basketball powers, and both happened on the same day. Indiana's stunning loss would be part of the climax in the best-selling book A Season On The Brink.

Another story of the tournament was when Navy reached the Elite 8 thanks to stunning performances by David Robinson.

Locations

Baton Rouge
Dayton
Charlotte
Syracuse
Greensboro
Minneapolis
Long Beach
Ogden
1986 first and second rounds
Houston
Atlanta
Kansas City
E. Rutherford
Dallas
1986 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

First and second rounds

Later rounds

Region Site
East East Rutherford, New Jersey (Meadowlands Arena)
Midwest Kansas City, Missouri (Kemper Arena)
Southeast Atlanta, Georgia (Omni Coliseum)
West Houston, Texas (The Summit)
Finals Dallas, Texas (Reunion Arena)

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final opponent Score
West
West 1 St. John's Lou Carnesecca Round of 328 AuburnL 81-65
West 2 Louisville Denny Crum Champion1 DukeW 72-69
West 3 North Carolina Dean Smith Sweet Sixteen2 LouisvilleL 94-79
West 4 UNLV Jerry Tarkanian Sweet Sixteen8 AuburnL 70-63
West 5 Maryland Lefty Driesell Round of 324 UNLVL 70-64
West 6 UAB Gene Bartow Round of 323 North CarolinaL 77-59
West 7 Bradley Dick Versace Round of 322 LouisvilleL 82-68
West 8 Auburn Sonny Smith Regional Runner-up2 LouisvilleL 84-76
West 9 Arizona Lute Olson Round of 648 AuburnL 73-63
West 10 UTEP Don Haskins Round of 647 BradleyL 83-65
West 11 Missouri Norm Stewart Round of 646 UABL 66-64
West 12 Pepperdine Jim Harrick Round of 645 MarylandL 69-64
West 13 Northeast Louisiana Mike Vining Round of 644 UNLVL 74-51
West 14 Utah Lynn Archibald Round of 643 North CarolinaL 84-72
West 15 Drexel Eddie Burke Round of 642 LouisvilleL 93-73
West 16 Montana State Stu Starner Round of 641 St. John'sL 83-74
Midwest
Midwest 1 Kansas Larry Brown National Semifinals1 DukeL 71-67
Midwest 2 Michigan Bill Frieder Round of 327 Iowa StateL 72-69
Midwest 3 Notre Dame Digger Phelps Round of 6414 Arkansas-Little RockL 90-83
Midwest 4 Georgetown John Thompson Round of 325 Michigan StateL 80-68
Midwest 5 Michigan State Jud Heathcote Sweet Sixteen1 KansasL 96-86
Midwest 6 North Carolina State Jim Valvano Regional Runner-up1 KansasL 75-67
Midwest 7 Iowa State Johnny Orr Sweet Sixteen6 North Carolina StateL 70-66
Midwest 8 Jacksonville Bob Wenzel Round of 649 TempleL 61-50
Midwest 9 Temple John Chaney Round of 321 KansasL 65-43
Midwest 10 Miami, Ohio Jerry Peirson Round of 647 Iowa StateL 81-79
Midwest 11 Iowa George Raveling Round of 646 North Carolina StateL 66-64
Midwest 12 Washington Andy Russo Round of 645 Michigan StateL 72-70
Midwest 13 Texas Tech Gerald Myers Round of 644 GeorgetownL 70-64
Midwest 14 Arkansas-Little Rock Mike Newell Round of 326 North Carolina StateL 80-66
Midwest 15 Akron Bob Huggins Round of 642 MichiganL 70-64
Midwest 16 North Carolina A&T Don Corbett Round of 641 KansasL 71-46
Southeast
Southeast 1 Kentucky Eddie Sutton Regional Runner-up11 LSUL 59-57
Southeast 2 Georgia Tech Bobby Cremins Sweet Sixteen11 LSUL 70-64
Southeast 3 Memphis State (Vacated) Dana Kirk Round of 3211 LSUL 83-81
Southeast 4 Illinois Lou Henson Round of 325 AlabamaL 58-56
Southeast 5 Alabama Wimp Sanderson Sweet Sixteen1 KentuckyL 68-63
Southeast 6 Purdue Gene Keady Round of 6411 LSUL 94-87
Southeast 7 Virginia Tech Charles Moir Round of 6410 VillanovaL 71-62
Southeast 8 Western Kentucky Clem Haskins Round of 321 KentuckyL 71-64
Southeast 9 Nebraska Moe Iba Round of 648 Western KentuckyL 67-59
Southeast 10 Villanova Rollie Massimino Round of 322 Georgia TechL 66-61
Southeast 11 LSU Dale Brown National Semifinals2 LouisvilleL 88-77
Southeast 12 Xavier Pete Gillen Round of 645 AlabamaL 97-80
Southeast 13 Fairfield Mitch Buonaguro Round of 644 IllinoisL 75-51
Southeast 14 Ball State Al Brown Round of 643 MemphisL 95-63
Southeast 15 Marist Matt Furjanic Round of 642 Georgia TechL 68-53
Southeast 16 Davidson Bobby Hussey Round of 641 KentuckyL 75-55
East
East 1 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Runner Up2 LouisvilleL 72-69
East 2 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Round of 327 NavyL 97-85
East 3 Indiana Bob Knight Round of 6414 Cleveland StateL 83-79
East 4 Oklahoma Billy Tubbs Round of 3212 DePaulL 74-69
East 5 Virginia Terry Holland Round of 6412 DePaulL 72-68
East 6 Saint Joseph's Jim Boyle Round of 3214 Cleveland StateL 75-69
East 7 Navy Paul Evans Regional Runner-up1 DukeL 71-50
East 8 Old Dominion Tom Young Round of 321 DukeL 89-61
East 9 West Virginia Gale Catlett Round of 648 Old DominionL 72-64
East 10 Tulsa J. D. Barnett Round of 647 NavyL 87-68
East 11 Richmond Dick Tarrant Round of 646 Saint Joseph'sL 60-59
East 12 DePaul Joey Meyer Sweet Sixteen1 DukeL 74-67
East 13 Northeastern Jim Calhoun Round of 644 OklahomaL 80-74
East 14 Cleveland State Kevin Mackey Sweet Sixteen7 NavyL 71-70
East 15 Brown Mike Cingiser Round of 642 SyracuseL 101-52
East 16 Mississippi Valley State Lafayette Stribling Round of 641 DukeL 85-78

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional - East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Duke 85
16 Mississippi Valley St 78
1 Duke 89
Greensboro
8 Old Dominion 61
8 Old Dominion 72
9 West Virginia 64
1 Duke 74
12 DePaul 67
5 Virginia 68
12 DePaul 72
12 DePaul 74
Greensboro
4 Oklahoma 69
4 Oklahoma 80
13 Northeastern 74
1 Duke 71
7 Navy 50
6 St Joseph's 60
11 Richmond 59
6 St Joseph's 69
Syracuse
14 Cleveland St. 75
3 Indiana 79
14 Cleveland St. 83
14 Cleveland St. 70
7 Navy 71
7 Navy 87
10 Tulsa 68
7 Navy 97
Syracuse
2 Syracuse 85
2 Syracuse 101
15 Brown 52

Midwest Regional - Kansas City, Missouri

First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Kansas 71
16 North Carolina A&T 46
1 Kansas 65
Dayton
9 Temple 43
8 Jacksonville 50*
9 Temple 61
1 Kansas 96
5 Michigan St. 86*
5 Michigan St. 72
12 Washington 70
5 Michigan St. 80
Dayton
4 Georgetown 68
4 Georgetown 70
13 Texas Tech 64
1 Kansas 75
6 N.C. State 67
6 N.C. State 66
11 Iowa 64
6 N.C. State 80
Minneapolis
14 Arkansas Little Rock 66*
3 Notre Dame 83
14 Arkansas Little Rock 90
6 N.C. State 70
7 Iowa St. 66
7 Iowa St. 81
10 Miami-OH 79*
7 Iowa St. 72
Minneapolis
2 Michigan 69
2 Michigan 70
15 Akron 64

Southeast Regional - Atlanta, Georgia

First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Kentucky 75
16 Davidson 55
1 Kentucky 71
Charlotte
8 Western Kentucky 64
8 Western Kentucky 67
9 Nebraska 59
1 Kentucky 68
5 Alabama 63
5 Alabama 97
12 Xavier 80
5 Alabama 58
Charlotte
4 Illinois 56
4 Illinois 75
13 Fairfield 51
1 Kentucky 57
11 LSU 59
6 Purdue 87**
11 LSU 94
11 LSU 83
Baton Rouge
3 Memphis St. 81
3 Memphis St. 95
14 Ball St 63
11 LSU 70
2 Georgia Tech 64
7 Virginia Tech 62
10 Villanova 71
10 Villanova 61
Baton Rouge
2 Georgia Tech 66
2 Georgia Tech 68
15 Marist 53

West Regional - Houston, Texas

First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 St John's 83
16 Montana St 74
1 St John's 65
Long Beach
8 Auburn 81
8 Auburn 73
9 Arizona 63
8 Auburn 70
4 UNLV 63
5 Maryland 69
12 Pepperdine 64
5 Maryland 64
Long Beach
4 UNLV 70
4 UNLV 74
13 Northeast Louisiana 51
8 Auburn 76
2 Louisville 84
6 UAB 66
11 Missouri 64
6 UAB 59
Ogden
3 North Carolina 77
3 North Carolina 84
14 Utah 72
3 North Carolina 79
2 Louisville 94
7 Bradley 83
10 UTEP 65
7 Bradley 68
Ogden
2 Louisville 82
2 Louisville 93
15 Drexel 73

Final Four @ Dallas, Texas

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E1 Duke 71
M1 Kansas 67
E1 Duke 69
W2 Louisville 72
S11 LSU 77
W2 Louisville 88

Announcers

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