1986–87 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1986–87 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1986–87 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	24–9 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (7th season);
Assistant coach	Chuck Swenson
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Last updated November 24, 2025

1986–87 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina	14	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
No. 13 Clemson	10	–	4	.714	25	–	6	.806
No. 17 Duke	9	–	5	.643	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	8	–	6	.571	21	–	10	.677
Georgia Tech	7	–	7	.500	16	–	13	.552
NC State †	6	–	8	.429	20	–	14	.588
Wake Forest	2	–	12	.143	14	–	15	.483
Maryland	0	–	14	.000	9	–	17	.346

† 1987 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski ^[1] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 24–9.^[2] In the 1987 NCAA Tournament Duke was invited as a #5 seed. After posting two wins, Duke lost 88–82 to Indiana the eventual National Champion.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 28, 1986*		at BYU-Hawaii BYU-Hawaii Thanksgiving Classic	W 85–68	1–0	Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
November 29, 1986*		vs. No. 14 Illinois BYU-Hawaii Thanksgiving Classic	L 62–69	1–1	Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
December 3, 1986*		East Carolina	W 103–65	2–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 6, 1986*		Vanderbilt	W 78–66	3–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 8, 1986*		Davidson	W 95–65	4–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, Nc
December 13, 1986*		vs. No. 18 Alabama	W 76–67	5–1	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
December 22, 1986*		at Miami (FL)	W 74–67	6–1	Knight Center Miami, FL
December 29, 1986*		Appalachian State	W 80–50	7–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 30, 1986*	No. 20	Northwestern	W 106–55	8–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 3, 1987	No. 20	at Virginia	W 70–63	9–1	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
January 5, 1987*	No. 20	William & Mary	W 82–46	10–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 7, 1987	No. 17	St. Joseph’s	W 93–83	11–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 10, 1987	No. 17	No. 3 North Carolina Rivalry	L 77–85	11–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 14, 1987	No. 14	at Maryland	W 85–61	12–2	Cole Field House College Park, MD
January 17, 1987	No. 14	Wake Forest	W 69–49	13–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 21, 1987	No. 12	at No. 20 NC State	L 74–87	13–3	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 24, 1987	No. 12	at No. 10 Clemson	W 105–103 ^OT	14–3	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 26, 1987*	No. 12	Cornell	W 85–59	15–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 29, 1987	No. 13	at Georgia Tech	L 66–75	15–4	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
January 31, 1987	No. 13	at Wake Forest	W 62–60 ^OT	16–4	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
February 2, 1987	No. 13	Stetson	W 62–59	17–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 4, 1987	No. 16	Virginia	W 75–61	18–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 7, 1987	No. 16	Maryland	W 76–67	19–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 10, 1987*	No. 15	at Harvard	W 98–86	20–4	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
February 15, 1987*	No. 15	at Notre Dame	L 66–70 ^OT	20–5	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 19, 1987	No. 17	NC State	W 66–50	21–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 21, 1987	No. 17	Georgia Tech	L 72–79	21–6	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 26, 1987	No. 17	at No. 2 North Carolina Rivalry	L 71–77	21–7	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 28, 1987	No. 17	No. 13 Clemson	W 65–59	22–7	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
March 6, 1987	No. 14	vs. NC State Quarterfinals	L 64–71 ^OT	22–8	Capital Centre Landover, MD
NCAA Tournament
March 12, 1987*	No. 17	vs. Texas A&M First Round	W 58–51	23–8	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN
March 14, 1987*	No. 17	vs. Xavier Second Round	W 65–60	24–8	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN
March 20, 1987*	No. 17	vs. No. 3 Indiana Sweet Sixteen	L 82–88	24–9	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source: Duke media guide^[3]

Rankings

References

↑ "1986-87 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved October 12, 2013.
↑ "1986-87 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved October 11, 2013.
↑ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 175. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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[1] "1986-87 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved October 12, 2013.

[2] "1986-87 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved October 11, 2013.

[3] "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 175. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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v t e Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue Devil Blue blood status Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic / Big Four I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road 1991 UNLV game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 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 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1986–87 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Schedule

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