1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament |
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| Season | 1985–86 | ||||
| Teams | 64 | ||||
| Finals site |
Reunion Arena Dallas |
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| Champions |
Louisville (2nd title, 2nd title game, 7th Final Four) |
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| Runner-up |
Duke (3rd title game, 5th Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | Denny Crum (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Pervis Ellison Louisville | ||||
| Attendance | 499,704 | ||||
| Top scorer |
Johnny Dawkins Duke (153 points) |
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The 1986 NCAA Division I Men's 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 (the same as NCAA women's basketball) 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.
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