1986 NCAA Tournament Bracket & Results

Louisville (2 seed) won the 1986 national championship, beating Duke 72–69 after a Final Four with LSU and Kansas.

Round of 64

(6) UAB 66, (11) Missouri 64
(4) Georgetown 70, (13) Texas Tech 64
(2) Georgia Tech 68, (15) Marist 53
(7) Bradley 83, (10) UTEP 65
(2) Louisville 93, (15) Drexel 73
(11) LSU 94, (6) Purdue 87
(5) Michigan St. 72, (12) Washington 70
(1) Duke 85, (16) Mississippi Valley St. 78
(3) North Carolina 84, (14) Utah 72
(4) Oklahoma 80, (13) Northeastern 74
(9) Temple 61, (8) Jacksonville 50
(10) Villanova 71, (7) Virginia Tech 62
(3) Memphis 95, (14) Ball St. 63
(8) Old Dominion 72, (9) West Virginia 64
(12) DePaul 72, (5) Virginia 68
(1) Kansas 71, (16) North Carolina A&T 46
(8) Auburn 73, (9) Arizona 63
(7) Iowa St. 81, (10) Miami OH 79
(1) Kentucky 75, (16) Davidson 55
(8) Western Kentucky 67, (9) Nebraska 59
(5) Maryland 69, (12) Pepperdine 64
(2) Michigan 70, (15) Akron 64
(6) N.C. State 66, (11) Iowa 64
(2) Syracuse 101, (15) Brown 52
(14) Cleveland St. 83, (3) Indiana 79
(5) Alabama 97, (12) Xavier 80
(4) Illinois 75, (13) Fairfield 51
(14) Little Rock 90, (3) Notre Dame 83
(7) Navy 87, (10) Tulsa 68
(4) UNLV 74, (13) Louisiana Monroe 51
(1) St. John's 83, (16) Montana St. 74
(6) Saint Joseph's 60, (11) Richmond 59

(2) Georgia Tech 66, (10) Villanova 61
(2) Louisville 82, (7) Bradley 68
(11) LSU 83, (3) Memphis 81
(5) Michigan St. 80, (4) Georgetown 68
(1) Duke 89, (8) Old Dominion 61
(3) North Carolina 77, (6) UAB 59
(12) DePaul 74, (4) Oklahoma 69
(1) Kansas 65, (9) Temple 43
(8) Auburn 81, (1) St. John's 65
(7) Iowa St. 72, (2) Michigan 69
(1) Kentucky 71, (8) Western Kentucky 64
(6) N.C. State 80, (14) Little Rock 66
(14) Cleveland St. 75, (6) Saint Joseph's 69
(5) Alabama 58, (4) Illinois 56
(7) Navy 97, (2) Syracuse 85
(4) UNLV 70, (5) Maryland 64

(8) Auburn 70, (4) UNLV 63
(1) Kentucky 68, (5) Alabama 63
(2) Louisville 94, (3) North Carolina 79
(11) LSU 70, (2) Georgia Tech 64
(1) Duke 74, (12) DePaul 67
(6) N.C. State 70, (7) Iowa St. 66
(1) Kansas 96, (5) Michigan St. 86
(7) Navy 71, (14) Cleveland St. 70