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North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina Tar Heels athletic logo
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University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Conference ACC
Location Chapel Hill, NC
Head Coach Roy Williams (5th year)
Arena Dean Smith Center
(Capacity: 21,750)
Nickname Tar Heels
Colors Carolina Blue and White

             
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NCAA Tournament Champions
1957, 1982, 1993, 2005
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005
Conference Tournament Champions
1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007
Conference Regular Season Champions
1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007

The University of North Carolina's men's basketball program is among the most prominent and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Tar Heels have won four NCAA championships and 16 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles. The program is most well-known for its famous alumni, such as Michael Jordan, illustrious coaching history, and a fierce rivalry with the Duke University Blue Devils (a team located only eight miles away in Durham, North Carolina). The rivalry is widely regarded as one of the most intense in all of sports.[1]

On January 21, 2007, UNC became only the second college basketball program to reach 1,900 wins in its history. The University of Kentucky was the only previous school to reach this mark.

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UNC played its first basketball game against Virginia Christian, on January 27, 1910, a 42-21 win for UNC[2]. Since then the Tar Heels have amassed an all-time 1,914-696 (.733) record (through the 2006-2007 season)[2]. UNC's 1,914 wins are second all time, behind the University of Kentucky's 1,949 wins.

The 1924 Tar Heels squad went 26-0 and was retroactively awarded the national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936. The Helms Foundation named its own national college basketball champion for each year from 1936 through 1982. The foundation also retroactively awarded championships from 1901 through 1935. While the 1924 team was undefeated, they did not play a single opponent from north of the Mason-Dixon Line; indeed, intersectional play would not start on a regular basis for another decade.

The Tar Heels won their first NCAA Championship under coach Frank McGuire in 1957. The 1957 championship team was led by Lennie Rosenbluth and several other transplants from the New York City area. C.D. Chesley, a Washington, D.C. television producer, piped the championship game in Kansas City to a hastily-created network of stations across North Carolina--an event which proved pivotal in basketball becoming a craze in the state.

McGuire was forced to resign in 1961 and was replaced by one of his assistants, Dean Smith. Smith led the Tar Heels to 13 ACC tournament titles, as well as two NCAA titles in 1982 and 1993. The 1982 squad was led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and a young Michael Jordan. The 1993 team starred Donald Williams, George Lynch and Eric Montross. Roy Williams, the current head coach of the Tar Heels, won his first NCAA Championship and the fourth for the university in 2005. The 2005 squad was led by Raymond Felton, Sean May, and Rashad McCants.

UNC was a member of the Southern Conference from the founding of that conference in 1921 through 1953[3]. In 1953, UNC split off from the Southern Conference and became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference[4].

The Tar Heels own several of the most impressive streaks in college basketball history. They appeared in either the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT) every year from 1967 to 2001--including 27 straight appearances in the NCAA tourney from 1975-2001 (the all-time consecutive appearance record) after that competition allowed more than one team from a conference to get a guaranteed bid. Arizona is second to the Tar Heels with a current streak of 23 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is the longest active streak. The Tar Heels also notched 37 straight winning seasons from 1964 to 2001--the second-longest such streak in NCAA history, behind only UCLA's streak of 54 consecutive winning seasons from 1948 to 2002.

From the ACC's inception in 1953 to 2001, the Tar Heels did not finish worse than a tie for fourth place in ACC play. From 1965 onward, they did not finish worse than a tie for third, and from 1965 to 1986 they did not finish worse than a tie for second. Neither of these streaks have been seriously threatened by another ACC team; during this time the ACC's other six charter members finished first at least once and last at least once, and only Clemson failed to win a tournament title.

All of these streaks ended in the 2001-02 season, when the Tar Heels had a dreadful 8-20 season, the worst in school history. They also finished tied for 7th in conference play, behind Florida State and Clemson--their second losing conference record ever (the first being in the ACC's inaugural season).

Additionally, the Tar Heels hold an interesting and possibly unique record in terms of a recurrent head-to-head rivalry. In 53 tries, Clemson has never beaten UNC in men's basketball in a game that was played in Chapel Hill, current as of the 2006-07 season.

A tipoff of a Duke-UNC game at the Dean Smith Center
A tipoff of a Duke-UNC game at the Dean Smith Center

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ACC Rookie of the Year:

Season Head Coach Overall Record Conf. Record Postseason
1910-11 Nat Cartmell 7-4 - -
1911-12 Nat Cartmell 4-5 - -
1912-13 Nat Cartmell 4-7 - -
1913-14 Nat Cartmell 10-8 - -
1914-15 Charles Doak 6-10 - -
1915-16 Charles Doak 12-6 - -
1916-17 Howell Peacock 5-4 - -
1917-18 Howell Peacock 9-3 - -
1918-19 Howell Peacock 9-7 - -
1919-20 Fred Boye 7-9 - -
1920-21 Fred Boye 12-8 - -
Southern Conference
1921-22 no head coach 15-6 3-3 -
1922-23 no head coach 15-1 5-0 -
1923-24 Norman Shepard 26-0 7-0 Named national champion by the Helms Foundation
1924-25 Monk McDonald 20-5 8-0 -
1925-26 Harlan Sanborn 20-5 7-0 -
1926-27 James Ashmore 17-7 7-3 -
1927-28 James Ashmore 17-2 8-1 -
1928-29 James Ashmore 17-8 12-2 -
1929-30 James Ashmore 14-11 4-7 -
1930-31 James Ashmore 15-9 6-6 -
1931-32 George Shepard 16-5 6-3 -
1932-33 George Shepard 12-5 5-3 -
1933-34 George Shepard 18-4 12-2 -
1934-35 George Shepard 23-2 12-1 -
1935-36 Walter Skidmore 21-4 13-3 -
1936-37 Walter Skidmore 18-5 14-3 -
1937-38 Walter Skidmore 16-5 13-3 -
1938-39 Walter Skidmore 10-11 8-7 -
1939-40 Bill Lange 23-3 11-2 -
1940-41 Bill Lange 19-9 14-1 NCAA Final 8
1941-42 Bill Lange 14-9 9-5 -
1942-43 Bill Lange 12-10 8-9 -
1943-44 Bill Lange 17-10 9-1 -
1944-45 Ben Carnevale 22-6 11-3 -
1945-46 Ben Carnevale 30-5 13-1 NCAA Finalist
1946-47 Tom Scott 19-8 10-2 -
1947-48 Tom Scott 20-7 11-4 -
1948-49 Tom Scott 20-8 13-5 -
1949-50 Tom Scott 17-12 13-6 -
1950-51 Tom Scott 12-15 9-8 -
1951-52 Tom Scott 12-15 8-11 -
1952-53 Frank McGuire 17-10 15-6 -
Atlantic Coast Conference
1953-54 Frank McGuire 11-10 5-6 -
1954-55 Frank McGuire 10-11 8-6 -
1955-56 Frank McGuire 18-5 11-3 -
1956-57 Frank McGuire 32-0 14-0 NCAA Champion
1957-58 Frank McGuire 19-7 10-4 -
1958-59 Frank McGuire 20-5 12-2 NCAA First Round
1959-60 Frank McGuire 18-6 12-2 -
1960-61 Frank McGuire 19-4 12-2 -
1961-62 Dean Smith 8-9 7-7 -
1962-63 Dean Smith 15-6 10-4 -
1963-64 Dean Smith 12-12 6-8 -
1964-65 Dean Smith 15-9 10-4 -
1965-66 Dean Smith 16-11 8-6 -
1966-67 Dean Smith 26-6 12-2 NCAA Final 4
1967-68 Dean Smith 28-4 12-2 NCAA Finalist
1968-69 Dean Smith 27-5 12-2 NCAA Final 4
1969-70 Dean Smith 18-9 9-5 NIT First Round
1970-71 Dean Smith 26-6 11-3 NIT Champion
1971-72 Dean Smith 26-5 9-3 NCAA Final 4
1972-73 Dean Smith 25-8 8-4 NIT Semifinal
1973-74 Dean Smith 22-6 9-3 NIT First Round
1974-75 Dean Smith 23-8 8-4 NCAA Final 16
1975-76 Dean Smith 25-4 11-1 NCAA First Round
1976-77 Dean Smith 28-5 9-3 NCAA Finalist
1977-78 Dean Smith 23-8 9-3 NCAA First Round
1978-79 Dean Smith 23-6 9-3 NCAA First Round
1979-80 Dean Smith 21-8 9-5 NCAA First Round
1980-81 Dean Smith 29-8 10-4 NCAA Finalist
1981-82 Dean Smith 32-2 12-2 NCAA Champion
1982-83 Dean Smith 28-8 12-2 NCAA Final 8
1983-84 Dean Smith 28-3 14-0 NCAA Final 16
1984-85 Dean Smith 27-9 9-5 NCAA Final 8
1985-86 Dean Smith 28-6 10-4 NCAA Final 16
1986-87 Dean Smith 32-4 14-0 NCAA Final 8
1987-88 Dean Smith 27-7 11-3 NCAA Final 8
1988-89 Dean Smith 29-8 9-5 NCAA Final 16
1989-90 Dean Smith 21-13 8-6 NCAA Final 16
1990-91 Dean Smith 29-6 10-4 NCAA Final 4
1991-92 Dean Smith 23-10 9-7 NCAA Final 16
1992-93 Dean Smith 34-4 14-2 NCAA Champion
1993-94 Dean Smith 28-7 11-5 NCAA Second Round
1994-95 Dean Smith 28-6 12-4 NCAA Final 4
1995-96 Dean Smith 21-11 10-6 NCAA Second Round
1996-97 Dean Smith 28-7 11-5 NCAA Final 4
1997-98 Bill Guthridge 34-4 13-3 NCAA Final 4
1998-99 Bill Guthridge 24-10 10-6 NCAA First Round
1999-2000 Bill Guthridge 22-14 9-7 NCAA Final 4
2000-01 Matt Doherty 26-7 13-3 NCAA Second Round
2001-02 Matt Doherty 8-20 4-12 -
2002-03 Matt Doherty 19-16 6-10 NIT Quarterfinals
2003-04 Roy Williams 19-11 8-8 NCAA Second Round
2004-05 Roy Williams 33-4 14-2 NCAA Champion
2005-06 Roy Williams 23-8 12-4 NCAA Second Round
2006-07 Roy Williams 31-7 11-5 NCAA Final 8
TOTAL OVERALL RECORD: 1,916-696 (.734)

Date Opponent Location Time Result Overall Conf.
Exhibition Games
November 1, 2006 St. Augustine's Chapel Hill, NC W 110-79
November 11, 2006 Pfeiffer Chapel Hill, NC W 140-101
Regular Season
November 14, 2006 Sacred Heart1 Charlotte, NC W 103-81 1-0 0-0
November 15, 2006 Winthrop1 Charlotte, NC W 73-66 2-0 0-0
November 19, 2006 Gardner-Webb Chapel Hill, NC W 103-50 3-0 0-0
November 22, 2006 Gonzaga2 New York, NY L 74-82 3-1 0-0
November 24, 2006 Tennessee2 New York, NY W 101-87 4-1 0-0
November 29, 2006 Ohio State3 Chapel Hill, NC W 98-89 5-1 0-0
December 2, 2006 Kentucky Chapel Hill, NC W 75-63 6-1 0-0
December 9, 2006 High Point Chapel Hill, NC W 94-69 7-1 0-0
December 16, 2006 UNC-Asheville Chapel Hill, NC W 93-62 8-1 0-0
December 19, 2006 Florida Atlantic Chapel Hill, NC W 105-62 9-1 0-0
December 22, 2006 St. Louis St. Louis, MO W 69-48 10-1 0-0
December 28, 2006 Rutgers Chapel Hill, NC W 87-48 11-1 0-0
December 31, 2006 Dayton Chapel Hill, NC W 81-51 12-1 0-0
January 3, 2007 Penn Chapel Hill, NC W 102-64 13-1 0-0
January 7, 2007 Florida State Chapel Hill, NC W 84-58 14-1 1-0
January 10, 2007 Virginia Chapel Hill, NC W 79-69 15-1 2-0
January 13, 2007 Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA L 88-94 15-2 2-1
January 17, 2007 Clemson Clemson, SC W 77-55 16-2 3-1
January 20, 2007 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill, NC W 77-61 17-2 4-1
January 24, 2007 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC W 88-60 18-2 5-1
January 27, 2007 Arizona Tucson, AZ W 92-64 19-2 5-1
January 31, 2007 Miami Chapel Hill, NC W 105-64 20-2 6-1
February 3, 2007 NC State Raleigh, NC L 79-83 20-3 6-2
February 7, 2007 Duke Durham, NC W 79-73 21-3 7-2
February 10, 2007 Wake Forest Chapel Hill, NC W 104-67 22-3 8-2
February 13, 2007 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill, NC L 80-81(OT) 22-4 8-3
February 17, 2007 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA W 77-72 23-4 9-3
February 21, 2007 NC State Chapel Hill, NC W 83-64 24-4 10-3
February 25, 2007 Maryland College Park, MD L 87-89 24-5 10-4
March 1, 2007 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA L 77-84 24-6 10-5
March 4, 2007 Duke Chapel Hill, NC W 86-72 25-6 11-5
ACC Tournament
March 9, 2007 Florida State Tampa, FL W 73-58 26-6 11-5
March 10, 2007 Boston College Tampa, FL W 71-56 27-6 11-5
March 11, 2007 NC State Tampa, FL W 89-80 28-6 11-5
NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2007 Eastern Kentucky Winston-Salem, NC W 86-65 29-6 11-5
March 17, 2007 Michigan State Winston-Salem, NC W 81-67 30-6 11-5
March 23, 2007 USC East Rutherford, NJ W 74-64 31-6 11-5
March 25, 2007 Georgetown East Rutherford, NJ L 84-96(OT) 31-7 11-5
*Conference games in GREEN. 1, 2Preseason NIT games, 3ACC-Big Ten Challenge game

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Record
November 3, 2007* 8:15 Shaw #1 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC
(Exhibition)		 W 114-62 
November 9, 2007* 7:30 Lenoir-Rhyne #1 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC
(Exhibition)		 W 107-52 
November 14, 2007* 7:00 @ Davidson #1 Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC ESPN W 72-68  1-0
November 18, 2007* 6:00 Iona #1 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU W 107-72  2-0
November 20, 2007* 7:30 South Carolina State #1 Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC W 110-64  3-0
November 23, 2007* 11:55 vs. Old Dominion #1 Las Vegas, NV
(Las Vegas Invitational)		 ESPNU W 99-82  4-0
November 24, 2007* 10:30 vs. BYU #1 Las Vegas, NV
(Las Vegas Invitational)		 ESPN W 73-63  5-0
November 28, 2007* 9:00 @ Ohio State #2 Jerome Schottenstein Center • Columbus, OH
(ACC - Big Ten Challenge)		 ESPN W 66-55  6-0
December 1, 2007* 2:00 @ Kentucky #2 Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY ESPN2 W 86-77  7-0
December 4, 2007* 7:00 @ Penn #1 The Palestra • Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 W 106-71  8-0
December 16, 2007* 8:00 @ Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ ESPN   
December 19, 2007* 9:00 Nicholls State Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU   
December 22, 207* 1:00 UC Santa Barbara Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC FSN   
December 27, 2007* 7:00 Nevada Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN2   
December 30, 2007* 7:30 Valparaiso Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC FSN   
January 1, 2008* 8:00 Kent State Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN   
January 6, 2008 7:30 @ Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum • Clemson, SC FSN   
January 9, 2008* 7:00 UNC Asheville Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU   
January 12, 2008 12:00 NC State Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN   
January 16, 2008 9:00 @ Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Atlanta, GA ESPN   
January 19, 2008 3:30 Maryland Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ABC   
January 23, 2008 9:00 @ Miami BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, FL Raycom/LF   
January 31, 2008 7:00 Boston College Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN/ESPN2   
February 3, 2008 2:00 @ Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FL FSN   
February 6, 2008 9:00 Duke Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC Raycom/LF/ESPN   
February 10, 2008 6:30 Clemson Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC FSN   
February 12, 2008 8:00 @ Virginia John Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VA Raycom/LF/ESPN2   
February 16, 2008 1:00 Virginia Tech Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC CBS   
February 20, 2008 7:00 @ NC State RBC Center • Raleigh, NC ESPN   
February 24, 2008 6:30 Wake Forest Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC FSN   
March 1, 2008 3:30 @ Boston College Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA ABC   
March 4, 2008 8:00 Florida State Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC Raycom/LF   
March 8, 2008 9:00 @ Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN   
March 1?, 2008 TBA vs. TBA Charlotte Bobcats Arena • Charlotte, NC
(ACC Tournament)		 TBA   


*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown
Marc Campbell 2 G 5-11 165 Sophomore Raleigh, North Carolina
Mike Copeland 40 F 6-7 225 Junior Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wayne Ellington 22 G 6-4 195 Sophomore Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Bobby Frasor 4 G 6-3 208 Junior Blue Island, Illinois
Marcus Ginyard 1 G-F 6-5 218 Junior Alexandria, Virginia
William Graves 13 F 6-6 245 Freshman Greensboro, North Carolina
Danny Green 14 G-F 6-6 210 Junior North Babylon, New York
Tyler Hansbrough 50 F 6-9 245 Junior Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Ty Lawson 5 G 5-11 193 Sophomore Clinton, Maryland
Patrick Moody 35 F 6-4 195 Junior Arden, North Carolina
Alex Stepheson 32 F 6-9 235 Sophomore Los Angeles, California
J.B. Tanner 15 G 6-0 185 Junior Hendersonville, North Carolina
Quentin Thomas 11 G 6-3 185 Senior Oakland, California
Deon Thompson 21 F 6-8 240 Sophomore Torrance, California
Surry Wood 24 F 6-5 205 Senior Raleigh, North Carolina
Jack Wooten 30 G 6-2 190 Junior Burlington, North Carolina

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  • The 1957 National Championship game versus Kansas was the only triple overtime contest in championship history.
  • Carolina reached the Final Four in 2000 as an 8-seed, their lowest seeding in a Final Four appearance.
  • The Tar Heels have only reached the Final Four four times without winning the ACC Tournament (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005).
  • UNC has appeared in 39 NCAA Tournaments, which ties them for second most all-time with UCLA behind Kentucky (48).
  • UNC has been the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, the latest being in 2007 (most #1 seeds all-time)[1].
  • UNC has been in the Sweet Sixteen 27 times, the latest being in 2007. The 27 appearances is the all-time NCAA record[2].
  • UNC has been to the Final Four 16 times (2nd all-time).
  • UNC has been ranked in the top 25 616 times (1st all-time).
  • UNC has beaten #1 teams a record 11 times
  • UNC has the most consecutive 20-win seasons, with 31.

  1. ^ http://espn.go.com/endofcentury/s/other/bestrivalries.html
  2. ^ a b UNC Tar Heels Media Guide
  3. ^ Southern Conference Fan Guide
  4. ^ Official ACC Web Site
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North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 1956-1957 NCAA Champions
10 Lennie Rosenbluth | 30 Bill Hathaway | 32 Bob Cunningham | 33 Danny Lotz | 35 Pete Brennan | 40 Tommy Kearns | 41 Joe Quigg | 43 Stan Groll | 44 Tony Radovich
Coach Frank McGuire
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North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 1981-1982 NCAA Champions
Jimmy Black | Jim Braddock | Chris Brust | Matt Doherty | Michael Jordan | Sam Perkins | Buzz Peterson | James Worthy
Coach Dean Smith
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North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 1992-1993 NCAA Champions
George Lynch | Eric Montross | Derrick Phelps | Brian Reese | Henrik Rödl | Kevin Salvadori | Pat Sullivan | Donald Williams
Coach Dean Smith
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North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball 2004-2005 NCAA Champions
1 Melvin Scott | 2 Raymond Felton | 3 Reyshawn Terry | 5 Jackie Manuel | 21 Jawad Williams | 24 Marvin Williams | 32 Rashad McCants | 34 David Noel | 42 Sean May
Coach Roy Williams
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North Carolina Tar Heels Head Basketball Coaches
Cartmell • Doak • Peacock • Boye • Shepard • McDonald • Sanborn • Ashmore • Shepard • Skidmore • Lange • Carnevale • Scott • McGuire • Smith • Guthridge • Doherty • Williams
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