1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#15
AP	#15
1979–80 record	21–8 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Captain	Dave Colescott; Mike O'Koren; John Virgil; Jeff Wolf; Rich Yonakor
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
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The 1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1979–80 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30*	#6	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	W 97–84	1–0	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 1*	#6	vs. #3 Duke Big Four Tournament	L 74–86	1–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 3*	#6	vs. South Florida	W 93–62	2–1	Civic Center Springfield, MA
December 8*	#8	Cincinnati	W 68–63	3–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 15*	#8	Detroit Mercy	W 90–72	4–1	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*	#8	at #5 Indiana	W 61–57	5–1	Bloomington, IN
January 2	#6	at Clemson	L 76–93	5–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 5	#6	at #13 Virginia	L 82–88	5–3	Charlottesville, VA
January 7*	#6	at Mercer	W 81–63	6–3	Macon, GA
January 9	#15	Wake Forest	W 72–68	7–3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 12	#15	at #1 Duke	W 82–67	8–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 14	#15	Georgia Tech	W 54–53	9–3	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 16	#9	#16 NC State	W 67–64	10–3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 20	#9	#16 Maryland	L 86–92	10–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 23	#13	at Wake Forest	W 73–61	11–4	Winston-Salem, NC
January 26	#13	#12 Clemson	W 73–70	12–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 29*	#13	William & Mary	W 71–61	13–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 1*	#11	vs. The Citadel North-South Doubleheader	W 51–40	14–4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 2*	#11	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 75–63	15–4	Charlotte, NC
February 4*	#11	Yale	W 85–74	16–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 7	#11	at #7 Maryland	L 69–70	16–5	College Park, MD
February 11	#11	at Georgia Tech	W 60–50	17–5	Atlanta, GA
February 14*	#11	vs. Rutgers	W 73–70 ^OT	18–5	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 16		Virginia	W 68–51	19–5	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 20	#8	at NC State	L 50–63	19–6	Raleigh, NC
February 23	#8	#17 Duke	W 96–71	20–6	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*	#10	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 75–62	21–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
February 29*	#10	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	L 61–75	21–7	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 9*	#15	vs. Texas A&M NCAA Tournament	L 61–78 ^2OT	21–8	Denton, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2014-May-12.

[1] 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2014-May-12.

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Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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