1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 8
Record	25–4 (11–1 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (9th season); Eddie Fogler (5th season);
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 North Carolina	11	–	1	.917	25	–	4	.862
No. 11 Maryland	7	–	5	.583	22	–	6	.786
NC State	7	–	5	.583	21	–	9	.700
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	18	–	10	.643
Wake Forest	5	–	7	.417	17	–	10	.630
No. 18 Virginia †	4	–	8	.333	18	–	12	.600
Duke	3	–	9	.250	13	–	14	.481

† 1976 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was an American basketball team. They represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
November 29*	No. 5	Howard	W 115–75	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 4*	No. 4	vs. Seton Hall	W 75–63	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 6*	No. 4	Virginia Tech	W 88–75	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 8*	No. 4	vs. No. 7 Kentucky	W 90–77	Charlotte, NC
December 20*	No. 4	at East Tennessee State	W 104–67
December 22*	No. 4	at South Florida	W 70–64
January 2*	No. 3	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	L 88–95	Greensboro, NC
January 3*	No. 3	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 77–74	Greensboro, NC
January 5*	No. 3	Yale	W 81–42	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 7	No. 6	at Clemson	W 83–64	Clemson, SC
January 10	No. 6	at Virginia	W 85–82	Charlottesville, VA
January 14	No. 7	No. 5 Wake Forest	W 99–75	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 17	No. 7	at Duke	W 89–87	Cameron Indoor Stadium Chapel Hill, NC
January 18	No. 7	No. 13 NC State	L 67–68	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 25	No. 5	No. 2 Maryland	W 95–93 ^OT	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 28	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 88–85 ^OT	Winston-Salem, NC
January 31	No. 4	Clemson	W 79–64	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 4*	No. 4	at Detroit Mercy	W 91–76
February 6*	No. 4	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 79–74	Charlotte, NC
February 7*	No. 7	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 97–64	Charlotte, NC
February 11	No. 3	at No. 4 Maryland	W 81–69	College Park, MD
February 14*	No. 3	at Tulane	W 113–106 ^4OT	New Orleans, LA
February 18*	No. 3	at Miami (OH)	W 77–75
February 21	No. 3	Virginia	W 73–71	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 24	No. 3	at No. 15 NC State	W 91–79	Raleigh, NC
February 28	No. 4	Duke	W 91–71	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 5*	No. 4	vs. Clemson ACC tournament	W 82–74	Capital Centre Landover, MD
March 6*	No. 4	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	L 62–67	Capital Centre Landover, MD
March 13*	No. 5	vs. No. 8 Alabama NCAA tournament	L 64–79	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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References[edit]

^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
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 Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics