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

1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
Record	21–8 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (13th season) Eddie Fogler (9th season) Roy Williams (2nd season)
Captain	Dave Colescott Mike O'Koren John Virgil Jeff Wolf Rich Yonakor
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Maryland	11	–	3	.786	24	–	7	.774
No. 15 North Carolina	9	–	5	.643	21	–	8	.724
NC State	9	–	5	.643	20	–	8	.714
Clemson	8	–	6	.571	23	–	9	.719
Virginia	7	–	7	.500	24	–	10	.706
No. 14 Duke †	7	–	7	.500	24	–	9	.727
Wake Forest	4	–	10	.286	13	–	14	.481
Georgia Tech	1	–	13	.071	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	No. 6	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	W 97–84	1–0	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 1*	No. 6	vs. No. 3 Duke Big Four Tournament	L 74–86	1–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 3*	No. 6	vs. South Florida	W 93–62	2–1	Civic Center Springfield, MA
December 8*	No. 8	Cincinnati	W 68–63	3–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 15*	No. 8	Detroit Mercy	W 90–72	4–1	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*	No. 8	at No. 5 Indiana	W 61–57	5–1	Bloomington, IN
January 2	No. 6	at Clemson	L 76–93	5–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 5	No. 6	at No. 13 Virginia	L 82–88	5–3	Charlottesville, VA
January 7*	No. 6	at Mercer	W 81–63	6–3	Macon, GA
January 9	No. 15	Wake Forest	W 72–68	7–3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 12	No. 15	at No. 1 Duke	W 82–67	8–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 14	No. 15	Georgia Tech	W 54–53	9–3	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 16	No. 9	No. 16 NC State	W 67–64	10–3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 20	No. 9	No. 16 Maryland	L 86–92	10–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 23	No. 13	at Wake Forest	W 73–61	11–4	Winston-Salem, NC
January 26	No. 13	No. 12 Clemson	W 73–70	12–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 29*	No. 13	William & Mary	W 71–61	13–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 1*	No. 11	vs. The Citadel North-South Doubleheader	W 51–40	14–4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 2*	No. 11	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 75–63	15–4	Charlotte, NC
February 4*	No. 11	Yale	W 85–74	16–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 7	No. 11	at No. 7 Maryland	L 69–70	16–5	College Park, MD
February 11	No. 11	at Georgia Tech	W 60–50	17–5	Atlanta, GA
February 14*	No. 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	No. 8	at NC State	L 50–63	19–6	Raleigh, NC
February 23	No. 8	No. 17 Duke	W 96–71	20–6	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*	No. 10	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 75–62	21–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
February 29*	No. 10	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	L 61–75	21–7	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 9*	No. 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

^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-May-12.

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

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