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

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.

1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
1979–80 record218 (95 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainDave Colescott
Mike O'Koren
John Virgil
Jeff Wolf
Rich Yonakor
Home arenaCarmichael Auditorium
1979–80 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Maryland113 .786  247  .774
No. 15 North Carolina95 .643  218  .724
NC State95 .643  208  .714
Clemson86 .571  239  .719
Virginia77 .500  2410  .706
No. 14 Duke77 .500  249  .727
Wake Forest410 .286  1314  .481
Georgia Tech113 .071  818  .308
1980 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 30*
No. 6 vs. NC State
Big Four Tournament
W 9784  10
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 1*
No. 6 vs. No. 3 Duke
Big Four Tournament
L 7486  11
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 3*
No. 6 vs. South Florida W 9362  21
Civic Center 
Springfield, MA
December 8*
No. 8 Cincinnati W 6863  31
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 15*
No. 8 Detroit Mercy W 9072  41
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*
No. 8 at No. 5 Indiana W 6157  51
 
Bloomington, IN
January 2
No. 6 at Clemson L 7693  52
Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
January 5
No. 6 at No. 13 Virginia L 8288  53
 
Charlottesville, VA
January 7*
No. 6 at Mercer W 8163  63
 
Macon, GA
January 9
No. 15 Wake Forest W 7268  73
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 12
No. 15 at No. 1 Duke W 8267  83
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 14
No. 15 Georgia Tech W 5453  93
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
January 16
No. 9 No. 16 NC State W 6764  103
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 20
No. 9 No. 16 Maryland L 8692  104
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 23
No. 13 at Wake Forest W 7361  114
 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 26
No. 13 No. 12 Clemson W 7370  124
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 29*
No. 13 William & Mary W 7161  134
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 1*
No. 11 vs. The Citadel
North-South Doubleheader
W 5140  144
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
February 2*
No. 11 vs. Furman
North-South Doubleheader
W 7563  154
 
Charlotte, NC
February 4*
No. 11 Yale W 8574  164
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 7
No. 11 at No. 7 Maryland L 6970  165
 
College Park, MD
February 11
No. 11 at Georgia Tech W 6050  175
 
Atlanta, GA
February 14*
No. 11 vs. Rutgers W 7370 OT 185
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 16
Virginia W 6851  195
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 20
No. 8 at NC State L 5063  196
 
Raleigh, NC
February 23
No. 8 No. 17 Duke W 9671  206
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*
No. 10 vs. Wake Forest
ACC Tournament
W 7562  216
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
February 29*
No. 10 vs. Duke
ACC Tournament
L 6175  217
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
March 9*
No. 15 vs. Texas A&M
NCAA Tournament
L 6178 2OT 218
 
Denton, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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