1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1967–68 men's college basketball season.

1967–68 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA tournament, runner-up ACC Tournament champions ACC regular season champions
National Championship Game, L 55-78 vs. UCLA
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	28–4 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (7th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (1st season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

1967–68 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 North Carolina †	12	–	2		.857			28	–	4		.875
No. 10 Duke	11	–	3		.786			22	–	6		.786
NC State	9	–	5		.643			16	–	10		.615
South Carolina	9	–	5		.643			15	–	7		.682
Virginia	5	–	9		.357			9	–	16		.360
Maryland	4	–	10		.286			8	–	16		.333
Clemson	3	–	11		.214			4	–	20		.167
Wake Forest	3	–	11		.214			5	–	21		.192
† 1968 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2*	No. 4	Virginia Tech	W 89–76		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 6*	No. 5	Kent	W 107–83		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 9*	No. 5	at No. 8 Vanderbilt	L 76–89		Nashville, TN
December 12*	No. 5	vs. No. 4 Kentucky Rivalry	W 84–77		Greensboro, NC
December 16*	No. 7	No. 10 Princeton	W 71–63		Greensboro, NC
December 28*	No. 5	vs. Stanford Far West Classic	W 87–78		Portland, OR
December 29*	No. 5	vs. No. 7 Utah Far West Classic	W 86–64		Portland, OR
December 30*	No. 5	vs. Oregon State Far West Classic	W 68–61		Portland, OR
January 3	No. 3	Wake Forest	W 74–62		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 6	No. 3	Duke Rivalry	W 75–72		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 10	No. 3	at NC State Rivalry	W 68–66		Raleigh, NC
January 13	No. 3	at Clemson	W 115–83		Clemson, SC
January 27*	No. 3	vs. Georgia Tech	W 82–54		Charlotte, NC
February 1*	No. 3	Florida State	W 86–80		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 3	No. 3	at Maryland	W 73–67		College Park, MD
February 6	No. 3	Virginia	W 108–64		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 8	No. 3	at Wake Forest	W 80–60		Winston-Salem, NC
February 10*	No. 3	at Virginia Tech	W 80–70		Blacksburg, VA
February 12	No. 3	NC State	W 96–84		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 16	No. 3	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 96–74		Charlotte, NC
February 17	No. 3	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	W 84–80		Charlotte, NC
February 21	No. 3	Maryland	W 83–60		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 24	No. 3	at Virginia	W 92–74		Charlottesville, VA
February 28	No. 3	South Carolina	L 86–87		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
March 2	No. 3	at No. 10 Duke	L 86–87 3OT		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
March 7*	No. 5	vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament • Quarterfinals	W 83–70		Charlotte, NC
March 8*	No. 5	vs. South Carolina ACC Tournament • Semifinals	W 82–79 OT		Charlotte, NC
March 9*	No. 5	vs. NC State ACC Tournament • Final	W 87–50		Charlotte, NC
March 15*	No. 4	No. 3 St. Bonaventure NCAA tournament • Regional semifinals	W 91–72		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
March 16*	No. 4	vs. No. 8 Davidson NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 70–66		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
March 22*	No. 4	vs. Ohio State NCAA Tournament • National semifinals	W 80–66		Los Angeles Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
March 23*	No. 4	vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA Tournament • National Final	L 55–78	28–4	Los Angeles Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.