1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.

1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–9 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (9th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (3rd season)
Captain	Jim Delany Eddie Fogler Charlie Scott
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

1969–70 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 South Carolina	14	–	0		1.000			25	–	3		.893
North Carolina	9	–	5		.643			18	–	9		.667
No. 10 NC State †	9	–	5		.643			23	–	7		.767
Duke	8	–	6		.571			17	–	9		.654
Wake Forest	6	–	8		.429			14	–	13		.519
Maryland	5	–	9		.357			13	–	13		.500
Virginia	3	–	11		.214			10	–	15		.400
Clemson	2	–	12		.143			7	–	19		.269
† 1970 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 7	Florida Southern	W 112–47		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 3*	No. 7	Mercer	W 100–52		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 8*	No. 7	vs. No. 2 Kentucky	L 87–94		Charlotte, NC
December 13*	No. 5	vs. Florida State	W 86–75		Greensboro, NC
December 16	No. 5	at Virginia	W 80–76		Charlottesville, VA
December 20*	No. 7	at Tulane	W 96–87		New Orleans, LA
December 22*	No. 7	at Rice	W 99–87		Houston, TX
December 29*	No. 4	vs. Harvard Carolina Classic	W 92–74		Greensboro, NC
December 30*	No. 4	vs. Bowling Green Carolina Classic	W 89–72		Greensboro, NC
January 3*	No. 4	vs. Rice	W 98–72		Charlotte, NC
January 5	No. 4	at No. 3 South Carolina	L 52–65		Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, SC
January 7	No. 4	at No. 10 NC State	W 78–69		Raleigh, NC
January 10	No. 4	No. 19 Duke	W 86–78		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 15	No. 7	at Clemson	W 96–91		Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
January 17	No. 7	Wake Forest	L 90–91		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 31	No. 9	at Maryland	W 77–69		Cole Field House  College Park, MD
February 3	No. 9	Virginia	W 87–72		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 5	No. 7	at Wake Forest	L 85–88		Winston-Salem, NC
February 9	No. 7	No. 5 NC State	W 88–86		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 13	No. 10	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 110–66		Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
February 14*	No. 10	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	L 95–104		Charlotte, NC
February 18	No. 13	Maryland	W 90–83		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 21	No. 13	No. 4 South Carolina	L 62–79		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 25*	No. 19	Virginia Tech	W 98–70		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 28	No. 19	at Duke	L 83–91		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
March 5*		vs. Virginia ACC tournament	L 93–95		Charlotte, NC
March 14*		vs. Manhattan NIT • First Round	L 90–95		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.