1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1970–71 men's college basketball season.

1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NIT, Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	26–6 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (10th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (4th season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

1970–71 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 North Carolina	11	–	3		.786			26	–	6		.813
No. 6 South Carolina †	10	–	4		.714			23	–	6		.793
Duke	9	–	5		.643			20	–	10		.667
Wake Forest	7	–	7		.500			16	–	10		.615
Virginia	6	–	8		.429			15	–	11		.577
NC State	5	–	9		.357			13	–	14		.481
Maryland	5	–	9		.357			14	–	12		.538
Clemson	3	–	11		.214			9	–	17		.346
† 1971 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		East Tennessee State	W 109–79		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 5*		at William & Mary	W 101–72
December 12*		vs. Creighton	W 106–86		Charlotte, NC
December 15		Virginia	W 80–75		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 18*	No. 20	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	L 70–82		Greensboro, NC
December 19*	No. 20	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 83–81		Greensboro, NC
December 22*	No. 20	at Utah	L 86–105		Salt Lake City, UT
December 29*	No. 17	vs. Penn State	W 73–57		Greensboro, NC
December 30*		vs. Northwestern	W 98–74		Greensboro, NC
January 2*		vs. Tulane	W 101–79		Charlotte, NC
January 4		No. 2 South Carolina	W 79–64		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 9	No. 20	Duke	W 79–74		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 14	No. 15	Clemson	W 92–72		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 30	No. 15	at Wake Forest	L 84–96		Winston-Salem, NC
January 30	No. 20	Maryland	W 105–79		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 8	No. 16	at NC State	W 65–63		Raleigh, NC
February 12*	No. 11	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 87–58		Charlotte, NC
February 13	No. 11	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 86–48		Charlotte, NC
February 17	No. 8	at Maryland	W 100–76		College Park, MD
February 20	No. 8	at No. 7 South Carolina	L 66–72		Columbia, SC
February 22*	No. 8	Florida State	W 70–61		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 27	No. 13	at Virginia	W 75–74		Charlottesville, VA
March 3	No. 12	NC State	W 97–81		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
March 6	No. 12	at Duke	L 83–92		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
March 11*	No. 13	vs. Clemson ACC tournament	W 76–41		Greensboro, NC
March 12*	No. 13	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 78–68		Greensboro, NC
March 13*	No. 13	vs. No. 6 South Carolina ACC Tournament	L 51–52		Greensboro, NC
March 20*	No. 13	vs. Massachusetts NIT	W 90–49		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 22*	No. 13	vs. Providence NIT	W 86–79		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 25*	No. 13	vs. Duke NIT	W 73–67		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 27*	No. 13	vs. Georgia Tech NIT	W 84–66		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.