1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was an American basketball team. They represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 8
Record25–4 (11–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarmichael Auditorium
Seasons
1975–76 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 North Carolina 11 1   .917 25 4   .862
No. 11 Maryland 7 5   .583 22 6   .786
NC State 7 5   .583 21 9   .700
Clemson 5 7   .417 18 10   .643
Wake Forest 5 7   .417 17 10   .630
No. 18 Virginia 4 8   .333 18 12   .600
Duke 3 9   .250 13 14   .481
1976 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 29*
No. 5 Howard W 115–75 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 4*
No. 4 vs. Seton Hall W 75–63 
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
December 6*
No. 4 Virginia Tech W 88–75 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 8*
No. 4 vs. No. 7 Kentucky W 90–77 
 
Charlotte, NC
December 20*
No. 4 at East Tennessee State W 104–67 
 
 
December 22*
No. 4 at South Florida W 70–64 
 
 
January 2*
No. 3 vs. Wake Forest
Big Four Tournament
L 88–95 
 
Greensboro, NC
January 3*
No. 3 vs. Duke
Big Four Tournament
W 77–74 
 
Greensboro, NC
January 5*
No. 3 Yale W 81–42 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 7
No. 6 at Clemson W 83–64 
 
Clemson, SC
January 10
No. 6 at Virginia W 85–82 
 
Charlottesville, VA
January 14
No. 7 No. 5 Wake Forest W 99–75 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 17
No. 7 at Duke W 89–87 
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 18
No. 7 No. 13 NC State L 67–68 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 25
No. 5 No. 2 Maryland W 95–93 OT
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 28
No. 4 at Wake Forest W 88–85 OT
 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 31
No. 4 Clemson W 79–64 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 4*
No. 4 at Detroit Mercy W 91–76 
 
 
February 6*
No. 4 vs. Georgia Tech
North-South Doubleheader
W 79–74 
 
Charlotte, NC
February 7*
No. 7 vs. Furman
North-South Doubleheader
W 97–64 
 
Charlotte, NC
February 11
No. 3 at No. 4 Maryland W 81–69 
 
College Park, MD
February 14*
No. 3 at Tulane W 113–106 4OT
 
New Orleans, LA
February 18*
No. 3 at Miami (OH) W 77–75 
 
 
February 21
No. 3 Virginia W 73–71 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 24
No. 3 at No. 15 NC State W 91–79 
 
Raleigh, NC
February 28
No. 4 Duke W 91–71 
Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
March 5*
No. 4 vs. Clemson
ACC tournament
W 82–74 
Capital Centre 
Landover, MD
March 6*
No. 4 vs. Virginia
ACC Tournament
L 62–67 
Capital Centre 
Landover, MD
March 13*
No. 5 vs. No. 8 Alabama
NCAA tournament
L 64–79 
University of Dayton Arena 
Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
ME=Mideast.

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