The 1977–78 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1977–78 college basketball season.
| 1977–78 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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ACC Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round, L 64–68 vs. San Francisco | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 23–8 (9–3 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coaches |
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| Captain | Phil Ford Tom Zaliagiris |
| Home arena | Carmichael Auditorium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 North Carolina | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Duke † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1978 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 28* |
No. 1 | vs. Oregon State | W 94–63 | 1-0 |
(11,666) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| November 30* |
No. 2 | Oregon State | W 90–64 | 2-0 |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 2* |
No. 2 | vs. Duke Big Four Tournament |
W 79–66 | 3-0 |
(15,564) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 3* |
No. 2 | NC State Big Four Tournament |
W 87–82 | 4-0 |
(15,564) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 7* |
No. 2 | at William & Mary | L 75–78 | 4-1 |
Kaplan Arena (10,000) Williamsburg, Virginia | ||||||
| December 10* |
No. 2 | Rochester | W 101–43 | 5-1 |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 17* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 6 Cincinnati | W 67–59 | 6-1 |
(15,100) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| December 23* |
No. 3 | at Tulane | W 108–103 | 7-1 |
(4,100) New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||
| December 28* |
No. 2 | vs. BYU Rainbow Classic |
W 94–81 | 8-1 |
(4,794) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
| December 29* |
No. 2 | vs. Texas Tech Rainbow Classic |
W 88–76 | 9-1 |
(4,257) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
| December 30* |
No. 2 | vs. Stanford Rainbow Classic |
W 92–61 | 10-1 |
(5,811) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
| January 4 |
No. 2 | at Clemson | W 79-77 OT | 11-1 (1-0) |
(10,488) Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
| January 7 |
No. 2 | at No. 13 Virginia | W 76–61 | 12-1 (2-0) |
(8,500) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
| January 14 |
No. 2 | at Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry |
L 84–92 | 12-2 (2-1) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 15 |
No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 71–69 | 13-2 (3-1) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 18 |
No. 5 | NC State North Carolina-NC State rivalry |
W 69–64 | 14-2 (4-1) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 21 |
No. 5 | Maryland | W 85–71 | 15-2 (5-1) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 26 |
No. 3 | at Wake Forest | L 62–71 | 15-3 (5-2) |
(8,250) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 28 |
No. 3 | Clemson | W 98–64 | 16-3 (6-2) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| January 30* |
No. 3 | Mercer | W 73–70 | 17-3 |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 3* |
No. 6 | vs. Furman North–South Doubleheader |
L 83–89 | 17-4 |
(11,666) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 4* |
No. 6 | vs. Virginia Tech North–South Doubleheader |
W 101–88 | 18-4 |
(11,666) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 8 |
No. 7 | at Maryland | W 66–64 | 19-4 (7-2) |
(14,500) College Park, Maryland | ||||||
| February 11* |
No. 7 | vs. Rutgers | W 74–57 | 20-4 |
(19,694) New York City | ||||||
| February 12* |
No. 7 | at No. 20 Providence | L 59–61 | 20-5 |
(5,102) Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
| February 15 |
No. 11 | Kent State | W 92–59 | 21-5 |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 18 |
No. 11 | Virginia | W 71–54 | 22-5 (8-2) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 23 |
No. 8 | at NC State | L 67–72 | 22-6 (8-3) |
(12,400) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 25 |
No. 8 | No. 13 Duke | W 87–83 | 23-6 (9-3) |
Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 2* |
No. 10 | vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament • Quarterfinals |
L 77–82 | 23-7 |
(15,836) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
| March 11* |
No. 11 | vs. No. 20 San Francisco NCAA tournament • First Round |
L 64–68 | 23-8 |
ASU Activity Center (11,213) Tempe, Arizona | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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