1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Appearance
1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 15 |
AP | No. 15 |
Record | 21–8 (9–5 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Captain | Dave Colescott Mike O'Koren John Virgil Jeff Wolf Rich Yonakor |
Home arena | Carmichael Auditorium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Maryland | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 North Carolina | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Duke † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1979–80 college basketball season.
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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November 30* |
No. 6 | vs. NC State Big Four Tournament |
W 97–84 | 1–0 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
December 1* |
No. 6 | vs. No. 3 Duke Big Four Tournament |
L 74–86 | 1–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
December 3* |
No. 6 | vs. South Florida | W 93–62 | 2–1 |
Civic Center Springfield, MA | ||||||
December 8* |
No. 8 | Cincinnati | W 68–63 | 3–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
December 15* |
No. 8 | Detroit Mercy | W 90–72 | 4–1 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
December 22* |
No. 8 | at No. 5 Indiana | W 61–57 | 5–1 |
Bloomington, IN | ||||||
January 2 |
No. 6 | at Clemson | L 76–93 | 5–2 |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
January 5 |
No. 6 | at No. 13 Virginia | L 82–88 | 5–3 |
Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
January 7* |
No. 6 | at Mercer | W 81–63 | 6–3 |
Macon, GA | ||||||
January 9 |
No. 15 | Wake Forest | W 72–68 | 7–3 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 12 |
No. 15 | at No. 1 Duke | W 82–67 | 8–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 14 |
No. 15 | Georgia Tech | W 54–53 | 9–3 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
January 16 |
No. 9 | No. 16 NC State | W 67–64 | 10–3 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 20 |
No. 9 | No. 16 Maryland | L 86–92 | 10–4 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 23 |
No. 13 | at Wake Forest | W 73–61 | 11–4 |
Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
January 26 |
No. 13 | No. 12 Clemson | W 73–70 | 12–4 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 29* |
No. 13 | William & Mary | W 71–61 | 13–4 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
February 1* |
No. 11 | vs. The Citadel North-South Doubleheader |
W 51–40 | 14–4 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
February 2* |
No. 11 | vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader |
W 75–63 | 15–4 |
Charlotte, NC | ||||||
February 4* |
No. 11 | Yale | W 85–74 | 16–4 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
February 7 |
No. 11 | at No. 7 Maryland | L 69–70 | 16–5 |
College Park, MD | ||||||
February 11 |
No. 11 | at Georgia Tech | W 60–50 | 17–5 |
Atlanta, GA | ||||||
February 14* |
No. 11 | vs. Rutgers | W 73–70 OT | 18–5 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
February 16 |
Virginia | W 68–51 | 19–5 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
February 20 |
No. 8 | at NC State | L 50–63 | 19–6 |
Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 23 |
No. 8 | No. 17 Duke | W 96–71 | 20–6 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
February 28* |
No. 10 | vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament |
W 75–62 | 21–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
February 29* |
No. 10 | vs. Duke ACC Tournament |
L 61–75 | 21–7 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
March 9* |
No. 15 | vs. Texas A&M NCAA Tournament |
L 61–78 2OT | 21–8 |
Denton, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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References
[edit]- ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
- ^ 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-May-12.