1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season co-champion
NCAA tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 25
Record	21–11 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (35th season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (29th season); Phil Ford (8th season); Dave Hanners (7th season);
Home arena	Dean Smith Center
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Georgia Tech	13	–	3	.813	24	–	12	.667
No. 9 Wake Forest †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	6	.813
No. 25 North Carolina	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Duke	8	–	8	.500	18	–	13	.581
Maryland	8	–	8	.500	17	–	13	.567
Clemson	7	–	9	.438	18	–	11	.621
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	12	–	15	.444
Florida State	5	–	11	.313	13	–	14	.481
NC State	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484

† 1996 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented University of North Carolina. The head coach was Dean Smith. The team played its home games in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Shammond Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	So	Fork Union Military	Greenville, South Carolina
F	4	Makhtar N'Diaye	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	So	Oak Hill Academy	Dakar, Senegal
G	5	Jeff McInnis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Oak Hill Academy	Charlotte, North Carolina
F/C	13	Ademola Okulaja	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	John F. Kennedy High School	Berlin, Germany
G/F	15	Vince Carter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Mainland High School	Daytona Beach, Florida
G	22	Scott Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	156 lb (71 kg)	Fr	Lawrence	Lawrence, Kansas
F/C	33	Antawn Jamison	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Fr	Providence	Charlotte, North Carolina

Head coach

Dean Smith

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Guthridge, Phil Ford, Dave Hanners

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 20, 1995*	No. 20	vs. Vanderbilt Maui Invitational Tournament	W 71–63	1–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 21, 1995*	No. 20	vs. Michigan State Maui Invitational Tournament	W 92–70	2–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 22, 1995*	No. 20	vs. No. 3 Villanova Maui Invitational Tournament	L 75–77	2–1	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
Nov 28, 1995*	No. 17	Richmond	W 83–76	3–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dec 1, 1995*	No. 17	Tulane	W 89–71	4–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 2, 1995*	No. 17	No. 16 Stanford	W 87–63	5–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 7, 1995*	No. 13	Georgia	W 85–74	6–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Mar 8, 1996*	No. 20	vs. Clemson Quarterfinals	L 73–75	20–10	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1996*	(6 E) No. 25	vs. (11 E) New Orleans First round	W 83–62	21–10	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
Mar 17, 1996*	(6 E) No. 25	vs. (3 E) No. 8 Texas Tech Second round	L 73–92	21–11	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in EST.

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- North Carolina 83, New Orleans 62
- Texas Tech 92, North Carolina 73

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Rankings

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1996	2	37	Jeff McInnis	Denver Nuggets
1997	2	29	Serge Zwikker	Houston Rockets
1998	2	34	Shammond Williams	Chicago Bulls

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ U.N.C. basketball blue book. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2000.
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1996 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.

[1] sports-reference.com 1995-96 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[uncbluebook2000-2] U.N.C. basketball blue book. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2000.

[3] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[ESPN-4] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 1042–1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[5] "1996 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics