The 1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
| 1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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ACC Tournament champions ACC regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 23–6 (9–3 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coaches |
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| Home arena | Carmichael Auditorium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 North Carolina † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Duke | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1979 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 29* |
No. 14 | at Northwestern | W 97–67 | 1–0 |
Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL | ||||||
| December 1* |
No. 14 | vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament |
W 73–55 | 2–0 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| December 2* |
No. 14 | vs. No. 1 Duke Big Four Tournament |
L 68–78 | 2–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| December 4* |
No. 14 | Detroit | W 93–76 | 3–1 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| December 9* |
No. 14 | Jacksonville | W 85–56 | 4–1 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| December 16* |
No. 13 | No. 3 Michigan State | W 70–69 | 5–1 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| December 22* |
No. 6 | at Cincinnati | W 62–59 | 6–1 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
| December 29* |
No. 5 | vs. Dartmouth Kodak Classic |
W 86–67 | 7–1 |
War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY | ||||||
| December 30* |
No. 5 | vs. Niagara Kodak Classic |
W 121–69 | 8–1 |
War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY | ||||||
| January 3 |
No. 5 | vs. Clemson | W 90–68 | 9–1 (1–0) |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| January 6 |
No. 3 | Virginia | W 86–74 2OT | 10–1 (2–0) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| January 10 |
No. 3 | at Wake Forest | L 56–59 | 10–2 (2–1) |
Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| January 13 |
No. 3 | No. 7 Duke | W 74–68 | 11–2 (3–1) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| January 14* |
No. 3 | vs. No. 10 Arkansas | W 63–57 | 12–2 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| January 17 |
No. 2 | at No. 14 NC State | W 70–69 | 13–2 (4–1) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| January 20 |
No. 2 | at No. 19 Maryland | W 54–53 | 14–2 (5–1) |
Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD | ||||||
| January 25 |
No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 76–69 | 15–2 (6–1) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| January 27 |
No. 2 | at Clemson | L 61–66 | 15–3 (6–2) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
| February 2* |
No. 4 | vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader |
L 70–83 | 15–4 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| February 3* |
No. 4 | vs. Virginia Tech North-South Doubleheader |
W 92–80 OT | 16–4 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| February 7 |
No. 6 | Maryland | W 76–67 | 17–4 (7–2) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| February 10* |
No. 6 | vs. Providence | W 89–55 | 18–4 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| February 14* |
No. 4 | William & Mary | W 85–60 | 19–4 |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| February 17 |
No. 4 | at Virginia | W 66–57 | 20–4 (8–2) |
University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| February 22 |
No. 4 | NC State | W 71–56 | 21–4 (9–2) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| February 24 |
No. 4 | at No. 6 Duke | L 40–47 | 21–5 (9–3) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 2* |
(1) No. 7 | vs. (4) Maryland Semifinals |
W 102–79 | 22–5 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| March 3* |
(1) No. 7 | vs. (2) No. 5 Duke Championship |
W 71–63 | 23–5 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 11* |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (9 E) Pennsylvania NCAA tournament |
L 71–72 | 23–6 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East. | |||||||||||
Rankings
edit| Week | |||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Coaches | 12 | — | — | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Not released |
^Coaches did not release Week 1 or Week 2 polls.
References
edit- ^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.