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

1975–76 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champion
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 8
Record	25–4 (11–1 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (9th season) Eddie Fogler (5th season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

1975–76 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

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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References

1. 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.