1923–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1923–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
SoCon Regular Season Co-Champion SoCon Tournament Champion Helms Foundation National Champion
Conference	Southern Conference
1923–24 record	26–0 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Norman Shepard (1st year)
Home arena	Bynum Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1923–24 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Tulane	10	–	0	1.000	21	–	1	.955
North Carolina†	7	–	0	1.000	26	–	0	1.000
Georgia	7	–	0	1.000	16	–	5	.762
Alabama	5	–	1	.833	12	–	4	.750
Kentucky	6	–	2	.750	13	–	3	.813
Mississippi State	8	–	4	.667	13	–	8	.619
Virginia	3	–	2	.600	13	–	3	.813
Tennessee	5	–	5	.500	10	–	8	.556
South Carolina	2	–	2	.500	11	–	9	.550
Georgia Tech	4	–	5	.444	9	–	13	.409
Ole Miss	2	–	4	.333	16	–	6	.727
Washington and Lee	2	–	4	.333	9	–	5	.643
NC State	2	–	4	.333	7	–	16	.304
Maryland	1	–	2	.333	5	–	7	.417
Vanderbilt	1	–	3	.250	7	–	15	.318
Florida	0	–	2	.000	5	–	10	.333
Sewanee	0	–	2	.000	2	–	7	.222
Virginia Tech	0	–	4	.000	5	–	13	.278
Auburn	0	–	6	.000	4	–	9	.308
LSU	0	–	7	.000	8	–	12	.400
Clemson	0	–	8	.000	2	–	17	.105

† Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1923–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Norman Shepard, coaching in his first and only season with the Tar Heels. The team finished the season with a 26–0 record^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
12/15/1923*	at Durham Elks	W 33–20	1–0
12/30/1923*	at Charlotte YMCA	W 32–29	2–0
1/8/1924*	Mercer	W 34–23	3–0	Bynum Gymnasium
1/16/1924*	Guilford	W 50–22	4–0	Bynum Gymnasium
1/19/1924*	at Davidson	W 37–27	5–0
1/22/1924*	Durham Elks	W 49–23	6–0	Bynum Gymnasium
1/23/1924*	at Elon	W 60–13	7–0	Bynum Gymnasium
1/26/1924*	at Wake Forest	W 32–16	8–0
1/31/1924*	Duke (Rivalry)	W 31–20	9–0	Bynum Gymnasium
2/2/1924*	at VMI	W 40–25	10–0
2/4/1924*	at Catholic	W 35–22	11–0
2/5/1924	at Maryland	W 26–20	12–0 (1–0)	UMD Gymnasium
2/7/1924*	at Lynchburg	W 36–26	13–0
2/8/1924	at Washington and Lee	W 19–16	14–0 (2–0)
2/9/1924	at Virginia	W 33–20	15–0 (3–0)
2/14/1924	South Carolina	W 53–19	16–0 (4–0)	Bynum Gymnasium
2/16/1924*	William & Mary	W 54–16	17–0	Bynum Gymnasium
2/18/1924	NC State (Rivalry)	W 44–9	18–0 (5–0)	Bynum Gymnasium
2/19/1924*	at Duke (Rivalry)	W 23–20	19–0	The Ark
2/21/1924*	Wake Forest	W 33–12	20–0	Bynum Gymnasium
2/23/1924	at NC State (Rivalry)	W 41–24	21–0 (6–0)
2/26/1924	Washington and Lee	W 26–17	22–0 (7–0)	Bynum Gymnasium
Southern Conference Tournament
2/29/1924*	Kentucky (SoCon Tournament First Round / Rivalry)	W 41–20	23–0	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium
3/1/1924*	Vanderbilt (SoCon Tournament Quarterfinals)	W 37–20	24–0	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium
3/3/1924*	Mississippi State (SoCon Tournament Semifinals)	W 33–23	25–0	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium
3/4/1924*	Alabama (SoCon Tournament Championship)	W 26–18	26–0	Atlanta Memorial Auditorium
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]

Letterwinners

The players who earned a varsity letter in 1923–24 were Cartwright Carmichael, Jack Cobb, Billy Devin, Bill Dodderer, Donald Koonce, Henry Lineberger, Sam McDonald, and Jimmy Poole.^[3]

References

↑ "North Carolina Tar Heels season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). All-Time Results (p. 266). University of North Carolina. 2004. Retrieved May 23, 2014.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1920–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)

Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State

Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Records Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic Tobacco Road Scandal

People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees

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Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics