1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1980 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#15
AP	#15
1980 record	21–8 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Captain	Dave Colescott Mike O'Koren John Virgil Jeff Wolf Rich Yonakor
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

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

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 30*	#6	vs. NC State (Big Four Tournament)	W 97–84	1–0	Greensboro Coliseum
December 1*	#6	vs. #3 Duke (Big Four Tournament)	L 74–86	1–1	Greensboro Coliseum
December 3*	#6	vs. South Florida	W 93–62	2–1	Civic Center
December 8*	#8	Cincinnati	W 68–63	3–1	Greensboro Coliseum
December 15*	#8	Detroit Mercy	W 90–72	4–1	Carmichael Auditorium
December 22*	#8	at #5 Indiana	W 61–57	5–1
January 2	#6	at Clemson	L 76–93	5–2	Littlejohn Coliseum
January 5	#6	at #13 Virginia	L 82–88	5–3
January 7*	#6	at Mercer	W 81–63	6–3
January 9	#15	Wake Forest	W 72–68	7–3	Carmichael Auditorium
January 12	#15	at #1 Duke	W 82–67	8–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium
January 14	#15	Georgia Tech	W 54–53	9–3	Greensboro Coliseum
January 16	#9	#16 NC State	W 67–64	10–3	Carmichael Auditorium
January 20	#9	#16 Maryland	L 86–92	10–4	Carmichael Auditorium
January 23	#13	at Wake Forest	W 73–61	11–4
January 26	#13	#12 Clemson	W 73–70	12–4	Carmichael Auditorium
January 29*	#13	William & Mary	W 71–61	13–4	Carmichael Auditorium
February 1*	#11	vs. The Citadel (North-South Doubleheader)	W 51–40	14–4	Charlotte Coliseum
February 2*	#11	vs. Furman (North-South Doubleheader)	W 75–63	15–4
February 4*	#11	Yale	W 85–74	16–4	Carmichael Auditorium
February 7	#11	at #7 Maryland	L 69–70	16–5
February 11	#11	at Georgia Tech	W 60–50	17–5
February 14*	#11	vs. Rutgers	W 73–70 ^OT	18–5	Madison Square Garden
February 16		Virginia	W 68–51	19–5	Carmichael Auditorium
February 20	#8	at NC State	L 50–63	19–6
February 23	#8	#17 Duke	W 96–71	20–6	Carmichael Auditorium
February 28*	#10	vs. Wake Forest (ACC Tournament)	W 75–62	21–6	Greensboro Coliseum
February 29*	#10	vs. Duke (ACC Tournament)	L 61–75	21–7	Greensboro Coliseum
March 9*	#15	vs. Texas A&M (NCAA Tournament)	L 61–78 ^2OT	21–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2014-May-12.

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

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 1999–00 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

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