1977–78 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1977-78 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round, L 64–68 vs. San Francisco
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#10
AP	#16
1977-78 record	23–8 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge
Captain	Phil Ford Tom Zaliagiris
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

The 1977–78 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1977-78 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
November 28*	#1	vs. Oregon State	W 94–63	1-0	(11,666) Charlotte, NC
November 30*	#2	Oregon State	W 90–64	2-0	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
December 2*	#2	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 79–66	3-0	(15,564) Greensboro, NC
December 3*	#2	NC State Big Four Tournament	W 87–82	4-0	(15,564) Greensboro, NC
December 7*	#2	at William & Mary	L 75–78	4-1	Kaplan Arena (10,000) Williamsburg, VA
December 10*	#2	Rochester	W 101–43	5-1	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
December 17*	#5	vs. #6 Cincinnati	W 67–59	6-1	(15,100) Greensboro, NC
December 23*	#3	at Tulane	W 108–103	7-1	(4,100) New Orleans, LA
December 28*	#2	vs. BYU Rainbow Classic	W 94–81	8-1	(4,794) Honolulu, HI
December 29*	#2	vs. Texas Tech Rainbow Classic	W 88–76	9-1	(4,257) Honolulu, HI
December 30*	#2	vs. Stanford Rainbow Classic	W 92–61	10-1	(5,811) Honolulu, HI
January 4	#2	at Clemson	W 79-77 ^OT	11-1 (1-0)	(10,488) Clemson, SC
January 7	#2	at #13 Virginia	W 76–61	12-1 (2-0)	(8,500) Charlottesville, VA
January 14	#2	at Duke Carolina-Duke rivalry	L 84–92	12-2 (2-1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, NC
January 15	#2	Wake Forest	W 71–69	13-2 (3-1)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
January 18	#5	NC State North Carolina-NC State rivalry	W 69–64	14-2 (4-1)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
January 21	#5	Maryland	W 85–71	15-2 (5-1)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
January 26	#3	at Wake Forest	L 62–71	15-3 (5-2)	(8,250) Winston-Salem, NC
January 28	#3	Clemson	W 98–64	16-3 (6-2)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
January 30*	#3	Mercer	W 73–70	17-3	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
February 3*	#6	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	L 83–89	17-4	(11,666) Charlotte, NC
February 4*	#6	vs. Virginia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 101–88	18-4	(11,666) Charlotte, NC
February 8	#7	at Maryland	W 66–64	19-4 (7-2)	(14,500) College Park, MD
February 11*	#7	vs. Rutgers	W 74–57	20-4	(19,694) New York, NY
February 12*	#7	at #20 Providence	L 59–61	20-5	(5,102) Providence, RI
February 15	#11	Kent State	W 92–59	21-5	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
February 18	#11	Virginia	W 71–54	22-5 (8-2)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
February 23	#8	at NC State	L 67–72	22-6 (8-3)	(12,400) Raleigh, NC
February 25	#8	#13 Duke	W 87–83	23-6 (9-3)	Carmichael Auditorium (10,000) Chapel Hill, NC
March 2*	#10	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals	L 77–82	23-7	(15,836) Greensboro, NC
March 11*	#11	vs. #20 San Francisco NCAA Tournament • First Round	L 64–68	23-8	(11,213) Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ All-Time Scores. Retrieved 2013-May-05.
↑ 1977-78 North Carolina Tar Heels schedule at College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com

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 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 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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