North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

For the women's team, see North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball.

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history.^[1] The Tar Heels have won five NCAA Tournament Championships (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009)^[2] and were retroactively named the national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation for their undefeated season in 1924. North Carolina's five NCAA Tournament Championships is tied for third-most all-time.^[3][4] They have also won 17 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles^[5] and 28 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season titles^[6] (including an Atlantic Coast Conference record 18 outright Regular Season Championships).^[7] The program has produced many notable players who went on to play professionally, including Michael Jordan, and many assistant coaches who went on to become head coaches elsewhere.

The Tar Heels are currently #3 on the Division I all-time wins list (behind Kansas and Kentucky). From the Tar Heels' first season in 1910–11 through the 2010–11 season, the Tar Heels have amassed a .737 all-time winning percentage (second highest all time behind Kentucky), winning 2,036 games and losing 728 games in 102 seasons.^[8][9][10] The Tar Heels also have the most consecutive 20-win seasons, with 31 seasons from the 1970–71 season through the 2000–2001 season.^[11] On March 2, 2010, North Carolina became the second college basketball program to reach 2,000 wins in its history, behind the University of Kentucky. The Tar Heels are one of only three Division I Men's Basketball programs to have ever achieved 2,000 victories. The Tar Heels have appeared in the NCAA finals nine times, have participated in a record 18 NCAA Final Fours,^[12] have made it into the NCAA tournament 42 times (second-most all-time),^[7][13] and are tied with Kentucky in NCAA Tournament victories with 105 wins.^[7][13] North Carolina also won the National Invitation Tournament in 1971,^[5] has appeared in two NIT Finals, and has made five appearances in the NIT Tournament.^[5] Additionally, the team has been the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament 13 times, the latest being in 2009 (most #1 seeds all-time),^[14] has been ranked in the Top 25 in the AP Poll 703 times (first all-time),^[15] has beaten #1 teams a record 12 times,^[15] has the most consecutive 20-win seasons, with 31,^[16] and has the most consecutive top-3 ACC finishes with 37.^[16] North Carolina ended the season in the Top 25 among Division 1 schools 42 times as ranked in the AP Poll and 44 times in the Coaches' Poll. The Tar Heels ended the season with a Number 1 ranking in the AP Poll and Coaches' Polls five times each. In 2008, the Tar Heels received the first unanimous preseason Number 1 ranking in the history of either the Coaches' Poll^[17] or the AP Poll.^[18]

Team history

Early years

Coach Nathaniel Cartmell and the 1910–11 men's basketball team

North Carolina played its first basketball game against Virginia Christian, on January 27, 1910, a 42–41 win for North Carolina.^[15] In 1921, North Carolina joined the Southern Conference.^[19] The 1924 Tar Heels squad went 26–0 and was retroactively awarded the national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936.^[20] Overall, the Tar Heels played 32 seasons in the Southern Conference from 1921 to 1953. During that period they won 304 games and lost 111 for a winning percentage of 73.3%. The Tar Heels were winners of the regular season for nine times and won the Southern Conference Championships eight times.

Frank McGuire (1953–1961)

In 1953, North Carolina split from the Southern Conference and became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[21] The Tar Heels won their first NCAA Championship under coach Frank McGuire in 1957, led that year by Lennie Rosenbluth and several other transplants from the New York City area. C.D. Chesley, a Washington, D.C. television producer, piped the 1957 championship game in Kansas City to a hastily-created network of stations across North Carolina, which helped prove pivotal in basketball becoming a craze in the state.^[22] The 1957 National Championship game versus Wilt Chamberlain's Kansas Jayhawks was the only triple overtime contest in championship history.^[23]

In 1960, the Tar Heels were placed on NCAA probation for "improper recruiting entertainment" of basketball prospects-to date, the only time the basketball program has ever faced sanctions from the NCAA. As a result, they were barred from the 1961 NCAA tournament^[24] and also withdrew from the 1961 ACC Tournament. Following the season, Chancellor William Aycock forced McGuire to resign. As a replacement, Aycock selected one of McGuire's assistants, Kansas alumnus Dean Smith.

Dean Smith (1961–1997)

Smith's early teams were not nearly as successful as McGuire's had been. His first team went only 8–9, and his first five teams never won more than 16 games. This grated on a fan base used to winning; in 1965 some of them even hanged him in effigy. However, Smith would go on to take the Tar Heels to heights no one had even contemplated.^[25] When Smith retired in 1997, the Kansas graduate and Phog Allen disciple had the most wins ever of any NCAA Division I men's basketball coach with 879 wins, and the 9th highest winning percentage (77.6%)^[26][27] During Smith's time as head coach, North Carolina won the ACC regular season championship 17 times, won the ACC tournament 13 times, won the NIT in 1971, went to the NCAA tournament 27 times, appeared in 11 Final Fours, and won two NCAA national tournament titles, in 1982 and 1993.^[28] The 1982 National Championship team was led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and a young Michael Jordan. The 1993 National Championship team starred Donald Williams, George Lynch and Eric Montross. While at North Carolina, Smith helped promote desegregation by recruiting the University’s first African American scholarship basketball player Charlie Scott.^[29]

Bill Guthridge (1997–2000)

Smith unexpectedly retired before the start of practice for the 1997–98 season. He was succeeded by Bill Guthridge, who had been an assistant coach at the school for 30 years, the last 25 as Smith's top assistant. During Guthridge's three seasons as head coach he posted a 80–28 record, making him tied for the then-NCAA record for most wins by a coach after three seasons.^[30] The Tar Heels reached the NCAA Final Four twice, in the 1998 tournament and again in the 2000 tournament. North Carolina reached the Final Four in 2000 as an 8-seed, their lowest seeding in a Final Four appearance.^[31]

Matt Doherty (2000–03)

Guthridge retired in 2000 and North Carolina turned to Matt Doherty, the head coach at Notre Dame and a player on the 1982 championship team, to lead the Tar Heels.^[32] Doherty had little success while at North Carolina. In his first season, the Heels were ranked #1 in the polls in the middle of the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule and finished with a 26–7 record. But Doherty's second season was the worst in recent history as the Tar Heels finished the season with a record of 8–20, missing postseason play entirely for the first time since the 1965–66 season (including a record 27 straight NCAA Tournament appearances) and finishing with a losing record for the first time since 1962 (Dean Smith's first year as coach). They also finished 4–12 in the ACC—only the program's second losing ACC record ever. The 12 losses were six more than the Tar Heels had ever suffered in a single season of ACC play, and placed them in a tie for 7th place—the program's first finish below fourth place ever. The season also saw the end of UNC's run of 31 straight 20-win seasons and 35 straight seasons of finishing third or higher in the ACC. After bringing in one of the top 5 incoming classes for the 2002–2003 season, the Tar Heels started the season by knocking off a top 5 Kansas team and going on to win the Preseason NIT and returning to the AP top 25. North Carolina went on to finish the season 17–15, missing the NCAA tournament. Matt Doherty led the Tar Heels to the third round of the NIT, where they ended their season with a loss to Georgetown.

Roy Williams (2003–present)

Despite the turnaround from the year before and the NIT appearance, at the end of the season Matt Doherty was replaced as head coach by Roy Williams. Williams had served as an assistant to Smith for 11 years before leaving to spend the first 15 years of his Hall of Fame head coaching career leading Kansas to 9 conference championships and four Final Fours before Smith convinced him to return home.

In Williams' first season, the Tar Heels finished 19–11 and were ranked in a final media poll for the first time in three years. They returned to the NCAA tournament and were ousted in the second round by Texas. The following year, the Tar Heels won their fourth NCAA title and Williams' first as a head coach.^[33] After winning the championship, Williams lost his top seven scorers, but the 2005–06 season saw the arrival of freshman Tyler Hansbrough and Williams was named Coach of the Year. The Tar Heels swept the ACC regular season and tournament titles in 2007 and 2008. The 2008 ACC Tournament was the first time North Carolina has ever won the ACC Tournament without defeating at least one in-state rival during the tournament.^[34] North Carolina lost in the national semifinals of the 2008 NCAA tournament to Williams' former program Kansas. On April 6, 2009, the Tar Heels won their fifth NCAA title by defeating Michigan State. The Tar Heels won all six tournament games by at least 12 points, for an average victory margin of 20.2 points, and only trailed for a total of 10 minutes out of 240 through the entire tournament.^[35] Wayne Ellington was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, the sixth Tar Heel so honored.

The 2009–2010 Tar Heels struggled throughout the regular season finishing with a 16–15 record^[36], and dropped to #3 in Division I in all-time wins. They later lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament, playing in the first "play-in" Thursday game for the first time since the ACC grew to 12 teams. The Tar Heels did not receive an NCAA tournament bid, and instead accepted a bid to the NIT.^[37] During the season, the Tar Heels reached the 2,000-win milestone with a home win over Miami on March 2, 2010, becoming the second fastest college team to do so (North Carolina was in its 100th season of basketball at the time of this accomplishment). The Tar Heels were able to make it to the final game of the NIT, losing to Dayton in the final game finishing with a 20-17 record.

The 2010–2011 Tar Heels, with the addition of Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, and Reggie Bullock, eighth in the preseason polls, struggled out the gates, starting with a 2-2 record, the worst start since the 2001-2002 season. After losses to Illinois and Texas, the Tar Heels fell out of the rankings. The losses of senior Will Graves, to dismissal, and Larry Drew II, to transfer and also the unexpected off-season transfers of David and Travis Wear did not help matters. However, the Tar Heels improved greatly during the conference season, finishing first in the ACC regular season with a 14-2 record. Williams was named Conference Coach of the Year for his efforts of getting his team to work through the adversity to finish strong in the regular season.^[38] Also during the season, the term Tar Heel Blue Steel was coined, referencing the Tar Heel men's basketball walk-ons. The term was started by one of the players, Stewart Cooper, in hopes that it would be a replacement for "walk-ons" and other less catchy names and soon enough Roy Williams caught on, as well as the rest of the Tar Heel Nation. North Carolina lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament Finals and made a significant run in the NCAA Tournament until they were eliminated in the Elite Eight by Kentucky, finishing with a 29-8 record.^[39]

Streaks

The Tar Heels own several notable streaks in the history of college basketball. They appeared in either the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT) every year from 1967 to 2001. This includes 27 straight appearances in the NCAA tourney from 1975 (the first year that competition allowed more than one team from a conference to get a guaranteed bid) to 2001—the longest such streak in tournament history. The Tar Heels also notched 37 straight winning seasons from 1964 to 2001, the third-longest such streak in NCAA history, behind UCLA's streak of 54 consecutive winning seasons from 1948 to 2001, and Syracuse's currently active streak of 39 seasons from 1971 to date. They also finished .500 or better for 39 years in a row from 1962 (Dean Smith's second year) to 2001, the third-longest such streak in NCAA history behind only Kentucky's record streak of 60 non-losing seasons from 1927 to 1988 (the Wildcats didn't field a team in 1952–53) and UCLA's 54-year run.

From the ACC's inception in 1953 to 2001, the Tar Heels did not finish worse than a tie for fourth place in ACC play. From 1965 to 2001, they did not finish worse than a tie for third, and for the first 21 of those years they did not finish worse than a tie for second. By comparison, all of the ACC's other charter members finished first at least once and last at least once in that time.

All of these streaks ended in the 2001–02 season, when the Tar Heels finished 8–20 on the season under coach Matt Doherty. They also finished tied for 7th in conference play, behind Florida State and Clemson—only their second losing conference record ever (the first being in the ACC's inaugural season).

Additionally, the Tar Heels have an active 55 consecutive home game winning streak against Clemson, who has never beaten the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill since the first game between the two teams in 1926 at Chapel Hill (as of the 2010–11 season). The 55th consecutive win is an NCAA record in a head-to-head matchup. Until the 2010 ACC Tournament, North Carolina was the only program to have never played a Thursday game in the ACC Tournament since it expanded to a four-day format.

Honored and retired jerseys

Main article: Honored North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players

Retired basketball jerseys
Number	Player	Year
NC	Jack Cobb	1926
20	George Glamack	1941
10	Lennie Rosenbluth	1957
12	Phil Ford	1978
52	James Worthy	1983
23	Michael Jordan	1984
33	Antawn Jamison	1998
50	Tyler Hansbrough	2009

The Jerseys in the rafters

Forty-three former North Carolina men's basketball players are honored in the Smith Center with banners representing their numbers hung from the rafters. Of the 43 honored jerseys, eight are retired.

To have his jersey honored, a player must have met one of the following criteria^[40]:

• MVP of a National Championship-winning team
• Member of a gold medal-winning Olympic team
• First- or second-team All-America
• ACC Player of the Year
• NCAA Tournament MOP

To have his jersey retired, a player must win one of the following six widely recognized player of the year awards^[41]:

• Associated Press Player of the Year
• Oscar Robertson Trophy, formerly known as the United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year
• National Association of Basketball Coaches Player of the Year
• Sporting News Player of the Year
• John R. Wooden Award
• Naismith College Player of the Year

Eight players (including Jack Cobb, whose jersey did not have a number) have had their jerseys retired. Tyler Hansbrough's number 50 is the eighth jersey to be retired, after he won all six major player of the year awards during the 2007–08 season.^[42]

Notable players and coaches

Main article: List of North Carolina Tar Heels men's head basketball coaches

Awards

National Coach of the Year: Frank McGuire – 1957 Dean Smith – 1977, 1979, 1982, 1993 Bill Guthridge – 1998 Matt Doherty – 2001 Roy Williams – 2006

ACC Coach of the Year: Frank McGuire – 1957 Dean Smith – 1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993 Bill Guthridge – 1998 Roy Williams – 2006, 2011

National Player of the Year: Jack Cobb – 1924 George Glamack – 1940, 1941 Lennie Rosenbluth – 1957 Phil Ford – 1978 James Worthy – 1982 Michael Jordan – 1984 Antawn Jamison – 1998 Tyler Hansbrough – 2008

ACC Rookie of the Year: Sam Perkins – 1981 Michael Jordan – 1982 J.R. Reid – 1987 Ed Cota – 1997 Joseph Forte – 2000 Marvin Williams – 2005 Tyler Hansbrough – 2006 Brandan Wright – 2007 Harrison Barnes - 2011

ACC Player of the Year: Lennie Rosenbluth – 1957 Pete Brennan – 1958 Lee Shaffer – 1960 Billy Cunningham – 1965 Larry Miller – 1967, 1968 Mitch Kupchak – 1976 Phil Ford – 1978 Michael Jordan – 1984 Antawn Jamison – 1998 Joseph Forte – 2001 (Shared with Duke's Shane Battier) Tyler Hansbrough – 2008 Ty Lawson – 2009

ACC Tournament MVP's: Lennie Rosenbluth – 1957 Larry Miller – 1967, 1968 Charlie Scott – 1969 Lee Dedmon (co-winner) – 1971 Robert McAdoo – 1972 Phil Ford – 1975 John Kuester – 1977 Dudley Bradley – 1979 Sam Perkins – 1981 James Worthy – 1982 J.R. Reid – 1989 Rick Fox – 1991 Jerry Stackhouse – 1994 Shammond Williams – 1997 Antwan Jamison – 1998 Brandan Wright – 2007 Tyler Hansbrough – 2008

ACC Athletes of the Year: Lennie Rosenbluth – 1957 Larry Miller – 1967 Charlie Scott (co-winner) – 1970 Phil Ford – 1977, 1978 James Worthy – 1982 Michael Jordan – 1984 Antawn Jamison – 1998 Sean May – 2005 Tyler Hansbrough – 2008

All-Americans Year Player(s) 1923 Cartwright Carmichael 1924 Cartwright Carmichael, Jack Cobb 1925 Jack Cobb* 1926 Jack Cobb* 1940 George Glamack 1941 George Glamack 1945 Jim Jordan 1946 John Dillon 1956 Lennie Rosenbluth 1957 Lennie Rosenbluth, Tommy Kearns 1958 Tommy Kearns, Pete Brennan 1959 Lee Shaffer, York Larese, Doug Moe 1960 Lee Shaffer, York Larese 1961 York Larese, Doug Moe 1964 Billy Cunningham 1965 Billy Cunningham 1966 Bob Lewis 1967 Bob Lewis, Larry Miller 1968 Larry Miller 1969 Charlie Scott 1970 Charlie Scott 1972 Bill Chamberlain, Robert McAdoo, Dennis Wuycik 1974 Bobby Jones 1975 Mitch Kupchak 1976 Mitch Kupchak, Phil Ford 1977 Phil Ford, Tommy LaGarde 1978 Phil Ford, Mike O'Koren 1979 Mike O'Koren 1980 Mike O'Koren, Al Wood 1981 Al Wood, James Worthy 1982 James Worthy, Sam Perkins 1983 Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan 1984 Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan 1986 Brad Daugherty 1987 Kenny Smith 1988 J.R. Reid 1989 J.R. Reid 1991 Rick Fox 1993 Eric Montross 1994 Eric Montross 1995 Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace 1996 Antawn Jamison 1997 Antawn Jamison 1998 Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Shammond Williams, Ed Cota* 1999 Ed Cota*, Ademola Okulaja* 2000 Ed Cota* 2001 Brendan Haywood, Joseph Forte 2004 Sean May, Rashad McCants 2005 Sean May, Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton 2006 Tyler Hansbrough 2007 Tyler Hansbrough 2008 Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington*, Ty Lawson* 2009 Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson (*) Denotes honorable mention

All-ACC Players The players are all first team All-ACC, unless otherwise noted Year Player(s) 1954 Jerry Vayda* 1955 Lennie Rosenbluth 1956 Lennie Rosenbluth 1957 Lennie Rosenbluth, Tommy Kearns, Pete Brennan* 1958 Tommy Kearns, Pete Brennan 1959 Doug Moe, Lee Shaffer*, York Larese 1960 Lee Shaffer, York Larese 1961 Doug Moe, York Larese 1962 Larry Brown*, Jim Hudock* 1963 Larry Brown, Billy Cunningham 1964 Billy Cunningham 1965 Billy Cunningham, Bob Lewis* 1966 Larry Miller*, Bob Lewis 1967 Larry Miller, Bob Lewis 1968 Larry Miller, Rusty Clark*, Charlie Scott 1969 Charlie Scott, Bill Bunting, Dick Grubar* 1970 Charlie Scott 1971 Dennis Wuycik, George Karl* 1972 Dennis Wuycik, George Karl*, Robert McAdoo, Bill Chamberlain* 1973 George Karl, Bobby Jones* 1974 Bobby Jones, Darrell Elston* 1975 Mitch Kupchak 1976 Mitch Kupchak, Walter Davis*, Phil Ford 1977 Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Tommy LaGarde* 1978 Phil Ford 1979 Mike O'Koren, Al Wood 1980 Mike O'Koren*, Al Wood* 1981 Mike O'Koren, Al Wood, James Worthy* 1982 James Worthy, Sam Perkins 1983 Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan 1984 Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan 1985 Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith* 1986 Brad Daugherty, Kenny Smith*, Steve Hale* 1987 Kenny Smith, Joe Wolf, J.R. Reid* 1988 J.R. Reid, Jeff Lebo* 1989 Steve Bucknall*, Kevin Madden* 1990 Rick Fox** 1991 Rick Fox, Pete Chilcutt** 1992 Hubert Davis*, George Lynch** 1993 George Lynch, Eric Montross 1994 Eric Montross*, Derrick Phelps* 1995 Jeff McInnis** 1996 Dante Calabria** , Jeff McInnis*, Antwan Jamison 1997 Antwan Jamison, Serge Zwikker**, Vince Carter**, Shammond Williams** 1998 Antwan Jamison, Vince Carter, Shammond Williams*, Ed Cota* 1999 Ed Cota*, Ademola Okulaja 2000 Ed Cota*, Brendan Haywood**, Joseph Forte* 2001 Brendan Haywood*, Joseph Forte, Jason Capel** 2002 Jason Capel** 2003 Raymond Felton** 2004 Raymond Felton**, Sean May*, Rashad McCants 2005 Raymond Felton, Sean May, Rashad McCants**, Jawad Williams** 2006 David Noel*, Reyshawn Terry**, Tyler Hansbrough 2007 Tyler Hansbrough, Brandan Wright* 2008 Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington* 2009 Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green**, Ty Lawson 2011 Tyler Zeller*, John Henson*, Harrison Barnes*, Kendall Marshall** (*) Denotes 2nd Team All-ACC (**) Denotes 3rd Team All-ACC

All-Southern Conference Players Year Player(s) 1922 Cartwright Carmichael, Monk McDonald 1923 Cartwright Carmichael 1924 Cartwright Carmichael, Monk McDonald, Jack Cobb, Bill Dodderer 1925 Jack Cobb, Bill Dodderer 1926 Jack Cobb, Bill Dodderer, Artie Newcomb 1932 Tom Alexander, Virgil Weathers 1934 Jim McCachren 1935 Jim McCachren, Stewart Aitken, Ivan Glace 1936 Jim McCachren 1937 Earl Ruth 1940 George Glamack 1941 George Glamack, Bob Rose 1942 Bob Rose 1944 Boyce Box, Bernie Mock 1945 Manny Alvarez, Jim Jordan 1946 John Dillon 1947 Jim White, Bob Paxton 1948 Bob Paxton 1949 Coy Carson, Hugo Kappler

Tar Heels inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame To date nine Tar Heels have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Year Player(s) Inducted As a 1970 Bernard Carnevale Coach 1977 Frank McGuire Coach 1983 Dean Smith Coach 1986 Billy Cunningham Player 2000 Robert McAdoo Player 2002 Larry Brown Coach 2003 James Worthy Player 2007 Roy Williams Coach 2009 Michael Jordan Player

Tar Heels in the NBA Draft

• North Carolina has produced 39 first-round picks in its history, more than any other ACC school
• Since 1980, North Carolina has had 28 players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, more than any other school in the country
• Roy Williams has coached 19 first round draft picks

Year	Player	Round #	Pick #	Overall #	Team
1948	Norman Kohler	n/a	n/a	n/a	Indianapolis Olympians
1948	Bob Paxton	n/a	n/a	n/a	Indianapolis Olympians
1948	Hook Dillon	n/a	n/a	n/a	Chicago Stags
1957	Lennie Rosenbluth	1st	6	6	Philadelphia Warriors
1958	Pete Brennan	1st	4	4	New York Knicks
1958	Joe Quigg	2nd	4	12	New York Knicks
1958	Tommy Kearns	4th	6	29	Syracuse Nationals
1960	Lee Shaffer	1st	5	5	Syracuse Nationals
1960	Doug Moe	7th	4	52	Detroit Pistons
1961	York Larese	2nd	11	20	Chicago Packers
1961	Doug Moe	2nd	13	22	Chicago Packers
1961	Dick Kepley	11th	7	98	St. Louis Hawks
1962	Jim Hudock	6th	7	50	Philadelphia Warriors
1962	Ken McComb	10th	6	84	Philadelphia Warriors
1962	Donnie Walsh	11th	5	89	Philadelphia Warriors
1963	Larry Brown	7th	2	55	Baltimore Bullets
1965	Billy Cunningham	1st	4	4	Philadelphia 76ers
1966	Bob Bennett	13th	1	101	New York Knicks
1967	Bob Lewis	4th	8	39	San Francisco Warriors
1967	Mark Mirken	11th	4	117	New York Knicks
1968	Larry Miller	5th	12	62	Philadelphia 76ers
1969	Bill Bunting	2nd	11	26	New York Knicks
1969	Dick Grubar	6th	12	83	Los Angeles Lakers
1969	Rusty Clark	11th	4	145	Detroit Pistons
1970	Charles Scott	7th	4	106	Boston Celtics
1971	Lee Dedmon	5th	13	81	Los Angeles Lakers
1972	Robert McAdoo	1st	2	2	Buffalo Braves
1972	Dennis Wuycik	2nd	14	27	Boston Celtics
1972	Bill Chamberlain	3rd	13	43	Golden State Warriors
1972	Steve Previs	7th	14	111	Boston Celtics
1973	George Karl	4th	14	66	New York Knicks
1973	Donn Johnson	18th	1	207	Buffalo Braves
1974	Bobby Jones	1st	5	5	Houston Rockets
1974	Darrell Elston	3rd	7	43	Atlanta Hawks
1974	John O'Donnell	10th	14	174	New York Knicks
1975	Donald Washington	5th	8	80	New York Knicks
1975	Ed Stahl	5th	13	85	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1976	Mitch Kupchak	1st	13	13	Washington Bullets
1977	Walter Davis	1st	5	5	Phoenix Suns
1977	Tommy LaGarde	1st	9	9	Denver Nuggets
1977	John Kuester	3rd	9	53	Kansas City Kings
1977	Bruce Buckley	6th	15	125	San Antonio Spurs
1978	Phil Ford	1st	2	2	Kansas City Kings
1978	Geff Crompton	4th	4	70	Kansas City Kings
1978	Tom Zaliagris	8th	12	164	Milwaukee Bucks
1979	Dudley Bradley	1st	13	13	Indiana Pacers
1980	Mike O'Koren	1st	6	6	New Jersey Nets
1980	John Virgil	3rd	3	49	Golden State Warriors
1980	Rich Yonakor	3rd	15	61	San Antonio Spurs
1980	Jeff Wolf	4th	17	86	Milwaukee Bucks
1980	Dave Colescott	7th	2	140	Utah Jazz
1981	Al Wood	1st	4	4	Atlanta Hawks
1981	Pete Budko	5th	1	93	Dallas Mavericks
1981	Mike Pepper	6th	8	123	San Diego Clippers
1982	James Worthy	1st	1	1	Los Angeles Lakers
1982	Jimmy Black	3rd	13	59	New Jersey Nets
1982	Chris Brust	6th	16	131	Denver Nuggets
1982	Jeb Barlow	7th	15	153	Denver Nuggets
1983	Jimmy Braddock	5th	14	107	Denver Nuggets
1984	Michael Jordan	1st	3	3	Chicago Bulls
1984	Sam Perkins	1st	4	4	Dallas Mavericks
1984	Matt Doherty	6th	3	118	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984	Cecil Exum	9th	10	194	Denver Nuggets
1985	Buzz Peterson	7th	8	147	Cleveland Cavaliers
1986	Brad Daugherty	1st	1	1	Cleveland Cavaliers
1986	Warren Martin	4th	3	73	Cleveland Cavaliers
1986	Steve Hale	4th	11	81	New Jersey Nets
1987	Kenny Smith	1st	6	6	Sacramento Kings
1987	Joe Wolf	1st	13	13	Los Angeles Clippers
1987	Dave Popson	4th	19	88	Detroit Pistons
1987	Curtis Hunter	7th	18	156	Denver Nuggetts
1989	J.R. Reid	1st	5	5	Charlotte Hornets
1991	Rick Fox	1st	24	24	Boston Celtics
1991	Pete Chilcutt	1st	27	27	Sacramento Kings
1992	Hubert Davis	1st	20	20	New York Knicks
1993	George Lynch	1st	12	12	Los Angeles Lakers
1994	Eric Montross	1st	9	9	Boston Celtics
1995	Jerry Stackhouse	1st	3	3	Philadelphia 76ers
1995	Rasheed Wallace	1st	4	4	Washington Bullets
1996	Jeff McInnis	2nd	8	37	Denver Nuggetts
1997	Serge Zwikker	2nd	1	29	Houston Rockets
1998	Antawn Jamison	1st	4	4	Toronto Raptors
1998	Vince Carter	1st	5	5	Golden State Warriors
1998	Shammond Williams	2nd	5	34	Chicago Bulls
2001	Brendan Haywood	1st	20	20	Cleveland Cavaliers
2001	Joseph Forte	1st	21	21	Boston Celtics
2005	Marvin Williams	1st	2	2	Atlanta Hawks
2005	Raymond Felton	1st	5	5	Charlotte Bobcats
2005	Sean May	1st	13	13	Charlotte Bobcats
2005	Rashad McCants	1st	14	14	Minnesota Timberwolves
2006	David Noel	2nd	9	39	Milwaukee Bucks
2007	Brandan Wright	1st	8	8	Charlotte Bobcats
2007	Reyshawn Terry	2nd	14	44	Orlando Magic
2009	Tyler Hansbrough	1st	13	13	Indiana Pacers
2009	Ty Lawson	1st	18	18	Minnesota Timberwolves
2009	Wayne Ellington	1st	28	28	Minnesota Timberwolves
2009	Danny Green	2nd	16	46	Cleveland Cavaliers
2010	Ed Davis	1st	13	13	Toronto Raptors

Tar Heels with NBA championship rings

Year	Name	Affiliation	Team
1967	Billy Cunningham	Player	Philadelphia 76ers
1976	Charles Scott	Player	Boston Celtics
1978	Mitch Kupchak	Player	Washington Bullets
1979	Tommy LaGarde	Player	Seattle SuperSonics
1982	Mitch Kupchak	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1982	Robert McAdoo	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1983	Billy Cunningham	Head Coach	Philadelphia 76ers
1983	Bobby Jones	Player	Philadelphia 76ers
1985	Mitch Kupchak	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1985	Robert McAdoo	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1985	James Worthy	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1987	Mitch Kupchak	Asst. GM	Los Angeles Lakers
1987	James Worthy	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1988	Mitch Kupchak	Asst. GM	Los Angeles Lakers
1988	James Worthy	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
1991	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
1991	Scott Williams	Player	Chicago Bulls
1992	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
1992	Scott Williams	Player	Chicago Bulls
1993	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
1993	Scott Williams	Player	Chicago Bulls
1994	Kenny Smith	Player	Houston Rockets
1995	Pete Chilcutt	Player	Houston Rockets
1995	Kenny Smith	Player	Houston Rockets
1996	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
1997	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
1998	Michael Jordan	Player	Chicago Bulls
2000	Rick Fox	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
2000	Mitch Kupchak	General Manager	Los Angeles Lakers
2001	Rick Fox	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
2001	Mitch Kupchak	General Manager	Los Angeles Lakers
2002	Rick Fox	Player	Los Angeles Lakers
2002	Mitch Kupchak	General Manager	Los Angeles Lakers
2004	Larry Brown	Head Coach	Detroit Pistons
2004	Dave Hanners	Asst. Coach	Detroit Pistons
2004	John Kuester	Asst. Coach	Detroit Pistons
2004	Pat Sullivan	Video Coordinator	Detroit Pistons
2004	Rasheed Wallace	Player	Detroit Pistons
2006	Robert McAdoo	Asst. Coach	Miami Heat
2009	Mitch Kupchak	General Manager	Los Angeles Lakers
2010	Mitch Kupchak	General Manager	Los Angeles Lakers
2011	Brendan Haywood	Player	Dallas Mavericks

Tar Heel NBA All-Star Game appearances

Player	Year(s)
Vince Carter	8 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Billy Cunningham	4 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)
Brad Daugherty	5 (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Walter Davis	6 (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987)
Antawn Jamison	2 (2005, 2008)
Bobby Jones	4 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)
Michael Jordan	14 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996*, 1997, 1998*, 2002, 2003)
Robert McAdoo	5 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Charles Scott	3 (1973, 1974, 1975)
Lee Shaffer	1 (1963)
Jerry Stackhouse	2 (2000, 2001)
Rasheed Wallace	4 (2000, 2001, 2006, 2008)
James Worthy	7 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)

• (*) Denotes All-Star Game MVP

Tar Heels in the Olympics

Year	Tar Heel	As a	Country
1964	Larry Brown	Player
1968	Charles Scott	Player
1972	Bobby Jones	Player
1976	Walter Davis	Player
1976	Phil Ford	Player
1976	Bill Guthridge	Asst. Coach
1976	Mitch Kupchak	Player
1976	Tommy LaGarde	Player
1976	Dean Smith	Head Coach
1980	Al Wood	Player
1984	Michael Jordan	Player
1984	Sam Perkins	Player
1988	J.R. Reid	Player
1992	Michael Jordan	Player
1992	Henrik Rödl	Player
2000	Vince Carter	Player
2000	Larry Brown	Asst. Coach
2004	Larry Brown	Head Coach
2004	Roy Williams	Asst. Coach

McDonald's All-Americans

The following 58 McDonald's All-Americans have played for North Carolina:^[43]

Year	Player	Hometown
1977	Pete Budko	Lutherville, MD
1977	Al Wood	Gray, GA
1979	James Worthy	Gastonia, NC
1979	Jim Braddock	Chattanooga, TN
1980	Matt Doherty	East Meadow, NJ
1980	Sam Perkins	Latham, NY
1981	Buzz Peterson	Asheville, NC
1981	Michael Jordan	Wilmington, NC
1982	Brad Daugherty	Black Mountain, NC
1982	Curtis Hunter	Durham, NC
1983	Kenny Smith	Queens, NY
1983	Dave Popson	Ashley, PA
1983	Joe Wolf	Kohler, WI
1985	Jeff Lebo	Carlisle, PA
1985	Kevin Madden	Staunton, VA
1986	Steve Bucknall	London, GB
1986	Pete Chilcutt	Eutaw, AL
1986	Scott Williams	Hacienda Heights, CA
1986	J.R. Reid	Virginia Beach, VA
1987	King Rice	Binghamton, NY
1989	Matt Wenstrom	Katy, TX
1989	George Lynch	Roanoke, VA
1990	Eric Montross	Indianapolis, IN
1990	Brian Reese	The Bronx, NY
1990	Derrick Phelps	Pleasantville, NY
1991	Donald Williams	Garner, NC
1992	Serge Zwikker	Maassluis, NL
1993	Jerry Stackhouse	Kinston, NC
1993	Rasheed Wallace	Philadelphia, PA
1993	Jeff McInnis	Charlotte, NC
1995	Antawn Jamison	Charlotte, NC
1995	Vince Carter	Daytona Beach, FL
1996	Ed Cota	Brooklyn, NY
1996	Vasco Evtimov	Sofia, BG
1997	Brendan Haywood	Greensboro, NC
1998	Ronald Curry	Hampton, VA
1998	Jason Capel	Chesapeake, VA
1998	Kris Lang	Gastonia, NC
1999	Joseph Forte	Greenbelt, MD
2000	Neil Fingleton	Durham, UK
2001	Jawad Williams	Cleveland, OH
2002	Rashad McCants	Asheville, NC
2002	Sean May	Bloomington, IN
2002	Raymond Felton	Latta, SC
2004	Marvin Williams	Bremerton, WA
2005	Tyler Hansbrough	Poplar Bluff, MO
2005	Danny Green	North Babylon, NY
2005	Bobby Frasor	Blue Island, IL
2006	Brandan Wright	Brentwood, TN
2006	Ty Lawson	Clinton, MD
2006	Wayne Ellington	Wynnewood, PA
2008	Larry Drew	Woodland Hills, CA
2008	Ed Davis	Richmond, VA
2008	Tyler Zeller	Washington, IN
2009	David Wear	Santa Ana, CA
2009	Travis Wear	Santa Ana, CA
2009	Dexter Strickland	Elizabeth, NJ
2009	John Henson	Tampa, FL
2010	Kendall Marshall	Dumfries, VA
2010	Reggie Bullock	Kinston, NC
2010	Harrison Barnes	Ames, IA
2011	James McAdoo	Norfolk, VA
2011	P. J. Hairston	Greensboro, NC

Mr. Basketball

The following players won their state's Mr. Basketball award in high school.

Year	Player	State	Notes
1976	Dave Colescott	Indiana
1983	Joe Wolf	Wisconsin
1986	Scott Williams	California
1987	Henrik Rodl	North Carolina
1987	King Rice	New York
1990	Clifford Rozier	Florida	Transferred to Louisville
1991	Donald Williams	North Carolina
1995	Vince Carter	Florida
1995	Antwan Jamison	North Carolina
1998	Kris Lang	North Carolina
2000	Adam Boone	Minnesota	Transferred to Minnesota
2002	Raymond Felton	South Carolina
2002	Sean May	Indiana
2004	Brandan Wright	Tennessee	Div. II A
2005	Brandan Wright	Tennessee	Div. II A
2005	Tyler Hansbrough	Missouri
2006	Brandan Wright	Tennessee	Div. II A
2006	Will Graves	North Carolina
2008	Leslie McDonald	Tennessee	Div. II AA
2008	Tyler Zeller	Indiana
2009	Leslie McDonald	Tennessee	Div. II AA
2010	Reggie Bullock	North Carolina
2010	Harrison Barnes	Iowa

Current players in the NBA

• Vince Carter, Phoenix Suns
• Ed Davis, Toronto Raptors
• Wayne Ellington, Minnesota Timberwolves
• Raymond Felton, Portland Trail Blazers
• Tyler Hansbrough, Indiana Pacers
• Brendan Haywood, Dallas Mavericks
• Antawn Jamison, Cleveland Cavaliers
• Ty Lawson, Denver Nuggets
• Marvin Williams, Atlanta Hawks
• Brandan Wright, New Jersey Nets

NBA head coaches and executives

• Larry Brown, former head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats
• Michael Jordan, owner and president of basketball operations of the Charlotte Bobcats
• George Karl, head coach of the Denver Nuggets
• John Kuester, head coach of the Detroit Pistons
• Mitch Kupchak, general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
• Donnie Walsh, general manager of the New York Knicks

Other fields

• James Delany, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference (1967–1970)
• Julius Peppers, NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears (1999–2001)
• Richard Vinroot, former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (1961–1963)

NBA Assistant Coaches:

• Pat Sullivan – Detroit Pistons
• Dave Hanners—Charlotte Bobcats
• Phil Ford—Charlotte Bobcats
• Mike O'Koren—New Jersey Nets
• Bob McAdoo—Miami Heat
• Joe Wolf—Milwaukee Bucks

Basketball museum

See also: List of museums in North Carolina

The Carolina Basketball Museum^[44][45] is located in the Ernie Williamson Athletics Center and contains 8,000 square feet.^[46] It was built to replace the old memorabilia room in the Dean Smith Center.^[46] Designed by Gallagher & Associates, the cost of construction was $3.4 million.^[46] The museum opened in January 2008.^[47][48]

Milestone wins

Type of Win	Score	Opponent & Location
1st Win	42–21	Virginia Christian, Jan. 27, 1911
100th Win	29–23	at Duke, Mar. 7, 1922
200th Win	45–14	Salisbury YMCA, Dec. 10, 1927
300th Win	24–23	at Virginia, Jan. 29, 1934
400th Win	42–38	at Ashebero McCrary Eagles, Dec. 30, 1939
500th Win	55–28	NC State in Southern Conf. Tournament, Feb. 22, 1945
600th Win	64–42	South Carolina, Jan. 18, 1950
700th Win	63–55	Wake Forest in Dixie Classic, Dec. 29, 1956
800th Win	100–71	Virginia at Greensboro, NC, Jan. 13, 1962
900th Win	82–54	Georgia Tech at Charlotte, NC, Jan. 27, 1968
1000th Win	92–72	Maryland, Jan. 29, 1972
1100th Win	79–74	Georgia Tech at Charlotte, NC, Feb. 6, 1976
1200th Win	73–70 (OT)	Rutgers at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 14, 1980
1300th Win	64–51	St. John's at Madison Square Garden, Dec. 29, 1983
1400th Win	96–80	Clemson, Feb. 21, 1987
1500th Win	92–70	NC State, Feb. 7, 1991
1600th Win	90–67	Pittsburgh, Nov. 29, 1994
1700th Win	60–45	Virginia, Feb. 11, 1998
1800th Win	68–65	Connecticut, Jan. 18, 2003
1900th Win	77–61	Georgia Tech, Jan. 20, 2007
2000th Win	69–62	Miami, Mar. 2, 2010
1st ACC Win	82–56	South Carolina, Dec. 12, 1953
1st ACC Tournament Win	81–77	Virginia at Raleigh, NC, Mar. 1, 1956
1st Win in the ACC Final	95–75	South Carolina at Raleigh, NC, Mar. 9, 1957
1st NCAA Tournament Win	57–49	NYU at Madison Square Garden, Mar. 21, 1946
1st NCAA Championship	54–53 (3 OT)	Kansas at Kansas City, MO, Mar. 23, 1957
1st Win under Dean Smith	80–46	Virginia, Dec. 2, 1961
1st Final Four under Dean Smith	96–80	Boston College at College Park, MD, Mar. 18, 1967
Dean Smith's 1st NCAA Title	63–62	Georgetown at New Orleans, LA, Mar. 29, 1982
Last Win in Carmichael Auditorium	80–72	William & Mary, Mar. 16, 2010
1st Win in Smith Center	95–92	Duke, Jan. 18, 1986
Dean Smith's 2nd NCAA Title	77–71	Michigan at New Orleans, LA, Apr. 5, 1993
877th Win under Dean Smith	73–56	Colorado at Winston-Salem, NC, Mar. 15, 1997
1st Win under Bill Guthridge	84–56	Middle Tennessee State, Nov. 14, 1997
500th ACC Win	61–60	Florida State, Feb. 8, 2003
1st Win under Roy Williams	90–64	Old Dominion, Nov. 22, 2003
1st Final Four under Roy Williams	87–71	Michigan State at St. Louis, MO, Apr. 2, 2005
Roy Williams' 1st NCAA Title	75–70	Illinois at St. Louis, MO, Apr. 4, 2005
17th ACC Tournament Title	86–81	Clemson at Charlotte, NC, Mar. 16, 2008
18th Final Four	72–60	Oklahoma at Memphis, TN, Mar. 29, 2009
Roy Williams' 2nd NCAA Title	89–72	Michigan State at Detroit, MI, Apr. 6, 2009

UNC junior varsity basketball team

Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels junior varsity basketball

The UNC junior varsity basketball team was originally used at North Carolina as freshmen teams because freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity team until the NCAA granted freshmen eligibility in the 1970s.

After most schools decided to disband their J.V. squads, North Carolina's athletic department opted to keep the team so that non-scholarship students were given the chance to play basketball for UNC. North Carolina also uses their J.V. team as a way for varsity assistant coaches to gain experience as head coaches. Roy Williams was a J.V. coach for eight years before he was hired at Kansas.

Students at UNC are only allowed to play on the team for two years, and then they are given a chance to try out for the varsity. The J.V. team also serves as a way for coaches to evaluate players for two years on the J.V. so they will better know what to expect when they try out for varsity later in their careers.

UNC's J.V. team plays a combination of teams from Division II and III schools, some community colleges, and a few prep schools from around the North Carolina area.

Seasons

Main article: List of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons

Records

Main article: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball records

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Consecutive Appearances

Home venues

Bynum Gymnasium, the first home of the team

• Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924)
• Tin Can (1924–1938)
• Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1964)
• Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986)
• Dean Smith Center (1986–present)

Notes and references

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4. ^ "NCAA Championships". Wikipedia.org. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship_records#NCAA_Championships. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} "2008–09 Quick Facts" (PDF). Tarheelblue.com. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809quickfacts.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
6. ^ "North Carolina controls rival Duke to win ACC regular-season championship". ESPN.com. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310640153. Retrieved 2011-03-06. 
7. ^ ^{a b c} "Jacobs: Numbers To Savor". Tarheelblue.com. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031511aab.html. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 
8. ^ "University of North Carolina 2010–11 Men's Basketball Facts" (PDF). Tarheelblue.com. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/QuickFacts10-11.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-28. 
9. ^ "All-Time Winningest Teams". NCAA.com. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2011/D1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
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13. ^ ^{a b} "Tournament History Facts". NCAA.org. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_final4/2011/TournamentRecords.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
14. ^ "Game Notes V. Radford" (PDF). University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site. March 17, 2009. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 
15. ^ ^{a b c} North Carolina Tar Heels Media Guide
16. ^ ^{a b} Peeler, Tim (November 2, 2001). "Once again, Duke leads the way". CNNSI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/2002/ncaa_preview/acc/. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
17. ^ "Tar Heels Are Unanimous Preseason No. 1 In Coaches Poll". Tarheelblue.com. October 30, 2008. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30. 
18. ^ "Tar Heels voted as first unanimous preseason no. 1 in AP poll". ESPN.com. October 31, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3675860. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
19. ^ Southern Conference Fan Guide
20. ^ The Helms Foundation named its own national college basketball champion for each year from 1936 through 1982. The foundation also retroactively awarded championships from 1901 through 1935. While the 1924 team was undefeated, they did not play a single opponent from north of the Mason-Dixon Line; indeed, intersectional play would not start on a regular basis for another decade. However, the 1924 Tar Heels did beat the Kentucky Wildcats that season in a battle of what most considered the two best teams in the nation.
21. ^ Official ACC Web Site
22. ^ UNC-TV ONLINE: Biographical Conversations With: William Friday – Special Features
23. ^ "NCAA Basketball Tournament". InsideHoops.com. April 5, 2006. http://www.insidehoops.com/ncaa/tournament.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
24. ^ LSDBi
25. ^ "bio". ESPN. ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Smith_Dean. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
26. ^ This record for the most wins would later be surpassed by Bob Knight in 2007.
27. ^ "NCAA stats". NCAA. NCAA. Archived from the original on 2006-10-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20061008164146/http://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/coaching/index.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
28. ^ "Dean Smith Biography". Hall of Famers. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc.. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070505133017/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-dean-smith.html. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
29. ^ "ACC 50th Anniversary Team". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/history/ACC_50th_Anniversary_Team.html. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
30. ^ "Bill Guthridge's Accomplishments". tarheelblue.cstv.com. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/063000aac.html. Retrieved 2010-03-19. 
31. ^ "NCAA TOURNAMENT – SCHOOL STATISTICS". TourneyTravel.com. http://www.tourneytravel.com/history/schoolstats.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
32. ^ ESPN article on Doherty's acceptance of head coach at North Carolina
33. ^ "SI.com – My Sportsman Choice: Roy Williams – Nov 28, 2005". CNN. 2005-11-28. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/magazine/specials/sportsman/2005/11/28/roy.williams/index.html. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
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35. ^ http://www.tarheeltimes.com/schedulebasketball-2008.aspx
36. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/unc-m-baskbl-sched.html
37. ^ "Tar Heels get chance to extend season with NIT bid". Associated Press. March 15, 2010. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/ncaa/wires/03/15/2060.ap.bkc.nit.ncarolina.s.second.chance.1st.ld.writethru.0721/. ^{[dead link]}
38. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030811aac.html
39. ^ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/153/north-carolina-tar-heels
40. ^ "Tar Heel Basketball Glossary". University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site. October 6, 2003. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3287633. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
41. ^ Associated Press (March 11, 2008). "Hansbrough is just 8th Tar Heel to have jersey retired". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3287633. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
42. ^ "Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award, Sweeping Major Individual Honors". University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site. April 12, 2008. http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041208aab.html. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 
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External links

• University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site