1965–66 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1965–66 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1966 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1965–66 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1965–66 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1965–66 record	16–11 (8–6 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (5th season);
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1965–66 men's college basketball season. This was the first season that North Carolina played its home games at Carmichael Auditorium.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 1	at Clemson	L 74–84	Clemson, SC
December 4*	William & Mary	W 82–68	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 6*	at Ohio State	W 82–72	Columbus, OH
December 8*	Richmond	W 127–76	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 11*	at No. 4 Vanderbilt	L 72–81	Nashville, TN
December 16*	Florida State	W 115–80	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 18*	vs. Florida	W 66–59	Charlotte, NC
December 27*	vs. Princeton	W 75–61	Greensboro, NC
December 30*	vs. Utah Triangle Doubleheader	W 90–85	Raleigh, NC
December 31*	vs. West Virginia Triangle Doubleheader	L 97–102	Raleigh, NC
January 3	Maryland	W 67–52	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 5	at Wake Forest	W 99–83	Winston-Salem, NC
January 8	No. 1 Duke Rivalry	L 77–88	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 13	NC State	W 83–75	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 15	at Virginia	L 69–70	Charlottesville, VA
February 3	Wake Forest	W 115–87	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 5	at Maryland	L 66–77	College Park, MD
February 7	South Carolina	W 104–70	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 9*	at NYU	L 78–83	New York, NY
February 12*	Virginia Tech	L 75–81	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 15	at NC State	L 77–87	Raleigh, NC
February 18	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 70–66	Charlotte, NC
February 19	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	W 83–71	Charlotte, NC
February 22	Virginia	W 81–79	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 26	at No. 2 Duke	L 63–77	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 3*	vs. Maryland ACC Tournament	W 77–70	Raleigh, NC
March 4*	vs. No. 2 Duke ACC Tournament	L 20–21	Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-04.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-04.

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hide v t North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1953–54 1954–55 1956–57 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1965–66 ACC men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Duke †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	4	.867
NC State	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
Clemson	8	–	6	.571	15	–	10	.600
North Carolina	8	–	6	.571	16	–	11	.593
Maryland	7	–	7	.500	14	–	11	.560
South Carolina	4	–	10	.286	11	–	13	.458
Virginia	4	–	10	.286	7	–	15	.318
Wake Forest	4	–	10	.286	8	–	18	.308

† 1966 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll