1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1978–79 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1979 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions; ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 9
1978–79 record	23–6 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (18th season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (12th season); Eddie Fogler (8th season); Roy Williams (1st season);
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
November 29*		at Northwestern	W 97–67	Evanston, IL
December 1*	No. 14	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 73–55	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 2*	No. 14	vs. No. 1 Duke Big Four Tournament	L 68–78	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 4*	No. 14	Detroit Mercy	W 93–76	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 9*	No. 14	Jacksonville	W 85–56	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 16*	No. 13	No. 3 Michigan State	W 70–69	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*	No. 6	at Cincinnati	W 62–59	Cincinnati, OH
December 29*	No. 5	vs. Dartmouth Kodak Classic	W 86–67	War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY
December 50*	No. 5	vs. Niagara Kodak Classic	W 121–69	War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY
January 3	No. 5	vs. Clemson	W 90–68	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 6	No. 3	Virginia	W 86–74 ^2OT	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 10	No. 3	at Wake Forest	L 56–59	Winston-Salem, NC
January 13	No. 3	No. 7 Duke	W 74–68	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14*	No. 3	vs. No. 10 Arkansas	W 63–57	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 17	No. 2	at No. 14 NC State	W 70–69	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 20	No. 2	at No. 19 Maryland	W 54–53	College Park, MD
January 25	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 76–69	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 27	No. 2	at Clemson	L 61–66	Clemson, SC
February 2*	No. 4	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	L 70–83	Charlotte, NC
February 3*	No. 4	vs. Virginia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 92–80 ^OT	Charlotte, NC
February 7	No. 6	Maryland	W 76–67	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 10*	No. 6	vs. Providence	W 89–55	Charlotte, NC
February 14*	No. 4	William & Mary	W 85–60	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 17	No. 4	at Virginia	W 66–57	Charlottesville, VA
February 22	No. 4	NC State	W 71–56	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 24	No. 4	at No. 6 Duke	L 40–47	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
March 2*	No. 7	vs. Maryland ACC Tournament	W 102–79	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 3*	No. 7	vs. No. 5 Duke ACC Tournament	W 71–63	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
March 11*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (9 E) Pennsylvania NCAA Tournament	L 71–72	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	16	14	14	13	6	5	3	3	2	2	4	6	4	4	7	3	9
Coaches	12	–	–	12	6	6	4	4	3	2	6	6	4	4	7	3	Not released

^Coaches did not release Week 1 or Week 2 polls.

References[]

^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-14.

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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

1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 9
1978–79 record	23–6 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (12th season) Eddie Fogler (8th season) Roy Williams (1st season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 ACC men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 North Carolina †	9	–	3	.750	23	–	6	.793
No. 11 Duke	9	–	3	.750	22	–	8	.733
Virginia	7	–	5	.583	19	–	10	.655
Maryland	6	–	6	.500	19	–	11	.633
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	19	–	10	.655
NC State	3	–	9	.250	18	–	12	.600
Wake Forest	3	–	9	.250	12	–	15	.444

† 1979 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll