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

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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.

1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record21–8 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainDave Colescott
Mike O'Koren
John Virgil
Jeff Wolf
Rich Yonakor
Home arenaCarmichael Auditorium
Seasons
1979–80 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Maryland 11 – 3   .786 24 – 7   .774
No. 15 North Carolina 9 – 5   .643 21 – 8   .724
NC State 9 – 5   .643 20 – 8   .714
Clemson 8 – 6   .571 23 – 9   .719
Virginia 7 – 7   .500 24 – 10   .706
No. 14 Duke † 7 – 7   .500 24 – 9   .727
Wake Forest 4 – 10   .286 13 – 14   .481
Georgia Tech 1 – 13   .071 8 – 18   .308
† 1980 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
November 30*
 No. 6 vs. NC State
Big Four Tournament 		W 97–84  1–0
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 1*
 No. 6 vs. No. 3 Duke
Big Four Tournament 		L 74–86  1–1
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 3*
 No. 6 vs. South Florida W 93–62  2–1
 Civic Center 
Springfield, MA
December 8*
 No. 8 Cincinnati W 68–63  3–1
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
December 15*
 No. 8 Detroit Mercy W 90–72  4–1
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*
 No. 8 at No. 5 Indiana W 61–57  5–1
  
Bloomington, IN
January 2
 No. 6 at Clemson L 76–93  5–2
 Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
January 5
 No. 6 at No. 13 Virginia L 82–88  5–3
  
Charlottesville, VA
January 7*
 No. 6 at Mercer W 81–63  6–3
  
Macon, GA
January 9
 No. 15 Wake Forest W 72–68  7–3
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 12
 No. 15 at No. 1 Duke W 82–67  8–3
 Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 14
 No. 15 Georgia Tech W 54–53  9–3
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
January 16
 No. 9 No. 16 NC State W 67–64  10–3
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 20
 No. 9 No. 16 Maryland L 86–92  10–4
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 23
 No. 13 at Wake Forest W 73–61  11–4
  
Winston-Salem, NC
January 26
 No. 13 No. 12 Clemson W 73–70  12–4
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 29*
 No. 13 William & Mary W 71–61  13–4
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 1*
 No. 11 vs. The Citadel
North-South Doubleheader 		W 51–40  14–4
 Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
February 2*
 No. 11 vs. Furman
North-South Doubleheader 		W 75–63  15–4
  
Charlotte, NC
February 4*
 No. 11 Yale W 85–74  16–4
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 7
 No. 11 at No. 7 Maryland L 69–70  16–5
  
College Park, MD
February 11
 No. 11 at Georgia Tech W 60–50  17–5
  
Atlanta, GA
February 14*
 No. 11 vs. Rutgers W 73–70 OT 18–5
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
February 16
 Virginia W 68–51  19–5
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 20
 No. 8 at NC State L 50–63  19–6
  
Raleigh, NC
February 23
 No. 8 No. 17 Duke W 96–71  20–6
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*
 No. 10 vs. Wake Forest
ACC Tournament 		W 75–62  21–6
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
February 29*
 No. 10 vs. Duke
ACC Tournament 		L 61–75  21–7
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
March 9*
 No. 15 vs. Texas A&M
NCAA Tournament 		L 61–78 2OT 21–8
  
Denton, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-May-12.
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