1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions; ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, National Consolation Game
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 4
1968–69 record	27–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (8th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (2nd season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

The 1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1968–69 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 2*	No. 2	vs. Oregon	W 89–78	Greensboro, NC
December 3*	No. 2	Oregon	W 106–73	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 7*	No. 2	at No. 3 Kentucky Rivalry	W 87–77	Lexington, KY
December 9*	No. 2	vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt	W 100–78	Charlotte, NC
December 16	No. 2	Clemson	W 90–69	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 17	No. 2	Virginia	W 94–67	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 27*	No. 2	vs. No. 8 Villanova ECAC Holiday Festival	W 69–61	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 28*	No. 2	vs. St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival	L 70–72	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 30*	No. 2	vs. Princeton ECAC Holiday Festival	W 103–76	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 4	No. 4	Duke Rivalry	W 94–70	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 8	No. 2	NC State Rivalry	W 83–63	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 11*	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 99–77	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14*	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 101–70	Atlanta, GA
February 1	No. 2	Maryland	W 107–87	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 18	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 94–89	Winston-Salem, NC
February 1	No. 2	Maryland	W 107–87	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 4	No. 2	at Virginia	W 99–76	Charlottesville, VA
February 6	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 84–76	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8*		vs. Florida State	W 100–82	Greensboro, NC
February 10	No. 2	at NC State	W 85–62	Raleigh, NC
February 14	No. 2	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 66–68	Charlotte, NC
February 15	No. 2	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 107–81	Charlotte, NC
February 19	No. 3	at Maryland	W 88–86	College Park, MD
February 22*	No. 3	The Citadel	W 106–59	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 26	No. 2	at No. 8 South Carolina	W 68–62	Columbia, SC
March 1	No. 2	at Duke	L 81–87	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 6*	No. 4	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament	W 94–70	Charlotte, NC
March 7*	No. 4	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 80–72	Charlotte, NC
March 8*	No. 4	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	W 85–74	Charlotte, NC
March 13*	No. 4	vs. No. 9 Duquesne NCAA Tournament	W 79–78	College Park, MD
March 15*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Davidson NCAA Tournament	W 87–85	College Park, MD
March 20*	No. 4	vs. No. 6 Purdue NCAA Tournament	L 65–92	Louisville, KY
March 22*	No. 4	vs. No. 11 Drake NCAA Tournament	L 84–104	Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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References

↑ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-Jun-07.

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[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-Jun-07.

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/Big Four 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, National Consolation Game
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 4
1968–69 record	27–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (8th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (2nd season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium