1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The team finished the season with a 17–7 record.[1]

1926–27 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Carolina91 .900  144  .778
Vanderbilt71 .875  204  .833
Georgia Tech82 .800  1710  .630
Auburn124 .750  136  .684
Washington and Lee62 .750  106  .625
Mississippi104 .714  135  .722
NC State52 .714  125  .706
North Carolina73 .700  177  .708
Maryland64 .600  1010  .500
Mississippi State75 .583  177  .708
Tennessee54 .556  712  .368
Alabama45 .444  58  .385
Virginia57 .417  910  .474
Tulane710 .412  710  .412
LSU35 .375  79  .438
Georgia36 .333  148  .636
Virginia Tech26 .250  68  .429
Kentucky16 .143  313  .188
Clemson17 .125  213  .133
Florida18 .111  620  .231
VMI07 .000  411  .267
Sewanee010 .000  311  .214
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1927; Rankings from none

This season was James N. Ashmore's first year as the head coach for this University.[2] During this time, the team was nicknamed the "White Phantoms," a name that originated in Atlanta by a sportswriter.[3] This team started off their season by playing 5 games against YMCA teams as a way to prepare themselves for the league games.[4] Bunn Hackney was a captain of this team and was named to the All-Southern Conference tournament first-team in 1926 and All-Southern Conference second-team in 1927.[2]

References

  1. "North Carolina Tar Heels season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. "North Carolina Basketball" (PDF). NMN Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. Graham, Nicholas (2017-01-25). "The UNC "White Phantoms"". UNC University Library. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  4. "Records (pages 266-287) (PDF)" (PDF). University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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