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

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1979–80 North Carolina Tar Heels basketball Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 15 15 21–8 9–5 Dean Smith 19th Bill Guthridge 13th Eddie Fogler 9th Roy Williams 2nd Dave Colescott Mike O'Koren John Virgil Jeff Wolf Rich Yonakor Carmichael Auditorium NCAA Tournament Second Round 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. North Carolina finished with an overall record of 21–8 (9–5 ACC). In the 1980 NCAA Tournament they received at a large bid were a #3 seed. Once again the Tar Heels lost in the second round, this time to Texas A&M 78–61 in double overtime. Schedule November 30 w yes yes 6 NC State Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Big Four Tournament 97–84 1–0 December 1 l yes yes 6 Duke 3 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Big Four Tournament 74–86 1–1 December 3 w yes yes 6 South Florida Civic Center Springfield, MA 93–62 2–1 December 8 w yes 8 Cincinnati Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 68–63 3–1 December 15 w yes 8 Detroit Mercy Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 90–72 4–1 December 22 w yes yes 8 Indiana 5 Bloomington, IN 61–57 5–1 January 2 l yes 6 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC 76–93 5–2 January 5 l yes 6 Virginia 13 Charlottesville, VA 82–88 5–3 January 7 w yes yes 6 Mercer Macon, GA 81–63 6–3 January 9 w 15 Wake Forest Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 72–68 7–3 January 12 w yes 15 Duke 1 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 82–67 8–3 January 14 w 15 Georgia Tech Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 54–53 9–3 January 16 w 9 NC State 16 Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 67–64 10–3 January 20 l 9 Maryland 16 Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 86–92 10–4 January 23 w yes 13 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC 73–61 11–4 January 26 w 13 Clemson 12 Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 73–70 12–4 January 29 w yes 13 William & Mary Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 71–61 13–4 February 1 w yes yes 11 The Citadel Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC North-South Doubleheader 51–40 14–4 February 2 w yes yes 11 Furman Charlotte, NC North-South Doubleheader 75–63 15–4 February 4 w yes 11 Yale Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 85–74 16–4 February 7 l yes 11 Maryland 7 College Park, MD 69–70 16–5 February 11 w yes 11 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 60–50 17–5 February 14 w yes yes 11 Rutgers Madison Square Garden New York, NY 73–70 OT 18–5 February 16 w Virginia Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 68–51 19–5 February 20 l yes 8 NC State Raleigh, NC 50–63 19–6 February 23 w 8 Duke 17 Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 96–71 20–6 February 28 w yes yes 10 Wake Forest Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC ACC Tournament 75–62 21–6 February 29 l yes yes 10 Duke Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC ACC Tournament 61–75 21–7 March 9 l yes yes 15 Texas A&M Denton, TX NCAA Tournament 61–78 2OT 21–8 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book https://web.archive.org/web/20140223003327/http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/pdf/MBB-RecordBook2014a.pdf?SPID=12965&DB_OEM_ID=3350 2014-02-23 . Retrieved 2014-May-12. References Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons North Carolina North Carolina Tar Tar