1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels North Carolina Tar Heels interlocking blue logo.png 100px Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 24 25 21–11 10–6   Dean Smith 35th Bill Guthridge 29th Phil Ford 8th Dave Hanners 7th Dean Smith Center ACC regular season co-champion NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 1995–96 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The head coach was Dean Smith. The team played its home games in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Roster 1995 North Carolina Tar Heels y y Shammond Williams y 3 G 6 3 189 SO Greenville, South Carolina Fork Union Military Makhtar N'Diaye basketball y 4 F 6 10 231 SO Dakar, Senegal Oak Hill Academy Jeff McInnis y 5 G 6 4 179 JR Charlotte, North Carolina Oak Hill Academy Ademola Okulaja y 13 F/C 6 9 235 FR Berlin, Germany John F. Kennedy High School Vince Carter y 15 G/F 6 in6 215 FR Daytona Beach, Florida Mainland High School Scott Williams basketball 22 G 5 11 156 FR Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence Antawn Jamison y 33 F/C 6 9 223 FR Charlotte, North Carolina Providence Dean Smith Bill Guthridge, Phil Ford, Dave Hanners U.N.C. basketball blue book https://archive.org/details/uncbasketballblu20002001 Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2000 Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=North Carolina Tar Heels white| Regular season Nov 20, 1995 yes yes 20 1995 men Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii Maui Invitational Tournament 71–63 1–0 Nov 21, 1995 yes yes 20 Michigan State Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii Maui Invitational Tournament 92–70 2–0 Nov 22, 1995 yes yes 20 Villanova 3 Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii Maui Invitational Tournament 75–77 2–1 Nov 28, 1995 yes 17 1995 men Richmond Spiders Richmond Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 83–76 3–1 Dec 1, 1995 yes 17 1995 men Tulane Green Wave Tulane Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 89–71 4–1 Dec 2, 1995 yes 17 Stanford 16 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 87–63 5–1 Dec 7, 1995 yes 13 Georgia Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 85–74 6–1 Jan 27, 1996 11 Wake Forest 9 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 65–59 15–4 6–1 Jan 31, 1996 8 Duke Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 73–72 16–4 7–1 Feb 27, 1996 yes 19 Wake Forest 13 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina 60–84 19–9 9–6 Mar 3, 1996 yes 19 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina 84–78 20–9 10–6 |- !colspan=12 style=North Carolina Tar Heels white| ACC Tournament Mar 8, 1996 yes yes 20 Clemson Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina Quarterfinals 73–75 20–10 |- !colspan=12 style=North Carolina Tar Heels white| NCAA Tournament Mar 15, 1996 yes yes 25 6 E New Orleans 11 E Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia First round 83–62 21–10 Mar 17, 1996 yes yes 25 6 E Texas Tech 8 3 E Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia Second round 73–92 21–11 AP EST E East NCAA basketball tournament East North Carolina 83, New Orleans 62 Texas Tech 92, North Carolina 73 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1996 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More Rankings 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 1042–1043 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1996 2 37 Jeff McInnis Denver Nuggets 1997 2 29 Serge Zwikker Houston Rockets 1998 2 34 Shammond Williams Chicago Bullshttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1996 1996 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2012-04-30 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120706030528/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1996&lg=N 2012-07-06 References North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons Tar Tar North Carolina