1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC tournament champions; ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	26–6 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (6th season);
Home arena	Carmichael Arena
	Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

1966–67 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	6	.813
Duke	9	–	3	.750	18	–	9	.667
South Carolina	8	–	4	.667	16	–	7	.696
Clemson	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Wake Forest	5	–	9	.357	9	–	18	.333
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Virginia	4	–	10	.286	9	–	17	.346
NC State	2	–	12	.143	7	–	19	.269

† 1967 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1966–67 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1	No. 9	Clemson	W 76–65		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
December 3*	No. 9	vs. Penn State	W 93–63		Greensboro, NC
December 9*	No. 8	Tulane	W 92–69		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
December 13*	No. 8	at No. 4 Kentucky Rivalry	W 64–55		Lexington, KY
December 17*	No. 6	vs. NYU	W 95–58		Greensboro, NC
December 19*	No. 6	vs. Columbia Tampa Invitational Tournament	W 98–66		Tampa, FL
December 20*	No. 6	vs. Florida State Tampa Invitational Tournament	W 81–54		Tampa, FL
December 27*	No. 3	vs. Furman	W 101–56		Greensboro, NC
December 30*	No. 3	vs. Ohio State	W 105–82		Charlotte, NC
January 2*	No. 3	Princeton	L 81–91		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 4	No. 3	at Wake Forest	W 76–74		Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 7	No. 3	at Duke Rivalry	W 59–56		Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 11	No. 5	NC State Rivalry	W 79–78		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 28	No. 2	Virginia	W 103–76		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 4	No. 2	Maryland	W 85–77		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 7	No. 2	at Virginia	W 79–75		University Hall Charlottesville, VA
February 9	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 75–73		Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 11*	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	L 80–82		Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
February 14	No. 2	at NC State	W 77–60		Raleigh, NC
February 17	No. 4	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	W 80–55		Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 18	No. 4	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	L 88–92		Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 22	No. 5	at Maryland	W 79–78		Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 25*	No. 5	Virginia Tech	W 110–78		Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 1	No. 3	at South Carolina	L 57–70		Carolina Field House Columbia, SC
March 4	No. 3	Duke	W 92–79		Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 9*	No. 4	vs. NC State ACC tournament	W 56–53		Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 10*	No. 4	vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament	W 89–79		Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 11*	No. 4	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	W 82–73		Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 17*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Princeton NCAA tournament	W 78–70 ^OT		College Park, MD
March 18*	No. 4	vs. No. 9 Boston College NCAA Tournament	W 96–80		College Park, MD
March 24*	No. 4	vs. Dayton NCAA tournament – Final Four	L 62–76^[1]	26–5	Freedom Hall (18,889) Louisville, KY
March 25*	No. 4	No. 7 Houston NCAA tournament – third-place game	L 62–84	26–6	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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References

^ "BRUINS CONQUER HOUSTON, 73 TO 58; Alcindor Scores 19 Points --Dayton Is 76-62 Victor Over North Carolina". The New York Times. March 25, 1967. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-05.

[1] "BRUINS CONQUER HOUSTON, 73 TO 58; Alcindor Scores 19 Points --Dayton Is 76-62 Victor Over North Carolina". The New York Times. March 25, 1967. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

[2] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-05.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics