1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–9 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (9th season);
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (3rd season)
Captain	Jim Delany; Eddie Fogler; Charlie Scott
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 South Carolina	14	–	0	1.000	25	–	3	.893
North Carolina	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
No. 10 NC State †	9	–	5	.643	23	–	7	.767
Duke	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
Wake Forest	6	–	8	.429	14	–	13	.519
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	13	–	13	.500
Virginia	3	–	11	.214	10	–	15	.400
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	7	–	19	.269

† 1970 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 7	Florida Southern	W 112–47	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 3*	No. 7	Mercer	W 100–52	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 8*	No. 7	vs. No. 2 Kentucky	L 87–94	Charlotte, NC
December 13*	No. 5	vs. Florida State	W 86–75	Greensboro, NC
December 16	No. 5	at Virginia	W 80–76	Charlottesville, VA
December 20*	No. 7	at Tulane	W 96–87	New Orleans, LA
December 22*	No. 7	at Rice	W 99–87	Houston, TX
December 29*	No. 4	vs. Harvard Carolina Classic	W 92–74	Greensboro, NC
December 30*	No. 4	vs. Bowling Green Carolina Classic	W 89–72	Greensboro, NC
January 3*	No. 4	vs. Rice	W 98–72	Charlotte, NC
January 5	No. 4	at No. 3 South Carolina	L 52–65	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
January 7	No. 4	at No. 10 NC State	W 78–69	Raleigh, NC
January 10	No. 4	No. 19 Duke	W 86–78	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 15	No. 7	at Clemson	W 96–91	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 17	No. 7	Wake Forest	L 90–91	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 31	No. 9	at Maryland	W 77–69	Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 3	No. 9	Virginia	W 87–72	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 5	No. 7	at Wake Forest	L 85–88	Winston-Salem, NC
February 9	No. 7	No. 5 NC State	W 88–86	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 13	No. 10	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 110–66	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 14*	No. 10	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	L 95–104	Charlotte, NC
February 18	No. 13	Maryland	W 90–83	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 21	No. 13	No. 4 South Carolina	L 62–79	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 25*	No. 19	Virginia Tech	W 98–70	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 28	No. 19	at Duke	L 83–91	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 5*		vs. Virginia ACC tournament	L 93–95	Charlotte, NC
March 14*		vs. Manhattan NIT • First Round	L 90–95	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ 2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

[1] 2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

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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