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1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

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1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, National Consolation Game
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 4
Record	27–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (8th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (2nd season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.4North Carolina †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	5	.844
No.13South Carolina	11	–	3	.786	21	–	7	.750
Duke	8	–	6	.571	15	–	13	.536
NC State	8	–	6	.571	15	–	10	.600
Wake Forest	8	–	6	.571	18	–	9	.667
Virginia	5	–	9	.357	10	–	15	.400
Maryland	2	–	12	.143	8	–	18	.308
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	6	–	19	.240

† 1969 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968–69 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1968–69 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 2*	No. 2	vs. Oregon	W 89–78	Greensboro, NC
December 3*	No. 2	Oregon	W 106–73	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 7*	No. 2	at No. 3 Kentucky Rivalry	W 87–77	Lexington, KY
December 9*	No. 2	vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt	W 100–78	Charlotte, NC
December 16	No. 2	Clemson	W 90–69	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 17	No. 2	Virginia	W 94–67	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 27*	No. 2	vs. No. 8 Villanova ECAC Holiday Festival	W 69–61	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 28*	No. 2	vs. St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival	L 70–72	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 30*	No. 2	vs. Princeton ECAC Holiday Festival	W 103–76	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 4	No. 4	Duke Rivalry	W 94–70	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 8	No. 2	NC State Rivalry	W 83–63	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 11*	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 99–77	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14*	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 101–70	Atlanta, GA
February 1	No. 2	Maryland	W 107–87	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 18	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 94–89	Winston-Salem, NC
February 1	No. 2	Maryland	W 107–87	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 4	No. 2	at Virginia	W 99–76	Charlottesville, VA
February 6	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 84–76	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8*		vs. Florida State	W 100–82	Greensboro, NC
February 10	No. 2	at NC State	W 85–62	Raleigh, NC
February 14	No. 2	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 66–68	Charlotte, NC
February 15	No. 2	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 107–81	Charlotte, NC
February 19	No. 3	at Maryland	W 88–86	College Park, MD
February 22*	No. 3	The Citadel	W 106–59	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 26	No. 2	at No. 8 South Carolina	W 68–62	Columbia, SC
March 1	No. 2	at Duke	L 81–87	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 6*	No. 4	vs. Clemson ACC tournament	W 94–70	Charlotte, NC
March 7*	No. 4	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 80–72	Charlotte, NC
March 8*	No. 4	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	W 85–74	Charlotte, NC
March 13*	No. 4	vs. No. 9 Duquesne NCAA tournament	W 79–78	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
March 15*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Davidson NCAA Tournament	W 87–85	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
March 20*	No. 4	vs. No. 6 Purdue NCAA Tournament	L 65–92	Louisville, KY
March 22*	No. 4	vs. No. 11 Drake NCAA Tournament	L 84–104	Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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References

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^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-07.

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

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