1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT Champions; ACC Regular Season Champions
NIT, Final
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1970–71 record	26–6 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
« 1969–70	1971–72 »

The 1970–71 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1970–71 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site City, State
December 1*		East Tennessee State	W 109–79	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 5*		at William & Mary	W 101–72
December 12*		vs. Creighton	W 106–86	Charlotte, NC
December 15		Virginia	W 80–75	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 18*	#20	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	L 70–82	Greensboro, NC
December 19*	#20	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 83–81	Greensboro, NC
December 22*	#20	at Utah	L 86–105	Salt Lake City, UT
December 29*	#17	vs. Penn State	W 73–57	Greensboro, NC
December 30*		vs. Northwestern	W 98–74	Greensboro, NC
January 2*		vs. Tulane	W 101–79	Charlotte, NC
January 4		#2 South Carolina	W 79–64	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 9	#20	Duke	W 79–74	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14	#15	Clemson	W 92–72	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 30	#15	at Wake Forest	L 84–96	Winston-Salem, NC
January 30	#20	Maryland	W 105–79	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8	#16	at NC State	W 65–63	Raleigh, NC
February 12*	#11	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 87–58	Charlotte, NC
February 13	#11	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 86–48	Charlotte, NC
February 17	#8	at Maryland	W 100–76	College Park, MD
February 20	#8	at #7 South Carolina	L 66–72	Columbia, SC
February 22*	#8	Florida State	W 70–61	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 27	#13	at Virginia	W 75–74	Charlottesville, VA
March 3	#12	NC State	W 97–81	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 6	#12	at Duke	L 83–92	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 11*	#13	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament	W 76–41	Greensboro, NC
March 12*	#13	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 78–68	Greensboro, NC
March 13*	#13	vs. #6 South Carolina ACC Tournament	L 51–52	Greensboro, NC
March 20*	#13	vs. Massachusetts NIT	W 90–49	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 22*	#13	vs. Providence NIT	W 86–79	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 25*	#13	vs. Duke NIT	W 73–67	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 27*	#13	vs. Georgia Tech NIT	W 84–66	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. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

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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 Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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