NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS MEN'S BASKETBALL

The University of North Carolina's men's basketball program is among the most prominent and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Tar Heels have won four NCAA championships and 16 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles. The program is most well-known for its famous alumni, such as Michael Jordan, illustrious coaching history, and a fierce rivalry with the Duke University Blue Devils (a team located only eight miles away in Durham, North Carolina). The rivalry is widely regarded as one of the most intense in all of sports.^[1]
On January 21, 2007, UNC became only the second college basketball program to reach 1,900 wins in its history. The University of Kentucky was the only previous school to reach this mark (Kansas would become the third team to reach the 1,900-win plateau on March 3, 2007).

Contents

Team History

Streaks

Notable Players and Coaches

Awards

Record

The 2006-07 Men's Basketball Team

2006-07 Schedule and Results

Home Venues

Trivia

References

Team History

UNC played its first basketball game against Virginia Christian, on January 27, 1910, a 42-21 win for UNC^[2]. Since then the Tar Heels have amassed an all-time 1,883-689 (.732) record (through the 2005-2006 season)^[2]. UNC's 1,883 wins are second all time, behind the University of Kentucky's 1,926 wins.
The 1924 Tar Heels squad went 26-0 and was retroactively awarded the national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936. The Helms Foundation named its own national college basketball champion for each year from 1936 through 1982. The foundation also retroactively awarded championships from 1901 through 1935. While the 1924 team was undefeated, they did not play a single opponent from north of the Mason-Dixon Line; indeed, intersectional play would not start on a regular basis for another decade.
The Tar Heels won their first NCAA Championship under coach Frank McGuire in 1957. The 1957 championship team was led by Lennie Rosenbluth and several other transplants from the New York City area. C.D. Chesley, a Washington, D.C. television producer, piped the championship game in Kansas City to a hastily-created network of stations across North Carolina--an event which proved pivotal in basketball becoming a craze in the state.
McGuire was forced to resign in 1961 and was replaced by one of his assistants, Dean Smith. Smith led the Tar Heels to 14 ACC tournament titles, as well as two NCAA titles in 1982 and 1993. The 1982 squad was led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and a young Michael Jordan. The 1993 team starred Donald Williams, George Lynch and Eric Montross. Roy Williams, the current head coach of the Tar Heels, won his first NCAA Championship and the fourth for the university in 2005. The 2005 squad was led by Raymond Felton, Sean May, and Rashad McCants.
UNC was a member of the Southern Conference from the founding of that conference in 1921 through 1953^[4]. In 1953, UNC split off from the Southern Conference and became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference^[5].

Streaks

The Tar Heels own several of the most impressive streaks in college basketball history. They appeared in either the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT) every year from 1967 to 2001--including 27 straight appearances in the NCAA tourney from 1975-2001 (the all-time consecutive appearance record) after that competition allowed more than one team from a conference to get a guaranteed bid. Georgetown is second with 18 straight appearances from 1975 to 1992; no other school even comes close. They also did not have a losing season from 1963 to 2001--the third-longest such streak in NCAA history, second only to UCLA and Bowling Green, who has only made the NCAA tourney 4 times but has made the NIT 53 times since 1950.
From the ACC's inception in 1953 to 2001, the Tar Heels did not finish worse than a tie for fourth place in ACC play. From 1965 onward, they did not finish worse than a tie for third, and from 1965 to 1986 they did not finish worse than a tie for second. Neither of these streaks have been seriously threatened by another ACC team; during this time the ACC's other six charter members finished first at least once and last at least once, and only Clemson failed to win a tournament title.
All of these streaks ended in the 2001-02 season, when the Tar Heels had a dreadful 8-20 season, the worst in school history. They also finished tied for 7th in conference play, behind Florida State and Clemson--their second losing conference record ever (the first being in the ACC's inaugural season).
Additionally, the Tar Heels hold an interesting and possibly unique record in terms of a recurrent head-to-head rivalry. In 53 tries, Clemson has never beaten UNC in men's basketball in a game that was played in Chapel Hill. (The only possible longer streak is Princeton's home dominance of Brown, which stood at 52 straight wins as of 1/14/2003.)

Notable Players and Coaches

★ Lennie Rosenbluth

★ Larry Brown, Coaching Legend, current Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA

★ Vince Carter

★ Shammond Williams

★ Ademola Okulaja

★ Billy Cunningham, Basketball Hall of Famer, Member of the NBA 50 Greatest Players

★ Brad Daugherty

★ Hubert Davis

★ Raymond Felton, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Phil Ford

★ Ed Cota

★ Brendan Haywood

★ Antawn Jamison

★ Michael Jordan, Member of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, member of the 1982 championship team

★ George Karl, currently coaches the Denver Nuggets in the NBA

★ George Lynch, member of the 1993 championship team

★ Jackie Manuel, former NBADL player, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Sean May, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Rashad McCants, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Eric Montross, member of the 1993 championship team

★ Jeff McInnis

★ David Noel, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Sam Perkins, member of the 1982 championship team

★ J. R. Reid

★ Kenny Smith, TNT basketball analyst

★ Jerry Stackhouse

★ Reyshawn Terry, 2007 1st round pick of the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Rasheed Wallace

★ Marvin Williams, member of the 2005 championship team

★ Roy Williams, 2007 naismith basketball hall of fame candidate

★ Joe Wolf, member of the 1982 championship team

★ James Worthy, Basketball Hall of Famer, Member of the NBA 50 Greatest Players, member of the 1982 championship team,

★ Brandan Wright, 1st round pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA before being traded to the Golden State Warriors

★ Mitch Kupchak, current general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA

★ Joseph Forte

★ Lee Shaffer

★ Matt Doherty, former UNC player and coach

Awards

'National Coach of the Year:'

★ Frank McGuire - 1957

★ Dean Smith - 1977, 1979, 1993

★ Bill Guthridge - 1998

★ Matt Doherty - 2001

★ Roy Williams - 2006
'ACC Coach of the Year:'

★ Frank McGuire - 1957

★ Dean Smith - 1967, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993

★ Bill Guthridge - 1998

★ Roy Williams - 2006
'National Player of the Year:'

★ Lennie Rosenbluth - 1957

★ Phil Ford - 1978

★ James Worthy - 1982

★ Michael Jordan - 1983, 1984

★ Kenny Smith - 1987

★ Jerry Stackhouse - 1995

★ Antawn Jamison - 1998
'ACC Player of the Year:'

★ Lennie Rosenbluth - 1957

★ Pete Brennan - 1958

★ Lee Shaffer - 1960

★ Billy Cunningham - 1965

★ Larry Miller - 1967, 1968

★ Mitch Kupchak - 1976

★ Phil Ford - 1978

★ Michael Jordan - 1984

★ Antawn Jamison - 1998

★ Joseph Forte - 2001 (Shared with Duke's Shane Battier)
'ACC Rookie of the Year:'

★ Sam Perkins - 1981

★ Michael Jordan - 1982

★ J.R. Reid - 1987

★ Ed Cota - 1997

★ Joseph Forte - 2000

★ Marvin Williams - 2005

★ Tyler Hansbrough - 2006

★ Brandan Wright - 2007

Record

Season	Head Coach	Overall Record	Conf. Record	Postseason
1910-11	Nat Cartmell	7-4	-	-
1911-12	Nat Cartmell	4-5	-	-
1912-13	Nat Cartmell	4-7	-	-
1913-14	Nat Cartmell	10-8	-	-
1914-15	Charles Doak	6-10	-	-
1915-16	Charles Doak	12-6	-	-
1916-17	Howell Peacock	5-4	-	-
1917-18	Howell Peacock	9-3	-	-
1918-19	Howell Peacock	9-7	-	-
1919-20	Fred Boye	7-9	-	-
1920-21	Fred Boye	12-8	-	-
'Southern Conference'
1921-22	no head coach	15-6	3-3	-
1922-23	no head coach	15-1	5-0	-
1923-24	Norman Shepard	26-0	7-0	Named national champion by the Helms Foundation
1924-25	Monk McDonald	20-5	8-0	-
1925-26	Harlan Sanborn	20-5	7-0	-
1926-27	James Ashmore	17-7	7-3	-
1927-28	James Ashmore	17-2	8-1	-
1928-29	James Ashmore	17-8	12-2	-
1929-30	James Ashmore	14-11	4-7	-
1930-31	James Ashmore	15-9	6-6	-
1931-32	George Shepard	16-5	6-3	-
1932-33	George Shepard	12-5	5-3	-
1933-34	George Shepard	18-4	12-2	-
1934-35	George Shepard	23-2	12-1	-
1935-36	Walter Skidmore	21-4	13-3	-
1936-37	Walter Skidmore	18-5	14-3	-
1937-38	Walter Skidmore	16-5	13-3	-
1938-39	Walter Skidmore	10-11	8-7	-
1939-40	Bill Lange	23-3	11-2	-
1940-41	Bill Lange	19-9	14-1	NCAA Final 8
1941-42	Bill Lange	14-9	9-5	-
1942-43	Bill Lange	12-10	8-9	-
1943-44	Bill Lange	17-10	9-1	-
1944-45	Ben Carnevale	22-6	11-3	-
1945-46	Ben Carnevale	30-5	13-1	NCAA Finalist
1946-47	Tom Scott	19-8	10-2	-
1947-48	Tom Scott	20-7	11-4	-
1948-49	Tom Scott	20-8	13-5	-
1949-50	Tom Scott	17-12	13-6	-
1950-51	Tom Scott	12-15	9-8	-
1951-52	Tom Scott	12-15	8-11	-
1952-53	Frank McGuire	17-10	15-6	-
'Atlantic Coast Conference'
1953-54	Frank McGuire	11-10	5-6	-
1954-55	Frank McGuire	10-11	8-6	-
1955-56	Frank McGuire	18-5	11-3	-
1956-57	Frank McGuire	32-0	14-0	NCAA Champion
1957-58	Frank McGuire	19-7	10-4	-
1958-59	Frank McGuire	20-5	12-2	NCAA First Round
1959-60	Frank McGuire	18-6	12-2	-
1960-61	Frank McGuire	19-4	12-2	-
1961-62	Dean Smith	8-9	7-7	-
1962-63	Dean Smith	15-6	10-4	-
1963-64	Dean Smith	12-12	6-8	-
1964-65	Dean Smith	15-9	10-4	-
1965-66	Dean Smith	16-11	8-6	-
1966-67	Dean Smith	26-6	12-2	NCAA Final 4
1967-68	Dean Smith	28-4	12-2	NCAA Finalist
1968-69	Dean Smith	27-5	12-2	NCAA Final 4
1969-70	Dean Smith	18-9	9-5	NIT First Round
1970-71	Dean Smith	26-6	11-3	NIT Champion
1971-72	Dean Smith	26-5	9-3	NCAA Final 4
1972-73	Dean Smith	25-8	8-4	NIT Semifinal
1973-74	Dean Smith	22-6	9-3	NIT First Round
1974-75	Dean Smith	23-8	8-4	NCAA Final 16
1975-76	Dean Smith	25-4	11-1	NCAA First Round
1976-77	Dean Smith	28-5	9-3	NCAA Finalist
1977-78	Dean Smith	23-8	9-3	NCAA First Round
1978-79	Dean Smith	23-6	9-3	NCAA First Round
1979-80	Dean Smith	21-8	9-5	NCAA First Round
1980-81	Dean Smith	29-8	10-4	NCAA Finalist
1981-82	Dean Smith	32-2	12-2	NCAA Champion
1982-83	Dean Smith	28-8	12-2	NCAA Final 8
1983-84	Dean Smith	28-3	14-0	NCAA Final 16
1984-85	Dean Smith	27-9	9-5	NCAA Final 8
1985-86	Dean Smith	28-6	10-4	NCAA Final 16
1986-87	Dean Smith	32-4	14-0	NCAA Final 8
1987-88	Dean Smith	27-7	11-3	NCAA Final 8
1988-89	Dean Smith	29-8	9-5	NCAA Final 16
1989-90	Dean Smith	21-13	8-6	NCAA Final 16
1990-91	Dean Smith	29-6	10-4	NCAA Final 4
1991-92	Dean Smith	23-10	9-7	NCAA Final 16
1992-93	Dean Smith	34-4	14-2	NCAA Champion
1993-94	Dean Smith	28-7	11-5	NCAA Second Round
1994-95	Dean Smith	28-6	12-4	NCAA Final 4
1995-96	Dean Smith	21-11	10-6	NCAA Second Round
1996-97	Dean Smith	28-7	11-5	NCAA Final 4
1997-98	Bill Guthridge	34-4	13-3	NCAA Final 4
1998-99	Bill Guthridge	24-10	10-6	NCAA First Round
1999-2000	Bill Guthridge	22-14	9-7	NCAA Final 4
2000-01	Matt Doherty	26-7	13-3	NCAA Second Round
2001-02	Matt Doherty	8-20	4-12	-
2002-03	Matt Doherty	19-16	6-10	NIT Quarterfinals
2003-04	Roy Williams	19-11	8-8	NCAA Second Round
2004-05	Roy Williams	33-4	14-2	NCAA Champion
2005-06	Roy Williams	23-8	12-4	NCAA Second Round
2006-07	Roy Williams	31-7	11-5	NCAA Final 8
'TOTAL OVERALL RECORD: 1,914-696 (.734)'

The 2006-07 Men's Basketball Team

'Current Roster'

'Name'	'Number'	'Position'	'Height'	'Weight'	'Year'	'Hometown'
Marcus Ginyard	1	G-F	6-5	218	Sophomore	Alexandria, Virginia
Wayne Ellington	2	G	6-4	195	Freshman	Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Reyshawn Terry	3	F	6-8	232	Senior	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Bobby Frasor	4	G	6-3	208	Sophomore	Blue Island, Illinois
Ty Lawson	5	G	5-11	193	Freshman	Clinton, Maryland
Quentin Thomas	11	G	6-3	185	Junior	Oakland, California
William Graves	13	F	6-6	260	Freshman	Greensboro, North Carolina
Danny Green	14	G-F	6-5	210	Sophomore	North Babylon, New York
Dewey Burke	15	G	6-0	185	Senior	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deon Thompson	21	F	6-8	245	Freshman	Torrance, California
Wes Miller	22	G	5-11	190	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina
Surry Wood	24	F	6-5	205	Junior	Raleigh, North Carolina
Alex Stepheson	32	F	6-9	225	Freshman	Los Angeles, California
Brandan Wright	34	F	6-9	205	Freshman	Nashville, Tennessee
Mike Copeland	40	F	6-7	225	Sophomore	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Tyler Hansbrough	50	F	6-9	245	Sophomore	Poplar Bluff, Missouri

2006-07 Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Location	Time	Result	Overall	Conf.
'Exhibition Games'
November 1, 2006	St. Augustine's	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 110-79
November 11, 2006	Pfeiffer	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 140-101
'Regular Season'
November 14, 2006	Sacred Heart1	Charlotte, NC		'W' 103-81	1-0	0-0
November 15, 2006	Winthrop1	Charlotte, NC		'W' 73-66	2-0	0-0
November 19, 2006	Gardner-Webb	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 103-50	3-0	0-0
November 22, 2006	Gonzaga2	New York, NY		'L' 74-82	3-1	0-0
November 24, 2006	Tennessee2	New York, NY		'W' 101-87	4-1	0-0
November 29, 2006	Ohio State3	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 98-89	5-1	0-0
December 2, 2006	Kentucky	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 75-63	6-1	0-0
December 9, 2006	High Point	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 94-69	7-1	0-0
December 16, 2006	UNC-Asheville	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 93-62	8-1	0-0
December 19, 2006	Florida Atlantic	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 105-62	9-1	0-0
December 22, 2006	St. Louis	St. Louis, MO		'W' 69-48	10-1	0-0
December 28, 2006	Rutgers	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 87-48	11-1	0-0
December 31, 2006	Dayton	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 81-51	12-1	0-0
January 3, 2007	Penn	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 102-64	13-1	0-0
January 7, 2007	Florida State	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 84-58	14-1	1-0
January 10, 2007	Virginia	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 79-69	15-1	2-0
January 13, 2007	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg VA		'L' 88-94	15-2	2-1
January 17, 2007	Clemson	Clemson, SC		'W' 77-55	16-2	3-1
January 20, 2007	Georgia Tech	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 77-61	17-2	4-1
January 24, 2007	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC		'W' 88-60	18-2	5-1
January 27, 2007	Arizona	Tucson, AZ		'W' 92-64	19-2	5-1
January 31, 2007	Miami	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 105-64	20-2	6-1
February 3, 2007	NC State	Raleigh, NC		'L' 79-83	20-3	6-2
February 7, 2007	Duke	Durham, NC		'W' 79-73	21-3	7-2
February 10, 2007	Wake Forest	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 104-67	22-3	8-2
February 13, 2007	Virginia Tech	Chapel Hill, NC		'L' 80-81(OT)	22-4	8-3
February 17, 2007	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA		'W' 77-72	23-4	9-3
February 21, 2007	NC State	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 83-64	24-4	10-3
February 25, 2007	Maryland	College Park, MD		'L' 87-89	24-5	10-4
March 1, 2007	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA		'L' 77-84	24-6	10-5
March 4, 2007	Duke	Chapel Hill, NC		'W' 86-72	25-6	11-5
'ACC Tournament'
March 9, 2007	Florida State	Tampa, FL		'W' 73-58	26-6	11-5
March 10, 2007	Boston College	Tampa, FL		'W' 71-56	27-6	11-5
March 11, 2007	NC State	Tampa, FL		'W' 89-80	28-6	11-5
'NCAA Tournament'
March 15, 2007	Eastern Kentucky	Winston-Salem, NC		'W' 86-65	29-6	11-5
March 17, 2007	Michigan State	Winston-Salem, NC		'W' 81-67	30-6	11-5
March 23, 2007	USC	East Rutherford, NJ		'W' 74-64	31-6	11-5
March 25, 2007	Georgetown	East Rutherford, NJ		'L' 84-96(OT)	31-7	11-5
★ Conference games in 'GREEN'. 1, 2Preseason NIT games, 3ACC-Big Ten Challenge game

Home Venues

Bynum Gymnasium (1910-1937)
Woollen Gymnasium (1938-1964)
Carmichael Auditorium (1965-1986)

Dean Smith Center (1986-Present)

Trivia

★ The 1957 National Championship game versus Kansas was the only triple overtime contest in championship history.

★ Carolina reached the Final Four in 2000 as an 8-seed, their lowest seeding in a Final Four appearance.

★ The Tar Heels have only reached the Final Four four times without winning the ACC Tournament (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005).

★ UNC has appeared in 39 NCAA Tournaments, which ties them for second most all-time behind Kentucky (48).

★ UNC has been the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, the latest being in 2007 (most #1 seeds all-time)[1].

★ UNC has been in the Sweet Sixteen 27 times, the latest being in 2007. The 27 appearances is the all-time NCAA record[2].

★ UNC has been to the Final Four 16 times (2nd most all-time).

References

1. http://espn.go.com/endofcentury/s/other/bestrivalries.html
2. UNC Tar Heels Media Guide
3. UNC Tar Heels Media Guide
4. Southern Conference Fan Guide
5. Official ACC Web Site