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

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	#2
AP	#4
1968–69 record	27–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

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

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 2*	#2	vs. Oregon	W 89–78		Greensboro, NC
December 3*	#2	Oregon	W 106–73		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 7*	#2	at #3 Kentucky Rivalry	W 87–77		Lexington, KY
December 9*	#2	vs. #12 Vanderbilt	W 100–78		Charlotte, NC
December 16	#2	Clemson	W 90–69		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 17	#2	Virginia	W 94–67		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
December 27*	#2	vs. #8 Villanova ECAC Holiday Festival	W 69–61		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 28*	#2	vs. St. John's ECAC Holiday Festival	L 70–72		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 30*	#2	vs. Princeton ECAC Holiday Festival	W 103–76		Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
January 4	#4	Duke Rivalry	W 94–70		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 8	#2	NC State Rivalry	W 83–63		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 11*	#2	Virginia Tech	W 99–77		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 14*	#2	at Georgia Tech	W 101–70		Atlanta, GA
February 1	#2	Maryland	W 107–87		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
January 18	#2	at Wake Forest	W 94–89		Winston-Salem, NC
February 1	#2	Maryland	W 107–87		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 4	#2	at Virginia	W 99–76		Charlottesville, VA
February 6	#2	Wake Forest	W 84–76		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 8*		vs. Florida State	W 100–82		Greensboro, NC
February 10	#2	at NC State	W 85–62		Raleigh, NC
February 14	#2	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 66–68		Charlotte, NC
February 15	#2	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 107–81		Charlotte, NC
February 19	#3	at Maryland	W 88–86		College Park, MD
February 22*	#3	The Citadel	W 106–59		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 26	#2	at #8 South Carolina	W 68–62		Columbia, SC
March 1	#2	at Duke	L 81–87		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
March 6*	#4	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament	W 94–70		Charlotte, NC
March 7*	#4	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 80–72		Charlotte, NC
March 8*	#4	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	W 85–74		Charlotte, NC
March 13*	#4	vs. #9 Duquesne NCAA Tournament	W 79–78		College Park, MD
March 15*	#4	vs. #5 Davidson NCAA Tournament	W 87–85		College Park, MD
March 20*	#4	vs. #6 Purdue NCAA Tournament	L 65–92		Louisville, KY
March 22*	#4	vs. #11 Drake NCAA Tournament	L 84–104		Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.