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1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Atlantic Coast Conference
No. 3
No. 9
23–6 (9–3 ACC)
Dean Smith (18th season)
Bill Guthridge (12th season)
Eddie Fogler (8th season)
Roy Williams (1st season)
Carmichael Auditorium

The 1978–79 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels finished with an overall record of 23–6 (9–3 ACC) As an automatic qualifier they were a #1 seed in the 1979 NCAA Tournament. In the second round North Carolina were upset by the Ivy League Champions Penn. 72–71.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*	No. 14	at Northwestern	W 97–67	1–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
December 1*	No. 14	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 73–55	2–0	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 2*	No. 14	vs. No. 1 Duke Big Four Tournament	L 68–78	2–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 4*	No. 14	Detroit	W 93–76	3–1	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 9*	No. 14	Jacksonville	W 85–56	4–1	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 16*	No. 13	No. 3 Michigan State	W 70–69	5–1	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 22*	No. 6	at Cincinnati	W 62–59	6–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH
December 29*	No. 5	vs. Dartmouth Kodak Classic	W 86–67	7–1	War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY
December 30*	No. 5	vs. Niagara Kodak Classic	W 121–69	8–1	War Memorial Coliseum Rochester, NY
January 3	No. 5	vs. Clemson	W 90–68	9–1(1–0)	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 6	No. 3	Virginia	W 86–74 2OT	10–1(2–0)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 10	No. 3	at Wake Forest	L 56–59	10–2(2–1)	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 13	No. 3	No. 7 Duke	W 74–68	11–2(3–1)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14*	No. 3	vs. No. 10 Arkansas	W 63–57	12–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 17	No. 2	at No. 14 NC State	W 70–69	13–2(4–1)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 20	No. 2	at No. 19 Maryland	W 54–53	14–2(5–1)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
January 25	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 76–69	15–2(6–1)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 27	No. 2	at Clemson	L 61–66	15–3(6–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 2*	No. 4	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	L 70–83	15–4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 3*	No. 4	vs. Virginia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 92–80 OT	16–4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 7	No. 6	Maryland	W 76–67	17–4(7–2)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 10*	No. 6	vs. Providence	W 89–55	18–4	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 14*	No. 4	William & Mary	W 85–60	19–4	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 17	No. 4	at Virginia	W 66–57	20–4(8–2)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
February 22	No. 4	NC State	W 71–56	21–4(9–2)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 24	No. 4	at No. 6 Duke	L 40–47	21–5(9–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 2*	(1) No. 7	vs. (4) Maryland Semifinals	W 102–79	22–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 3*	(1) No. 7	vs. (2) No. 5 Duke Championship	W 71–63	23–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 11*	(1 E) No. 3	vs. (9 E) Pennsylvania NCAA tournament	L 71–72	23–6	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

^Coaches did not release Week 1 or Week 2 polls.

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