1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 8
Record	22–6 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith;
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge
Captain	Darrell Elston; Bobby Jones
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1973–74 men's college basketball season.

Zeitplan

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 5	vs. No. 14 Houston	W 97–74	Greensboro, NC
December 5*	No. 5	California	W 74–70	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 8*	No. 5	Vermont	W 103–48	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 10*	No. 5	vs. No. 10 Kentucky	W 101–84	Greensboro, NC
December 15*	No. 5	East Tennessee State	W 81–63	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 20*	No. 4	vs. Virginia Tech	W 83–78	Charlotte, NC
December 28	No. 4	at St. Thomas (FL)	W 112–72
January 4*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 NC State Big Four Tournament	L 77–78	Greensboro, NC
January 5*	No. 4	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 84–75	Greensboro, NC
January 9	No. 5	at Clemson	W 102–90	Clemson, SC
January 12	No. 5	at Virginia	W 87–75	Charlottesville, VA
January 16	No. 5	Wake Forest	W 95–78	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 19	No. 5	at Duke	W 73–71	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 22	No. 5	No. 3 NC State	L 80–83	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 26	No. 4	No. 5 Maryland	W 82–73	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 30	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 77–67	Winston-Salem, NC
February 2	No. 4	Clemson	W 61–60	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8*	No. 4	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 95–60	Charlotte, NC
February 9*	No. 4	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 112–70	Charlotte, NC
February 13	No. 4	at No. 6 Maryland	L 80–91	College Park, MD
February 16*	No. 4	vs. Florida State	W 104–85	Greensboro, NC
February 20*	No. 6	Miami (OH)	W 83–69	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 23	No. 6	Virginia	W 94–61	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 26	No. 6	at No. 1 NC State	L 72–83	Raleigh, NC
March 2	No. 4	Duke	W 96–92 ^OT	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 7*	No. 6	vs. Wake Forest ACC Tournament	W 76–62	Greensboro, NC
March 8*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 Maryland ACC Tournament	L 85–105	Greensboro, NC
March 16*	No. 8	vs. Purdue NIT	L 71–82	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-12.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-Jun-12.

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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
Menschen	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