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

1970–71 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1971 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

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
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
1970–71 record	26–6 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (10th season);
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (4th season)
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

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*	No. 20	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	L 70–82	Greensboro, NC
December 19*	No. 20	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 83–81	Greensboro, NC
December 22*	No. 20	at Utah	L 86–105	Salt Lake City, UT
December 29*	No. 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		No. 2 South Carolina	W 79–64	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 9	No. 20	Duke	W 79–74	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 14	No. 15	Clemson	W 92–72	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 30	No. 15	at Wake Forest	L 84–96	Winston-Salem, NC
January 30	No. 20	Maryland	W 105–79	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8	No. 16	at NC State	W 65–63	Raleigh, NC
February 12*	No. 11	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 87–58	Charlotte, NC
February 13	No. 11	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 86–48	Charlotte, NC
February 17	No. 8	at Maryland	W 100–76	College Park, MD
February 20	No. 8	at No. 7 South Carolina	L 66–72	Columbia, SC
February 22*	No. 8	Florida State	W 70–61	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 27	No. 13	at Virginia	W 75–74	Charlottesville, VA
March 3	No. 12	NC State	W 97–81	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 6	No. 12	at Duke	L 83–92	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 11*	No. 13	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament	W 76–41	Greensboro, NC
March 12*	No. 13	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 78–68	Greensboro, NC
March 13*	No. 13	vs. No. 6 South Carolina ACC Tournament	L 51–52	Greensboro, NC
March 20*	No. 13	vs. Massachusetts NIT	W 90–49	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 22*	No. 13	vs. Providence NIT	W 86–79	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 25*	No. 13	vs. Duke NIT	W 73–67	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 27*	No. 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 Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

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[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-08.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924) 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 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1970–71 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 North Carolina	11	–	3	.786	26	–	6	.813
No. 6 South Carolina †	10	–	4	.714	23	–	6	.793
Duke	9	–	5	.643	20	–	10	.667
Wake Forest	7	–	7	.500	16	–	10	.615
Virginia	6	–	8	.429	15	–	11	.577
NC State	5	–	9	.357	13	–	14	.481
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	14	–	12	.538
Clemson	3	–	11	.214	9	–	17	.346

† 1971 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll