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The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is a college basketball team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.The Tar Heels have won six NCAA championships (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, and 2017) in addition to a 1924 Helms Athletic Foundation title (retroactive).
In Williams' second season as head coach, the Tar Heels won the 2005 NCAA national championship. Williams would go on to win two more national titles (2009 and 2017) in his 18 seasons as Tar Heel head coach. Williams passed his mentor Smith's 879 win total, finishing his career with 903 wins, 485 of which came in Chapel Hill.
In five instances the Tar Heels have ended the season with a number one ranking in the Associated Press, and the Tar Heels have also been ranked number one five times at the end of the season by the Coaches' Poll. The Tar Heels played their first basketball game against Virginia Christian, on January 27, 1910, a 42–21 win for North Carolina. [6]
The Tar Heels felt like the win showed the world what they can do. North Carolina defeated Tennessee, 100-92, in the inaugural ACC/SEC challenge. The Tar Heels felt like the win showed the world ...
Add another win to the No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels record after a late-night ACC game Wednesday. UNC defeated Louisville, 86-70, at the Smith Center to win its seventh straight game and remain ...
Armando Bacot’s double-double leads the Tar Heels to their 19th consecutive season-opening victory. No. 19 UNC basketball handles Radford in opener. Three takeaways from Tar Heels’ win
The 2010 Tar Heels won their first game since 1981 at rival Virginia's Scott Stadium and gained their first ever win in FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium. [163] [164] The Tar Heels won the Music City Bowl in controversial fashion, 30–27, in what would be Davis' final game as Tar Heel head coach. [165]
[41] [42] [45] [62] Smith had coached the North Carolina Tar Heels to six Final Fours and three national title games before the 1981–82 season, all of which resulted in the Tar Heels failing to win the tournament. [21] [22] [41] [45] [62] Due to these losses, Smith had earned a reputation for not being able to win the "big game."