1976–77 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1976–77 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions; ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Championship, L 59–67 vs. Marquette
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1976–77 record	28–5 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
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The 1976–77 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 26*	#3	vs. #15 NC State Big Four Tournament	W 78–66	1–0	Greensboro Coliseum
November 27*	#3	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	L 96–97 ^OT	1–1	Greensboro Coliseum
December 1*	#9	Marshall	W 90–70	2–1	Carmichael Auditorium
December 6*	#9	at Michigan St	W 81–58	3–1	East Lansing, MI
December 11*	#12	vs. Virginia Tech	W 81–77	4–1	Roanoke, VA
December 20*	#20	BYU	W 113–93	5–1	Carmichael Auditorium
December 27*	#10	vs. Oral Roberts Far West Classic	W 100–84	6–1	Portland, OR
December 29*	#9	vs. Oregon Far West Classic	W 86–60	7–1	Portland, OR
December 30*	#9	vs. Weber St Far West Classic	W 75–54	8–1	Portland, OR
January 5	#6	vs. #16 Clemson	W 91–63	9–1 (1–0)	Greensboro Coliseum
January 8	#6	Virginia	W 91–67	10–1 (2–0)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 13	#5	at #7 Wake Forest	W 77–75	11–1 (3–0)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
January 15	#5	Duke	W 77–68	12–1 (4–0)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 19	#4	at NC State	L 73–75	12–2 (4–1)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 22	#4	at #13 Maryland	W 71–68	13–2 (5–1)	Cole Field House College Park, MD
January 26	#4	#10 Wake Forest	L 66–67	13–3 (5–2)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 29	#4	at #19 Clemson	L 73–93	13–4 (5–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum
February 4*	#13	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 98–74	14–4	Charlotte Coliseum
February 5*	#13	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 88–71	15–4	Charlotte Coliseum
February 9	#14	Maryland	W 97–70	16–4 (6–3)	Carmichael Auditorium
February 12*	#14	vs. Tulane	W 106–94	17–4	Greensboro Coliseum
February 16*	#13	South Florida	W 100–65	18–4	Carmichael Auditorium
February 20	#13	at Virginia	W 66–64	19–4 (7–3)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
February 23	#9	NC State	W 90–73	20–4 (8–3)	Carmichael Auditorium
February 26	#9	at Duke	W 84–71	21–4 (9–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium
February 27*	#9	vs. #10 Louisville	W 96–89	22–4	Charlotte Coliseum
March 4*	#5	vs. NC State ACC Tournament	W 70–56	23–4	Greensboro Coliseum
March 5*	#6	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 75–69	24–4	Greensboro Coliseum
March 12*	#4	vs. Purdue NCAA Tournament	W 69–66	25–4	Reynolds Coliseum
March 17*	#5	vs. #10 Notre Dame NCAA Tournament	W 79–77	26–4	Cole Field House
March 19*	#5	vs. #13 Kentucky NCAA Tournament	W 79–72	27–4	Cole Field House
March 26*	#5	vs. #4 UNLV NCAA Tournament	W 84–83	28–4	The Omni
March 28*	#5	vs. #7 Marquette NCAA Tournament	L 59–67	28–5	The Omni
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Roster

1976–77 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight
		Dudley Bradley	—	—
		Bruce Buckley (C)	—	—
		Dave Colescott	—	—
		Woody Cooley (C)	—	—
		Walter Davis (C)	—	—
		Ged Doughton	—	—
G	12	Phil Ford	—	—
		Steve Krafcisin	—	—
		John Kuester (C)	—	—
	45	Tommy LaGarde (C)	—	—
	31	Mike O'Koren	—	—
		John Virgil	—	—
		Randy Wiel	—	—
		Jeff Wolf	—	—
		Rich Yonakor	—	—
		Tom Zagliagiris	—	—

Head coach

Dean Smith

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Guthridge

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

References

↑ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-May-02.

[1] 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book. Retrieved 2015-May-02.

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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 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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