1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1966–67 men's college basketball season.

1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	26–6 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (6th season)
Home arena	Carmichael Arena
Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

1966–67 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 North Carolina †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	6		.813
Duke	9	–	3		.750			18	–	9		.667
South Carolina	8	–	4		.667			16	–	7		.696
Clemson	9	–	5		.643			17	–	8		.680
Wake Forest	5	–	9		.357			9	–	18		.333
Maryland	5	–	9		.357			11	–	14		.440
Virginia	4	–	10		.286			9	–	17		.346
NC State	2	–	12		.143			7	–	19		.269
† 1967 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1	No. 9	Clemson	W 76–65		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
December 3*	No. 9	vs. Penn State	W 93–63		Greensboro, NC
December 9*	No. 8	Tulane	W 92–69		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
December 13*	No. 8	at No. 4 Kentucky Rivalry	W 64–55		Lexington, KY
December 17*	No. 6	vs. NYU	W 95–58		Greensboro, NC
December 19*	No. 6	vs. Columbia Tampa Invitational Tournament	W 98–66		Tampa, FL
December 20*	No. 6	vs. Florida State Tampa Invitational Tournament	W 81–54		Tampa, FL
December 27*	No. 3	vs. Furman	W 101–56		Greensboro, NC
December 30*	No. 3	vs. Ohio State	W 105–82		Charlotte, NC
January 2*	No. 3	Princeton	L 81–91		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
January 4	No. 3	at Wake Forest	W 76–64		Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 7	No. 3	at Duke Rivalry	W 59–56		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 11	No. 5	NC State Rivalry	W 79–78		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
January 28	No. 2	Virginia	W 103–76		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
February 4	No. 2	Maryland	W 85–77		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
February 7	No. 2	at Virginia	W 79–75		University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
February 9	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 75–73		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 11*	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	L 80–82		Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
February 14	No. 2	at NC State	W 77–60		Raleigh, NC
February 17	No. 4	vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	W 80–55		Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
February 18	No. 4	vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	L 88–92		Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
February 22	No. 5	at Maryland	W 79–78		Cole Field House  College Park, MD
February 25*	No. 5	Virginia Tech	W 110–78		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
March 1	No. 3	at South Carolina	L 57–70		Carolina Field House  Columbia, SC
March 4	No. 3	Duke	W 92–79		Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
March 9*	No. 4	vs. NC State ACC tournament	W 56–53		Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
March 10*	No. 4	vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament	W 89–79		Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
March 11*	No. 4	vs. Duke ACC Tournament	W 82–73		Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
March 17*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 Princeton NCAA tournament	W 78–70 ^OT		College Park, MD
March 18*	No. 4	vs. No. 9 Boston College NCAA Tournament	W 96–80		College Park, MD
March 24*	No. 4	vs. Dayton NCAA tournament – Final Four	L 62–76^[1]	26–5	Freedom Hall (18,889) Louisville, KY
March 25*	No. 4	No. 7 Houston NCAA tournament – third-place game	L 62–84	26–6	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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References

1. "BRUINS CONQUER HOUSTON, 73 TO 58; Alcindor Scores 19 Points --Dayton Is 76-62 Victor Over North Carolina". The New York Times. March 25, 1967. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
2. 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-05.