1976-77 UNC Tar Heels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-5 (9-3, 1st in ACC MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 83.6 (29th of 249)

PA/G: 72.6 (97th of 249)

SRS: 20.78 (2nd of 244)

SOS: 9.51 (1st of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (69-66) versus Purdue
Won East Regional Semifinal (79-77) versus Notre Dame
Won East Regional Final (79-72) versus Kentucky
Won National Semifinal (84-83) versus Nevada-Las Vegas
Lost National Final (67-59) versus Marquette

ACC Reg Season Champ
ACC Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1976-77 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
UNC	3	9	12	11	10	9	6	5	4	4	13	14	13	9	6	4	5

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 26, 1976	REG	N	NC State (15)	ACC	13.43	W	78	66		1	0	W 1	Greensboro Coliseum
2	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	REG	N	Wake Forest	ACC	13.09	L	96	97		1	1	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum
3	Wed, Dec 1, 1976	REG		Marshall	Southern	-6.13	W	90	70		2	1	W 1	Carmichael Auditorium
4	Mon, Dec 6, 1976	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	4.83	W	81	58		3	1	W 2	Jenison Field House
5	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG	@	Virginia Tech	Ind	6.90	W	81	77		4	1	W 3	Cassell Coliseum
6	Mon, Dec 20, 1976	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	3.35	W	113	83		5	1	W 4	Carmichael Auditorium
7	Mon, Dec 27, 1976	REG	N	Oral Roberts	Ind	10.63	W	100	84		6	1	W 5
8	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	REG	N	Oregon	Pac-8	8.36	W	86	60		7	1	W 6
9	Thu, Dec 30, 1976	REG	N	Weber State	Big Sky	4.05	W	75	54		8	1	W 7
10	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	REG	N	Clemson (16)	ACC	19.00	W	91	63		9	1	W 8
11	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG		Virginia	ACC	5.21	W	91	67		10	1	W 9	Carmichael Auditorium
12	Thu, Jan 13, 1977	REG	@	Wake Forest (7)	ACC	13.09	W	77	75		11	1	W 10	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
13	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	REG		Duke	ACC	10.68	W	77	68		12	1	W 11	Carmichael Auditorium
14	Wed, Jan 19, 1977	REG	@	NC State	ACC	13.43	L	73	75		12	2	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG	@	Maryland (13)	ACC	10.44	W	71	68		13	2	W 1	Cole Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Jan 26, 1977	REG		Wake Forest (10)	ACC	13.09	L	66	67		13	3	L 1	Carmichael Auditorium
17	Sat, Jan 29, 1977	REG	@	Clemson (19)	ACC	19.00	L	73	93		13	4	L 2	Littlejohn Coliseum
18	Fri, Feb 4, 1977	REG	N	Georgia Tech	Metro	3.48	W	97	74		14	4	W 1
19	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	REG	N	Furman	Southern	2.06	W	88	71		15	4	W 2
20	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	REG		Maryland	ACC	10.44	W	97	70		16	4	W 3	Carmichael Auditorium
21	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG	N	Tulane	Metro	-4.24	W	106	94		17	4	W 4
22	Wed, Feb 16, 1977	REG		South Florida	Sun Belt	-12.99	W	100	65		18	4	W 5	Carmichael Auditorium
23	Sun, Feb 20, 1977	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	5.21	W	66	64		19	4	W 6	University Hall
24	Wed, Feb 23, 1977	REG		NC State	ACC	13.43	W	90	73		20	4	W 7	Carmichael Auditorium
25	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG	@	Duke	ACC	10.68	W	84	71		21	4	W 8	Cameron Indoor Stadium
26	Sun, Feb 27, 1977	REG		Louisville (10)	Metro	15.24	W	96	89		22	4	W 9	Carmichael Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 4, 1977	CTOURN	N	NC State	ACC	13.43	W	70	56		23	4	W 10	Greensboro Coliseum
28	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	CTOURN	N	Virginia	ACC	5.21	W	75	69		24	4	W 11	Greensboro Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	NCAA	N	Purdue	Big Ten	13.78	W	69	66		25	4	W 12	Reynolds Coliseum
30	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (10)	Ind	16.09	W	79	77		26	4	W 13	Cole Fieldhouse
31	Sat, Mar 19, 1977	NCAA	N	Kentucky (3)	SEC	23.26	W	79	72		27	4	W 14	Cole Fieldhouse
32	Sat, Mar 26, 1977	NCAA	N	Nevada-Las Vegas (4)	Ind	19.61	W	84	83		28	4	W 15	The Omni
33	Mon, Mar 28, 1977	NCAA	N	Marquette (7)	Ind	16.67	L	59	67		28	5	L 1	The Omni