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1979-80 UNC Tar Heels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-8 (9-5, 2nd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 73.2 (116th of 265)

PA/G: 68.0 (79th of 265)

SRS: 12.79 (22nd of 260)

SOS: 7.17 (18th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (78-61) versus #6 Texas A&M

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AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
UNC	6	8	8	8	6	6	15	9	13	11	11	11	8	10	15

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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 30, 1979	REG	N	NC State	ACC	12.95	W	97	84		1	0	W 1	Greensboro Coliseum
2	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG	N	Duke (3)	ACC	13.73	L	74	86		1	1	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum
3	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG	@	South Florida	Sun Belt	-12.75	W	93	62		2	1	W 1	Bayfront Center
4	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	1.58	W	68	63		3	1	W 2	Carmichael Auditorium
5	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG		Detroit Mercy	Ind	3.19	W	90	72		4	1	W 3	Carmichael Auditorium
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Indiana (5)	Big Ten	17.55	W	61	57		5	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
7	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	REG	@	Clemson	ACC	15.72	L	76	93		5	2	L 1	Littlejohn Coliseum
8	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Virginia (13)	ACC	12.77	L	82	88		5	3	L 2	University Hall
9	Mon, Jan 7, 1980	REG	@	Mercer	TAAC	-4.43	W	81	63		6	3	W 1	Macon Coliseum
10	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	72	68		7	3	W 2	Carmichael Auditorium
11	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG	@	Duke (1)	ACC	13.73	W	82	67		8	3	W 3	Cameron Indoor Stadium
12	Mon, Jan 14, 1980	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	5.20	W	54	53		9	3	W 4	Carmichael Auditorium
13	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG		NC State (16)	ACC	12.95	W	67	64		10	3	W 5	Carmichael Auditorium
14	Sun, Jan 20, 1980	REG		Maryland	ACC	14.61	L	86	92		10	4	L 1	Carmichael Auditorium
15	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	73	61		11	4	W 1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Clemson (12)	ACC	15.72	W	73	70		12	4	W 2	Carmichael Auditorium
17	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	REG		William & Mary	ECACS	-3.49	W	71	61		13	4	W 3	Carmichael Auditorium
18	Fri, Feb 1, 1980	REG		The Citadel	Southern	-12.62	W	51	40		14	4	W 4	Carmichael Auditorium
19	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Furman	Southern	0.25	W	75	63		15	4	W 5	Memorial Auditorium
20	Mon, Feb 4, 1980	REG		Yale	Ivy	-6.96	W	85	74		16	4	W 6	Carmichael Auditorium
21	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG	@	Maryland (7)	ACC	14.61	L	69	70		16	5	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
22	Mon, Feb 11, 1980	REG	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	5.20	W	60	50		17	5	W 1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
23	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG	@	Rutgers	EAA	0.08	W	73	70		18	5	W 2	Louis Brown Athletic Center
24	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Virginia	ACC	12.77	W	68	51		19	5	W 3	Carmichael Auditorium
25	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG	@	NC State	ACC	12.95	L	60	63		19	6	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
26	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG		Duke (17)	ACC	13.73	W	96	71		20	6	W 1	Carmichael Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	75	62		21	6	W 2	Greensboro Coliseum
28	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	Duke	ACC	13.73	L	61	75		21	7	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	Texas A&M	SWC	9.28	L	61	78	2OT	21	8	L 2	Super Pit