1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 12
Record	22–6 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Guthridge (7th season) Eddie Fogler (3rd season)
Captain	Darrell Elston Bobby Jones
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium
Seasons← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 NC State †	12	–	0	1.000	30	–	1	.968
No. 4 Maryland	9	–	3	.750	23	–	5	.821
No. 12 North Carolina	9	–	3	.750	22	–	6	.786
Virginia	4	–	8	.333	11	–	16	.407
Clemson	3	–	9	.250	14	–	12	.538
Wake Forest	3	–	9	.250	13	–	13	.500
Duke	2	–	10	.167	10	–	16	.385

† 1974 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1973–74 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
December 1, 1973*	No. 5	vs. No. 14 Houston	W 97–74	1–0	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
December 5, 1973*	No. 5	California	W 74–70	2–0	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 8, 1973*	No. 5	Vermont	W 103–48	3–0	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 10, 1973*	No. 5	vs. No. 10 Kentucky	W 101–84	4–0	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
December 15, 1973*	No. 5	East Tennessee State	W 81–63	5–0	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 20, 1973*	No. 4	vs. Virginia Tech	W 83–78	6–0	–	–	–	Charlotte, NC
December 28, 1973	No. 4	at St. Thomas (FL)	W 112–72	7–0	–	–	–
January 4, 1974*	No. 4	vs. No. 5 NC State Big Four Tournament	L 77–78	7–1	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
January 5, 1974*	No. 4	vs. Duke Big Four Tournament	W 84–75	8–1	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
January 9, 1974	No. 5	at Clemson	W 102–90	8–1 (1–0)	–	–	–	Clemson, SC
January 12, 1974	No. 5	at Virginia	W 87–75	9–1 (2–0)	–	–	–	Charlottesville, VA
January 16, 1974	No. 5	Wake Forest	W 95–78	10–1 (3–0)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 19, 1974	No. 5	at Duke	W 73–71	11–1 (4–0)	–	–	–	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 22, 1974	No. 5	No. 3 NC State	L 80–83	11–2 (4–1)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 26, 1974	No. 4	No. 5 Maryland	W 82–73	12–2 (5–1)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 30, 1974	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 77–67	13–2 (6–1)	–	–	–	Winston-Salem, NC
February 2, 1974	No. 4	Clemson	W 61–60	14–2 (7–1)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 8, 1974*	No. 4	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 95–60	15–2	–	–	–	Charlotte, NC
February 9, 1974*	No. 4	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 112–70	16–2	–	–	–	Charlotte, NC
February 13, 1974	No. 4	at No. 6 Maryland	L 80–91	16–3 (7–2)	–	–	–	College Park, MD
February 16, 1974*	No. 4	vs. Florida State	W 104–85	17–3	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
February 20, 1974*	No. 6	Miami (OH)	W 83–69	18–3	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 23, 1974	No. 6	Virginia	W 94–61	19–3 (8–2)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 26, 1974	No. 6	at No. 1 NC State	L 72–83	19–4 (8–3)	–	–	–	Raleigh, NC
March 2, 1974	No. 4	Duke	W 96–92	20–4 (9–3)	–	–	–	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 7, 1974*	No. 6	vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament	W 76–62	21–4	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
March 8, 1974*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 Maryland ACC Tournament	L 85–105	21–5	–	–	–	Greensboro, NC
March 16, 1974*	No. 8	vs. Purdue NIT	L 71–82	21–6	–	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Personnel

1973–74 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
F	Mickey Bell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—
F	Bruce Buckley	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Fr
F	Bill Chambers	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
C	Geoff Crompton	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Fr
F	Walter Davis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
G	Darrell Elston (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
G	Dave Hanners	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—
G	Ray Harrison	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
G	Ray Hite	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Sr
G	Brad Hoffman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—
F	Bobby Jones (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr
G	John Kuester	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
F	Mitch Kupchak	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So
C	Tom LaGarde	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Fr
F	John O'Donnell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
	Tony Shaver	—	—
	James Smith	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
F	Ed Stahl	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Fr
	Charles Waddell	—	—

Head coach

Dean Smith

Assistant coach(es)

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 Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-12.

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
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 Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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