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2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 3
Record29–7 (16–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDean E. Smith Center
Seasons
2018–19 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Virginia 16 2   .889 35 3   .921
No. 3 North Carolina 16 2   .889 29 7   .806
No. 1 Duke 14 4   .778 32 6   .842
No. 10 Florida State 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 16 Virginia Tech 12 6   .667 26 9   .743
Syracuse 10 8   .556 20 14   .588
Louisville 10 8   .556 20 14   .588
NC State 9 9   .500 24 12   .667
Clemson 9 9   .500 20 14   .588
Georgia Tech 6 12   .333 14 18   .438
Boston College 5 13   .278 14 17   .452
Miami (FL) 5 13   .278 14 18   .438
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Pittsburgh 3 15   .167 14 19   .424
Notre Dame 3 15   .167 14 19   .424
2019 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who was in his 16th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 16–2 in ACC play to finish tied for the regular season conference championship with Virginia. As the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament, they advanced to the semifinals before ultimately losing to Duke. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Auburn.

Previous season

The Tar Heels finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 26–11, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Syracuse,[1] Miami,[2] and Duke[3] before losing to Virginia in the championship game.[4] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the West region where they defeated Lipscomb[5] before losing to Texas A&M in the Second Round.[6]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Theo Pinson 1 G/F 6'6" 205 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Graduated
Joel Berry II 2 G 6'0" 195 Senior Apopka, Florida Graduated
Kane Ma 14 G 6'0" 175 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Graduated
Aaron Rohlman 25 F 6'6" 210 Senior Gastonia, North Carolina Graduated
Jalek Felton 5 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Columbia, South Carolina Dismissed

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Nassir Little
SF
Orange Park, FL Orlando Christian Prep 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oct 4, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93
Coby White
PG/SG
Goldsboro, NC Greenfield School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jul 28, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 91
Leaky Black
SF
Concord, NC Cox Mill High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jan 15, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 87
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #8   Rivals: #9  247Sports: #8  ESPN: #7
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Seventh Woods 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Hammond School Columbia, South Carolina
G 1 Leaky Black 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Concord High School Concord, North Carolina
G 2 Coby White 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Greenfield School Goldsboro, North Carolina
G 3 Andrew Platek 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Northfield Mount Hermon Schenectady, New York
G 4 Brandon Robinson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Douglas County High School Douglasville, Georgia
F 5 Nassir Little 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Orlando Christian Prep Orange Park, Florida
F 11 Shea Rush 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr The Barstow School Kansas City, Missouri
G 13 Cameron Johnson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Sr Our Lady of the Sacred Heart/Pittsburgh Moon Township, Pennsylvania
F 15 Garrison Brooks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Auburn High School Lafayette, Alabama
C 21 Sterling Manley 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Pickerington Central High School Reynoldsburg, Ohio
F 22 Walker Miller (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So New Hampton School Greensboro, North Carolina
G 24 Kenny Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr L.C. Bird Midlothian, Virginia
G 25 Caleb Ellis (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Cary Christian School Apex, North Carolina
G 30 K. J. Smith (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So IMG Academy Thousand Oaks, California
F 32 Luke Maye 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Hough Huntersville, North Carolina
F 35 Ryan McAdoo (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 201 lb (91 kg) So Saint Andrew's School Boca Raton, Florida
C 42 Brandon Huffman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Word of God Christian Academy Goldsboro, North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2018*
7:30 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 8 Mount Olive W 107–64 
 16  Brooks   16  Brooks   6  White  Dean Smith Center (20,314)
Chapel Hill, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 8 at Wofford W 78–67  1–0
 24  Maye   8  Johnson   5  Williams  Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (3,400)
Spartanburg, SC
November 9, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 8 at Elon W 116–67  2–0
 21  Tied   10  Maye   5  Tied  Schar Center (5,245)
Elon, NC
November 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 Stanford W 90–72  3–0
 17  Johnson   8  Tied   4  Tied  Dean Smith Center (19,647)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 16, 2018*
7:00 pm, ACCRSN
No. 7 Tennessee Tech
Las Vegas Invitational Campus-Site Game
W 108–58  4–0
 15  Maye   8  Maye   8  Woods  Dean Smith Center (20,816)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 19, 2018*
8:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 7 Saint Francis (PA)
Las Vegas Invitational Campus-Site Game
W 101–76  5–0
 20  Johnson   10  Maye   9  Williams  Dean Smith Center (20,547)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 22, 2018*
7:30 pm, FS1
No. 7 vs. Texas
Las Vegas Invitational Semifinal
L 89–92  5–1
 33  White   9  Maye   5  Williams  Orleans Arena (7,489)
Paradise, NV
November 23, 2018*
4:00 pm, FOX
No. 7 vs. No. 17 UCLA
Las Vegas Invitational Third Place Game
W 94–78  6–1
 19  White   8  Maye   8  White  Orleans Arena (7,489)
Paradise, NV
November 28, 2018*
9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 11 at No. 7 Michigan
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 67–84  6–2
 12  White   15  Maye   4  White  Crisler Center (12,707)
Ann Arbor, MI
December 5, 2018*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 UNC Wilmington W 97–69  7–2
 21  Johnson   10  Manley   8  Williams  Dean Smith Center (20,083)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 15, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 4 Gonzaga W 103–90  8–2
 25  Johnson   16  Maye   6  White  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 22, 2018*
5:15 pm, CBS
No. 9 vs. No. 19 Kentucky
CBS Sports Classic/Rivalry
L 72–80  8–3
 17  Johnson   8  Brooks   5  Williams  United Center (15,124)
Chicago, IL
December 29, 2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 Davidson W 82–60  9–3
 17  Johnson   14  Maye   7  White  Dean Smith Center (21,486)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 2, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 15 Harvard W 77–57  10–3
 14  Maye   7  Tied   4  White  Dean Smith Center (21,329)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Regular Season
January 5, 2019
12:00 pm, Raycom
No. 15 at Pittsburgh W 85-60  11–3
(1–0)
 22  White   11  Maye   5  Brooks  Petersen Events Center (12,508)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 8, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 12 at No. 15 NC State
Rivalry
W 90–82  12–3
(2–0)
 21  Maye   11  Tied   5  Tied  PNC Arena (19,722)
Raleigh, NC
January 12, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 12 Louisville L 62–83  12–4
(2–1)
 12  Williams   11  Maye   3  Maye  Dean Smith Center (21,243)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 15, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN
No. 13 Notre Dame W 75–69  13–4
(3–1)
 17  White   10  Maye   6  Johnson  Dean Smith Center (20,475)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 19, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 13 at Miami (FL) W 85–76  14–4
(4–1)
 22  Johnson   9  Maye   8  White  Watsco Center (7,131)
Coral Gables, FL
January 21, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 11 No. 10 Virginia Tech W 103–82  15–4
(5–1)
 27  White   7  White   6  White  Dean Smith Center (21,148)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 29, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCRSN
No. 9 at Georgia Tech W 77–54  16–4
(6–1)
 22  Johnson   9  Tied   8  White  McCamish Pavilion (8,600)
Atlanta, GA
February 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN
No. 9 at No. 15 Louisville W 79–69  17–4
(7–1)
 20  Maye   11  Maye   4  Tied  KFC Yum! Center (19,985)
Louisville, KY
February 5, 2019
8:00 pm, Raycom
No. 8 NC State
Rivalry
W 113–96  18–4
(8–1)
 31  Maye   12  Maye   6  Brooks  Dean Smith Center (21,124)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 9, 2019
12:00 pm, Raycom
No. 8 Miami (FL) W 88–85 OT 19–4
(9–1)
 33  White   6  Tied   6  White  Dean Smith Center (21,383)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 11, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 8 No. 4 Virginia
Rivalry
L 61–69  19–5
(9–2)
 17  White   11  Maye   5  Williams  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 16, 2019
12:00 pm, Raycom
No. 8 at Wake Forest W 95–57  20–5
(10–2)
 27  Johnson   7  Tied   6  White  LJVM Coliseum (14,352)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 20, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN/Raycom
No. 8 at No. 1 Duke
Rivalry
W 88–72  21–5
(11–2)
 30  Maye   15  Maye   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
February 23, 2019
3:45 pm, CBS
No. 8 No. 16 Florida State W 77–52  22–5
(12–2)
 18  Tied   11  Maye   4  White  Dean Smith Center (21,520)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 26, 2019
9:00 pm, Raycom
No. 5 Syracuse W 93–85  23–5
(13–2)
 34  White   12  Maye   6  Maye  Dean Smith Center (21,135)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 2, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5 at Clemson W 81–79  24–5
(14–2)
 28  White   10  Maye   5  White  Littlejohn Coliseum (9,248)
Clemson, SC
March 5, 2019
8:00 pm, Raycom
No. 3 at Boston College W 79–66  25–5
(15–2)
 22  Johnson   20  Maye   5  Tied  Conte Forum (7,731)
Chestnut Hill, MA
March 9, 2019
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 3 No. 4 Duke
Rivalry
W 79–70  26–5
(16–2)
 21  White   16  Maye   7  Maye  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
March 14, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN
(2) No. 3 vs. (7) Louisville
Quarterfinals
W 83–70  27–5
 19  Tied   9  Maye   6  White  Spectrum Center (19,691)
Charlotte, NC
March 15, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN
(2) No. 3 vs. (3) No. 5 Duke
Semifinals
L 73–74  27–6
 23  Johnson   13  Maye   4  White  Spectrum Center (20,116)
Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2019*
9:20 pm, TNT
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (16 MW) Iona
First Round
W 88–73  28–6
 21  Johnson   9  Maye   4  Johnson  Nationwide Arena (19,426)
Columbus, OH
March 24, 2019*
2:40 pm, CBS
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (9 MW) Washington
Second Round
W 81–59  29–6
 20  Tied   14  Maye   7  Johnson  Nationwide Arena (19,610)
Columbus, OH
March 29, 2019*
7:29pm, TBS
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (5 MW) No. 14 Auburn
Sweet Sixteen
L 80–97  29–7
 15  Tied   4  Tied   7  Maye  Sprint Center (17,385)
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[7][8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP8771114129141512131198885333Not released
Coaches77^61312121014151215121088953349

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

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  8. ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved January 24, 2019.