Tar Heel Times
UNC Sports & Recruiting News
Menu

1996-1997 UNC Basketball Schedule

Select Season:
Coach: Dean Smith
Record: 28-7

Quick Links
UNC Basketball | Recruiting | 1996-97 Roster | Radio Affiliates | Tickets | More...
Last Game:
North Carolina: 78
VCU: 82
Thu, Mar 19 Box Score
Next Game:
UNC vs. Arkansas
Tue, Dec 1 TBD, Chapel Hill, Smith Center

DateGame 
Fri Nov 22vs Arizona logoArizona
Tip Off Classic - Springfield, MA
L 72-83
Mon Nov 25vs Richmond logoRichmond
W 86-75
Fri Nov 29vs Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh
W 82-61
Mon Dec 2vs Bethune-Cookman logoBethune-Cookman
W 106-62
Fri Dec 6vs Southern California logoSouthern California
Charlotte, NC
W 99-84
Sat Dec 7vs South Carolina logoSouth Carolina
Charlotte, NC
W 86-75
Sat Dec 14at VMI logoVMI
W 105-61
Wed Dec 18vs Louisiana State logoLouisiana State
W 67-48
Fri Dec 20vs Massachusetts logoMassachusetts
W 83-69
Sun Dec 22at Princeton logoPrinceton
W 69-60
Sat Jan 4at Wake Forest logoWake Forest
L 57-81
Wed Jan 8vs Maryland logoMaryland
L 75-85
Sat Jan 11at Virginia logoVirginia
L 63-75
Wed Jan 15vs N.C. State logoN.C. State
W 59-56
Sat Jan 18vs Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech
W 73-50
Wed Jan 22at Florida State logoFlorida State
L 71-84
Sun Jan 26vs Clemson logoClemson
W 61-48
Wed Jan 29at Duke logoDuke
L 73-80
Sat Feb 1vs Middle Tennessee State logoMiddle Tennessee State
W 99-49
Thu Feb 6vs Florida State logoFlorida State
W 90-62
Sat Feb 8vs Virginia logoVirginia
W 81-57
Wed Feb 12at N.C. State logoN.C. State
W 45-44
Sat Feb 15at Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech
W 72-68
Wed Feb 19vs Wake Forest logoWake Forest
W 74-60
Sat Feb 22at Maryland logoMaryland
W 93-81
Wed Feb 26at Clemson logoClemson
W 76-69
Sun Mar 2vs Duke logoDuke
W 91-85
Fri Mar 7vs Virginia logoVirginia
ACC Tournament - Greensboro, NC
W 78-68
Sat Mar 8vs Wake Forest logoWake Forest
ACC Tournament - Greensboro, NC
W 86-73
Sun Mar 9vs N.C. State logoN.C. State
ACC Tournament - Greensboro, NC
W 64-54
Thu Mar 13vs Fairfield logoFairfield
NCAA R64 - Winston-Salem, NC
W 82-74
Sat Mar 15vs Colorado logoColorado
NCAA R32 - Winston-Salem, NC; Dean Smith earns career victory #877, breaking Adolph Rupp's NCAA Division I record of 876
W 73-56
Fri Mar 21vs California logoCalifornia
NCAA R16 - Syracuse, NY
W 63-57
Sun Mar 23vs Louisville logoLouisville
NCAA R8 - Syracuse, NY
W 97-74
Sat Mar 29vs Arizona logoArizona
NCAA R4 - Indianapolis, IN
L 58-66


Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Basketball Backup PG Targets, Baseball Super Regional
Harrison Barnes shares thoughts heading into third NBA Finals
Caleb Wilson 2026 Pre-NBA Draft Tape
Five-star wing Ryan Hampton commits to Kentucky basketball