1980-1981 UNC Basketball Schedule

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Coach: Dean Smith
Record: 29-8

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Date	Game
Fri Nov 28	vs Alaska Great Alaska Shootout - Anchorage, AK	W 69-50
Sat Nov 29	vs Georgetown Great Alaska Shootout - Anchorage, AK	W 83-71
Sun Nov 30	vs Arkansas Great Alaska Shootout - Anchorage, AK	W 64-58
Tue Dec 2	vs Mercer	W 89-74
Fri Dec 5	vs Duke Big Four Tournament - Greensboro, NC	W 78-76
Sat Dec 6	vs Wake Forest Big Four Tournament - Greensboro, NC	L 71-82
Sat Dec 13	vs South Florida Greensboro, NC	W 73-64
Sat Dec 20	vs Indiana	W 65-56
Mon Dec 22	vs Rutgers Charlotte, NC	W 71-64
Mon Dec 29	vs Louisville Winston Tire Classic - Los Angeles, CA	W 86-64
Tue Dec 30	vs Minnesota Winston Tire Classic - Los Angeles, CA	L 60-76
Sat Jan 3	at Kansas Kansas City, MO	L 55-56
Wed Jan 7	vs Maryland	W 75-66
Sat Jan 10	at Virginia	L 57-63
Wed Jan 14	vs N.C. State	W 73-70
Sat Jan 17	vs Duke	W 80-65
Thu Jan 22	at Wake Forest	W 74-60
Sat Jan 24	vs Georgia Tech	W 100-60
Wed Jan 28	at Clemson	W 61-47
Sat Jan 31	at N.C. State	W 57-54
Tue Feb 3	vs Virginia	L 79-80 (OT)
Fri Feb 6	vs St. Joseph's North-South Doubleheaders - Charlotte, NC	W 87-64
Sat Feb 7	vs Furman North-South Doubleheaders - Charlotte, NC	W 79-64
Wed Feb 11	vs Wake Forest	L 68-84
Sun Feb 15	at Maryland	W 76-63
Wed Feb 18	at William & Mary	W 81-55
Sat Feb 21	vs Clemson	W 75-61
Wed Feb 25	at Georgia Tech	W 76-51
Sat Feb 28	at Duke	L 65-66 (OT)
Thu Mar 5	vs N.C. State ACC Tournament - Landover, MD	W 69-54
Fri Mar 6	vs Wake Forest ACC Tournament - Landover, MD	W 58-57
Sat Mar 7	vs Maryland ACC Tournament - Landover, MD	W 61-60
Sun Mar 15	vs Pittsburgh NCAA R32 - El Paso, TX	W 74-57
Thu Mar 19	vs Utah NCAA R16 - Salt Lake City, UT	W 61-56
Sat Mar 21	vs Kansas State NCAA R8 - Salt Lake City, UT	W 82-68
Sat Mar 28	vs Virginia NCAA R4 - Philadelphia, PA	W 78-65
Mon Mar 30	vs Indiana NCAA R2 - Philadelphia, PA	L 50-63

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