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2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 3
Record	29–7 (16–2 ACC)
Head coach	Roy Williams (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Robinson (16th season); Hubert Davis (7th season); Brad Frederick (2nd season);
Home arena	Dean E. Smith Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season

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.

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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 77–59	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/Rivalry	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.

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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

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
Nassir Little SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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
Coby White PG/SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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
Leaky Black SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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:

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2018–19 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Previous season

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2018 recruiting class

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v t e	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

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	8	7	7	11	14	12	9	14	15	12	13	11	9	8	8	8	5	3	3	3	Not released
Coaches	7	7^	6	13	12	12	10	14	15	12	15	12	10	8	8	9	5	3	3	4	9