The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

6 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Syracuse, Miami, and Duke before losing to Virginia in the championship game.

[3] Despite the loss to Duke, the Tar Heels received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No.

3 seed Oregon in the Final Four, the Tar Heels won 77–76 to advance to the National Championship.

1 seed Gonzaga, the Tar Heels won 71–65, winning the school's sixth national championship.