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

2 seed in the ACC tournament, they advanced to the semifinals before ultimately losing to Duke.

1 seed in the Midwest region, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Auburn.

6 seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Syracuse,[1] Miami,[2] and Duke[3] before losing to Virginia in the championship game.

2 seed in the West region where they defeated Lipscomb[5] before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.