1990–91 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1990–91 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1991 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1990–91 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
1990–91 record	29–6 (10–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (29th season);
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge (23rd season)
Home arena	Dean Smith Center

The 1990–91 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[1]

Led by head coach Dean Smith, the tar heels completed yet another in a long line of impressive seasons, with a top five ranked team, and having reached all the way to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament.

Roster

1990–91 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	32	Pete Chilcutt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr
F	34	George Lynch	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Roanoke, Virginia
G	40	Hubert Davis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr
F	44	Rick Fox	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr

Head coach

Dean Smith (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Guthridge (Kansas State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

[2]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1990*	No. 5	San Diego State	W 99–63	1–0	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 27, 1990*	No. 4	Jacksonville	W 104–61	2–0	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 30, 1990*	No. 4	vs. South Carolina	L 74–76	2–1
Dec 1, 1990*	No. 4	vs. Iowa State	W 118–93	3–1
Dec 6, 1990*	No. 10	No. 14 Connecticut	W 79–64	4–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 10, 1990*	No. 10	No. 25 Kentucky	W 84–81	5–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 15, 1990*	No. 9	No. 20 Alabama	W 95–79	6–1	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 22, 1990*	No. 8	at Purdue	W 86–74	7–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Dec 29, 1990*	No. 7	vs. DePaul	W 90–75	8–1
Dec 30, 1990*	No. 7	vs. Stanford	W 71–60	9–1
Jan 3, 1991*	No. 7	at Cornell	W 108–64	10–1	Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
Jan 5, 1991*	No. 7	vs. Notre Dame	W 82–47	11–1
Jan 9, 1991	No. 5	Maryland	W 105–73	12–1 (1–0)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 12, 1991	No. 5	at No. 13 Virginia	W 89–86	13–1 (2–0)	University Hall (University of Virginia) Charlottesville, VA
Jan 19, 1991	No. 5	at No. 12 Duke	L 60–74	13–2 (2–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
Jan 23, 1991	No. 7	at Wake Forest	W 91–81	14–2 (3–1)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 27, 1991	No. 7	Georgia Tech	L 86–88	14–3 (3–2)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 31, 1991	No. 9	at Clemson	W 90–77	15–3 (4–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Feb 6, 1991	No. 9	at NC State	L 91–97	15–4 (4–3)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Feb 7, 1991	No. 9	NC State	W 92–70	16–4 (5–3)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 9, 1991	No. 9	No. 11 Virginia	W 77–58	17–4 (6–3)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 13, 1991	No. 8	Wake Forest	W 85–70	18–4 (7–3)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 16, 1991	No. 8	at Maryland	W 87–75	19–4 (8–3)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
Feb 18, 1991*	No. 6	The Citadel	W 118–50	20–4	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 23, 1991	No. 6	Clemson	W 73–57	21–4 (9–3)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 28, 1991	No. 4	at Georgia Tech	W 91–74	22–4 (10–3)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
Mar 3, 1991	No. 4	No. 8 Duke	L 77–83	22–5 (10–4)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
Mar 8, 1991*	No. 7	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 67–59	23–5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Mar 9, 1991*	No. 7	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament Semifinal	W 76–71	24–5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Mar 10, 1991*	No. 7	vs. No. 6 Duke ACC Tournament Championship	W 96–74	25–5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 1991*	(1) No. 4	vs. (16) Northeastern First Round	W 101–66	26–5	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Mar 17, 1991*	(1) No. 4	vs. Villanova Second Round	W 84–69	27–5	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
Mar 22, 1991*	(1) No. 4	vs. Eastern Michigan Regional Semifinal	W 93–67	28–5	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Mar 24, 1991*	(1) No. 4	vs. Temple Regional Final	W 75–72	29–5	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Mar 30, 1991*	(1 E) No. 4	vs. No. 12 Kansas National Semifinal	L 73–79	29–6	Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

References

"1990-91 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
"North Carolina Tar Heels 1990-1991 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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[sports-reference-1] "1990-91 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

[tarheeltimes-2] "North Carolina Tar Heels 1990-1991 Basketball Roster". Tar Heel Times. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road Scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

1990–91 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Duke	11	–	3	.786	32	–	7	.821
No. 4 North Carolina †	10	–	4	.714	29	–	6	.829
Wake Forest	8	–	6	.571	19	–	11	.633
NC State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Georgia Tech	6	–	8	.429	17	–	13	.567
Virginia	6	–	8	.429	21	–	12	.636
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	16	–	12	.571
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	11	–	17	.393

† 1991 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll