1964–65 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1964–65 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	15–9 (10–4 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith (4th season)
Assistant coach	Ken Rosemond
Captain	Billy Cunningham
Home arena	Woollen Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Duke	11	–	3	.786	20	–	5	.800
NC State †	10	–	4	.714	21	–	5	.808
Maryland	10	–	4	.714	18	–	8	.692
North Carolina	10	–	4	.714	15	–	9	.625
Wake Forest	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
Clemson	4	–	10	.286	8	–	15	.348
Virginia	3	–	11	.214	7	–	18	.280
South Carolina	2	–	12	.143	6	–	17	.261

† 1965 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1964–65 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1964–65 men's college basketball season.

Roster

Billy Cunningham
Bobby Lewis
Ray Respess
Tom Gauntlett
Ian Morrison
John Yonkley
Bob Bennett
Mark Mirken
Bill Brown
Ray Hassell
Pud Hassell
Mike Smith
Jim Smithwick

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
December 1	No. 13	Clemson	W 77–59	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
December 3*	No. 13	at Georgia	L 61–64	–	24 – Cunningham	–	Athens, GA
December 5	No. 13	at South Carolina	W 82–71	Columbia, SC
December 7*	No. 13	vs. No. 11 Kentucky	W 82–67	Charlotte, NC
December 10*		Tulane	W 111–74	48 – Cunningham	25 – Cunningham	–	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
December 12*		at Indiana	L 81–107	Bloomington, IN
December 14*		vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt	W 84–78	Greensboro, NC
December 18*		vs. Mississippi State Virginia Tech Tournament	W 84–80	Blacksburg, VA
December 19*		vs. Alabama Virginia Tech Tournament	L 61–66	Blacksburg, VA
December 21*		at Florida	L 54–73	Gainesville, FL
January 4		at Maryland	L 68–76	College Park, MD
January 6		at Wake Forest	L 85–107	Winston-Salem, NC
January 9		at No. 8 Duke Rivalry	W 65–62	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 13		NC State	L 62–65	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
January 16		at Virginia	W 87–80	Charlottesville, VA
January 30		Maryland	L 81–90	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
February 6*		vs. NYU	W 100–78	Greensboro, NC
February 9		Wake Forest	W 107–91	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
February 17		at NC State	W 69–68	Raleigh, NC
February 19		vs. South Carolina North-South Doubleheader	W 76–63	Charlotte, NC
February 20		vs. Clemson North-South Doubleheader	W 86–84	Charlotte, NC
February 23		Virginia	W 105–101 ^2OT	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
February 27		No. 5 Duke	W 71–66	Woollen Gymnasium Charlotte, NC
March 4*		vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament	L 76–92	Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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December 7 - Bobby Lewis scores 23 and Billy Cunningham adds 22 in the win over Kentucky, Dean Smith's first win over a ranked team.
Following the loss to Wake Forest on January 6, the team bus returned home to find Dean Smith hung in effigy.^[4]
The final home game against Duke was the last game played at Woollen Gymnasium and Billy Cunningham's final home game.

Statistics

Scoring: Billy Cunningham 25.4 ppg
Rebounding: Billy Cunningham 14.3 rpg

References

^ sports-reference.com 1964-65 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-21.
^ 2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball record book Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-03.
^ Powell, Adam. "University of North Carolina Basketball." 2005.

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) 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 Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics