NCAA Tournament History for North Carolina

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 134-51, 0.724

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2025	ACC	South	11
beat S 22 San Diego St 95-68 lost to S 6 Mississippi 64-71
2024	ACC	West	1
beat W 16 Wagner 90-62 beat W 8 Mississippi St 85-69 -lost to W 4 Alabama 87-89
2022	ACC	East	8
beat E 9 Marquette 95-63 +beat E 1 Baylor 93-86, OT +beat E 4 UCLA 73-66 beat E 15 St. Peter's 69-49 +beat W 2 Duke 81-77 lost to M 1 Kansas 69-72
2021	ACC	South	8
-lost to S 9 Wisconsin 62-85
2019	ACC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Iona 88-73 beat M 9 Washington 81-59 -lost to M 5 Auburn 80-97
2018	ACC	West	2
beat W 15 Lipscomb 84-66 -lost to W 7 Texas A&M 65-86
2017	ACC	South	1
beat S 16 Texas Southern 103-64 beat S 8 Arkansas 72-65 beat S 4 Butler 92-80 beat S 2 Kentucky 75-73 beat M 3 Oregon 77-76 beat W 1 Gonzaga 71-65
2016	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 FGCU 83-67 beat E 9 Providence 85-66 beat E 5 Indiana 101-86 beat E 6 Notre Dame 88-74 beat M 10 Syracuse 83-66 -lost to S 2 Villanova 74-77
2015	ACC	West	4
beat W 13 Harvard 67-65 beat W 5 Arkansas 87-78 lost to W 1 Wisconsin 72-79
2014	ACC	East	6
beat E 11 Providence 79-77 lost to E 3 Iowa State 83-85
2013	ACC	South	8
beat S 9 Villanova 78-71 lost to S 1 Kansas 58-70
2012	ACC	Midwest	1
beat M 16 Vermont 77-58 beat M 8 Creighton 87-73 beat M 13 Ohio 73-65 -lost to M 2 Kansas 67-80
2011	ACC	East	2
beat E 15 Long Island 102-87 beat E 7 Washington 86-83 beat E 11 Marquette 81-63 -lost to E 4 Kentucky 69-76
2009	ACC	South	1
beat S 16 Radford 101-58 beat S 8 LSU 84-70 beat S 4 Gonzaga 98-77 beat S 2 Oklahoma 72-60 beat E 3 Villanova 83-69 beat M 2 Michigan St 89-72
2008	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Mt St. Mary's 113-74 beat E 9 Arkansas 108-77 beat E 4 Washington St 68-47 beat E 3 Louisville 83-73 lost to M 1 Kansas 66-84
2007	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Eastern Ky 86-65 beat E 9 Michigan St 81-67 beat E 5 Southern Cal 74-64 -lost to E 2 Georgetown 84-96, OT
2006	ACC	East	3
beat E 14 Murray St 69-65 -lost to E 11 George Mason 60-65
2005	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Oakland 96-68 beat E 9 Iowa State 92-65 beat E 5 Villanova 67-66 beat E 6 Wisconsin 88-82 beat S 5 Michigan St 87-71 beat M 1 Illinois 75-70
2004	ACC	South	6
beat S 11 Air Force 63-52 lost to S 3 Texas 75-78
2001	ACC	South	2
beat S 15 Princeton 70-48 -lost to S 7 Penn State 74-82
2000	ACC	South	8
beat S 9 Missouri 84-70 +beat S 1 Stanford 60-53 +beat S 4 Tennessee 74-69 +beat S 7 Tulsa 59-55 lost to E 5 Florida 59-71
1999	ACC	West	3
-lost to W 14 Weber St 74-76
1998	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Navy 88-52 beat E 8 Charlotte 93-83, OT beat E 4 Michigan St 73-58 beat E 2 UConn 75-64 -lost to W 3 Utah 59-65
1997	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Fairfield 82-74 beat E 9 Colorado 73-56 beat E 5 California 63-57 beat E 6 Louisville 97-74 -lost to SE 4 Arizona 58-66
1996	ACC	East	6
beat E 11 New Orleans 83-62 lost to E 3 Texas Tech 73-93
1995	ACC	Southeast	2
beat SE 15 Murray St 80-70 beat SE 7 Iowa State 73-51 beat SE 6 Georgetown 74-64 +beat SE 1 Kentucky 74-61 lost to M 2 Arkansas 68-75
1994	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Liberty 71-51 -lost to E 9 Boston College 72-75
1993	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 East Carolina 85-65 beat E 8 Rhode Island 112-67 beat E 4 Arkansas 80-74 beat E 2 Cincinnati 75-68, OT beat M 2 Kansas 78-68 beat W 1 Michigan 77-71
1992	ACC	Southeast	4
beat SE 13 Miami-Ohio 68-63 beat SE 5 Alabama 64-55 lost to SE 1 Ohio State 73-80
1991	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Northeastern 101-66 beat E 9 Villanova 84-69 beat E 12 Eastern Mich 93-67 beat E 10 Temple 75-72 -lost to SE 3 Kansas 73-79
1990	ACC	Midwest	8
beat M 9 Missouri St 83-70 +beat M 1 Oklahoma 79-77 lost to M 4 Arkansas 73-96
1989	ACC	Southeast	2
beat SE 15 Southern U 93-79 beat SE 7 UCLA 88-81 -lost to SE 3 Michigan 87-92
1988	ACC	West	2
beat W 15 North Texas 83-65 beat W 10 Loyola-Marymnt 123-97 beat W 3 Michigan 78-69 lost to W 1 Arizona 52-70
1987	ACC	East	1
beat E 16 Pennsylvania 113-82 beat E 9 Michigan 109-97 beat E 5 Notre Dame 74-68 -lost to E 2 Syracuse 75-79
1986	ACC	West	3
beat W 14 Utah 84-72 beat W 6 UAB 77-59 lost to W 2 Louisville 79-94
1985	ACC	Southeast	2
beat SE 15 Middle Tenn St 76-57 beat SE 7 Notre Dame 60-58 beat SE 11 Auburn 62-56 -lost to SE 8 Villanova 44-56
1984	ACC	East	1
beat E 8 Temple 77-66 -lost to E 4 Indiana 68-72
1983	ACC	East	2
beat E 10 James Madison 68-49 beat E 3 Ohio State 64-51 -lost to E 4 Georgia 77-82
1982	ACC	East	1
beat E 9 James Madison 52-50 beat E 4 Alabama 74-69 beat E 3 Villanova 70-60 beat M 6 Houston 68-63 beat W 1 Georgetown 63-62
1981	ACC	West	2
beat W 10 Pittsburgh 74-57 beat W 3 Utah 61-56 beat W 8 Kansas St 82-68 +beat E 1 Virginia 78-65 -lost to ME 3 Indiana 50-63
1980	ACC	Midwest	3
-lost to M 6 Texas A&M 61-78, 2 OT
1979	ACC	East	1
-lost to E 9 Pennsylvania 71-72
1978	ACC	West
lost to San Francisco 64-68
1977	ACC	East
beat Purdue 69-66 beat Notre Dame 79-77 beat Kentucky 79-72 beat UNLV 84-83 lost to Marquette 59-67
1976	ACC	Mideast
lost to Alabama 64-79
1975	ACC	East
beat New Mexico St 93-69 lost to Syracuse 76-78 beat Boston College 110-90
1972	ACC	East
beat South Carolina 92-69 beat Pennsylvania 73-59 lost to Florida St 75-79 beat Louisville 105-91
1969	ACC	East
beat Duquesne 79-78 beat Davidson 87-85 lost to Purdue 65-92 lost to Drake 84-104
1968	ACC	East
beat St. Bonaventure 91-72 beat Davidson 70-66 beat Ohio State 80-66 lost to UCLA 55-78
1967	ACC	East
beat Princeton 78-70, OT beat Boston College 96-80 lost to Dayton 62-76 lost to Houston 62-84
1959	ACC	East
lost to Navy 63-76
1957	ACC	East
beat Yale 90-74 beat Canisius 87-75 beat Syracuse 67-58 beat Michigan St 74-70, 3 OT beat Kansas 54-53
1946	Southern	East
beat New York 57-49 beat Ohio State 60-57, OT lost to Oklahoma St 40-43
1941	Southern	East
lost to Pittsburgh 20-26 lost to Dartmouth 59-60