1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team


The 1956–57 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team was the varsity college basketball team to represent the University of North Carolina as a part of the Southern Conference for the NCAA season. The head coach was Frank McGuire. The team played its home games at Woollen Gymnasium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was the second undefeated national champion in NCAA basketball history and was the first ACC team to win a title.

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Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=8 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Tournament
!colspan=8 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament

Season Summary

Hired away from St. John’s in 1952 to make North Carolina basketball competitive with rival NC State, legendary coach Frank McGuire mined his native New York for talent and put together a team that won the national championship by slowing down dominating Kansas center Wilt Chamberlain. A veteran lineup led by star forward Lennie Rosenbluth, who averaged 28 points, finished the season a perfect 32-0.

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