The UNC basketball program has been outstandingly successful in NCAA tournament history but when was the last time they won a championship?
North Carolina basketball is one of the true blue bloods of the sport but they’re entering a new era after the retirement of long-time head coach Roy Williams.
It’s up to Hubert Davis to keep them at that level of contention.
The women’s program has been a fixture in the NCAA Tournament but they have struggled to match the success of their counterparts this century.
Has UNC basketball ever won a championship?
The Tar Heels have won six national titles with at least one coming in each of the last four decades.
- 1957 NCAA Tournament Championship
- 1982 NCAA Tournament Championship
- 1993 NCAA Tournament Championship
- 2005 NCAA Tournament Championship
- 2009 NCAA Tournament Championship
- 2017 NCAA Tournament Championship
The UNC women have won one championship.
- 1994 NCAA Tournament Championship
UNC basketball NCAA Tournament history
Tar Heels have made it to the men’s NCAA Tournament 51 times.
- 1941
- 1946
- 1957
- 1959
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1972
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979 — 1-seed
- 1980 — 3-seed
- 1981 — 2-seed
- 1982 — 1-seed
- 1983 —2-seed
- 1984 — 1-seed
- 1985 — 2-seed
- 1986 — 3-seed
- 1987 — 1-seed
- 1988 — 2-seed
- 1989 — 2-seed
- 1990 — 8-seed
- 1991 — 1-seed
- 1992 — 4-seed
- 1993 — 1-seed
- 1994 — 1-seed
- 1995 — 2-seed
- 1996 — 6-seed
- 1997 — 1-seed
- 1998 — 1-seed
- 1999 — 3-seed
- 2000 — 8-seed
- 2001 — 2-seed
- 2004 — 6-seed
- 2005 — 1-seed
- 2006 — 3-seed
- 2007 — 1-seed
- 2008 —1-seed
- 2009 — 1-seed
- 2011 — 2-seed
- 2012 — 1-seed
- 2013 — 8-seed
- 2014 — 6-seed
- 2015 — 4-seed
- 2016 — 1-seed
- 2017 — 1-seed
- 2018 — 2-seed
- 2019 — 1-seed
- 2021 — 8-seed
The UNC women have made it into the NCAA Tournament 28 times.
- 1983 — 7-seed
- 1984 — 2-seed
- 1985 — 6-seed
- 1986 — 4-seed
- 1987 — 4-seed
- 1992 — 7-seed
- 1993 — 4-seed
- 1994 — 3-seed
- 1995 — 3-seed
- 1997 — 1-seed
- 1998 — 2-seed
- 1999 — 4-seed
- 2000 — 5-seed
- 2002 — 4-seed
- 2003 — 3-seed
- 2004 — 4-seed
- 2005 — 1-seed
- 2006 — 1-seed
- 2007 — 1-seed
- 2008 — 1-seed
- 2009 — 3-seed
- 2010 — 10-seed
- 2011 — 5-seed
- 2013 — 3-seed
- 2014 — 4-seed
- 2015 — 4-seed
- 2019 — 9-seed
- 2021 — 10 seed
UNC basketball NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances
The Tar Heels have advanced to the Final Four 20 times, which is an NCAA record.
- 1957 — Beat Michigan State then Kansas for championship
- 1967 — Lost to Dayton
- 1968 — Beat Ohio State then lost to UCLA
- 1969 — Lost to Purdue
- 1972 — Lost to Florida State
- 1977 — Beat UNLV then lost to Marquette
- 1981 — Beat Virginia then lost to Indiana
- 1982 — Beat Houston then Georgetown for championship
- 1991 — Lost to Kansas
- 1993 — Beat Kansas then Michigan for championship
- 1995 — Lost to Arkansas
- 1997 — Lost to Arizona
- 1998 — Lost to Utah
- 2000 — Lost to Florida
- 2005 — Beat Michigan State then Illinois for championship
- 2008 — Lost to Kansas
- 2009 — Beat Villanova then Michigan State for championship
- 2016 — Beat Syracuse then lost to Villanova
- 2017 — Beat Oregon then Gonzaga for championship
Final Four appearances have been less common for the UNC women.
- 1994 — Beat Purdue then Louisiana Tech for championship
- 2006 — Lost to Maryland
- 2007 — Lost to Tennessee
UNC basketball All-time NCAA Tournament record
UNC has gone 126-48 in NCAA Tournament games
The Tar Heel women have a record of 47-27.
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