The 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who was in his 13th season as UNC's men's basketball head coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina finished the season with a 33–7 record, 14–4 to win the ACC regular season championship. The Tar Heels defeated Virginia to win the ACC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a #1 seed. There, they defeated Florida Gulf Coast, Providence, Indiana, and Notre Dame to earn a trip to the Final Four, the school's 19th trip to the Final Four. In a matchup against fellow ACC foe, Syracuse, the Tar Heels won easily to advance to the National Championship against Villanova. North Carolina, despite a circus shot by Marcus Paige to tie the game at 74 with less than five seconds remaining, lost on a last second three pointer by Kris Jenkins.
Previous season The Tar Heels finished the 2014–15 season 26–12, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Harvard and Arkansas before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to eventual National Runner-Up Wisconsin.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Luke Davis 4 G 6'0" 178 RS Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated J. P. Tokoto 13 F 6'6" 200 Junior Menomonee Falls, WI Declared for 2015 NBA draft Desmond Hubert 14 F 6'10" 225 Senior Cream Ridge, NJ Graduated Jackson Simmons 21 F 6'7" 225 Senior Webster, NC Graduated Sasha Seymore 24 F 6'6" 220 Senior New Bern, NC Graduated
Class of 2015 signees
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
Players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 2016 1 25 Brice Johnson Los Angeles Clippers 2016 2 55 Marcus Paige Brooklyn Nets 2017 1 15 Justin Jackson Portland Trail Blazers
References