2011 – 12 North Carolina Tar Heels men 's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2011 – 2012 college basketball season . The team 's head coach is Roy Williams , who is in his 9th season as UNC 's head men 's basketball coach . The 2011 – 12 North Carolina team finished the regular season with a final record of 32 – 6 , and with a 14 – 2 record in ACC regular season play , winning the conference regular season championship outright . They were invited to the 2012 ACC Men 's Basketball Tournament , where they beat Maryland and North Carolina State before falling to Florida State in the championship game . They were also invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament reaching the Elite Eight where they were defeated by Kansas . This was the second time UNC lost to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament with Roy Williams as UNC head coach . Roy Williams previously coached Kansas from 1988 – 2003 . Kansas later fell to Kentucky 59-67 in the National Championship Game . The Tar Heels won their previous three games in the NCAA Tournament by an average of 13.7 points . In the second-round game versus Creighton , starting UNC point guard Kendall Marshall broke his right wrist with 10:56 remaining in the second half . Kendall Marshall did not play in UNC 's two following games in the NCAA Tournament , a 73-65 overtime win over Ohio in the Sweet 16 and a 67-80 loss to Kansas in the Elite Eight . The loss to Kansas was UNC 's second straight loss in the Elite Eight , after losing to Kentucky the year before
2012 ACC Men 's Basketball Tournament
2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team