2017 – 18 North Carolina Tar Heels men 's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The team 's head coach was Roy Williams , who was in his 15th season as UNC 's head men 's basketball coach . The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill , North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 26 – 11 , 11 – 7 in ACC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place . As the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament , they defeated Syracuse , Miami , and Duke before losing to Virginia in the championship game . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the West region where they defeated Lipscomb before losing to Texas A&M in the Second Round
ACC Tournament
2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team