1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The team finished the season with a 17–7 record.[1]

1926–27 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Carolina9–1 .900  14–4  .778
Vanderbilt†7–1 .875  20–4  .833
Georgia Tech8–2 .800  17–10  .630
Auburn12–4 .750  13–6  .684
Washington and Lee6–2 .750  10–6  .625
Mississippi10–4 .714  13–5  .722
NC State5–2 .714  12–5  .706
North Carolina7–3 .700  17–7  .708
Maryland6–4 .600  10–10  .500
Mississippi State7–5 .583  17–7  .708
Tennessee5–4 .556  7–12  .368
Alabama4–5 .444  5–8  .385
Virginia5–7 .417  9–10  .474
Tulane7–10 .412  7–10  .412
LSU3–5 .375  7–9  .438
Georgia3–6 .333  14–8  .636
Virginia Tech2–6 .250  6–8  .429
Kentucky1–6 .143  3–13  .188
Clemson1–7 .125  2–13  .133
Florida1–8 .111  6–20  .231
VMI0–7 .000  4–11  .267
Sewanee0–10 .000  3–11  .214
† Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1927; Rankings from none

This season was James N. Ashmore's first year as the head coach for this University.[2] During this time, the team was nicknamed the "White Phantoms," a name that originated in Atlanta by a sportswriter.[3] This team started off their season by playing 5 games against YMCA teams as a way to prepare themselves for the league games.[4] Bunn Hackney was a captain of this team and was named to the All-Southern Conference tournament first-team in 1926 and All-Southern Conference second-team in 1927.[2]

References

  1. "North Carolina Tar Heels season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. "North Carolina Basketball" (PDF). NMN Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. Graham, Nicholas (2017-01-25). "The UNC "White Phantoms"". UNC University Library. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  4. "Records (pages 266-287) (PDF)" (PDF). University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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