UNC Basketball has never played against these teams

CHAPEL HILL, NC - MARCH 04: A overhead general view of the Dean E. Smith Center during a game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils on March 04, 2023 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Duke won 62-57. Pictured is R.J. Davis #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels dribbling the ball. (Photo by Peyton Williams/UNC/Getty Images) /

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CHAPEL HILL, NC – OCTOBER 04: A general view of the Bell Tower on the campus of the North Carolina Tar Heels before their game against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Kenan Stadium on October 4, 2014 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Mountain West

Of the 11 schools that make up the current Mountain West Conference, the UNC basketball program has only played two of them in NCAA Tournament play.

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If you guessed UNLV and Air Force, you are correct!

The Tar Heels matched up with UNLV in the 1977 NCAA Tournament semi-finals, while they competed against Air Force in the 2004 Round of 64.

Other than that, the UNC basketball program has yet to face these programs:

Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Utah State
Wyoming

Of course, the Mountain West Conference isn’t regarded as one of the top college basketball conferences in the country. However, there are some teams on the list that have made recent NCAA Tournament pushes and could potentially find themselves in a matchup with the Tar Heels at some point over the next few seasons.

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