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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DETROIT – APRIL 06: Tyler Hansbrough #50 of the North Carolina Tar Heels celebrates as he wears the net over his neck after the Tar Heels 89-72 win against the Michigan State Spartans during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship game at Ford Field on April 6, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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Of the current American Conference (which features 11 different programs) the UNC basketball program has seen almost half of them in the tournament.

As we’re focused on the schools they haven’t played, here’s a list of American Conference teams that have yet to take on the Tar Heels:

Central Florida (UCF)
Memphis
SMU
South Florida
Tulane
Wichita State

With Penny Hardaway at the helm at Memphis, you’d have to think that a battle with the Tigers would be the most likely (and most intriguing) of the programs on the list.

The “big dog” of this conference has been Houston, who the Tar Heels have seen twice in NCAA Tournament play. After dropping the first matchup in 1967 (a third-place game), North Carolina earned some revenge years later, as the 1982 Tar Heels defeated the Cougars in the NCAA Tournament semi-finals.

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