The 1945–46 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the

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as a member of the

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(SoCon) during the

1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season The 1945–46 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1945, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1946 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 26, 1946, at Madison Square Gar ...

. The head coach was

Ben Carnevale Bernard Louis Carnevale (October 30, 1915 – March 25, 2008) was an American basketball coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1944 to 1946 and th ...

, and the team played its home games at

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. North Carolina finished with a 13–1 conference record to capture the SoCon regular season title. The Tar Heels received a bid to the NCAA tournament where they made the first Final Four appearance in their program's storied history.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons

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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons