1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team information
American college baseball season
1978North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
South Regional champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference
Atlantic Coast
CB
No. 3
Record
38–17 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach
Mike Roberts (1st season)
MVP
Matt Wilson
Home stadium
Boshamer Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 25 Clemson †‡y
10
–
2
.833
39
–
14
.736
No. 3 North Carolina y
9
–
3
.750
38
–
17
.691
Wake Forest
7
–
5
.583
23
–
14
.622
Maryland
5
–
6
.455
14
–
14
.500
NC State
5
–
7
.417
23
–
16
.590
Virginia
4
–
8
.333
18
–
14
.563
Duke
1
–
10
.091
12
–
22
.353
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
The 1978 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Boshamer Stadium. The team was coached by Mike Roberts in his 1st year as head coach at North Carolina.
The Tar Heels won the South Regional playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.
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