1997–98 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team players, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams, Ademola Okulaja and Makhtar N'Diaye rotated positions in the starting five. !colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-Conference Regular Season !colspan=12 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season !colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Tournament !colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 1997–98 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team The 1997–98 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Bill Guthridge. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as
Starting lineup plus a designated hitter must bat, the designated hitter is instead known as an "extra hitter" (EH). In the National Basketball Association, two starting players are traditionally announced as guards, two as forwards, and one as a center. At least ten minutes before the game is scheduled to begin, the scorers need to be supplied with the name and number of each player who is to participate in the game. The various positions are not mentioned anywhere in the official NBA rule book, and most players play more than one position. The starting lineup on a basketball team usually comprises