The College Basketball Belt · rivalry
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest
8Belt meetings
6North Carolina wins
2Wake Forest wins
2Title changes
North Carolina and Wake Forest have met 8 times with the College Basketball belt on the line, from January 2, 1968 to January 20, 2016. The belt changed hands in 2 of those games. North Carolina leads the belt series 6–2.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 377 | Jan 2, 1968 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 74–62 | Defense |
| 384 | Feb 7, 1968 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 80–60 | Defense |
| 930 | Feb 16, 1988 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 80–62 | Defense |
| 1,050 | Feb 7, 1992 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 80–78 | Defense |
| 1,076 | Jan 29, 1993 | Wake Forest beat North Carolina 88–62 | Title change |
| 1,216 | Jan 30, 1998 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 79–73 | Defense |
| 1,446 | Jan 15, 2005 | Wake Forest beat North Carolina 95–82 | Title change |
| 1,884 | Jan 20, 2016 | North Carolina beat Wake Forest 83–68 | Defense |