Four Corners: Awards, 2018-19 ACC Opponents & More

CHAPEL HILL—The spring semester at the University of North Carolina still has a couple of weeks remaining, but this week was an end of sorts for the 2017-18 Carolina men's basketball team. The program's players, coaches, staff, family and friends gathered on Wednesday in Chapel Hill to toast the season, issue team awards, hear senior speeches and watch a season highlight video produced by Josh Reavis, Jon Leggette and the GoHeels Productions staff.

Meanwhile, the Atlantic Coast Conference released the list of Carolina's 2018-19 conference opponents, including home-and-home series, away games and contests in the Smith Center.

Here are updates from the awards banquet and some of the latest news on Tar Heel basketball you may have missed.

1. NEWS & NOTES
• Here's the recap of the 2017-18 season awards ceremony, where Joel Berry II won MVP honors in a vote of his teammates and coaches.

• As Adam Lucas writes, the coaches and outgoing Tar Heels had an air of challenge for the 2018-19 team in their comments during the event.

2. LAST WEEK
• Here's the Tar Heels' 2017-18 season review, which includes a link to the full set of notes, stats and more.

• Last Sunday's celebration of the life of Woody Durham was an event to remember, as Adam Lucas and Pat James explain. Bob Holliday, Durham's former Tar Heel Sports Network coworker and a longtime local media member, wrote a column full of Woody memories.

• The Ringer wrote about the late Neil Fingleton, a onetime Tar Heel center who later transferred to Holy Cross and went onto greater fame as an actor on HBO's Game of Thrones.

3. 2018-19 SEASON TIDBITS
• The ACC released the list of 2018-19 conference regular season matchups. Carolina will play home-and-home series vs. Duke, North Carolina State, Louisville and Miami next year.

• Jones Angell and Adam Lucas broke down the '18-19 ACC slate and more in the latest Carolina Insider podcast:

• Carolina and C.B. McGrath's UNCW program will play a three-game series, beginning with a date in Wilmington on Dec. 5.

• 2018-19 freshmen Nassir Little and Coby White continued to play well in postseason prep all-star games:

2?? ballers ?? #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/MiTOZWPt8F
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) April 9, 2018

.@2ez_nassie is in nice company with last night's MVP performance

?? @McDAAG MVP
???? @JordanClassic MVP

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— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) April 9, 2018

4. TAR HEELS IN THE PROS
• The Washington Wizards signed DC-area native Ty Lawson for the playoffs.

• Wayne Ellington set the Miami Heat single-season record for most three-pointers made:

Big game last night for @WayneElli22, who became the @MiamiHEAT single-season 3 point record holder!#CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/q4yqf0c8dW
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) April 12, 2018

• Ellington was emotional after breaking the record.

• Mitch Kupchak hopes to make the Charlotte Hornets winners with the help of fellow Tar Heel Michael Jordan.

• Kudos to Reggie Bullock, who is using his platform to fight for transgender equality after his sister was murdered:

NBA star Reggie Bullock is using his platform to fight for transgender equality after his sister was murdered pic.twitter.com/cU0sc7rgMM
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 7, 2018

• Congrats to Harrison Barnes, who made the list of players invited to the U.S. National Team's minicamp in July.

• Jerry Stackhouse is a potential head coaching candidate for the New York Knicks.

• Vince Carter has wrapped up his 20th regular season in the NBA, most by any Tar Heel player, and wants to come back to play one more season:

20 seasons in the books for Vince Carter. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/Azn0pE8wxD
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) April 12, 2018

Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

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