Brendan Haywood (2001) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Brendan Haywood

Induction:
2001
Class:
2001

2001— Brendan Haywood: Men’s Basketball (Greensboro, N.C.)
Earned second-team All-America honors from The Sporting News and was a second-team All-ACC selection and member of the ACC’s All-Defensive Team. Set Carolina career records for blocked shots (304) and field goal percentage (.638). He was the first player in ACC history to hold school records for blocks and field goal percentage.

A three-year starter at center, Haywood was a member of four NCAA Tournament teams and led the Tar Heels to the 2000 Final Four in Indianapolis. The eighth-seeded Tar Heels beat Missouri, Stanford, Tennessee and Tulsa en route to the NCAA South Region title. He averaged 15.8 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in the 2000 NCAA Tournament. He had a career-high 28 points against Missouri in the opening round and 20 points and 12 rebounds in the national semifinal against Florida.

Haywood led the nation in field goal percentage as a junior when he shot 69.7 percent from the floor, a Carolina and ACC single-season record.

As a senior, Haywood recorded the first triple-double in UNC history when he had 18 points, 14 rebounds and a school-record 10 blocked shots against Miami. He also scored the game-winning basket in a 71-70 win over fourth-ranked Wake Forest and hit the game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds to play in an 85-83 win at second-ranked Duke. He averaged 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds as a senior and finished his career by averaging 10.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.

Was selected in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft and played 13 seasons in the NBA. Won a championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks. Is a college and NBA basketball analyst for CBS and Sirius/XM Radio.