Post Game Notes

March 28, 2009

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General Notes

Tonight's Sweet 16 game was the first meeting between North Carolina and Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament and just the second meeting overall (Nov. 22, 2006 - No. 23 Gonzaga 82, No. 2 North Carolina 74). The all-time series is now tied at 1-1.
North Carolina has advanced to the Sweet 16 an NCAA record 23 times. UNC has an all-time record of 23-7 in NCAA Tournament regional semifinal games, including a 17-6 mark since 1975.
UNC has reached the Sweet 16 21 times in its last 27 NCAA Tournament appearances.
Carolina has now won nine consecutive games in the regional semifinals, last losing in the Sweet 16 in 1992 to Ohio State.
Carolina is now 99-39 (.717) all time in the NCAA Tournament, while Gonzaga falls to 14-12 (.538).
UNC's 99 NCAA Tournament wins are a new all-time record (Kentucky, 98).
UNC improves to 11-2 in NCAA Tournament play in the last three seasons and 18-4 in the tournament under head coach Roy Williams, advancing to four regional finals, two Final Fours and winning the 2005 National Championship.
Mark Few and Roy Williams are the two active winningest coaches in NCAA Division I. Williams is now 591-138 (.811), while Few is 264-66 (.800). They are the only two active coaches above .800.
Key run - Gonzaga had cut the UNC lead to 68-57 with 12:35 left to play in the game, before Carolina went on a 12-0 run highlighted by back-to-back 3-pointers by Bobby Frasor and back-to-back a three-point plays by Wayne Ellington and Tyler Hansbrough. UNC would eventually stretch its lead to 28 points at the 3:58 mark in the second half.

North Carolina Notes

North Carolina will be appearing in the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year.
UNC improves to 31-4 on the year. The team has reached the 30-win plateau for three consecutive seasons and 10 times overall.
UNC has won 30 games in three straight seasons for the first time ever.
Tyler Hansbrough finished with a game-high 24 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. It was his 11th double-double this season and the 46th of his career. He has led UNC in scoring 18 times this season and 88 times in his career.
Hansbrough has led UNC in rebounding 18 times in his career and 87 times in his career.
Hansbrough now has 2,828 career points to extend his UNC and ACC career scoring mark. The 2,282 points are 14th all-time on the NCAA Division I scoring chart. He needs just six more points to pass Otis Birdsong (Houston 1974-77, 2,832) and move into 13th place and just 24 points to pass Larry Bird (Indiana State 1976-79, 2,850) and move into 12th place.
Hansbrough's 24 points marked his 29th 20-plus point game this season and the 78th of his career. He has scored in double figures 28 times this season and 131 times in his career.
UNC had four players register double figures (Hansbrough 24, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington 19 and Danny Green 13).
Ty Lawson dished out a game-high nine assists, the 30th time he has led UNC in assists this season and the 79th time in his career.
Carolina held a 17-10 advantage in points off turnovers, a 13-4 edge in second chance points and a 19-8 advantage in fast break points. For the season, the Tar Heels hold a 582-391 advantage in second chance points against all of its opponents and they hold a 672-411 lead in points off turnovers against all of their opponents this season.
The Tar Heels improved to 9-1 in neutral site games this season.

Gonzaga Notes

Gonzaga was meeting a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time.
The Bulldogs were making their 11th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and 12th overall.
This was Gonzaga's fifth trip to the Sweet 16, all under head coach Mark Few. It is the first time the Bulldogs have been a No. 4 seed.
The 11-straight NCAA appearances are tied for fifth for consecutive NCAA appearances.
The Bulldogs finished the season 28-6, the second most wins in a single season in program history.
Gonzaga had four players register double figures in the loss: Jeremy Pargo 16, Josh Heytvelt 14, Micah Downs 12 and Austin Daye 10.
Austin Daye led Gonzaga with 11 rebounds, all on the defensive end. It was his fifth double-double of the season and sixth of his career.
Daye's 11 rebounds were one off his season and career high (12 vs. Montana State-Billings in Portland - 2/5/09).

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Players Mentioned

Wayne Ellington

Bobby Frasor

Danny Green

Tyler Hansbrough

Ty Lawson

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