University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Open ACC Tourney Play On Thursday
March 9, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| UNC (26-6, 14-4 ACC) vs. Miami (21-10, 10-8 ACC) |
| When: March 9, 2017 - Noon |
| Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn |
| Tickets: Sold out |
| Watch: ESPN/ACC Network |
| Live Stats: GoHeels.com |
| UNC Notes • UM Notes |
| Rankings: UNC No. 6/No. 6 (AP/coaches); Miami is unranked. |
| Series: UNC leads, 20-7 |
• Carolina enters the 2017 ACC Tournament with a 26-6 overall record, 14-4 and first place in the ACC.
• The Tar Heels won the ACC regular-season championship for the 31st time (ACC record) and the 21st time outright (ACC record). Florida State, Notre Dame and Louisville tied for second place at 12-6, two games behind the Tar Heels.
• Carolina has won the ACC regular season championship in 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017.
• Carolina has won 49 combined ACC regular-season and Tournament championships (31 regular-season and 18 Tournament). Duke is second with 38 (19 and 19).
• This is the 10th time the Tar Heels have won 14 regular-season ACC games and the sixth time they have accomplished that under head coach Roy Williams. UNC went 14-0 in 1957, 14-0 in 1984, 14-0 in 1987, 14-2 in 1993, 14-2 in 2005, 14-2 in 2008, 14-2 in 2011, 14-2 in 2012, 14-4 in 2016 and 14-4 in 2017.
• Carolina earned a double-bye and will play its first game in the quarterfinal on Thursday, March 9, at Noon against No. 9 seed Miami, which beat No. 8 seed Syracuse on Wednesday afternoon.
• This is the 26th time the Tar Heels are the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. Duke and NC State are second and third, respectively, with 17 and six No. 1 seeds in ACC history.
• This is the eighth time Roy Williams' teams are the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017).
• Roy Williams led UNC to the ACC regular-season championship for the eighth time in 14 seasons. No other coach or school has won more than three titles in that time.
• Williams has led Kansas and North Carolina to 17 first-place finishes in conference play in 29 seasons as a head coach.
ACC WINS BY TAR HEELS
• Seniors Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks are tied for third in UNC history in ACC regular season and Tournament wins with 57.
• Britt and Hicks have played in 142 games as Tar Heels. The Duke game was their 72nd regular-season ACC game; they have been part of 51 regular-season ACC wins. They have also played in eight ACC Tournament games, including six victories.
• Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough hold the UNC record with 58 ACC wins from 2005-09 (50 regular season wins and eight in the ACC Tournament).
• Green and Hansbrough played when the regular season was a 16-game league schedule.
ACC Wins by UNC Players, Career
Regular Season and Tournament
58 – Danny Green, 2006-09
58 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-09
57 – Nate Britt, 2013-present
57 – Isaiah Hicks, 2013-present
56 – Sam Perkins, 1980-84
CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• Carolina has won 18 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships and played in the championship game a record 34 times.
• Carolina is 43-13 in the quarterfinals, 34-14 in the semifinals and 18-16 in the championship game.
• Carolina is the only school to win the ACC title in all decades the league has been in existence.
• Carolina won the championship in 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2016.
ACC Tournament Titles by School
19 Duke
18 North Carolina
10 NC State
4 Wake Forest
3 Georgia Tech
3 Maryland
2 Virginia
1 Florida State
1 Miami
1 Notre Dame
1 South Carolina
• The Tar Heels have a 96-44 record in ACC Tournament history. UNC has the most wins and second-most titles (UNC and Duke have combined to win 37 of the 63 championships).
ACC Tournament Wins by School (top five)
96 North Carolina
95 Duke
71 NC State
47 Maryland
43 Wake Forest
• Dean Smith won 13 Tournaments, which is tied with Duke's Mike Krzyzewski for the most titles. Smith's teams were 58-23 and played in the championship game 21 times.
• Carolina is one of only two schools that have won three consecutive ACC regular-season titles and ACC Tournament championships. UNC accomplished that feat in 1967-68-69.
• A Tar Heel has won the Most Valuable Player award 19 times. They include: Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1967, 1968), Charles Scott (1969), Lee Dedmon (1971), Robert McAdoo (1972), Phil Ford (1975), John Kuester (1977), Dudley Bradley (1979), Sam Perkins (1981), James Worthy (1982), J.R. Reid (1989), Rick Fox (1991), Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Shammond Williams (1997), Antawn Jamison (1998), Brandan Wright (2007), Tyler Hansbrough (2008) and Joel Berry II (2016).
• Tyler Hansbrough is the only Tar Heel to earn first-team All-Tournament honors three times.
• Carolina has won ACC championships in seven different cities – Raleigh, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Landover, Md.; Atlanta, Ga.; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C.
• Carolina is the only school that has won ACC Tournaments in every city that the event has been contested.
• Carolina has won four of the 12 Tournaments held outside the state of North Carolina (1981 in Landover, Md.; 1989 in Atlanta; 2007 in Tampa, Fla., and 2016 Washington, D.C.).
ROY IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• Roy Williams is 21-10 with three titles and seven appearances in the championship game in 13 seasons.
• Williams has led UNC to the finals seven times against seven different opponents (NC State in 2007, Clemson in 2008, Duke in 2011, Florida State in 2012, Miami in 2013, Notre Dame in 2015 and Virginia in 2016).
• Roy Williams is one of eight coaches to win back-to-back ACC Tournament titles (with Everett Case, Bones McKinney, Vic Bubas, Dean Smith, Norm Sloan, Dave Odom and Mike Krzyzewski).
• Last year, Williams coached in the championship game for the seventh time in 13 years. Only Dean Smith (21), Mike Krzyzewski (19) and Vic Bubas (8) have coached in the finals more than Williams.
• Williams is one of seven coaches to win the Tournament at least three times.
ACC Tournament Titles by Coach (multiple titles)
13 Dean Smith, North Carolina
13 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
4 Everett Case, NC State
4 Vic Bubas, Duke
3 Roy Williams, North Carolina
3 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech
3 Norm Sloan, NC State
2 Frank McGuire, UNC & South Carolina
2 Bill Foster, Duke
2 Bones McKinney, Wake Forest
2 Jim Valvano, NC State
2 Dave Odom, Wake Forest
TAR HEELS AS NO. 1 SEED
• The Tar Heels have earned the No. 1 seed 26 times. Duke is second with 17 No. 1 seeds; NC State is third with six.
• Carolina is 50-14 as the No. 1 seed, including 15-0 vs. No. 8 seeds and 5-0 vs. No. 9 seeds.
• This is the eighth time Roy Williams' teams are the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017).
• The Tar Heels are 15-4 as No. 1 seeds under Roy Williams, winning the title in 2007, 2008 and 2016. UNC lost in the 2009 semifinals without ACC Player of the Year Ty Lawson (injured toe) and the 2012 championship game without ACC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-ACC forward John Henson (injured wrist).
2016 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
• Carolina won its 18th ACC Tournament title with a 61-57 win over second-seed Virginia in Washington, D.C. The Tar Heels reached the finals with an 88-71 win over Pitt in the quarterfinals and a 78-47 win over Notre Dame in the semifinals.
• The 31-point win over the Irish was the largest margin of victory in a semifinal in ACC history.
• In the championship game, Joel Berry II scored 19 points, Justin Jackson had a key steal and layup and Carolina shot 51.1 percent from the floor. The Tar Heels did not turn the ball over in the final 17:52.
• Carolina held its three ACC Tournament opponents to a combined 175 points (58.3 per game) and a combined 62 for 167 from the floor (.371). Pitt, Notre Dame and Virginia combined for 29 assists and 39 turnovers. UNC held the opponents under 45 percent in five of the six halves and under 40 percent in three of the last four halves.
• The 175 points allowed were the fewest in the eight ACC Tournament championships won by Carolina since the shot clock was adopted. The previous low point total for three games was 1998, when UNC allowed 187 against NC State (46), Maryland (73) and Duke (68).
JOEL BERRY, ACC TOURNAMENT MVP
• Point guard Joel Berry II became the 18th Tar Heel to win Most Valuable Player honors (a total of 19 times) in the ACC Tournament. He was the first Tar Heel to win the award as a sophomore.
• Senior guard Marcus Paige and senior forward Brice Johnson both earned first-team All-ACC Tournament honors for the second straight year. Paige also was a second-team All-Tournament selection in 2013.
• Berry had a game-high 19 points in the championship vs. Virginia. He was 5 for 8 from the floor, including 3 for 3 from three-point range, and 6 for 6 from the free throw line.
• For the three games, Berry had 51 points (17.0 per game), eight assists and three turnovers. He had 20 points against Pitt, 12 vs. Notre Dame and 19 vs. Virginia.
• Berry was 17 for 24 from the floor (.708), 7 for 10 on three-pointers (.700) and made 10 for 10 free throws in the three games.
CURRENT TAR HEELS IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
Joel Berry: 7 gp, 77 points (11.0), 14 assists, 11-18 3FG (.611), 16-19 FT (.842)
Nate Britt: 8 gp, 32 points (4.0), 9 assists, 1-7 3FG, 13-16 FT (.813)
Isaiah Hicks: 8 gp, 54 points (6.8), 32 rebounds (4.0), 21-35 FG (.600), 12-21 FT
Justin Jackson: 7 gp, 79 points (11.3), 24 rebounds (3.4), 8 assists, 31-68 FG (.456), 7-24 3FG (.292)
Luke Maye: 2 games, 2 rebounds
Kennedy Meeks: 7 gp, 40 points (5.7), 32 rebounds (4.6), 16-34 FG (.471)
Theo Pinson: 3 gp, 6 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists
Stilman White: 6 gp, 2 points, 3 steals
ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
• Justin Jackson is the 2017 ACC Player of the Year. He received 24 first-place votes by a select panel of media and all 15 head coaches.
• Wake Forest's John Collins (15), Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson (8), Duke's Luke Kennard (5)and Louisville's Donovan Mitchell (1) also received first-place votes.
• Jackson is the 14th Tar Heel to win ACC Player-of-the-Year honors (a total of 15 times). UNC and Duke are tied for the most player-of-the-year awards with 15.
• Jackson is the fourth Tar Heel to play for head coach Roy Williams to win the award with Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Ty Lawson (2009) and Tyler Zeller (2012). Williams' players won conference player-of-the-year honors four times at Kansas – Jacque Vaughn (1996), Raef LaFrentz (1997 and 1998) and Drew Gooden (2002).
Carolina's ACC Players of the Year
1957 Lennie Rosenbluth
1958 Pete Brennan
1960 Lee Shaffer
1965 Billy Cunningham
1967 Larry Miller
1968 Larry Miller
1976 Mitch Kupchak
1978 Phil Ford
1984 Michael Jordan
1998 Antawn Jamison
2001 Joseph Forte (co-winner)
2008 Tyler Hansbrough
2009 Ty Lawson
2012 Tyler Zeller
2017 Justin Jackson
ALL-AMERICA
• Justin Jackson has received first-team All-America honors from the Sporting News and second-team All-America honors from USA Today.
• Jackson is the 37th Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America honors a total of 62 times.
• The Sporting News' All-America first team includes Justin Jackson, UCLA's Lonzo Ball, Villanova's Josh Hart, Kansas's Frank Mason III and Purdue's Caleb Swanigan.
• Brice Johnson was a consensus first-team All-America in 2016. He was the 17th Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. Carolina players have won consensus first-team honors 26 times.
• This is the first time two different Tar Heels have earned first-team All-America honors in consecutive seasons since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 and 2009 and Ty Lawson in 2009.
• Jackson is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy, which the Atlanta Tipoff Club presents to the National Player of the Year.
• The Naismith Trophy will be awarded at the Final Four on April 2 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Jackson is also one of 15 players on the final ballot for the John R. Wooden National Player of the Year Award.
COUSY AWARD FINALIST
• Joel Berry II is one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, which the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame presents to the nation's best point guard.
• Other finalists include Lonzo Ball (UCLA), Jalen Brunson (Villanova), Frank Mason (Kansas) and Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga).
• Carolina is the only school to have three winners of the Cousy Award – Raymond Felton in 2005, Ty Lawson in 2009 and Kendall Marshall in 2012.
• The finalists for the Julius Erving Award for the best small forward will be announced on Wednesday, March 8. Justin Jackson is currently on the list for that award.
ALL-ACC HONORS
• Justin Jackson earned first-team All-ACC honors and Joel Berry II was second-team.
• Jackson is Carolina's 75th first-team selection, the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 68.
• Jackson and Berry are the 142nd and 143rd Tar Heels to earn All-ACC honors. Duke is second with 142.
ACADEMIC ALL-ACC
• Sophomore Luke Maye earned Academic All-ACC honors for the second consecutive year.
• Maye is a business administration major.
• Maye's father, Mark, also was a two-time Academic All-ACC selection as a Tar Heel quarterback in the 1980s.
USBWA DISTRICT AWARDS
• Justin Jackson and Joel Berry II are two of the 10 players selected by the USBWA to the All-District III team.
•Jackson in the District III Player of the Year.
• Roy Williams is the District III Coach of the Year.
