2016-17 Season Review

2017 NCAA CHAMPIONS

• Carolina won its sixth NCAA championship (third in the last 13 years) with a 71-65 win over Gonzaga on April 3 in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

• Carolina is third in NCAA championships behind UCLA (11) and Kentucky (8).

• The Tar Heels went 33-7, including 14-4 in the ACC, 1-1 in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn and 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament.

• Carolina won the ACC regular-season title by two games over Florida State, Notre Dame and Louisville.

• Carolina was the No. 1 seed and champion of the South Regional; Gonzaga was the No. 1 seed and champion of the West Regional.

• Carolina is 4-0 in national championship games when both teams are No. 1 seeds (1982 vs. Georgetown, 1993 vs. Michigan, 2005 vs. Illinois and 2017 vs. Gonzaga).

• Carolina is one of three schools to win the NCAA title one year after losing in the national championship game and the only school to accomplish that twice (UNC in 1982, Duke in 1991 and Kentucky in 1998).

• Carolina won the national championship with a 103-64 win over No. 16 seed Texas Southern, a 72-65 win over No. 8 seed Arkansas, a 92-80 win over No. 4 seed Butler, a 75-73 win over No. 2 seed Kentucky, a 77-76 win over No. 3 seed Oregon and a 71-65 win over No. 1 seed Gonzaga.

• Junior point guard Joel Berry II was the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. Berry scored a game-high 22 points and had six assists, two steals and a blocked shot in the national championship game vs. Gonzaga and had 11 points and two assists vs. Oregon in the semifinal.

• Berry became the first player since Hall of Famer Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973 to score 20 or more points in consecutive national championship games (Berry had 20 in 2016 vs. Villanova).

• Berry became the first Tar Heel in history and the first player since Butler's Shelvin Mack in 2010-11 to earn All-Final Four team honors in consecutive years.

• Berry joins James Worthy as the only Tar Heels to win ACC Tournament MVP and Final Four MVP honors. Worthy won both in 1982; Berry won the ACC Tournament MVP in 2016.

• Berry is the sixth player to win both Final Four MVP and ACC Tournament MVP honors in their career. Duke's Christian Laettner is the only other player to do that in separate seasons (Final Four in 1991, ACC in 1992). Duke's Art Heyman (1963), Worthy (1982), Duke's Shane Battier (2001) and Duke's Kyle Singler (2010) won them in the same season.

• Berry made four three-pointers in the title game, including one with 4:18 to play, just seconds after Gonzaga hit a three to go ahead 60-59, the Bulldogs' first lead in more than eight minutes.

• Senior forward Kennedy Meeks and junior forward Justin Jackson joined Berry on the All-Final Four team.

• Jackson became the fourth Tar Heel and the 15th player in ACC history to earn ACC Player of the Year, All-NCAA Regional and All-Final Four honors in the same season (first since UNC's Ty Lawson in 2009).

• Meeks tied his career high with 25 points and had 14 rebounds and three steals in the semifinal vs. Oregon and seven points, 10 rebounds, and played outstanding defense (including limiting Przemek Karnowksi to 1-8 FGs and coming up with a block and a steal in the final 16 seconds) in the championship game vs. Gonzaga.

• Jackson had 22 points vs. Oregon and 16 vs. Gonzaga and played stifling defense, helping limit UO's Dillon Brooks to 2-11 FG and Gonzaga's Nigel Williams-Goss to 5-17 FG.

• Carolina averaged 81.7 points and allowed only 70.5 points in its six NCAA Tournament games. Only one opponent scored 80 points (Butler in the Sweet 16).

• Carolina held four of its six NCAA Tourney opponents under 75 points.

• This was the first time UNC played six NCAA Tournament games and held the opponents under 44 percent shooting from the floor in every game

• Carolina held its six opponents to 39.6 percent shooting from the floor, including Texas Southern (.367), Arkansas (.433), Butler (.435), Kentucky (.415), Oregon (.379) and Gonzaga (.339).

• Carolina out-rebounded its six opponents by 9.8 per game, although it was out-rebounded by three in the Final Four. The win over Gonzaga was only the fourth time the Tar Heels were out-rebounded all year and the first game UNC won when it was out-rebounded.

• However, the Tar Heels scored 20 second-chance points vs. Gonzaga; UNC was 17-0 when it scored 20 second-chance points.

• Justin Jackson led UNC in scoring in the 2017 NCAA Tournament with 117 points (19.5 per game). That's the third-most points and third-highest average in a six-game NCAA Tournament series by a Tar Heel.

• Jackson also led UNC in the NCAA Tournament with 22 assists, 15 three-pointers and nine steals.

• Jackson has 239 career NCAA Tournament points, second most by a Tar Heel behind Tyler Hansbrough (325).

• Kennedy Meeks averaged 12.2 points and grabbed 69 rebounds (11.5) in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The 69 rebounds are the most in any one six-game NCAA Tournament series by a Tar Heel and he is the fourth to average a double-double in points and rebounds in an NCAA Tournament with Pete Brennan (1957), Antawn Jamison (1998) and Sean May (2005).

• Meeks had 139 career rebounds in NCAA Tournament play, second most ever by a Tar Heel behind Tyler Hansbrough (146).

• Meeks led UNC in field goal percentage (.643), blocked shots (13) and steals (nine) in the NCAA Tournament.

• Luke Maye was the South Regional MVP after scoring a career-high 16 points with 12 rebounds in the Sweet 16 win over Butler and a career-high 17 points and the game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds to play in the win over Kentucky in the regional final.

• Maye became the first UNC non-starter ever and the first non-starter in NCAA Tournament history since Massachusetts' Marcus Camby in 1996 to win regional MVP honors.

• Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson joined Maye on the All-South Regional team.

• Carolina won four NCAA Tournament games by seven points or less, the first team to do that since Arizona in 1997. Only five teams have done that since the field expanded to 64 and 68 teams in 1985.

• Carolina's 75-73 win over Kentucky in the regional final and its 77-76 win over Oregon in the national semifinal marked the first time UNC won consecutive NCAA games by two points or less since 1969 when it defeated Duquesne, 79-78, in the East semifinal and Davidson, 87-85, in the East final.

• Carolina won three games in the 2017 NCAA Tournament when it shot under 40 percent from the floor. Prior to this year, UNC was 6-17 in NCAA Tourney games when shooting under 40 percent and four of those six wins came prior to 1968. Prior to this year, the Tar Heels had lost 17 of the previous 19 NCAA Tournament games in which they shot under 40 percent from the floor.

UNC's NCAA Tournament Wins When Shooting

Under 40 Percent

2017 vs. Gonzaga .356

2017 vs. Oregon .368

2017 vs. Arkansas .381

2007 vs. Southern California .390

1992 vs, Miami of Ohio .393

1967 vs. Princeton .359

1957 vs. Michigan State .318

1957 vs. Syracuse .362

1946 vs. Ohio State .253

• Carolina won its last three NCAA Tournament games scoring 75 points vs. Kentucky, 77 vs. Oregon and 71 vs. Gonzaga. That's the first time UNC won three straight games in one NCAA series by scoring under 80 points in each game since the 2000 team scored under 80 points in four consecutive games, including the national semifinal.

• The win over Gonzaga was the 14th NCAA Tournament win for Nate Britt, Isaiah Hicks and Kennedy Meeks, which equals the second-most in Carolina history.

Most NCAA Tournament Games, UNC Career

19 Pat Sullivan, 1991, '92, '93, '95

17 Nate Britt, 2014, '15, '16, '17

17 Isaiah Hicks, 2014, '15, '16, '17

17 Kennedy Meeks, 2014, '15, '16, '17

17 Danny Green, 2006, '07, '08, '09

17 Tyler Hansbrough, 2006, '07, '08, '09

17 Quentin Thomas, 2005, '06, '07, '08

17 George Lynch, 1990, '91, '92, '93

Most NCAA Tournament Wins, UNC Career

16 Pat Sullivan, 1991, '92, '93, '95

14 Nate Britt, 2014, '15, '16, '17

14 Isaiah Hicks, 2014, '15, '16, '17

14 Kennedy Meeks, 2014, '15, '16, '17

14 Danny Green, 2006, '07, '08, '09

14 Tyler Hansbrough, 2006, '07, '08, '09

14 Quentin Thomas, 2005, '06, '07, '08

14 George Lynch, 1990, '91, '92, '93

RPI, STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

• Carolina ended the year with the No. 1 RPI and the second-strongest strength of schedule in the country as ranked by the NCAA.

• The Tar Heels were 15-5 against teams in the NCAA's top 50 and 22-7 against the top 100.

• No other team had more wins against the top 50 (Duke was second with 13), played more games against the top 50 (Duke also played 20), had more wins against the top 100 (Kentucky was second with 21) or played more games against the top 100 (Kentucky, Florida, Virginia and Michigan played 27).

ROY'S DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Roy Williams has led UNC to NCAA championships in 2005, 2009 and 2017. Carolina has held its six Final Four opponents in those respective years to a combined field goal shooting of 35.9 percent. That includes:

Opponent FG Percentage, 2005-09-17 Final Fours

Michigan State, 2005 semifinal – .338

Illinois, 2005 championship – .386

Villanova, 2009 semifinal – .329

Michigan State, 2009 championship – .400

Oregon, 2017 semifinal – .379

Gonzaga, 2017 championship – .339

Six-Game Totals – 142 for 395 FG (.359)

• Michigan State and Illinois combined to score 141 points in the 2005 Final Four; Villanova and Michigan State combined to score 141 points in the 2009 Final Four; Oregon and Gonzaga combined to score 141 points in the 2017 Final Four.

• Syracuse and Villanova combined to score 143 points in the 2016 Final Four in which UNC lost in the title game by three points on a last-second three-pointer.

• Carolina allowed those six Final Four opponents to score just 70.5 points per game (high of 76 by Oregon in the 2017 semifinal).

• Michigan State and Illinois shot a combined 36.1 percent from the floor in the 2005 Final Four; Villanova and Michigan State shot 35.8 percent in 2009; Oregon and the Zags shot 35.9 percent in 2017.

• Gonzaga's field goal percentage of .339 was the Zags' lowest of the season and just the third time under 40 percent all year; Oregon's field goal percentage of .379 was the Ducks' lowest in 34 games; Kentucky's field goal percentage of .415 in the regional final was the Cats' lowest in 15 games.

UNC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

• Carolina made its 48th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels have the second-most appearances behind Kentucky (56).

• Carolina is the NCAA Tournament leader in Final Fours (20), is second in appearances (48), second in wins (123), second in games (168), second in winning percentage (.732) and third in championships (six).

• Carolina's win over Gonzaga was its 123rd NCAA Tournament win. Only three other schools have played that many NCAA Tournament games (Kentucky, Kansas and Duke).

• Carolina is 29-1 in the round of 64, 29-12 in the round of 32, 27-8 in regional semifinals, 19-7 in regional finals, 11-9 in national semifinals and 6-5 in national championship games.

• The Tar Heels have won the national championship in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and lost in the title game in 1946, 1968, 1977, 1981 and 2016.

• Carolina and Kentucky are the only schools to win NCAA titles in five different decades.

• Only UCLA (13) and Kentucky (12) have played in more title games. Duke is tied with UNC with 11. Kansas is fifth with nine.

• Including the win over Gonzaga in the championship game Carolina is 8-5 against No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament history.

• The win over Gonzaga was the first time UNC beat a No. 1 seed since 2005, when the No. 1 seeded Tar Heels beat No. 1 seed Illinois in the national title game.

• Carolina is tied for the second-most wins over a No. 1 seed with eight (Duke 9, Carolina 8, Kansas 8 and Arizona 7).

• This was the second time in school history the Tar Heels played in the national championship game in consecutive seasons (1981, 1982 and 2016, 2017). In both instances, UNC lost the first year and won the title the following year.

• UNC has won 123 NCAA Tournament games. That's more than 26 different Division I conferences have won. Only six conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big East, SEC, Pac 12 and Big 12) have more NCAA Tournament wins than Carolina.

FINAL FOUR

• Carolina advanced to the Final Four for an NCAA-record 20th time. No other school has more than 17 Final Four appearances.

• Carolina has played in the Final Four in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1988, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017.

• Carolina is the only school to play in the Final Four in eight different decades.

• The Tar Heels are 18-16 in Final Four games (including consolation round games).

• The Tar Heels are 11-9 in national semifinals winning in 1946, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2016 and 2017.

• One-hundred seventy-one (171) Tar Heels have played in the Final Four, more than any other school.

• Joel Berry II, Justin Jackson and Kennedy Meeks joined Jimmy Black, Sam Perkins and James Worthy (1981-82) as the only Tar Heels to start in two national championship games.

• Nate Britt, Isaiah Hicks and Theo Pinson joined Jim Braddock, Chris Brust and Matt Doherty (1981-82) as the only other Tar Heels to play in two national championship games.

TAR HEELS AS NO. 1 SEED

• Carolina was the No. 1 seed in the South Region. It was the 16th time UNC earned a No. 1 since seeds were established in 1979.

• Carolina has been a No. 1 seed more times than any other school. Duke and Kansas are tied for second with 13; Kentucky has 12.

• Carolina has been a No. 1 seed in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991,1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2017.

• Carolina advanced to the Final Four 10 times as a No. 1 seed – 1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017.

• Roy Williams earned a No. 1 seed for the 12th time. Only Mike Krzyzewski (13) has more. Dean Smith and Bill Self are tied for third with eight.

• Carolina is 61-11 as a No. 1 seed.

WILLIAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

• Roy Williams is the first coach to win three NCAA championships at his alma mater.

• Williams is one of six coaches to win three or more NCAA titles, including John Wooden (10), Mike Krzyzewski (5), Adolph Rupp (3), Bob Knight (3) and Jim Calhoun (3).

• The 2017 NCAA Tournament was Williams' 27th in 29 seasons as a head coach (Kansas was not eligible to play in the 1989 NCAA Tournament when Williams became the Jayhawks' head coach; UNC played in the 2010 NIT).

• Williams is the third coach to lead his teams to the national championship game six times, joining John Wooden (10) and Mike Krzyzewski (9).

• Williams led KU to the title game in 1991 vs. Duke and 2003 vs. Syracuse, and UNC in 2005 vs. Illinois, 2009 vs. Michigan State, 2016 vs. Villanova and 2017 vs. Gonzaga.

• Williams has won 76 NCAA Tournament games – only six schools (Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA and Louisville) have that many NCAA Tournament wins.

• Williams is second in NCAA Tournament wins (76), second in games (100), third in winning percentage among coaches with at least 50 games (.760), fourth in Final Fours (9), tied for fifth in NCAA Tournaments (27), tied for third in titles (3), and is the only coach to win a game in 27 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

• Williams is 76-24 overall in the NCAA Tournament, including 42-10 at Carolina and 34-14 at Kansas.

• Williams is fourth in Final Fours as a head coach with nine. Only John Wooden (12), Mike Krzyzewski (12) and Dean Smith (11) have more.

• This is the third time Williams has led teams to the Final Four in consecutive seasons – 2002 and 2003 while at Kansas, and 2008 and 2009, and 2016 and 2017 as the head coach of the Tar Heels.

• Williams is the third coach to finish runnerup in one season and win the championship in the following year (with UNC's Dean Smith in 1981 and 1982 and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski in 1990 and 1991).

• Williams has won 42 NCAA Tournament games at Carolina in the last 14 years. That's more NCAA Tourney wins than every ACC school in their respective histories except Duke, Louisville and Syracuse.

• Williams is 27-0 in the first round (13-0 at Carolina), 18-9 in the second round (9-4 at UNC), 13-5 in the Sweet 16 (8-1 at UNC), 9-4 in the Elite Eight (5-3 at UNC), 6-3 in national semifinals (4-1 at UNC) and 3-3 in the championship game (3-1 at UNC).

Roy Williams' Seeds by Year

No. 1 – 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002*, 2005*, 2007, 2008*, 2009*, 2012, 2016*, 2017

No. 2 – 1990, 1993*, 1996, 2003*, 2011

No. 3 – 1991*, 2006

No. 4 – 1994, 2001, 2015

No. 6 – 1999, 2004, 2014

No. 8 – 2000, 2013

* reached the Final Four

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

UNC 71, GONZAGA 65

• Final Four MVP Joel Berry II scored a game-high 22 points and had six assists, Justin Jackson had 16 points, three assists and two blocks, Kennedy Meeks had 10 rebounds and had a block and a steal in the final 16 seconds, Isaiah Hicks had 13 points and a season-high nine rebounds, and Theo Pinson had nine rebounds and an assist on the go-ahead basket with 2:09 to play, in Carolina's 71-65 win over No. 1 seed Gonzaga.

• It was the second time UNC won the national title by beating a team that entered the championship game with one loss (also Illinois in 2005).

• Carolina won despite shooting 36.8 percent from the floor in the national semifinals vs. Oregon and 35.6 percent from the floor in the title game vs. Gonzaga. In the win over Oregon, Carolina shot its lowest field goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament win since shooting 35.9 percent vs. Princeton on March 17, 1967, in the regional semifinals in College Park, Md. The win over Gonzaga marked Carolina's lowest field goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament win since shooting 31.8 percent vs. Michigan State in the 1957 national semifinal.

• Carolina's field goal percentage of .356 vs. Gonzaga was UNC's third-lowest in its 123 all-time NCAA Tournament victories (.253 vs. Ohio State in 1946, .318 vs. Michigan State in 1957).

• Carolina committed only four turnovers in the national championship game, which tied the second-fewest by the Tar Heels in their 168 NCAA Tournament games (2 vs. Fairfield in 1997 first round, 4 vs. Wisconsin in 2015 Sweet 16).

• The four turnovers were a season-low for the Tar Heels (five vs. Northern Iowa and at Duke).

• The four turnovers equaled the fewest under Roy Williams in 14 seasons (also had four in losses at Pitt on 2/14/15 and vs. Wisconsin on 3/26/15 in Los Angeles in the Sweet 16).

• The four turnovers were fewest by any team in an NCAA championship game since 1973 (when turnovers were recorded each year). They equaled the third-fewest on record since 1961 (the NCAA does not list turnovers for any championship game prior to 1961 and does not list them for 1965, 1966 or 1972).

Fewest Turnovers (on record) in NCAA Final

3 by Cincinnati, win over Ohio State, 1961

3 by Loyola (Chicago), win over Cincinnati, 1963

4 by North Carolina, win over Gonzaga, 2017

4 by Purdue, loss to UCLA, 1969

• Carolina held the Zags to 33.9 percent shooting from the floor. This was the first time in Carolina Basketball history it held six opponents in a single NCAA Tournament to below 44 percent shooting from the floor in all six games.

• Carolina's field goal percentage of .356 was its lowest in its 33 wins this year (second straight game UNC did that).

• Gonzaga out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 49-46. This was just the fourth time this year the opponents out-rebounded the Tar Heels and first time Carolina won when having less rebounds (losses to Kentucky in Las Vegas, at Miami and at Duke).

• Carolina came into the Final Four No. 1 in the country in rebounding and rebound margin, tied Oregon with 43 rebounds apiece, got out-rebounded by Gonzaga by three, and won both games.

• Oregon and Gonzaga posted a season-high number of defensive rebounds and total rebounds by a UNC opponent in back-to-back games.

• Gonzaga scored 35 points on 39 possessions in the first half (.90) and 30 points on 45 possessions in the second half (.67). The Zags' second-half points per possession was the lowest in a half by a UNC opponent since Miami's .62 in the second half on 3/9 in Brooklyn in the ACC quarterfinals.

• Carolina attempted 27 three-pointers, fifth most in NCAA championship game history and the most since Butler (33) in 2011 vs. UConn.

• Carolina shot 14.8 percent from three-point range (4 of 27), third lowest in championship game history and the second-lowest by the winning team. Duke went 1 for 11 (.091) in a loss to UNLV in 1990 and UConn went 1 for 11 (.091) in beating Butler in 2011.

• Ironically, Carolina set the championship game record for highest three-point percentage in 2016 in its loss to Villanova (11 of 17, .647).

• Carolina's 27 three-point attempts tied the second-most it took all year (30 in a win over Virginia and 27 in the home win over NC State).

• Carolina blocked eight shots, fourth most in an NCAA championship game (11 by Kentucky vs. Kansas in 2012, 10 by Florida vs. UCLA in 2006, 10 by UConn vs. Butler in 2011).

• Joel Berry II was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Final Four. He joins James Worthy (1982), Donald Williams (1993), Sean May (2005) and Wayne Ellington (2009) as Final Four MOPs.

• Berry became seventh player to score 20 or more points in consecutive national championship games. He had 20 points vs. Villanova in 2016 and 22 vs. Gonzaga in 2017. He joins UCLA's Bill Walton, Lew Alcindor and Gail Goodrich, San Francisco's Bill Russell, La Salle's Charley Singley and Oklahoma State's Bob Kurland as the only players to score 20 points in consecutive championship games. He is the first player to do so since Walton in 1972 and 1973.

• Berry is the first Tar Heel point guard, but the fourth consecutive point guard to win Most Outstanding Player honors at the Final Four (UConn's Shabazz Napier in 2014, Duke's Tyus Jones in 2015 and Villanova's Ryan Arcidiacono in 2016).

• Berry is the first player to earn All-Final Four honors in consecutive seasons since Butler's Shelvin Mack in 2010 and 2011.

• Berry is the first Tar Heel to earn All-Final Four honors in two different seasons.

• Berry was 4 for 13 from three-point range. The 13 attempts were the most ever by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Tournament game and equaled the second-most by a Tar Heel in the Roy Williams era. They also equal the second-most attempts in an NCAA title game (16 by Illinois' Luther Head vs. UNC in 2005 and 13 by Dave Sieger of Oklahoma vs. Kansas in 1988).

• Justin Jackson and Kennedy Meeks also earned All-Final Four honors.

• Jackson has 239 career points in the NCAA Tournament, the second most ever by a Tar Heel.

Most NCAA Tournament Points, UNC Career

325 Tyler Hansbrough

239 Justin Jackson

229 Wayne Ellington

227 Sam Perkins

222 Eric Montross

• Jackson has 29 career three-pointers in NCAA Tournament play, third most all time by a Tar Heel (39 by Marcus Paige, 38 by Donald Williams).

Most NCAA Tournament 3FGs, UNC Career

39 Marcus Paige

38 Donald Williams

29 Justin Jackson

28 Wayne Ellington

28 Shammond Williams

• Meeks had 10 rebounds in the championship game, the fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament game he had double-figure rebounds. He is the first Tar Heel to accomplish that since Antawn Jamison did it six straight games over two seasons in 1997 and 1998.

• Meeks pulled down 11, 11, 17, 14 and rebounds in the last five games.

• Meeks grabbed 139 rebounds in 17 NCAA Tournament games in his career. That is second most by a Tar Heel in NCAA play behind 146 by Tyler Hansbrough.

Most NCAA Tournament Rebounds, UNC Career

146 Tyler Hansbrough

139 Kennedy Meeks

138 George Lynch

129 Sam Perkins

129 Rusty Clark

• Meeks became the fourth Tar Heel to average a double-double in a five- or six-game NCAA Tournament series. Pete Brennan (1957), Antawn Jamison (1998) and Sean May (2005) also averaged double-doubles in points and rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.

• Jackson scored 117 points in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, an average of 19.5 per game. That is the third-most points and the third-highest average in a six-game NCAA Tournament series by a Tar Heel.

Most Points, Highest Scoring Average by a Tar Heel in a Six-Game NCAA Series

134 (22.3 ppg) by Sean May, 2005

119 (19.8 ppg) by Donald Williams, 1993

117 (19.5 ppg) by Justin Jackson, 2017

• Isaiah Hicks had 13 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. It was his first game scoring in double figures since he had 17 vs. Texas Southern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. His nine rebounds tied his season high (Monmouth and win over Duke).

• Nate Britt, Justin Jackson, Kennedy Meeks and Seventh Woods tied the school record by playing in all 40 games. In 2016, Joel Berry II, Isaiah Hicks, Jackson, Brice Johnson and Theo Pinson set the UNC record by playing in 40 games. Jackson is the only Tar Heel to play in all 80 games the last two years.

NATIONAL SEMIFINAL RECAP

UNC 77, OREGON 76

• Kennedy Meeks tied his career high with 25 points and added 14 rebounds and three steals and Justin Jackson hit four three-pointers en route to 22 points as the Tar Heels held on for a 77-76 win over Oregon, champions of the Midwest Regional.

• This was the first time Carolina has won an NCAA Tournament game by a single point since beating Villanova, 67-66, in the 2005 Sweet 16 in Syracuse.

• This was just the fifth time in the first 39 games the Tar Heels did not out-rebound the opponents (the second time they had the same number of rebounds). Oregon was out-rebounding UNC by two until the final two offensive rebounds on missed free throws in the last six seconds. The teams ended the game tied at 43 in rebounds.

• It was UNC's lowest field goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament win since shooting 35.9 percent (23 of 64) vs. Princeton on March 17, 1967, in the regional semifinals in College Park, Md.

• It was UNC's lowest field goal percentage in a win in the first 39 games (previous .371 vs. Louisville).

• It was the fifth time two Tar Heels scored 20 or more points in a national semifinal (Kennedy Meeks 25, Justin Jackson 22). The others were 1972 vs. Florida State (Robert McAdoo 24, Dennis Wuycik 20), 1993 vs. Kansas (Donald Williams 25, Eric Montross 23), 2005 vs. Michigan State (Sean May 22, Jawad Williams 20) and 2009 vs. Villanova (Ty Lawson 22, Wayne Ellington 20).

• It was the most points by a Tar Heel in the national semifinals since Donald Williams had 25 in 1993.

• Meeks also had 25 points vs. Temple in the first game of the 2015-16 season.

• Meeks tied his career high with 11 field goals (also at Florida State on 2/17/14).

25 Points, 10+ Rebounds, 80% FG

Last Four Players in the Final Four

Kennedy Meeks (25 & 14, 11-13 FG) vs. Oregon

Sam Perkins, UNC, 1982 vs. Houston

Magic Johnson, Michigan State, 1979 vs. Penn

Larry Bird, Indiana State, 1979 vs. DePaul

25 Points, 14 Rebounds in Final Four

Last 40 Years

Kennedy Meeks vs. Oregon

Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse, 2003 vs. Texas

Ed O'Bannon, UCLA, 1995 vs. Arkansas

Danny Manning, Kansas, 1988 vs. Oklahoma

Larry Bird, Indiana State, 1979 vs. DePaul

• Meeks made 11 of 13 field goals, a percentage of .846 which ties the fifth-best in Final Four history. It tied the third highest percentage in national semifinal history.

Highest Field Goal Percentage, Final Four History

.955 Bill Walton, UCLA vs. Memphis, 1973

.909 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State vs. St. Joe's 1961

.909 Billy Thompson, Louisville vs. LSU, 1986

.909 Sean May, UNC vs. Illinois, 2005

.846 Kennedy Meeks vs. Oregon

.846 Bill Walton, UCLA vs. Louisville, 1972

• It was Meeks' 13th double-double of the year and the 25th of his career.

• It was his seventh 20-point scoring game of his career and third this season.

• Meeks had 14 rebounds and moved past Brice Johnson for fifth in UNC history in career rebounds with 1,042. Johnson had 1,035. Billy Cunningham is fourth with 1,062.

• Meeks had eight offensive rebounds, the most in his career in an NCAA Tourney game (had seven vs. Arkansas this year).

• Meeks' eight offensive rebounds were the most by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Tournament game since Tyler Zeller had eight vs. Ohio in the 2012 Sweet 16.

• Justin Jackson scored 22 points, the 19th time this year he scored 20 or more.

• Jackson made four three-pointers (three in the second half). It was the 13th time this year he made four or more 3FGs; he did that one time in his first two seasons.

• Theo Pinson had eight points, eight rebounds and led UNC in assists with five, the ninth time this year he led the team in assists. Pinson tied his career high with four offensive rebounds (fourth time, second time all year), the fourth of which was the offensive rebound tip out with five seconds to play that helped secure the win.

• Pinson made a three-pointer with 10:38 to play, his first since the ACC quarterfinals vs. Miami and only his third in the last 10 games.

• Carolina held Oregon to 37.9 percent shooting from the floor. That's the fifth time in as many games in the 2017 NCAA Tournament the opponents have shot under 44 percent from the floor. This is the first time since 2000 the Tar Heels held their first five opponents in the NCAA Tourney to under 44 percent shooting from the floor. UNC's defense has never accomplished that in a six-game NCAA Tournament series in one year.

• Oregon's Tyler Dorsey made 12 of 12 free throws. The 12 free throws are the most against UNC in NCAA Tournament history and are the most made without a miss by any opponent in NCAA Tourney history.

• Sean Elliott made 11 for Arizona in 1988 and Wilt Chamberlain made 11 for Kansas in 1957.

• Maurice Ager (Michigan State, 2005), Herbert Crook (Louisville, 1986) and Ron King (Florida State, 1972) each were 10 for 10 from the line in NCAA play vs. the Tar Heels.

• Oregon had 43 rebounds, a season high through the first 39 games by an opponent.

• Jordan Bell had 16 rebounds, most against UNC this year.

• Oregon shot 89.3 percent from the free throw line (25 of 28), the highest percentage by a Tar Heel opponent all year.

ELITE EIGHT RECAP

UNC 75, KENTUCKY 73

• Luke Maye hit a jump shot with 0.3 seconds to play to give No. 1 seed North Carolina a 75-73 win over No. 2 Kentucky to win the South Regional in Memphis.

• Maye's game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds to play was Carolina's first game-winner in the final second since Marcus Paige beat NC State, 85-84, on a driving layup with 0.9 seconds to play in Raleigh on 2/26/14.

• It was the first time a Tar Heel scored a game-winning shot in the last 10 seconds of an NCAA Tournament game since Rick Fox banked in the winner at the buzzer against No. 1 Oklahoma in the 1990 second round.

• Maye's basket is the fourth last-second shot to secure a Final Four berth since 1985: Christian Laettner (Duke vs. UConn, 1990), Laettner (vs. Kentucky, 1992) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova vs. Pitt, 2009).

• Carolina is 5-4 in regional championship games involving the No. 1 and 2 seeds (4-3 as the No. 1 seed).

• Carolina out-rebounded Kentucky, 44-34.Earlier this year, the Wildcats out-rebounded UNC in their 103-100 win over the Tar Heels in Las Vegas.

• Carolina and Kentucky entered the game with 244 NCAA Tournament wins. No other game in college basketball history featured as many combined NCAA Tournament wins as the 2017 South Regional final.

• Maye was named Most Valuable Player of the South Regional after scoring a career high for the second straight game, including a game-winning shot from just inside the three-point line with 0.3 seconds to play.

• Maye averaged 16.5 points and 7.5 rebounds and shot 12 of 19 from the floor, 5 of 8 3FGs and 4 of 5 FTs in Memphis.

• Maye is the 18th Tar Heel to win NCAA Regional MVP honors, but is the first non-starter to win that award. Maye joins Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Bob Lewis (1967), Rusty Clark (1968), Charles Scott (1969), Dennis Wuycik (1972), John Kuester (1977), Al Wood (1981), James Worthy (1982), George Lynch (1993), Jerry Stackhouse (1995), Shammond Williams (1997), Antawn Jamison (1998), Joseph Forte (2000), Sean May (2005), Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Ty Lawson (2009) and Brice Johnson (2016) as UNC's Regional MVPs.

• Maye is the first non-starter to win an NCAA Tournament Regional MVP honor since Marcus Camby (UMass) in 1996.

• Kennedy Meeks grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds. That tied the sixth-most in an NCAA Tournament game by a Tar Heel and was the most since Tyler Zeller set the school record for an NCAA game with 22 against Ohio University in 2012.

• Meeks (4) and Isaiah Hicks (3) combined for seven of UNC's season-high nine blocked shots. Meeks' four blocks were the most by a Tar Heel all season.

• All-America and ACC Player of the Year Justin Jackson led all scorers with 19 points and led UNC with four assists.

SWEET 16 RECAP

UNC 92, BUTLER 80

• Carolina shot 54.4 percent from the floor. The Tar Heels are 13-2 this season and 189-5 under Roy Williams when they shoot 50 percent or higher from the floor.

• This was the fourth time in the last six games UNC has shot 50 percent from the floor (Duke, Miami in the ACC quarterfinal, Texas Southern and Butler).

• Carolina scored 13 fastbreak points, most since the Tar Heels had 14 against Florida State on 1/14/17.

• Carolina had 22 assists, most by the Tar Heels in an NCAA Tournament game since they had 23 against Gonzaga in the 2009 Sweet 16 against Gonzaga in Memphis's FedExForum.

• Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson both scored 20-plus points for the fifth time this year and the first time since the Florida State game on 1/14. They have both scored 20 points this year vs. Tulane, Oklahoma State, Kentucky, Florida State and Butler.

• Berry led all scorers with 26, his ninth 20-game of the year and the most he has ever scored in the NCAA Tourney (previous was 20 vs. Villanova in the 2016 finals).

• It was Berry's highest scoring game since he had 28 against Duke on 3/4.

• Berry matched his season high with seven made free throws.

• Jackson had 24 points, 17 in the first half. It was the fifth time this year he scored 17 or more in a half (20 in first vs. Kentucky, 19 in first vs. Texas Southern, 18 in first at home vs. Virginia, 17 in first vs. Monmouth and 17 in the first vs. Butler).

• Jackson hit two three-pointers to extend his UNC single-season record to 100 three-pointers.

• It was the fourth time this year Jackson scored 20 points and had five or more assists.

• Kennedy Meeks had 11 rebounds and passed Mitch Kupchak (1,006) and Brad Daugherty (1,003) for seventh place in school history in career rebounds.

• Luke Maye had his first career double-double with a career-high 16 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

• Maye's was the first double-double by a non-starter in an NCAA Tournament game since Marvin Williams had 20 points and 15 rebounds against Iowa State in the 2005 second round.

• Maye set a career scoring high in the first half with 14 (previous high was 13 at NC State).

• It was the fifth time Maye scored in double figures and was his second game with double-figure rebounds.

• Maye made three 3FGs for the first time (had made two against Kentucky in Las Vegas and Miami in Brooklyn).

• It was the second time in the first three NCAA Tournament games Maye led UNC in rebounds. He had done that twice the entire regular season.

SECOND ROUND RECAP

UNC 72, ARKANSAS 65

• Carolina trailed 65-60 with 2:57 to play, but out-scored the Razorbacks, 12-0 over the final 2:56. Available play-by-play records indicate this is the largest deficit UNC has overcome in the final 3:00 of an NCAA Tournament game to win and advance.

• Other notable late comebacks include: 1977 regional semifinal vs. Notre Dame (trailed 65-70 with 5:54 to play, won 79-77); 2000 regional semifinal vs. Tennessee (trailed 57-64 with 4:48 to play, won 74-69); 2014 first round vs. Providence (trailed 66-71 with 4:23 to play, won 79-77).

• In that stretch, UNC held the Razorbacks scoreless on their final six possessions (0-4 FG, 0-2 FT and one turnover).

• Carolina out-scored Arkansas 17-7 in points off turnovers in the first half; in the second half, Arkansas out-scored UNC 17-6 in points off turnovers.

• The Razorbacks' 24 points off turnovers were the most against UNC all year (previous was 20 at Hawai'i in November).

• Carolina's 17 turnovers were its highest total since it committed 18 in an overtime win at Clemson on 1/3/2017.

• Carolina shot 38.1 percent from the floor -- the first time UNC shot less than 40 percent in a win since beating Davidson on 12/7/2016.

• It was the first time UNC won an NCAA Tournament game when shooting under 40 percent from the floor (.381) since beating Southern California in the 2007 East Region Sweet 16 in the Meadowlands.

• Carolina entered the game No. 1 in the nation in rebounds, offensive rebounds and rebound margin. UNC had 45 rebounds, 18 offensive rebounds and out-rebounded the Razorbacks by 13 (45-32).

• It was the first time a UNC opponent did not have a starter score in double figures since Virginia Tech on 1/18/2015.

• Carolina scored .78 points per possession. That equaled its lowest in a win this year (also .78 vs. Tennessee on 12/11/2016.

• Justin Jackson made three three-pointers – his first set the UNC single-season record for three-pointers.

• Kennedy Meeks had 16 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. It was his second career double-double in an NCAA Tournament game (also Iowa State in 2014).

• The 16 points were a personal best (broke that in against Oregon) in an NCAA Tournament game for Meeks. His previous scoring high was 15 three times (Iowa State 2014, Indiana 2016 and Syracuse 2016).

• Meeks' defensive rebound with 25 seconds to play and UNC leading by three was his 11th of the game and the 1,000 of his career. He became the ninth Tar Heel with 1,000 rebounds.

• Isaiah Hicks scored all nine of his points in the second half, six in the final 1:44.

• Jackson tied his career high with five steals (also vs. Maryland on 12/1/2015). The five steals equal the most by a Tar Heel in an NCAA round of 32 game (Dave Hanners vs. Alabama, 1976; Marcus Paige vs. Kansas, 2013; Paige vs. Arkansas, 2015).

• Jackson scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, had five assists and five steals. He became the first Tar Heel to have at least 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals in any NCAA Tournament game in UNC's history.

FIRST ROUND RECAP

UNC 103, TEXAS SOUTHERN 64

• Roy Williams is 27-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (an NCAA record).

• Carolina has won at least one game in each of its last 14 NCAA Tournament appearances (from 2000 on).

• The 103 points were the most by the Tar Heels in an NCAA Tournament game since 2008 when UNC beat Arkansas, 108-77, in the second round in Raleigh.

• Carolina's 39-point margin of victory tied the third-largest in an NCAA Tournament game in school history and is the largest since 2009.

• Carolina's 25-point lead at the half also tied UNC's third-largest in an NCAA Tournament game and was its largest since 2011.

• Carolina's rebound margin of plus-27 (54-27) was the second-largest in UNC's NCAA Tournament history.

• It was the first time six Tar Heels scored in double figures in an NCAA Tournament game since the 1997 East Regional final against Louisville (Shammond Williams, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Serge Zwikker, Ed Cota and Ademola Okulaja).

• Carolina scored a season-high 29 second-chance points (previous was 28 at Hawai'i and at Pitt).

• Carolina grabbed 54 rebounds, the ninth time this year the Tar Heels pulled down 50 or more rebounds.

• Carolina entered the game third in the nation in points in the paint per game (39.9) and scored 52 paint points vs. the Tigers. It was the second straight game (50 vs Duke) and fifth time this year the Tar Heels scored 50 or more paint points.

• Carolina scored 103 points. This was the sixth time UNC scored 100 points, the most times in a season since 2009 when the national champions did it nine times.

• This was the 16th time UNC scored 90 or more points, most since the 2009 team also did it 16 times.

• Justin Jackson scored a game-high 21 points, making 8 of 13 from the floor and 5 of 8 from three-point range.

• Jackson made all five of his three-pointers in the first half. It was the sixth time this year he made at least five 3FGs in a game.

• Jackson's five three-pointers tied the third-most in any NCAA Tournament game by a Tar Heel (it was the 15th time a Tar Heel has made at least five 3FGs in an NCAA Tourney game).

• Jackson scored 19 points in the first half, his highest scoring half since he had 20 in the first half vs. Kentucky on 12/17.

• Jackson's 19 first-half points were more than he scored in any of his previous nine NCAA Tournament games (previous highs were 16 vs. Arkansas in 2015 and 16 vs. Syracuse in the 2016 Final Four).

• Isaiah Hicks scored 17 points, which is his NCAA Tournament career high. His previous high was 13 vs. Providence in the 2016 second round.

• Hicks tied his career high with eight field goals.

• Nate Britt tied his NCAA Tournament career high with 10 points (also had 10 vs. Arkansas in 2015) and set his career best in NCAA play with five assists (and no turnovers).

• Britt scored in double figures for the sixth time this season (first time since 1/28 at Miami) and the 21st time as a Tar Heel.

• Luke Maye scored 10 points and led UNC in rebounding with a game-high nine, the third time this year he led UNC in rebounds, and won his first defensive player of the game award.

• Tony Bradley (12 points, six rebounds) scored in double figures for the 13th time this year.

• Bradley made a season-high six field goals.

• Stilman White tied his career highs in points (6) and rebounds (3) and set career bests in field goals (2) and steals (2); Kanler Coker set his career scoring high with four.

CAROLINA'S NCAA TITLES

• Carolina previously won the NCAA championship in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009.

• Frank McGuire coached the Tar Heels to a perfect 32-0 record in 1957. Carolina won the title by winning consecutive triple overtime games in Kansas City, first beating Michigan State in the semifinals, then knocking off Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas, 54-53, in the championship game. The '57 Tar Heels were led by National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth.

• Dean Smith won the first of two NCAA titles in 1982 in New Orleans as the Tar Heels beat John Thompson and Patrick Ewing's Georgetown Hoyas, 63-62. Final Four MVP James Worthy scored 28 points in the championship game and freshman Michael Jordan hit the winning shot with 17 seconds to play.

• Final Four MVP Donald Williams scored 25 points in both the semifinals against Kansas (coached by Roy Williams) and the championship game against Michigan (led by Chris Webber) as Carolina won the 1993 title, the second for Coach Smith and UNC's second in the Louisiana Superdome. UNC MVP George Lynch and All-America center Eric Montross (now color analyst for the Tar Heel Radio Network) also starred on that team.

• Sean May scored 26 points and Marvin Williams scored the game-winning basket with 1:27 to play as Carolina beat No. 1 ranked Illinois, 75-70, in St. Louis in 2005 to give Roy Williams his first national championship. Cousy Award winner Raymond Felton had seven assists, a key steal and clinched the win at the free throw line.

• Final Four MVP Wayne Ellington scored 17 first-half points, Ty Lawson set a championship-game record with eight steals and Tyler Hansbrough capped a spectacular career with an NCAA title in 2009 as UNC beat Michigan State, 89-72, in Detroit. The title was the second in five years for Roy Williams.

APRIL

• This was the eighth time the Tar Heels played Final Four games in the month of April (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017).

• Carolina is 9-4 in April – 5-3 in the semifinals and 4-1 in the national championship game.

CAROLINA IN ARIZONA

• With the wins over Oregon and Oregon, Carolina is 3-1 in the state of Arizona.

• The Tar Heels also beat the University of Arizona in Tucson in 2007.

• San Francisco beat UNC, 68-64, in the round of 32 in the 1978 NCAA Tournament West Regional in Tempe. That game was the final collegiate game for UNC's Wooden Award winner Phil Ford.

VERSUS THE 2017 NCAA FIELD

• Carolina went 16-5 this year against teams in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

• The Tar Heels played 16 different teams in the field, beating Arkansas, Butler, Florida State, Gonzaga, Louisville, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Texas Southern, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and Wisconsin in the only time those teams played; splitting two games with Virginia, Miami and Kentucky; and going 1-2 vs. Duke.

FINAL RANKINGS

• Carolina finished fifth in the final Associated Press poll and first in the final USA Today/Coaches poll. The Tar Heels began the year No. 6 in both polls.

• This is the 36th time the AP has ranked Carolina in the top 10 in its final poll and the 24th time UNC finished in the top five.

• This is the ninth time in 14 years Roy Williams has led UNC to a top-10 AP final ranking. It's Williams' 18th top-10 finish in the AP poll in 29 years as a head coach.

• The AP ranked the Tar Heels in all 19 polls this year, including 16 times in the top 10.

• The Tar Heels reached a high of No. 3 after winning the Maui Invitational and fell to a low of No. 14 after losing its ACC opener at Georgia Tech.

• Carolina went 10-5 this year against teams ranked in the AP top 25. That's the most wins in a season against AP-ranked teams since the 2009 national champions went 10-2.

• Carolina has finished No. 1 in the coaches poll in 1957, 1982, 1984, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017.

ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS

• The Tar Heels went 14-4 and won the ACC regular-season championship for the 31st time (ACC record) and 21st time outright (ACC record). Florida State, Notre Dame and Louisville tied for second place, two games behind the Tar Heels.

• Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title in all six seasons it went on to win the NCAA championship.

• This was the 14th time UNC won the ACC regular-season title and advanced to the Final Four (1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017).

• Carolina has won 49 combined ACC regular-season and Tournament championships (31 regular-season and 18 Tournament). Duke is second with 39 (19 and 20).

• 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.

ACC Regular-Season Titles, Coach (1954-present)

Dean Smith, North Carolina 17 (36 yrs)

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 12 (37 yrs)

Roy Williams, North Carolina 8 (14 yrs)

Frank McGuire, UNC & South Carolina 6

Vic Bubas, Duke 4

ANOTHER 30-WIN SEASON

• Carolina won 33 games. This was the 59th time UNC won 20 or more games, the 37th time the Tar Heels won 25 or more games and the 13th time UNC won at least 30 games.

• This was the seventh time in 14 seasons UNC has won 30 or more games under head coach Roy Williams.

• Williams has won 30 games 12 times (seven times at UNC, five at KU).

• Williams is second in NCAA history with 12 30-win seasons. Mike Krzyzewski has 14.

ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Justin Jackson was the 2017 ACC Player of the Year. He became 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.

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

• Justin Jackson scored 731 points in 2017, the second most in any season by a Tar Heel under head coach Roy Williams. It is the third time in the last 14 seasons a Tar Heel has scored 700 points in a season (Tyler Hansbrough 882 in 2008 and 704 in 2009).

• Jackson's 731 points equal the fifth most in any season by a Tar Heel.

Most Points in a Season by a Tar Heel

895 – Lennie Rosenbluth, 1957

882 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2008

822 – Antawn Jamison, 1998

740 – Bobby Lewis, 1966

731 – Justin Jackson, 2017

731 – Charles Scott, 1970

• Jackson is the second Tar Heel to score 700 points in a season in the Roy Williams Era (2004-17). Tyler Hansbrough, who did it in both 2008 and 2009, is the only other Tar Heel to score 700 points in a season in Williams' 14 years as head coach.

600-Plus Points in the Roy Williams Era

882 Tyler Hansbrough, 2008

731 Justin Jackson, 2017

704 Tyler Hansbrough, 2009

699 Tyler Hansbrough, 2007

678 Brice Johnson, 2016

648 Harrison Barnes, 2012

647 Wayne Ellington, 2008

647 Sean May, 2005

621 Tyler Zeller, 2012

602 Wayne Ellington, 2009

CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICA

• Junior forward Justin Jackson earned consensus first-team All-America honors, the second consecutive year a Tar Heel has earned consensus first-team All-America honors (Brice Johnson in 2016).

• Jackson is the fourth Tar Heel to win a national championship and earn consensus first-team All-America honors in the same season (Lennie Rosenbluth 1957, James Worthy 1982, Tyler Hansbrough 2009 and Jackson).

• Jackson won first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press, NABC and Sporting News and second-team honors from the USBWA.

• Jackson became the 18th Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. Carolina players have earned a total of 27 consensus first-team honors, second most in college basketball history. Kansas is first with 29; Kentucky is third with 26.

• Jackson is the third Tar Heel to play for head coach Roy Williams to earn consensus first-team All-America honors with Johnson and three-time honoree Tyler Hansbrough (2007, 2008 and 2009).

Carolina's Consensus First-Team All-Americas

Cartwright Carmichael 1923-24

Jack Cobb 1924-25-26

George Glamack 1940-41

Lennie Rosenbluth 1957

Larry Miller 1968

Robert McAdoo 1972

Phil Ford 1977-78

James Worthy 1982

Sam Perkins 1983-84

Michael Jordan 1983-84

Kenny Smith 1987

J.R. Reid 1988

Jerry Stackhouse 1995

Antawn Jamison 1998

Joseph Forte 2001

Tyler Hansbrough 2007-08-09

Brice Johnson 2016

Justin Jackson 2017

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA

• Justin Jackson is the 14th Tar Heel to earn first-team All-America honors from the Associated Press.

• This is the fourth time two different Tar Heels have earned first-team AP All-America honors in back-to-back years (1957-58, 1983-84, 1987-88 and 2016-17).

Carolina's 14 Associated Press All-Americas

Lennie Rosenbluth 1957

Pete Brennan 1958

Larry Miller 1968

Phil Ford 1977-78

Sam Perkins 1984

Michael Jordan 1983-84

Kenny Smith 1987

J.R. Reid 1988

Jerry Stackhouse 1995

Antawn Jamison 1998

Joseph Forte 2001

Tyler Hansbrough 2008-09

Brice Johnson 2016

Justin Jackson 2017

CAROLINA'S WINS vs. LOSSES

33 Wins 7 Losses

Points Per Game 87.3 70.9

Oppt. Points Per Game 68.5 80.4

FG% .476 .415

Oppt. FG% .404 .459

3FG% .368 .290

Oppt. 3FG% .322 .442

FT% .704 .683

Oppt. FT% .709 .779

3FGs Per Game 7.4 5.7

Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.8 8.7

Rebound Margin +14.6 +1.6

Assist-Turnover Ratio 1.6 1.3

CAROLINA'S ACC WINS vs. LOSSES

14 Wins 4 Losses

Points Per Game 87.5 61.5

Oppt. Points Per Game 72.5 72.8

FG% .480 .390

Oppt. FG% .439 .418

3FG% .394 .256

Oppt. 3FG% .349 .402

FT% .698 .655

Oppt. FT% .686 .805

3FGs Per Game 8.4 5.0

Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 8.6 8.3

Rebound Margin +15.2 +1.0

Assist-Turnover Ratio 1.7 0.9

HIGH SCORING HEELS

• Carolina averaged 84.4 points per game this season, most in the ACC and 12th-highest in the country.

• It was the seventh time in Roy Williams' 14 years the Tar Heels led the ACC in scoring (2005-07-08-09-12-16-17). UNC reached the Final Four in five of those seven years and the Elite Eight in the other two seasons.

• It was the eighth time in Williams' 14 seasons the Tar Heels have averaged 80 or more points.

• It was the fifth highest scoring average in the Roy Williams Era.

UNC's Highest Scoring Average Under Roy Williams

2009 89.8

2008 88.6

2005 88.0

2007 85.7

2017 84.4

• The Tar Heels scored under 80 points 14 times (9-5), 80 or more 26 times (24-2 with losses to Kentucky and Duke), 90 or more 17 times (16-1, loss to Kentucky) and 100 or more six times (5-1, loss to Kentucky).

• Carolina was 4-5 in the regular season when it scored under 80 points, then went 5-0 in the ACC Tournament (win over Miami) and NCAA Tournament (wins over Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon and Gonzaga).

• Carolina scored 90 or more points 17 times, most in a season since 2007-08 when the Tar Heels did it 20 times.

• Carolina scored 100 or more points six times, most in a season since 2008-09, when the national champions scored 100 nine times.

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY

• Carolina scored 120.7 points per 100 possessions as charted by Ken Pomeroy, its fourth-highest since KenPom began charting points per possessions in 2001-02.

• Carolina was seventh in the country in offensive efficiency and 11th in defensive efficiency. The Tar Heels allowed 92.5 points per 100 possessions.

• Gonzaga and UNC finished the year ranked first and third, respectively, in KenPom's adjusted efficiency rating (offensive points per 100 possessions minus defensive points per 100 possessions).

• Carolina played the sixth most difficult schedule according to KenPom's strength of schedule.

• The Tar Heels' opponents had a combined offensive efficiency that was fourth-best in the country (in all games, not just against UNC).

UNC's Best Offensive Efficiencies Since 2001-02

1. 2015-16 122.4

2. 2008-09 122.4

3. 2004-05 121.9

4. 2016-17 120.7

5. 2007-08 120.4

• Carolina was 294th in the country in percentage of points from three-point field goals. Three of UNC's opponents in the NCAA Tournament were lower ranked than UNC – Kentucky (305), Arkansas (312) and Texas Southern (324).

• Carolina was 59th in the country in assists per field goal, the highest of any team that reached the Elite Eight.

SCORING LEADERS

• Small forward Justin Jackson (18.3 ppg) and point guard Joel Berry II (14.7) finished one-two in scoring. That was the first time UNC's top two scorers were perimeter players since 1990-91, when small forward Rick Fox (16.9) and shooting guard Hubert Davis (13.3) were UNC's top two scorers.

• Jackson led the team with 37 double-figure scoring games. That equals the second-most double-figure scoring games in a season by a Tar Heel (Tyler Hansbrough 39 in 2008, Brice Johnson 37 in 2016, Jackson 37 in 2017, Antawn Jamison 36 in 1998 and Eric Montross 36 in 1993).

• Jackson scored 20 or more points 19 times, including 26 or more five times. Jackson had the most 20-point games since Tyler Hansbrough had 21 in 2009.

1,000-POINT SCORERS

• Kennedy Meeks, Justin Jackson, Joel Berry II and Isaiah Hicks reached the 1,000 career point total in 2016-17. They were the 73rd, 74th, 75th and 76th Tar Heels to score 1,000 points.

• Carolina has more 1,000-point scorers (76) than any other school in the nation.

• Jackson is tied for 23rd all-time at Carolina with 1,626 points; Meeks is 32nd with 1,482; Berry is 58th with 1,196; and Hicks is 66th with 1,112.

• It was the fourth time in UNC history the Tar Heels had four 1,000-point scorers on the same team. The previous years included 2001 (Jason Capel, Joseph Forte, Brendan Haywood and Kris Lang); 2005 (Raymond Felton, Sean May, Rashad McCants and Jawad Williams); and 2009 (Wayne Ellington, Danny Green, Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson).

REBOUND LEADERS

• Carolina led the nation in rebound margin (12.3 per game), rebounds per game (43.7) and offensive rebounds (15.75 per game).

• Carolina grabbed a school-record 1,749 rebounds (previous was 1,711 in 2012), the most by any college team since Houston had 2,074 in 1968. The 1,749 rebounds are the 14th most by any team in college basketball history – the top 13 all came prior to the 1968-69 season.

• Carolina has amassed three of the four

highest rebound totals in NCAA history since 1970.

Most Rebounds, NCAA History Since 1970

North Carolina, 2017 1,749

Connecticut, 2004 1,742

North Carolina, 2012 1,711

North Carolina, 2008 1,695

• Carolina went 31-3 when it out-rebounded the opponents (losses at Georgia Tech, at Virginia and to Duke in the ACC Tournament).

• Carolina's win over Gonzaga in the NCAA title game marked the only time this year the Tar Heels were out-rebounded and won. UNC was 1-3 when it was out-rebounded (win over Gonzaga and losses vs. Kentucky, at Miami and at Duke).

• Carolina was 1-1 when the teams had the same number of rebounds (loss at Indiana, win over Oregon in the national semifinal).

• Carolina out-rebounded the opponents by 14.6 per game in its 33 wins and by 1.6 per game in its seven losses.

• The Tar Heels had a rebound margin of 9.8 in its six NCAA Tournament games, despite getting out-rebounded, 49-46, by Gonzaga in the finals and tying Oregon with 43 rebounds apiece in the semifinal.

RECORD-SETTING REBOUND MARGIN

• Carolina is the third team to win the national championship and lead the nation in rebound margin in the same year (Michigan State in 2000 and Connecticut in 2004).

• Carolina's rebound margin of 12.3 per game led the nation and was the highest in UNC history (previous was 11.0 in 2008).

• Carolina has led the nation in rebound margin three times under Roy Williams (2008, 2012 and 2017). Michigan State is the only other school to lead the country in rebound margin three times since Williams became the UNC head coach prior to the 2003-04 season.

• Carolina's rebound margin of 12.3 was the fourth-highest for any school in the country since 1980. Michigan State's margin in 2001 of 15.4 is the largest since 1980.

Highest Rebound Margin, Any School Since 1980

Michigan State, 2001 15.4

Northeastern, 1991 12.9

Kentucky, 2015 12.4

North Carolina, 2017 12.3

Colorado State, 2013 11.9

• It was the fourth time in UNC history the Tar Heels out-rebounded their opponents by at least 10 rebounds per game.

• The previous school record for rebound margin for a season was 11.0 per game by the 2007-08 team that went 36-3, won the ACC Tournament and played in the Final Four.

• Three of the top five rebound margins in UNC history have come in Roy Williams' 14 years as head coach.

Highest Rebound Margin in UNC History

2016-17 12.3

2007-08 11.0

1956-57 10.8

2011-12 10.4

1960-61 9.8

CLEANING UP THE OFFENSIVE GLASS

• Carolina averaged 15.75 offensive rebounds per game, its highest average since offensive rebounds were kept as a stat beginning in 1995-96.

Offensive Rebounds Per Game/UNC

1. 2016-17 15.75

2. 2007-08 15.51

3. 2011-12 15.50

4. 2003-04 15.33

5. 1996-97 15.14

• Carolina went 30-4 when it had more offensive rebounds than its opponents.

• Kennedy Meeks led UNC with 152 offensive rebounds, more than any Tar Heel has grabbed since offensive rebounds were first kept as an official stat in 1995-96 (previous high was 151 by Tyler Hansbrough in 2008).

• Meeks was seventh in the country in offensive rebounds at 3.8 per game.

• Meeks had 27 offensive rebounds in the six NCAA Tournament games (4.5 per game), including one in the final seconds of the national semifinal win over Oregon that helped UNC run out the clock in a 77-76 win. That was his eighth offensive rebound against the Ducks (he had a career-high 10 at Clemson earlier this year).

UNC Single-Season Offensive Rebounds

(since 1995-96)

152 Kennedy Meeks, 2017

151 Tyler Hansbrough, 2008

146 Tyler Zeller, 2012

142 Sean May, 2005

131 Antawn Jamison, 1997

• Freshman Tony Bradley was second on the team with 98 offensive rebounds. He led the team in offensive rebounds per 40 minutes at 7.1.

• Bradley had 98 offensive rebounds and 97 defensive. He is the first Tar Heel with 150 or more rebounds since 1995-96 to end the season with more offensive rebounds than defensive.

• UNC had 630 offensive rebounds, most on record in school history. The 2008 Tar Heels had 605 in 39 games.

• Carolina rebounded 41.3 percent of its own missed shots. That was the highest percentage in the country. Wagner (40.1 percent) was the only other school in the nation to rebound at least 40 percent of its own misses.

SECOND-CHANCE POINTS

• The Tar Heels went 17-0 when they scored 20 or more second-chance points, including the national championship game vs. Gonzaga (20).

• The Tar Heels scored 29 second-chance points vs. Texas Southern (NCAA first round), 28 at Hawai'i, 28 at Pitt, 27 at NC State, 26 vs. Chaminade, 25 vs. Tennessee, 25 vs. Florida State, 24 at Boston College, 22 vs. NC State, 21 vs. Chattanooga, 21 vs. Oklahoma State, 20 vs. Monmouth, Clemson, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Pitt and Gonzaga (NCAA final).

• Carolina averaged 18.7 second-chance points in its 33 victories and 12.3 per game in its seven losses.

• Oklahoma State scored a season-high 18 second-chance points against UNC this year.

MORE ON MEEKS AND THE GLASS

• Senior Kennedy Meeks averaged a career-high 9.5 rebounds. He set a career high with 17 boards in the South Regional final against Kentucky, had 14 in the national semifinal vs. Oregon and 10 in the national championship game vs. Gonzaga. Meeks grabbed double-figure rebounds 18 times this year; he did that four times as a junior and 19 times in his first three seasons combined.

• Meeks grabbed 69 rebounds and averaged 11.5 per game in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, most ever by a Tar Heel in six NCAA games (previous was 10.7 by Sean May in 2005).

• Meeks had 69 rebounds in the six NCAA games. That was the most rebounds in any NCAA Tournament by a Tar Heel.

Most Rebounds by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Tournament

69 Kennedy Meeks, 2017 (six games)

67 Pete Brennan, 1957 (five games)

64 Sean May, 2005 (six games)

63 Antawn Jamison, 1998 (five games)

59 George Lynch, 1993 (six games)

• Meeks had double-figure rebounds in the last five NCAA Tournament games (had six in 17 minutes vs. Texas Southern in the first round). He is the first Tar Heel to have five straight 10+ rebound games in the NCAA Tournament since Antawn Jamison did it six games in a row in the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Tournaments.

• Meeks finished his career with 1,052 career rebounds. He had 378 rebounds in 2016-17, sixth most in a season by a Tar Heel.

UNC Career Rebounds

1219 Tyler Hansbrough

1167 Sam Perkins

1097 George Lynch

1062 Billy Cunningham

1052 Kennedy Meeks

1035 Brice Johnson

1027 Antawn Jamison

1006 Mitch Kupchak

1003 Brad Daugherty

941 Eric Montross

UNC Single-Season Rebounds

416 Brice Johnson, 2016

399 Tyler Hansbrough, 2008

397 Sean May, 2005

389 Antawn Jamison, 1998

379 Billy Cunningham, 1964

378 Kennedy Meeks, 2017

374 John Henson, 2011

365 Tyler Zeller, 2012

365 George Lynch, 1993

349 Brad Daugherty, 1985

THREE-POINT DUO

• Justin Jackson (105) and Joel Berry II (88) led UNC in three-point field goals. It was the third time two Tar Heels made 75 or more three-pointers in a season. The other seasons were 2009 (Wayne Ellington 85, Danny Green 77) and 2013 (P.J. Hairston 89, Reggie Bullock 88).

• Jackson and Berry's 193 three-pointers were the highest single-season total by two Tar Heels in one season. P.J. Hairston and Reggie Bullock combined for 177 in 2013.

• Carolina went 16-2, including the national semifinal win over Oregon, when Jackson and Berry both make multiple three-pointers (losses to Kentucky and at Duke).

THREE-POINTERS

• Carolina attempted 20 or more three-pointers in 20 games and made seven or more 26 times. The Tar Heels went 16-4 when they attempted 20 or more three-pointers and 24-2 when they make seven or more.

• The Tar Heels shot 40 percent or better on their 3FG attempts in 14 games and went 13-1 in those games (lost to Kentucky in the regular season despite making 9 of 17 3FGs).

JACKSON'S 3-POINT SURGE

• Justin Jackson set a single-season school-

record with 105 three-pointers in 40 games. He made 63 in his first two seasons in 78 games.

• Jackson began the year with the 64th-highest three point percentage in UNC history and the 36th-most three-point field goals. He ended the year with the most three-pointers ever in one season by a Tar Heel (105) and the 14th-most in school history (168).

• Jackson made the second-most threes per game in UNC single-season history at 2.63 per game. The record is 2.71 by Shammond Williams, which he set in 1997.

• Jackson made four or more three-pointers 13 times in 2016-17, including five in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Texas Southern and four in the national semifinal vs. Oregon. Prior to this season, he made four in a game once (vs. Virginia in the 2015 ACC Tournament).

• Jackson shot 29.7 percent from three-point range in his freshman and sophomore seasons (63 for 212). As a junior he improved his percentage to .370.

• Jackson attempted a school-record 284 three-pointers (previous was 238 by Marcus Paige in 2015). He averaged 2.7 attempts per game his first two seasons and 7.1 attempts per game as a junior.

• Jackson made 39.8 percent of his field goals from beyond the three-point line. He made 18.0 percent of his field goals as a freshman and 17.8 percent as a sophomore from three.

UNC Three-Point FGs in a Season

105 Justin Jackson, 2017

95 Shammond Williams, 1997

94 Marcus Paige, 2015

89 P.J. Hairston, 2013

88 Joel Berry II, 2017

88 Reggie Bullock, 2013

UNC Single-Season 3FGs Per Game

2.71 Shammond Williams, 1997

2.63 Justin Jackson, 2017

2.62 P.J. Hairston, 2013

2.58 Hubert Davis, 1992

2.56 Donald Williams, 1995

2.56 Kenny Smith, 1987

Most Three-Point FGs in a Season by Two Tar Heels

193 Justin Jackson 105, Joel Berry 88

2017

177 P.J. Hairston 89, Reggie Bullock 88, 2013

162 Wayne Ellington 85, Danny Green 77, 2009

BERRY GOOD FROM THREE

• Joel Berry II led UNC with a three-point percentage of .383 and was second with 88 threes.

• Berry's 88 threes equal the fifth-most made in a season by a Tar Heel and his 230 attempts were the third most in a season by a Tar Heel.

• Berry made three or more 14 times with a career-high seven en route to 31 points in the overtime win at Clemson.

• Berry hit four threes in the national championship game vs. Gonzaga. His biggest came with 4:18 to play, just 19 seconds after Nigel Williams-Goss gave Gonzaga a 58-57 lead with a three of his own.

• Berry twice made five threes in a half – the second half at Clemson and the first half on March 4 vs. Duke.

• Berry tied the school record for three-point percentage in a game when he went 5 for 5 against Duke on March 4 (all in the first half).

Highest Single-Game 3-Point Percentage, UNC

1.000 Jason Capel vs. Clemson (6x6) 3-9-01

1.000 Joel Berry II vs. Duke (5x5), 3-4-17

1.000 Marcus Paige vs. NC State (5x5) 1-14-15

1.000 Hubert Davis vs. E. Michigan (5x5) 3-22-91

1.000 Hubert Davis at Alabama (5x5) 11-30-89

• Berry scored 20 or more points 10 times in 2016-17, including 22 in the Maui Invitational championship game vs. Wisconsin, a career-high 31 at Clemson, 28 in the regular-season finale vs. Duke, 26 vs. Butler in the Sweet 16 and 22 vs. Gonzaga in the national championship.

ASSIST/TURNOVER NO. 3 ALL-TIME AT UNC

• Carolina's assist-turnover ratio of 1.526 to 1 is the third-best in UNC history trailing only the 2015-16 team (1.65) and the 1985-86 team (1.533).

• Carolina had 722 assists and 473 turnovers, (plus 249) while the opponents handed out 458 assists and committed 544 turnovers (minus 86).

• Nate Britt and Theo Pinson led the team with an assist-error ratio of 2.5:1. Pinson had 77 assists and 31 turnovers; Britt had 94 assists and 37 miscues.

• Carolina led the ACC and was fourth in the nation in assists with 18.1 per game and was second in the ACC and seventh nationally in assist-error ratio.

EXPERIENCE COUNTS

• Five Tar Heels finished the season playing in 100 or more career games, including Isaiah Hicks (151), Nate Britt (151), Kennedy Meeks (144), Justin Jackson (118) and Joel Berry II (108).

• Britt and Hicks played in their 151st game when the Tar Heels beat Gonzaga in the national championship game. Only one other player in UNC and ACC history – Deon Thompson – ever played in more games. Thompson set the ACC record by playing in 152 games from 2006-10.

• Prior to this season, only eight players in NCAA history had played in 150 or more games and only six had done so in four seasons.

• Meeks started 117 games, three more than Jackson (114).

• For the second consecutive year the Tar Heels played a school-record 40 games. In 2015-16, Joel Berry II, Isaiah Hicks, Justin Jackson, Brice Johnson and Theo Pinson set the single-season record by playing in 40 games.

• Jackson, Meeks, Nate Britt and Seventh Woods appeared in each of the 40 games in 2016-17.

ACC WINS BY TAR HEELS

• Seniors Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks have the most ACC regular season and Tournament wins in UNC history with 59.

• Britt and Hicks won 52 regular-season ACC wins and seven ACC Tournament wins.

• Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough are tied for third 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. The ACC began playing 18 conference games in 2013-14.

ACC Wins by UNC Players, Career

Regular Season and Tournament

59 – Nate Britt, 2013-present

59 – Isaiah Hicks, 2013-present

58 – Danny Green, 2006-09

58 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-09

56 – Sam Perkins, 1980-84

NBA Tar Heels

• Fourteen Tar Heels are on NBA rosters.

• Vince Carter is playing in his 19th NBA season, which sets a record for most seasons played by a former Tar Heel in the NBA.

• Carter plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. Earlier this year he became the 24th player to score 24,000 career points in the NBA.

• Carter is 22nd in NBA career scoring.

• Carter is the fourth-leading scorer among active NBA players behind only Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James and Paul Pierce (who is retiring after the 2016-17 season).

• Every non-active player in the top 35 in NBA career scoring is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (exceptions Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan, who retired following the 2016 NBA Playoffs, and are not eligible yet for the Hall of Fame).

Tar Heels Sign Four In November

• Carolina signed four players to National Letters of Intent in November 2016: Jalek Felton, a 6-4 guard from West Columbia, S.C.; Brandon Huffman, a 6-9 forward from Anchorage, Alaska; Sterling Manley, a 6-10 forward from Reynoldsburg, Ohio; and Andrew Platek, a 6-4 guard from Schenectady, N.Y.

• Felton attends Gray Collegiate Academy in West Columbia, S.C. He attended Mullins High School for three years.

• Huffman moved from Alaska to Raleigh where he attends Word of God Christian Academy.

• Manley attends Pickerington (Ohio) Central High School.

• Platek attends Northfield (Mass.) Mount Hermon School.

Carolina on the All-Time Wins Lists

• second all-time in NCAA winning percentage and third in wins.

• won 2,206 games, third behind Kentucky and Kansas. Only four schools have won at least 2,000 games.

• winning percentage of .739 is second behind Kentucky. Only five schools have a winning percentage of at least .700.

• first in Final Fours with 20.

• third in NCAA championships with six.

• second in NCAA Tournament appearances with 48.

• second in NCAA Tournament wins with 123.

• second in NCAA Tournament games with 168.

• second in NCAA Tournament winning percentage at .732.

• first in ACC regular-season championships with 31.

• first in ACC victories with 672.

• second in ACC Tournament wins with 97.

• second in ACC Tournament winning percentage at .683.

• first in ACC Tournament championship game appearances with 34 and second in titles with 18.

• first in first-round NBA Draft picks with 47 and third in overall NBA Draft picks with 110.

North Carolina 95, at Tulane 75

• Jackson and Berry had career scoring highs -- Jackson with 27 and Berry with 23.

• It was the first time Berry and Jackson scored 20 in the same game as Tar Heels.

• Meeks had a career-high 15 rebounds.

North Carolina 97, Chattanooga 57

• Carolina had 26 assists on 34 field goals.

• Carolina scored 33 points off 26 UTC turnovers (Tar Heels had 14 steals). That's more points off turnovers since UNC scored 33 against Chaminade on 11/21/12.

• Meeks had 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, Berry had 18 points, five assists and Kenny Williams scored a career-high 11 points and also had career highs in rebounds (6), assists (5) and steals (3).

North Carolina 93, Long Beach State 67

• It marked the first time UNC opened a season with three straight 90-point games since 1994-95.

• Berry tied his career high with 23 points.

• Jackson posted his third career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

North Carolina 83, at Hawai'i 68

• Carolina shot 63.3 percent from the floor in the second half, its highest percentage in any half this year. That followed a first half in which UNC shot a season-low for any half at 35.1 percent.

• Bradley grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds, most by a UNC freshman since Meeks had 13 against Iowa State in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

• Hicks led UNC with 16 points and Britt scored a season-high 13 points on 3 of 5 shooting from three-point range.

MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL

North Carolina 104, Chaminade 61

• Carolina shot a season-high 57.8 percent from the floor and had a season-high rebound margin of plus 29 (52-23).

• It was the first time in four seasons that Hicks (22) and Meeks (20) each scored 20 points in a game.

• Hicks set a career scoring high with 22.

North Carolina 107, Oklahoma State 75

• Carolina shot 56.3 percent from the floor in the first half and 59.4 percent in the second half. Carolina also shot season-high percentages from three-point range (8 of 17, .471) and the free throw line (25 of 29, .862).

• Carolina held Oklahoma State to 75 points, 29.8 under the Cowboys' season average coming into the game.

• Berry set his career high with 24 points. Jackson had 22 points, eight rebounds, six assists and no turnovers.

• Carolina became just the third team in Maui Invitational history to score 100 points in consecutive games (Oklahoma in 1992-93 and Loyola Marymount in 1990-91).

North Carolina 71, Wisconsin 56

• Carolina won its fourth Maui Invitational title. The Tar Heels have won more games in the Maui Invitational than any school in the nation (18) and are second in titles with four. UNC has won the Maui Invitational in 1999-2000, 2004-05, 2008-09 and 2016-17.

• Carolina held Wisconsin to 56 points, the fewest ever in the championship game of the Maui Invitational.

• Berry scored 22 points vs. the Badgers and earned Maui Invitational MVP honors.

• Berry became the fourth Tar Heel and third UNC point guard in a row to win MVP honors. Berry averaged 18.0 points, 3.7 assists and 2.3 steals. He shot 19 of 30 from the floor (.633), 8 of 14 3FGs (.571) and 8 for 8 FTs (1.000).

• Meeks had a career-high 16 rebounds vs. Wisconsin and earned All-Tournament honors.

• Carolina became the first team to win 18 games in Maui in the Maui Invitational (plus one win in a mainland game).

• Roy Williams has won more games than any coach in Maui Invitational history (16 in Maui plus one on the mainland) and is the second coach to win at least four titles in Maui. Williams won the Maui Invitational at Carolina in 2004-05, 2008-09 and 2016-17 and at Kansas in 1996-97.

• Carolina advanced to the Final Four the other three seasons it won the Maui title and won the NCAA title the previous two times it won in Maui.

at Indiana 76, North Carolina 67

• Carolina shot a season-low 39.3 percent from the floor, scored a season-low 67 points and did not out-rebound an opponent for the first time this year.

• Jackson scored a game-high 21 points.

• The Tar Heels were just 10 for 28 from the floor (.357) and made eight turnovers in the first half when the Hoosiers built a 17-point and ultimately out-scored UNC, 41-29.

North Carolina 95, Radford 50

• The Tar Heels made six of their first 10 3FG attempts.

• The Tar Heels had a 26-5 edge in points off turnovers.

• Williams scored a career-high 19 points (16 in the first half) and set a career high with five three-point field goals.

North Carolina 83, Davidson 74

• Jackson tied his career high with 27 points and set a career high with seven three-point field goals made.

• Luke Maye had career-highs in points (10) and steals (3) and tied his career best with six rebounds. He scored all 10 points and grabbed all six boards in the opening half.

• Carolina shot a season-low 37.7 percent from the floor.

• Berry did not play due to a sprained left ankle.

North Carolina 73, Tennessee 71

• Carolina rallied from a 15-point deficit in the first half (13-28 and 15-30) and an eight-point halftime deficit (36-44). The 15-point comeback was Carolina's largest since 2/17/14 when UNC rallied from a 21-6 deficit at Florida State to win, 81-75. The eight-point halftime deficit was the largest in a UNC win since 3/12/11 when UNC trailed Clemson, 38-28, but won 92-87 in overtime in the ACC Tournament semifinals.

• Tennessee shot 65.4 percent from the floor in the first half. Carolina held the Vols to just 39.3 percent shooting from the floor in the second half.

• Nate Britt made a career-high five steals and tied his career high with seven assists.

Kentucky 103, North Carolina 100 (Las Vegas)

• It was the second time in UNC history and the first time in a regulation-length game UNC lost a game when it scored 100 points. Carolina had won 51 straight games when scoring 100 points.

• It was the 10th game in UNC history in which both teams scored 100 or more points and just the fourth in a 40-minute game.

• Carolina shot 53.0 percent from the floor, only the fourth time in 184 games UNC shot 50 percent from the floor under head coach Roy Williams and lost.

• Jackson scored a career-high 34 points, Berry had 23 points and seven assists and Maye set a career high with 11 points, scoring all 11 in the second half.

• Kentucky's Malik Monk scored 47 points, which ties the second most against UNC in history and is the most since Georgia Tech's Rich Yunkus scored 47 on 2/14/1970.

North Carolina 85, Northern Iowa 42

• The Tar Heels held the Panthers to 42 points, which equaled the fewest allowed by a Roy Williams-coached team at North Carolina.

• Carolina shot 61.8 percent from the floor in the second half, including 6 for 11 from three-point range, and Carolina committed only five turnovers for the game.

• Meeks led UNC with 18 points and eight rebounds. It is the first time this season he led the Tar Heels in scoring.

North Carolina 102, Monmouth 74

• Carolina scored 100-plus points for the fourth time in 14 games this year, grabbed a season-high 57 rebounds and made a season-high 33 free throws.

• The two teams combined for 52 fouls (27 on Monmouth, 25 on UNC) and 72 free throw attempts. It was a season high for fouls both by UNC and by an opponent.

• Jackson led all scorers with 28 points, making six three-pointers in nine attempts.

at Georgia Tech 75, North Carolina 63

• Carolina committed a season-high 20 turnovers, shot a season-low 33.3 percent from the floor scored a season-low 63 points.

• Carolina's points per possession was a season-low .64 for the game (season low .62 in the first half and .67 in the second half, which matched the previous low for a half at Indiana).

• The Tar Heels were 5 for 26 from three-point range. It was the fewest made threes in at least 25 attempts since UNC went 5 for 27 against Wake Forest in 2011.

North Carolina 89, at Clemson 86 (OT)

• Berry had career highs in points (31), field goals (12) and three-point field goals (7), scoring 19 of UNC's 23 points from 14:07 to 6:39 in the second half.

• Williams scored six of UNC's 12 points in overtime.

• Meeks tied his career high with 16 boards and had a career-best 10 offensive rebounds.

• Clemson shot 53.3 from the floor in the first half, but only 15 of 38 (39.4 percent) in second half and extra period.

North Carolina 107, NC State 56

• Carolina scored the most points ever in a UNC-NC State game and won by the largest margin in the series since 1921 in a 107-56 win.

• The game was postponed from Jan. 7 to Jan. 8 due to a snow and ice storm.

• The 51-point win was the largest ever by UNC in an ACC game (against any opponent). Previous was a 103-55 win over Florida State (48 points) on Jan. 24, 1998.

• UNC scored 56 points in the first half and allowed 56 in the game.

• Berry had 19 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals, Jackson hit six 3FGs and scored a game-high 21 points, and Bradley and Maye combined for 19 points and 16 rebounds.

North Carolina 93, at Wake Forest 87

• It was the first time this season all five Tar Heel starters scored in double figures led by Jackson with 19, and Berry and Meeks with 18 each.

• Meeks posted his sixth double-double this year, attempted a career-high 18 shots from the floor, made a season-high nine field goals and added three steals and three blocks.

• It was the fourth time this year the Tar Heels shot 50 percent from the floor in both halves (and the first time since Kentucky on 12/17).

• Wake Forest had a points per possession of 1.18 in the second half, the highest for any opponent in a half this season.

Carolina 96, Florida State 83

• It was the first time three Tar Heels scored 20 points since 3/18/11 against LIU in Charlotte in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Berry (26), Hicks (22) and Jackson (22) accomplished that vs. the Seminoles.

• Carolina out-rebounded the Seminoles, 56-34. This was the eighth time this year the Tar Heels have grabbed 50 or more rebounds. The previous high by an FSU opponent this year was 52 by George Washington.

• The Tar Heels entered the game No. 1 in the nation in rebounding margin and out-rebounded the Seminoles by 22. The previous high for rebounding margin against FSU this year was 10 when George Washington out-rebounded FSU, 52-42.

Carolina 85, Syracuse 68

• Jackson (19/10) and Meeks (15/12) had double-doubles and Hicks led UNC with 20 points.

• The win was the 800th in Roy Williams' career.

• Carolina shot 56.7 percent from the floor in the second half, out-rebounded the Orange by 20, scored 20 second-chance points and 26 points off turnovers.

• Hicks led UNC with 20 points and added eight rebounds in a career-high tying 30 minutes.

UNC 90, at Boston College 82

• Jackson scored 22 points and Meeks had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead Carolina to its fifth straight win at Boston College and the Tar Heels' 10th win in a row over the Eagles.

• Carolina scored 85 or more points in six consecutive ACC games for the first time in its history.

• It was the fifth time in the last six games and 11th time this season UNC scored 20 or more second-chance points (24 at BC).

UNC 91, Virginia Tech 72

• Jackson and Berry combined for 41 points, 10 three-pointers, eight assists and no turnovers. It was the first time since 1996 two Tar Heels made five 3FGs in a game.

• Carolina made 14 of 30 three-pointers, season highs in both categories.

• UNC out-rebounded the Hokies, 43-22, had 19 offensive rebounds to 18 defensive for Virginia Tech and scored 20 second-chance points.

• Meeks scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, seven on the offensive glass.

at Miami 77, UNC 62

• The Tar Heels made 6 of 29 shots from the floor in the opening half, the second-worst shooting half in Roy Williams' 14 years as UNC's head coach.

• Carolina made a season-low 21 field goals, scored a season-low 62 points and were out-rebounded (36-41) for just the second time this year.

• The Tar Heels scored 22 points on 42 possessions in the first half, a season-low points per possession of .52. UNC fared better in the second half, scoring 40 points on 41 possessions (.98).

• Jackson led UNC with 21 points, but that was five more points than the other four starters combined to score.

UNC 80, Pitt 78

• Carolina never trailed but held on for a two-point win as Jamel Artis missed a last-second three-pointer.

• Pitt made 13 three-pointers, most against UNC this year, and shot 55.6 percent, highest against the Tar Heels in the first 24 games.

• Jackson led UNC with 20 points, Berry hit five threes, and Hicks had 18 points and eight rebounds.

• Carolina shot 50 percent from the floor and committed only eight turnovers.

• Pitt had a points per possession of 1.35 in the second half and 1.18 for the game, both opponent highs in the first 24 games.

UNC 83, Notre Dame 76 (Greensboro)

• Jackson led six Tar Heels in double figures with 16 points, Carolina out-rebounded Notre Dame by 19 and went on a late 8-0 run to beat the Irish, 83-76.

• The game was postponed a day to 2/5 and was played at the Greensboro Coliseum because of a water shortage in Chapel Hill that closed the University for almost two days.

• UNC led by 15 with 12 minutes to play, but Notre Dame cut the lead to 75-73 before a jump shot by Berry and a steal by Britt/dunk by Jackson ignited the 8-0 run.

• Carolina out-rebounded the Irish, 44-25, including a 17-7 edge in offensive rebounds.

• Bradley had 12 points, five rebounds and three blocks.

at Duke 86, UNC 78

• Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard combined for nine three-pointers and 45 points and freshman Jayson Tatum scored all 19 of his points in the second half in an 86-78 Blue Devil win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

• Jackson led UNC in scoring for the 10th time in 13 games with 21 points. Joel Berry II was the only other Tar Heel to score in double figures with 15.

• Hicks (12.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg) strained his left hamstring the day before the game and was unable to play. Maye started at and scored eight points and had two rebounds in 20 minutes.

• Carolina shot 52.5 percent from the floor and committed only five turnovers. Duke shot 52.6 percent from the floor and made 13 three-pointers, the second time in three games an opponent made a season-high 13 three-pointers (Pitt).

UNC 97, at NC State 73

• The win marked the first time Carolina has beaten NC State twice in one season by 20 or more points since 1993.

• Carolina made a season-high 42 field goals and shot 56.0 percent from the floor, its highest in its first 13 ACC games this year.

• The Tar Heels scored 27 second-chance points and scored a season-high 60 points in the paint.

• Maye scored a career-high 13 points and added seven rebounds, Pinson made his first start of the season and tied his season high with 12 points on 6 for 8 shooting from the floor and Berry scored a team-high 18 points and had a game-high six assists.

UNC 65, Virginia 41

• Virginia scored 41 points, the second-fewest by an opponent in the Smith Center (460th game), the fewest allowed by the Tar Heels in Roy Williams' 14 seasons as head coach, and the fewest UNC has given up to Virginia since 1/21/1947.

• Carolina out-rebounded the Cavaliers, 44-26 (plus 18).

• Virginia shot 27.8 percent from the floor, the lowest percentage by an opponent since Evansville shot 25.8 percent on 12/6/2011.

• Jackson led Carolina in scoring for the 15th time this year. Jackson had 20 points, 18 in the first half, and six assists.

• Jackson scored with 56 seconds left in the first half to give Carolina a 34-18 lead. That basket gave him 18 points and tied his scoring with Virginia's team scoring.

UNC 74, Louisville 63

• Carolina shot 37.1 percent from the floor – the lowest percentage the Tar Heels have shot in a win this season. The previous low in a victory was 37.7 percent against Davidson on 12/7. The Tar Heels made only three of their first 18 shots, but made eight of the next 12.

• Jackson led Carolina with 21 points.

• Meeks had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Pinson tied his career high with 13 points.

UNC 85, at Pitt 67

• Carolina clinched a share of the ACC regular-season title and clinched its 11th winning record in ACC road games under Roy Williams with an 85-67 win on Senior Day at the Petersen Events Center.

• Carolina out-rebounded the Panthers, 48-28, and held Pitt to 39.6 percent from the floor and seven three-pointers (six less than when the teams met in Chapel Hill).

• Carolina pulled down a season-high 24 offensive rebounds and matched its season-high with 28 second-chance points.

• Carolina made 10 three-pointers and shot 41.7 percent from three-point range.

• Jackson led UNC in scoring with 23 points, Meeks had a double-double for the second straight game with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Berry had 19 points and made four threes, Hicks had a career-high six assists and Pinson had a game-high seven assists.

at Virginia 53, UNC 43

• Carolina scored 43 points, its fewest under Roy Williams, its fewest against Virginia since 1945 and its fewest in any game since a 47-40 loss at Duke on 2/24/1979.

• Carolina turned the ball over 12 times in the first half (only twice in the second half). In its previous seven games, UNC turned it over a game-high 12 times against Louisville on 2/22.

• Berry scored 12 points and was UNC's only player in double figures. It was the first time only one Tar Heel scored in double figures since a loss to Miami on 1/8/14 (James Michael McAdoo had 12).

• Carolina's five starters combined for only 27 points.

UNC 90, Duke 83

• Berry scored 28 points, Hicks had 21 points and nine rebounds on Senior Night and Jackson hit the go-ahead three-pointer in Carolina's 90-83 win over Duke.

• Duke made 28 free throws, which ties a season-high by an opponent this year (28 by Georgia Tech). The 35 free throw attempts are the most against UNC this year (previous 33 by Georgia Tech).

• Berry tied the UNC single-game record by making all five of his three-point field goals. It is the fifth time a Tar Heel has made at least 5 for 5 in a game. Berry made all five of his threes in the first half.

• Jackson broke a 71-all tie with 5:56 to play with his only three-pointer of the game. He assisted on UNC's next two field goals by Hicks and Meeks that gave UNC a six-point lead. Jackson finished with 15 points and four assists.

• Hicks had 21 points and tied his season high with nine rebounds. He scored a total of 20 points in his previous four games.

UNC 78, Miami 53 (ACC Quarterfinal)

• Carolina shot 52.4 percent from the floor in the first half, 53.1 in the second and 52.8 for the game.

• Carolina held Miami to 35.8 percent shooting from the floor.

• Carolina had 21 assists, 14 more than the Hurricanes.

• Isaiah Hicks led UNC with 19 points. He went a career-best 9 for 9 from the free throw line, which is also the best perfect game by any Tar Heel this year.

Duke 93, UNC 83 (ACC Semifinal)

• Carolina led by seven at the half and 61-48, but Duke went on a 20-4 run and out-scored the Tar Heels, 45-22, over the final, 13:39 to advance to the ACC Tournament championship game.

• Carolina had won 14 in a row when leading at the half (led 49-42) and 14 in a row when scoring 80 or more points.

• Duke went 33 for 37 from the free throw line. The 33 free throws are the most ever against a Roy Williams' UNC team (Wake Forest was 32 for 32 on 1/15/2005).

• Carolina shot 55.6 percent from the floor in the first half and 28.6 percent in the second. It was the 16th time this year UNC has shot 50 percent from the floor in the first half, but the first time it shot under 40 percent in the following half.

• Duke shot 58.8 percent from three-point range (10 of 17), the highest percentage from beyond the arc vs. UNC this season.

• Meeks and Hicks led UNC with 19 points apiece. Meeks also had 12 rebounds.

• Berry picked up his fourth foul with 15:04 to play with Carolina ahead 56-48. UNC extended its lead to 13 before the Blue Devils embarked on a 20-4 run.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Tony Bradley

Nate Britt

Kanler Coker

Isaiah Hicks

Justin Jackson

Brice Johnson

Luke Maye

Kennedy Meeks

Marcus Paige

Theo Pinson

Stilman White

Kenny Williams

Seventh Woods

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