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Tar Heels Will Meet Auburn Friday In Sweet 16
March 28, 2019 | Men's Basketball
GAME 36: NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL SEMIFINAL NOTEBOOK
• Top-seeded North Carolina will face fifth-seeded Auburn in the semifinals of the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday at 7:29 PM Eastern.
• Carolina is 126-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UNC is second in NCAA history in appearances (50), wins (126), games (172) and winning percentage (.733).
• Carolina is 29-6 this season. The Tar Heels won a share of the ACC regular-season title for the ninth time in Roy Williams' 16 seasons and the 32nd time in school history. Carolina beat Louisville and lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament, and advanced to the Sweet 16 with NCAA Tournament wins in Columbus, Ohio, over 16-seed Iona and 9-seed Washington.
• UNC is playing in the Sweet 16 for an NCAA-record 29th time (10th under Roy Williams).
• The Tar Heels are 26-7 in regional semifinals dating back to 1957 and are 21-7 in the Sweet 16 (which the NCAA began designating the round of 16 in 1975).
• Roy Williams is 8-1 in the Sweet 16 at Carolina and 13-5 overall.
• Carolina is a No. 1 seed for an NCAA-record 17th time. This is the best four-year stretch (2016-19) based on NCAA Tournament seeds in Carolina Basketball history (1,1,2,1). Previous bests were 1981-84 (2,1,2,1); 1982-85 (1,2,1,2); 2005-08 (1,3,1,1) and 2006-09 (3,1,1,1).
• Williams is a No. 1 seed for the 13th time, second most in NCAA Tournament history.
• This is the eighth time in 16 seasons as Carolina's head coach Williams has led the Tar Heels to a No. 1 seed (UNC also was a No. 2 seed twice under Williams). UNC had earned a No. 1 seed five times in the 25 years prior to Williams becoming its head coach.
• Carolina is 63-11 as a No. 1 seed, including 13-1 in the round of 16.
• Carolina entered the NCAA Tournament No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll. This is UNC's highest finish since 2016, when the Tar Heels also were third. It is UNC's 38th top-10 finish in the 71-year history of the AP poll. It is Roy Williams' 20th top-10 finish (11 at UNC) and 15th top-five (eight at UNC).
• This is the third season in which the Tar Heels have played in the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, winning the 1957 NCAA title here by beating Michigan State and Kansas, and splitting first- and second-round games against Villanova and KU, respectively, in 2013.
MISCELLANEOUS
• This is the 15th consecutive season the Tar Heels have won at least 20 games under Roy Williams (this is Carolina's 61st 20-win season) and the 12th time in 16 seasons Williams has led UNC to 25 or more wins (39th time in UNC history).
• Carolina won at No. 1 Duke, No. 15 NC State and No. 15 Louisville (AP). This was the first time since 2006 UNC won three road games over AP-top 15 teams.
• Carolina's 79-69 win at Louisville was the first time in UNC history the Tar Heels followed a 20-point home loss with a double-digit win on that same team's home floor.
• Carolina won three ACC road games by 20 or more points for the second time in school history. UNC won by 25 at Pitt, 23 at Georgia Tech and 38 at Wake Forest (in 2005, UNC won at Virginia Tech and Virginia by 34 and at Florida State by 21).
• Carolina is averaging 86.0 points, which is third in the nation, on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach, and the highest since 2008-09.
• Carolina has ranked in the top 10 in scoring eight times under Williams.
• This is the 10th time in 16 seasons UNC is averaging 80-plus points under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is eighth nationally in offensive efficiency and 11th in defensive efficiency (KenPom). UNC is one of five teams that are ranked in the top 11 in offensive and defensive efficiencies (with Virginia, Duke, Michigan State and Kentucky).
• Carolina has finished the season in the top 10 in KenPom's offensive efficiency in eight of the previous 15 seasons, including 10th in 2015, first in 2016, ninth in 2017 and sixth in 2018.
REBOUNDING
• Carolina has out-rebounded its opponents 30 times in 35 games and is 26-4 in those games.
• Carolina has 40 or more rebounds 23 times, including nine of the last 10 games; UNC is 20-3 when it has 40 or more rebounds.
• The Tar Heels lead nation in rebound margin at plus 10.5 per game. That is the fourth-highest rebound margin in UNC history and the third-best in the Roy Williams Era.
• UNC has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of the previous 15 seasons under Williams, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the previous four years.
• Carolina leads the nation with 43.9 rebounds per game. UNC also led the nation in rebounds per game 2016-17 and 2017-18.
ASSISTS
• The Tar Heels are averaging 18.9 assists per game, third in the country (behind Belmont and Michigan State). The 18.9 assists are the 11th most in UNC history and the most in a season since 2004-05 (19.1 per game).
• Carolina is 15-0 when it has 20 or more assists.
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina's assist-error ratio of 1.45 equals the fifth highest in school history. Six of the seven best assist-error ratios in UNC history have been established in the last 11 seasons under Roy Williams.
THREE-POINTERS
• Carolina has made 305 three-pointers, which ties the single-season school record (also 305 in 2018).
• Three of UNC's four-highest single-season totals have come in the last four seasons.
• The Tar Heels have made 13 or more three-pointers six times this season (13 vs. Gonzaga, 16 vs. Virginia Tech, 13 at Georgia Tech, 13 vs. Miami, 16 at Wake Forest and 13 at Clemson). This is the first time in school history the Tar Heels have made 13 or more threes six times. UNC is 6-0 in those games.
• The Tar Heels have scored 915 of their 3,009 points from three-point range, the highest percentage (.304) in the Roy Williams Era. The previous high was a year ago (30.3 percent).
• The Tar Heels are making a school-record 8.7 threes per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
AP POLL NOTES
• Carolina is No. 3 in the final 2018-19 AP poll, which was released on March 18.
• It is Carolina's 38th top-10 finish, 25th top-five finish and 12th top-three finish in the AP poll.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in 38 seasons and out of the top 10 in just 33 seasons.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in 27 of the last 39 years. UNC has finished the season ranked in the AP poll 51 times.
• It is Roy Williams' 20th top-10 finish in 31 years as a head coach (11 in 16 seasons at Carolina) and 12th top-five (eight at UNC).
• Carolina has been ranked in the AP poll 916 times, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• Carolina is ranked in the top 10 for the eighth consecutive poll.
• UNC reached as high as No. 3 in the AP poll this season. It was UNC's highest ranking in the AP poll since week four in 2016-17 (also No. 3).
• This is the 100th consecutive AP poll in which the Tar Heels are ranked, dating back to mid-conference play in the 2013-14 season.
• UNC began the year No. 8 in the preseason AP poll. It was the 13th time in 16 seasons under Roy Williams UNC was ranked in the preseason Top 10.
• This season is the 56th time in 71 seasons the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10 in at least one week of the poll.
PLAYING AP RANKED TEAMS
• Carolina has already played eight teams that are ranked in the final AP top 25, including three of the top four and six of the top 10 teams.
• Carolina is 8-4 this season against AP-ranked opponents.
• The Tar Heels have wins over No. 17 UCLA, No. 4 Gonzaga, No. 15 NC State, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Louisville, No. 1 Duke, No. 16 Florida State and No. 4 Duke.
• UNC lost to No. 7 Michigan, No. 19 Kentucky, No. 4 Virginia and No. 5 Duke.
• Carolina had eight wins over ranked teams prior to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since winning 10 in 1998.
NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• Carolina came into the season having won an average of 20.7 games per season and has 29 wins this season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.
CAROLINA VS. AUBURN
• This is the fourth meeting ever between the Tar Heels and Tigers and just the second since 1932.
• This is the first game Roy Williams has ever coached against Auburn as a head coach.
• Carolina is 3-0 vs. Auburn, including 1-0 in NCAA Tournament play (in 1985) and 2-0 in Southern Conference Tournament action (in 1927 and 1932).
• On March 22, 1985, No. 2 seed UNC beat No. 11 seed Auburn in the Southeast Regional semifinal, 62-56, in Birmingham, Ala.
• Kenny Smith, currently Turner Sports' premier basketball analyst, led the Tar Heels with 22 points, six assists, two steals and no turnovers.
• This is the third consecutive year Carolina has played an SEC team in the NCAA Tournament. In 2017, UNC beat Arkansas in the second round and Kentucky in the regional final. Last year, Texas A&M eliminated the Tar Heels in round two.
• Carolina sophomore forward Garrison Brooks lives in Lafayette, Ala., (pronounced luh-FET), just over 20 miles from Auburn.
CAROLINA IN KANSAS CITY
• The Tar Heels are 5-1 in three previous trips to Kansas City, including 3-1 in the Sprint Center.
• This is UNC's first appearance in Kansas City since November 2015. The Tar Heels beat Northwestern and Kansas State in the Sprint Center in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic.
• In 2013, the Tar Heels were the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament's South Region. Carolina beat Villanova, 78-71, behind P.J. Hairston's 23 points and 11 Tar Heel three-pointers. No. 1 seed Kansas overcame a 30-21 UNC halftime lead in the second round to secure a 70-58 Jayhawk victory.
• Carolina won the first of its six NCAA titles in 1957 in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. The Tar Heels won a pair of triple overtime games in the Final Four, edging Michigan State, 74-70 in the semifinal, and toppling Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas, 54-53, in the championship game.
• Helms Foundation National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth scored 31 in the semifinal and 20 in the title game. Joe Quigg's two free throws with six seconds to play in the third overtime gave UNC the one-point victory and the school's first national title in any sport.
• Carolina junior forward Shea Rush hails from Fairway, Kan., which is approximately eight miles south of Kansas City. He attended the Barstow School in Kansas City.
AGAINST THE 2019 FIELD
• Carolina is 11-5 this season against 12 different teams that have played in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
• UNC played all three other No. 1 seeds (2-1 vs. Duke, 1-0 vs. Gonzaga and 0-1 vs. Virginia)and two of four No. 2 seeds (0-1 vs. Kentucky and Michigan).
• Carolina went 2-1 vs. Louisville and 1-0 vs. Iona, Florida State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Washington and Wofford.
NCAA VETERANS
• Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have been a part of UNC teams that are 14-2 in four NCAA Tournament appearances, including winning the national title as sophomores in 2017.
• UNC has earned three No. 1 seeds and a No. 2 seed in their four seasons. It is the best four-year period based on seeds in Carolina Basketball history.
• UNC went 5-1 in their freshman season, winning the 2016 East Regional and the national semifinal over Syracuse before losing to Villanova on a last-second shot in the national championship game.
• In 2017, Carolina went 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament, winning the South Regional and then beating Oregon and Gonzaga in Phoenix to win the national championship.
• Maye came off the bench that season, but hit the winning shot to beat Kentucky in the Elite Eight to send UNC to the Final Four. Maye had a double-double vs. Butler in the Sweet 16 and 17 points against Kentucky in the regional final and was the Most Outstanding Player of the South Regional.
• Williams had started 22 of UNC's first 26 games in 2016-17, but injured his knee in practice in early February and did not appear in the post-season.
• Juniors Brandon Robinson and Seventh Woods also played on the 2017 championship team. Woods played three minutes in the title game vs. Gonzaga.
• Last year, Carolina was the No. 2 seed in the West Regional, beat Lipscomb in the first round and lost to Texas A&M in the second.
• Sterling Manley had 10 rebounds against Lipscomb.
• Cameron Johnson played in one NCAA Tournament game while at Pitt (against Wisconsin in 2016).
• Top-seeded North Carolina will face fifth-seeded Auburn in the semifinals of the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday at 7:29 PM Eastern.
• Carolina is 126-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UNC is second in NCAA history in appearances (50), wins (126), games (172) and winning percentage (.733).
• Carolina is 29-6 this season. The Tar Heels won a share of the ACC regular-season title for the ninth time in Roy Williams' 16 seasons and the 32nd time in school history. Carolina beat Louisville and lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament, and advanced to the Sweet 16 with NCAA Tournament wins in Columbus, Ohio, over 16-seed Iona and 9-seed Washington.
• UNC is playing in the Sweet 16 for an NCAA-record 29th time (10th under Roy Williams).
• The Tar Heels are 26-7 in regional semifinals dating back to 1957 and are 21-7 in the Sweet 16 (which the NCAA began designating the round of 16 in 1975).
• Roy Williams is 8-1 in the Sweet 16 at Carolina and 13-5 overall.
• Carolina is a No. 1 seed for an NCAA-record 17th time. This is the best four-year stretch (2016-19) based on NCAA Tournament seeds in Carolina Basketball history (1,1,2,1). Previous bests were 1981-84 (2,1,2,1); 1982-85 (1,2,1,2); 2005-08 (1,3,1,1) and 2006-09 (3,1,1,1).
• Williams is a No. 1 seed for the 13th time, second most in NCAA Tournament history.
• This is the eighth time in 16 seasons as Carolina's head coach Williams has led the Tar Heels to a No. 1 seed (UNC also was a No. 2 seed twice under Williams). UNC had earned a No. 1 seed five times in the 25 years prior to Williams becoming its head coach.
• Carolina is 63-11 as a No. 1 seed, including 13-1 in the round of 16.
• Carolina entered the NCAA Tournament No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll. This is UNC's highest finish since 2016, when the Tar Heels also were third. It is UNC's 38th top-10 finish in the 71-year history of the AP poll. It is Roy Williams' 20th top-10 finish (11 at UNC) and 15th top-five (eight at UNC).
• This is the third season in which the Tar Heels have played in the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, winning the 1957 NCAA title here by beating Michigan State and Kansas, and splitting first- and second-round games against Villanova and KU, respectively, in 2013.
MISCELLANEOUS
• This is the 15th consecutive season the Tar Heels have won at least 20 games under Roy Williams (this is Carolina's 61st 20-win season) and the 12th time in 16 seasons Williams has led UNC to 25 or more wins (39th time in UNC history).
• Carolina won at No. 1 Duke, No. 15 NC State and No. 15 Louisville (AP). This was the first time since 2006 UNC won three road games over AP-top 15 teams.
• Carolina's 79-69 win at Louisville was the first time in UNC history the Tar Heels followed a 20-point home loss with a double-digit win on that same team's home floor.
• Carolina won three ACC road games by 20 or more points for the second time in school history. UNC won by 25 at Pitt, 23 at Georgia Tech and 38 at Wake Forest (in 2005, UNC won at Virginia Tech and Virginia by 34 and at Florida State by 21).
• Carolina is averaging 86.0 points, which is third in the nation, on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach, and the highest since 2008-09.
• Carolina has ranked in the top 10 in scoring eight times under Williams.
• This is the 10th time in 16 seasons UNC is averaging 80-plus points under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is eighth nationally in offensive efficiency and 11th in defensive efficiency (KenPom). UNC is one of five teams that are ranked in the top 11 in offensive and defensive efficiencies (with Virginia, Duke, Michigan State and Kentucky).
• Carolina has finished the season in the top 10 in KenPom's offensive efficiency in eight of the previous 15 seasons, including 10th in 2015, first in 2016, ninth in 2017 and sixth in 2018.
REBOUNDING
• Carolina has out-rebounded its opponents 30 times in 35 games and is 26-4 in those games.
• Carolina has 40 or more rebounds 23 times, including nine of the last 10 games; UNC is 20-3 when it has 40 or more rebounds.
• The Tar Heels lead nation in rebound margin at plus 10.5 per game. That is the fourth-highest rebound margin in UNC history and the third-best in the Roy Williams Era.
• UNC has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of the previous 15 seasons under Williams, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the previous four years.
• Carolina leads the nation with 43.9 rebounds per game. UNC also led the nation in rebounds per game 2016-17 and 2017-18.
ASSISTS
• The Tar Heels are averaging 18.9 assists per game, third in the country (behind Belmont and Michigan State). The 18.9 assists are the 11th most in UNC history and the most in a season since 2004-05 (19.1 per game).
• Carolina is 15-0 when it has 20 or more assists.
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina's assist-error ratio of 1.45 equals the fifth highest in school history. Six of the seven best assist-error ratios in UNC history have been established in the last 11 seasons under Roy Williams.
THREE-POINTERS
• Carolina has made 305 three-pointers, which ties the single-season school record (also 305 in 2018).
• Three of UNC's four-highest single-season totals have come in the last four seasons.
• The Tar Heels have made 13 or more three-pointers six times this season (13 vs. Gonzaga, 16 vs. Virginia Tech, 13 at Georgia Tech, 13 vs. Miami, 16 at Wake Forest and 13 at Clemson). This is the first time in school history the Tar Heels have made 13 or more threes six times. UNC is 6-0 in those games.
• The Tar Heels have scored 915 of their 3,009 points from three-point range, the highest percentage (.304) in the Roy Williams Era. The previous high was a year ago (30.3 percent).
• The Tar Heels are making a school-record 8.7 threes per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
AP POLL NOTES
• Carolina is No. 3 in the final 2018-19 AP poll, which was released on March 18.
• It is Carolina's 38th top-10 finish, 25th top-five finish and 12th top-three finish in the AP poll.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in 38 seasons and out of the top 10 in just 33 seasons.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in 27 of the last 39 years. UNC has finished the season ranked in the AP poll 51 times.
• It is Roy Williams' 20th top-10 finish in 31 years as a head coach (11 in 16 seasons at Carolina) and 12th top-five (eight at UNC).
• Carolina has been ranked in the AP poll 916 times, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• Carolina is ranked in the top 10 for the eighth consecutive poll.
• UNC reached as high as No. 3 in the AP poll this season. It was UNC's highest ranking in the AP poll since week four in 2016-17 (also No. 3).
• This is the 100th consecutive AP poll in which the Tar Heels are ranked, dating back to mid-conference play in the 2013-14 season.
• UNC began the year No. 8 in the preseason AP poll. It was the 13th time in 16 seasons under Roy Williams UNC was ranked in the preseason Top 10.
• This season is the 56th time in 71 seasons the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10 in at least one week of the poll.
PLAYING AP RANKED TEAMS
• Carolina has already played eight teams that are ranked in the final AP top 25, including three of the top four and six of the top 10 teams.
• Carolina is 8-4 this season against AP-ranked opponents.
• The Tar Heels have wins over No. 17 UCLA, No. 4 Gonzaga, No. 15 NC State, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Louisville, No. 1 Duke, No. 16 Florida State and No. 4 Duke.
• UNC lost to No. 7 Michigan, No. 19 Kentucky, No. 4 Virginia and No. 5 Duke.
• Carolina had eight wins over ranked teams prior to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since winning 10 in 1998.
NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• Carolina came into the season having won an average of 20.7 games per season and has 29 wins this season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.
CAROLINA VS. AUBURN
• This is the fourth meeting ever between the Tar Heels and Tigers and just the second since 1932.
• This is the first game Roy Williams has ever coached against Auburn as a head coach.
• Carolina is 3-0 vs. Auburn, including 1-0 in NCAA Tournament play (in 1985) and 2-0 in Southern Conference Tournament action (in 1927 and 1932).
• On March 22, 1985, No. 2 seed UNC beat No. 11 seed Auburn in the Southeast Regional semifinal, 62-56, in Birmingham, Ala.
• Kenny Smith, currently Turner Sports' premier basketball analyst, led the Tar Heels with 22 points, six assists, two steals and no turnovers.
• This is the third consecutive year Carolina has played an SEC team in the NCAA Tournament. In 2017, UNC beat Arkansas in the second round and Kentucky in the regional final. Last year, Texas A&M eliminated the Tar Heels in round two.
• Carolina sophomore forward Garrison Brooks lives in Lafayette, Ala., (pronounced luh-FET), just over 20 miles from Auburn.
CAROLINA IN KANSAS CITY
• The Tar Heels are 5-1 in three previous trips to Kansas City, including 3-1 in the Sprint Center.
• This is UNC's first appearance in Kansas City since November 2015. The Tar Heels beat Northwestern and Kansas State in the Sprint Center in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic.
• In 2013, the Tar Heels were the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament's South Region. Carolina beat Villanova, 78-71, behind P.J. Hairston's 23 points and 11 Tar Heel three-pointers. No. 1 seed Kansas overcame a 30-21 UNC halftime lead in the second round to secure a 70-58 Jayhawk victory.
• Carolina won the first of its six NCAA titles in 1957 in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. The Tar Heels won a pair of triple overtime games in the Final Four, edging Michigan State, 74-70 in the semifinal, and toppling Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas, 54-53, in the championship game.
• Helms Foundation National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth scored 31 in the semifinal and 20 in the title game. Joe Quigg's two free throws with six seconds to play in the third overtime gave UNC the one-point victory and the school's first national title in any sport.
• Carolina junior forward Shea Rush hails from Fairway, Kan., which is approximately eight miles south of Kansas City. He attended the Barstow School in Kansas City.
AGAINST THE 2019 FIELD
• Carolina is 11-5 this season against 12 different teams that have played in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
• UNC played all three other No. 1 seeds (2-1 vs. Duke, 1-0 vs. Gonzaga and 0-1 vs. Virginia)and two of four No. 2 seeds (0-1 vs. Kentucky and Michigan).
• Carolina went 2-1 vs. Louisville and 1-0 vs. Iona, Florida State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Washington and Wofford.
NCAA VETERANS
• Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have been a part of UNC teams that are 14-2 in four NCAA Tournament appearances, including winning the national title as sophomores in 2017.
• UNC has earned three No. 1 seeds and a No. 2 seed in their four seasons. It is the best four-year period based on seeds in Carolina Basketball history.
• UNC went 5-1 in their freshman season, winning the 2016 East Regional and the national semifinal over Syracuse before losing to Villanova on a last-second shot in the national championship game.
• In 2017, Carolina went 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament, winning the South Regional and then beating Oregon and Gonzaga in Phoenix to win the national championship.
• Maye came off the bench that season, but hit the winning shot to beat Kentucky in the Elite Eight to send UNC to the Final Four. Maye had a double-double vs. Butler in the Sweet 16 and 17 points against Kentucky in the regional final and was the Most Outstanding Player of the South Regional.
• Williams had started 22 of UNC's first 26 games in 2016-17, but injured his knee in practice in early February and did not appear in the post-season.
• Juniors Brandon Robinson and Seventh Woods also played on the 2017 championship team. Woods played three minutes in the title game vs. Gonzaga.
• Last year, Carolina was the No. 2 seed in the West Regional, beat Lipscomb in the first round and lost to Texas A&M in the second.
• Sterling Manley had 10 rebounds against Lipscomb.
• Cameron Johnson played in one NCAA Tournament game while at Pitt (against Wisconsin in 2016).
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