NBA Draft Night Arrives For Cole Anthony

CHAPEL HILL—The night Cole Anthony has anticipated for much of his life finally arrives with Wednesday's 2020 NBA Draft.

The point guard from New York City was a Third-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick as a freshman in 2019-20 before declaring for the Draft as a one-and-done entrant, UNC's third in the last two years (joining Coby White and Nassir Little from the 2019 Draft).

Anthony now hopes to become the 53rd first-round NBA Draft pick in Carolina history and the 33rd in the illustrious career of head coach Roy Williams.

The Draft is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Wednesday and will be televised by ESPN.

Carolina in the NBA Draft Notes

• 116 former Tar Heels have been selected in the NBA Draft. UNC has the third-most alumni selected in the NBA Draft behind Kentucky (132) and UCLA (124).

• Fifty-two former Tar Heels have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, which equals Kentucky for the highest number of first-round selections.

• Thirty-two of Roy Williams' players have been selected in the first round – 21 Tar Heels and 11 Kansas Jayhawks.

• Five Tar Heels and five Jayhawks who played for Williams were selected in the second round of the NBA Draft.

• At least one Tar Heel was a first-round selection in 10 of Roy Williams' first 16 seasons (2019-20 was his 17th as head coach of the Tar Heels).

• Williams had a player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in 17 of his first 31 seasons as a head coach (2019-20 was his 32nd as a head coach).

• Carolina had a player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in 34 different seasons.

Cole Anthony Notes

• Third-team All-ACC in 2019-20
• ACC All-Freshman Team
• USBWA All-District III
• Basketball Times Second-Team All-Freshman

2019-20 Season Notes
Led Carolina in scoring at 18.5 points per game, the second-highest scoring average ever by a UNC freshman • Missed 11 games after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure to treat a partially torn meniscus in his right knee on 12/16/19 • Did not play from the Wofford game on Dec. 15 through the NC State game in Raleigh on Jan. 27 • Scored in double figures in 19 of his 22 games with one 30-point game and eight others with 20 or more (five times with 25 or more, second most by a UNC freshman) • Four double-figure rebound games • Led UNC in scoring 13 times • Led Carolina in plus/minus with a plus 55 • Made multiple three-pointers 12 times with a high of seven at Syracuse • Made four or more threes five times • Made 6 of 6 or better from the free throw line four times with a high of 14 for 14 against Boston College • Made 49 threes in 22 games (2.2 per game) • Had 88 assists and 77 turnovers (1.1) • Averaged 5.7 rebounds, highest in at least 50 years by a Tar Heel point guard • Two-time ACC Freshman of the Week (for his play vs. Notre Dame and UNCW in November and NC State and Syracuse in late February) • ACC Player of the Week for his play against the Irish and UNCW • Became the first Tar Heel to score 25 or more points and have seven assists in back-to-back games (at Syracuse and vs. Wake Forest) • Played 30 or more minutes 20 times.

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Carolina in the NBA Draft Notes

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Players Mentioned

Cole Anthony

Nassir Little

Coby White

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