Tar Heels going into NCAA Tournament East Regional as #1 seed

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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Tar Heels earn #1 seed in NCAA East Regional

Winston-Salem, NC - Atlantic Coast Conference champion North Carolina (28-6, 11-5 ACC) has earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional and will open play on Thursday March 15 against No. 16 seed Eastern Kentucky (21-11, 13-7 Ohio Valley Conference) in Winston-Salem, N.C. The game will be televised by CBS. The Tar Heels and Colonels will face off at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Thursday at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the 7:20 p.m. game between No. 8 seed Marquette and No. 9 seed Michigan State.

The winners of the two games will play in the East Regional second round at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Saturday night in Winston-Salem. “We are extremely excited about our season and about earning a No. 1 seed,” head coach Roy Williams said upon the release of the Tournament field. “As always, we're excited about being a part of the NCAA Tournament. We should have some confidence from winning the ACC Tournament, but as I've always said, you build your momentum in the NCAA Tournament. I'm pleased for our fans that we're staying in North Carolina. Hopefully, we'll give them a good showing.”

Says senior Reyshawn Terry, a Winston-Salem native: "I'm very excited to be playing at home in Winston-Salem, but my main focus is on doing what we need to do. My mom might be more excited than I am. I don't even know how many ticket requests I'm going to get." Carolina finished tied with Virginia for first place in the ACC standings this season and won its 16th ACC Tournament championship on March 11 in Tampa, Fla. UNC’s 16 ACC titles are tied with Duke for the most in conference history.

This is the first time since 1982 Carolina has won both the ACC regular season and Tournament championships in the same year.
The Tar Heels are a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for an NCAA-record 11th time. The last time UNC was a No. 1 seed, it won the 2005 NCAA championship.

CAROLINA EARNS 39TH NCAA TOURNAMENT BID

Carolina in 2007 is playing in the NCAA
Tournament for the 39th time, tied for second in
NCAA history for most appearances by a program.
Kentucky’s 48 appearances rank No. 1,
followed by Carolina and UCLA’s 39.

CAROLINA’S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

• UNC has reached an NCAA-record 16 Final
Fours, including at least one in each of the last
seven decades.
• Carolina has appeared in 126 NCAA Tournament
games. Only Kentucky (139) has played
in more.
• The Tar Heels are 89-37 in NCAA Tournament
games. Kentucky is first all-time in NCAA
wins with 97, Carolina is second with 89, Duke
is third with 85, UCLA is fourth with 84 and
Kansas is fifth with 73.
• Carolina has advanced to the regional semifinal
round (Sweet 16) 20 times. NCAA Sweet
16 records began in 1975, the first year a team
had to win at least one game to reach the Sweet
16. Kentucky is the only other school in America
with 20 Sweet 16 appearances.
• UNC has reached the Sweet 16 18 times in
its last 24 NCAA Tournament appearances (entering
the 2006-07 Tournament). The years UNC
made the NCAA field but did not reach the
Sweet 16 were in 1994 (lost to Boston College in
the second round), 1996 (lost to Texas Tech in
the second round), 1999 (lost to Weber State in
the first round), 2001 (lost to Penn State in the
second round), 2004 (lost to Texas in the second
round) and 2006 (lost to George Mason in the
second round).
• Carolina made 27 consecutive trips to the
NCAATournament from 1975-2001. That is the
longest streak in NCAA history. Arizona’s 23
straight appearances (active) is the secondlongest
such streak.
• Entering the 2006-07 NCAA Tournament,
the Tar Heels have won at least one game in 23
of their last 24 NCAATournament appearances
(Carolina lost in the first round in 1999 toWeber
State).
• This season marks UNC's 22nd appearance
in the NCAA Tournament East Regional (including
the 2005 Syracuse Regional).

TAR HEELS EARN NCAA-RECORD 11TH NO. 1 SEED

• This season marks the 11th time Carolina
has been a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament
and the eighth time in the last 17 years. The Tar
Heels have earned more No. 1 seeds than any
team in NCAATournament history (Duke is second
with 10).
• This season marks Roy Williams’ seventh
No. 1 seed in 19 years as a head coach.
• Five of the last six number-one seeds Carolina
has received have resulted in Final Four appearances—
2005, 1998, 1997, 1993 and 1991.
The only exception came in 1994.
• The UNC women are also a No. 1 seed in
the Dallas Regional this season, marking their
third consecutive No. 1 seed. No other school
has both its teams seeded No. 1 this year.

CAROLINA’S FOUR NCAA TITLES

• UNC won the NCAA Tournament in 1957,
1982, 1993 and 2005. The Tar Heels reached the
NCAAchampionship game and finished second
in 1946, 1968, 1977 and 1981.
• The Tar Heels defeated Kansas in triple overtime
to win the 1957 title behind National
Player-of-the-Year Lennie Rosenbluth. Carolina
overcame 23 points and 14 rebounds by Jayhawk
center Wilt Chamberlain. Joe Quigg hit two free
throws with six seconds remaining in the third
overtime to provide the winning margin in
UNC’s 54-53 victory.
• James Worthy poured in 28 points and freshman Michael
Jordan hit a perimeter jumper with
17 seconds to play to lead Carolina to a 63-62
win over Georgetown in the 1982 championship.
The title was Dean Smith’s first NCAA crown.
Worthy and Jordan were joined in the starting
lineup by Sam Perkins, Carolina’s all-time leading
rebounder, Matt Doherty and point guard
Jimmy Black.
• Eleven years after Smith’s first NCAA triumph
in New Orleans, sophomore guard Donald
Williams scored 25 points in both the semifinal
win over Kansas and the championship game
against Michigan to lead UNC to another national
title in the Superdome. Williams made five
three-pointers and several key free throws late in
the game. Senior forward George Lynch was the
team’s MVP that season and started along with
center Eric Montross, forward Brian Reese, point
guard Derrick Phelps and Williams. Senior Henrik
Rodl and juniors Pat Sullivan and Kevin Salvadori
were key reserves.
• Carolina won its fourth NCAA championship
in 2005. Carolina, ranked No. 2 in the
final Associated Press poll, defeated No. 1 Illinois
in the 2005 NCAA Tournament championship
game in St. Louis. The national
championship was the first for head coach Roy
Williams in his fifth Final Four appearance. The
UNC-Illinois game was the first meeting between
the AP’s No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the
NCAA title game since 1975. Carolina advanced
to the title game with an 87-71 win over
Michigan State in the semifinals.

NCAA-RECORD 16 FINAL FOURS

• North Carolina made its NCAA-record 16th
Final Four appearance in 2005. The Tar Heels
have reached at least one Final Four in each of
the last seven decades. UCLA is second with 15
Final Four appearances.
• Carolina’s 16 Final Four appearances came
in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977,
1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000
and 2005.

SEVEN FINAL FOURS IN 17 YEARS

• Carolina has played in seven Final Fours in
the last 16 seasons (entering the 2007 NCAA
Tournament). Only seven other programs have
played in more Final Fours in their entire histories
than the Tar Heels have in the last 16 seasons.
• Those seven teams are UCLA (15 Final Four
appearances), Duke (14), Kentucky (13), Kansas
(12), Ohio State (nine), Indiana (eight) and
Louisville (eight).
• Since the 1990-91 season, Carolina has
reached the Final Four in 1991, 1993, 1995,
1997, 1998, 2000 and 2005, winning the NCAA
championship in 1993 and 2005.

WILLIAMS MAKING 18TH STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE

• Tar Heel head coach Roy Williams is taking
his 18th consecutive team to the NCAA Tournament
this season. The first 14 of those squads
were at Kansas and the last four have been at
Carolina.
• Williams’ 18 straight NCAA appearances
mark the second-longest active streak in the nation
and the third-longest of all-time, trailing
only the 23 appearances in a row by Carolina’s
Dean Smith (1975-97) and Arizona’s Lute Olson
(1985-present).
• Williams has 42 all-time NCAA Tournament
wins, fourth among all active coaches entering
the 2007 Tournament and tied for sixth all-time.
His Tournament winning percentage of .724
ranks fourth among active coaches.

17 STRAIGHT YEARS WITH AN NCAA WIN FOR WILLIAMS

• When Carolina beat Murray State in the first
round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament in Dayton,
Ohio, Roy Williams became the only coach
in the nation to win at least one NCAA Tournament
game in each of the last 17 seasons.
• That tied the NCAA record of 17 by former
Carolina coach Dean Smith. A Tar Heel win in
the 2007 first round over Eastern Kentucky
would set a new NCAA record for Williams.

ROY WILLIAMS & THE FINAL FOUR

• The 2004-05 season marked Roy Williams’
fifth NCAA Final Four appearance as a head
coach and his third in four seasons. Previously,
Williams guided his Kansas to the Final Four in
1991, 1993, 2002 and 2003.
• Williams has reached the NCAA championship game three times (1991 and 2003 at
Kansas and 2005 at UNC), winning the national
championship in 2005.
• Williams (Kansas in 1991 and 2003 and
UNC in 2005) is the third coach to lead two different
teams to the NCAA championship game.
All three coaches in NCAA history to lead two
different teams to the NCAA title game have
Carolina ties. Williams joins Larry Brown
(UCLA 1980 and Kansas in 1988) and Frank
McGuire (St. John’s in 1952 and UNC in 1957)
in doing so. Brown is a 1963 Carolina graduate.
• Williams is the 12th head coach to lead two
different programs to the Final Four. Of those
12 coaches, Williams was the quickest to take his
second team to the Final Four, leading Kansas to
the NCAA semifinals in 2003 and Carolina in
2005.
• Only five coaches in NCAA history (John
Wooden of UCLA, Dean Smith of UNC, Mike
Krzyewski of Duke, Denny Crum of Louisville
and Adolph Rupp of Kentucky) have more Final
Four appearances than Williams.
• Williams is the fifth Tar Heel head coach to
reach the Final Four, joining Ben Carnevale
(1946), Frank McGuire (1957), Dean Smith
(1967-68-69-72-77-81-82-91-93-95-97) and Bill
Guthridge (1998 and 2000).
• Williams is the third Tar Heel head coach to
win an NCAA championship, joining Hall of
Famers Frank McGuire (1957) and Dean Smith
(1982, 1993).

CAROLINA VS. THE 2007 NCAA FIELD

• Carolina has played 17 games this season
against 13 teams that are part of the 2007 NCAA
Tournament field of 65 — No. 1 seed Ohio State,
No. 4 seeds Maryland and Virginia, No. 5 seeds
Virginia Tech and Tennessee, No. 6 seed Duke,
No. 7 seed Boston College, No. 8 seeds Arizona
and Kentucky, No. 10 seeds Georgia Tech and
Gonzaga, No. 11 seed Winthrop and No. 14 seed
Pennsylvania.
• The Tar Heels are 12-5 this season versus
teams in the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

THE SERIES VS. EASTERN KENTUCKY

• The Colonels and Tar Heels have met just
once before Thursday, with Eastern Kentucky
picking up an 85-62 win over Carolina on Dec.
20, 1950, in Pikeville, Kentucky.

CAROLINA’S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY IN WINSTON-SALEM

• This will be North Carolina's third trip to
Winston-Salem in the NCAA Tournament. Carolina
was 2-0 in 1993 and 2-0 in 1997 in two previous
visits.
• The last four NCAA Tournament appearances
that have included a stop in the state of
North Carolina have resulted in Final Fours for
the Tar Heels (2005, 1998, 1997, 1993).
• Former UNC head coach Dean Smith broke
Adolph Rupp’s all-time coaching wins record in
Winston-Salem with a 73-56 win over Colorado
on March 15, 1997, in the NCAA East Regional
second round.
• Carolina holds a 19-1 record in NCAA play
in the state of North Carolina (the lone loss came
in Raleigh in 1979).
• UNC is 14-8 at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
That includes a 10-8 record against Wake Forest
and a 4-0 mark in NCAA Tournament games.
Wake Forest began playing in this facility in
1989-90.

CAROLINA WINS ITS 16TH ACC TOURNAMENT

• Carolina won the 2007 ACC Tournament in
Tampa, Fla. The Tar Heels beat Florida State,
Boston College and NC State to win its 16th
ACC Tournament championship.
• Prior to 2007, the last time UNC had won
both a share of the ACC regular season title and
the ACC Tournament in the same season was
1982.
• Carolina has won the regular season and
Tournament titles in 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969,
1972, 1977, 1979, 1982 and 2007.
• The Tar Heels have an all-time record of 80-
37 in Tournament play. Carolina and Duke lead
the ACC in Tournament wins with 80 apiece.
• Carolina is 39-11 as the No. 1 seed in the
ACC Tournament.
• The Tar Heels in 2007 were the ACC Tournament’s
No. 1 seed for the 20th time. The 2007
championship marks the first time UNC had won
the Tournament as the top seed since 1982. Since
1982, Carolina had been the top seed in 1983,
1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2005 and 2007.
• The Tar Heels have won the ACC Tournament
16 times, tying Duke as the most titles in
conference history. Carolina is 16-12 in ACC
Tournament championship games.
• Carolina has won ACC Tournament championships
in 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975,
1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997,
1998 and 2007.
• Prior to 2007, Carolina last won the ACC
Tournament title in 1998. That streak of eight
consecutive years without an ACC championship
was its longest stretch without a conference
title since going nine straight years without
a title from 1958-66. Dean Smith won his first
first ACC Tournament in 1967.
• UNC has played in the championship game
28 times in 54 ACC Tournament appearances
(including 2007). Those 28 title-game appearances
lead all ACC schools.
• The Tar Heels have played in the ACC Tournament
finals in 13 of the last 21 seasons. Prior
to this season, UNC had gone five straight years
without reaching the title game (2002-06), marking
the first time since 1960-66 the Tar Heels had
missed the title game in at least three straight
seasons.
• Carolina’s ACC Tournament winning percentage
is higher outside the state of North Carolina
(18-6, 75.0 percent) than inside the state’s
borders (62-31, 66.7 percent).
• Roy Williams won his first ACC championship
as a head coach this season. While the
head coach at Kansas, Williams won four Big
8/12 Tournament titles (1992, 1997, 1998 and
1999). Williams was an assistant coach under
Dean Smith for three ACC championships at
UNC (1979, 1981, 1982).

TAR HEELS SHARE ACC REGULAR SEASON TITLE

• The 2006-07 season is the 25th time Carolina
has won at least a share of the ACC regular-season
championship (and the second time under
Roy Williams, joining 2004-05).
• UNC has won 15 outright regular-season
ACC titles, most recently in 2004-05.
• Roy Williams has won or tied for 11 conference
regular-season championships in 19 years
as a head coach, including nine Big 8/12 regular
season titles as Kansas’ head coach and two ACC
regular season titles at Carolina (2005, 2007).
• This year was the 20th time Carolina has
been the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament.
The Tar Heels have been the top seed in 1957,
1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977,
1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993,
2001, 2005 and 2007.
• UNC has gone 39-11 as the ACC’s No. 1
seed, winning nine titles.
• Prior to 2007, the last time UNC had won
both a share of the ACC regular season title and
the ACC Tournament in the same season was
1982.

ACC FINAL RECAP: TAR HEELS HOLD OFF NC STATE

All five Tar Heel starters scored in double figures
as Carolina beat NC State, 89-80, on March
11 in Tampa, Fla. to win its 16th ACC Tournament
title. The 16 ACC championships tie Duke
as the most in conference history.
Senior Reyshawn Terry scored eight consecutive
points for Carolina in a late-game stretch
to lead the Tar Heels to the win. Terry finished
with 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and a
steal in 24 minutes.
ACC Tournament MVP Brandan Wright (7
of 11 field goal shooting) scored 16 points and so
did fellow freshman Wayne Ellington (6 of 8).
Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough tied an ACC
Tournament record by going 11 for 11 at the free
throw line in the championship game and finished
with 15 points and four steals. Ty Lawson
tallied 13 points, four rebounds, four assists
and one turnover.
Carolina led 42-34 at halftime, shooting 60.7
percent from the floor collectively and forcing
10 Wolfpack turnovers before the break. Wright
scored 14 first-half points on 6 of 7 shooting and
senior Wes Miller hit back-to-back three pointers
in a 34-second span as part of an 8-0 run that
put Carolina up 40-32.
As a team, UNC hit 19 of 20 free throw attempts
in the second half. The Tar Heels led by
as many as 16 points with 13:51 to play before
the Wolfpack battled back and made it a close
game. NC State could get no closer than a onepoint
deficit down the stretch, however.
Carolina’s free throw percentage of 95.8 for
the game was its best all season and its highest
since going 12 for 12 as a team against Georgia
Tech on Jan. 29, 2000.
Carolina had three freshman make first-team
All-ACC Tournament - Brandan Wright,
Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson. Previously, no
school has had more than one freshman make
All-ACC Tournament in a given year.

HANSBROUGH AT THE LINE

Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough is moving up
in the Carolina single-season free throw record
books in 2006-07.
• Hansbrough has hit 209 free throws this season,
ranking fourth in UNC history in single-season
free throws made. Lennie Rosenbluth leads
with 285 (1956-57), Bob Lewis is second with
222 (1965-66), Pete Brennan is third with 214
(1957-58) and Hansbrough is fourth with 209
this season.
• Hansbrough has attempted 273 free throws
this season, fifth-most in school history in a single
season.

LAWSON’S ASSIST/TO RATIO

• Freshman Ty Lawson has more assists than
turnovers in 12 consecutive games entering the
Eastern Kentucky contest.
• Lawson has 76 assists and 20 turnovers in
those 12 games. His assist/error ratio is 3.8 to 1
in those games.
• He had 20 assists and four turnovers in the
two ACC Tournament games in Tampa.
• Since moving into the starting lineup against
Ohio State, Ty Lawson has 159 assists and just
45 turnovers in 27 starts. That’s just 1.7
turnovers per start.
• Lawson already has a pair of zero-turnover
games as a Carolina starter. Raymond Felton had
four zero-turnover games in his three-year Carolina
career. Lawson’s current assist/turnover
ratio is 2.54, second-best in the ACC. Since
turnovers were reliably tracked, the best mark for
a Carolina freshman point guard who started the
majority of his team’s games is Ed Cota’s 1.89.

HANSBROUGH INJURY UPDATE

Tyler Hansbrough suffered a non-displaced
nasal fracture near the end of the March 4 game
against Duke. X-rays taken the next morning revealed
the fracture. He wore a hard plastic protective
mask in the three ACC Tournament
games, averaging 10.0 points and 6.7 rebounds
while hitting just 9 of 23 shots (39.1 percent).
Earlier in the Duke game, in an unrelated play,
Hansbrough suffered an injury to his mouth that
may result in dental work at a later date. As a
result, he is wearing a protective mouthpiece.

HANSBROUGH A CONSENSUS FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA

• Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough this season
became Carolina’s first consensus first-team All-
America since 2001. Hansbrough is a consensus
choice based on being named first-team by
The Sporting News, the NABC and the USBWA.
• The last Tar Heel consensus first-team All-
America was Joseph Forte in 2001.
• Carolina has had 14 players earn 18 consensus
first-team All-America honors. Hansbrough
is the fifth to do so as a sophomore (Michael Jordan,
J.R. Reid, Jerry Stackhouse and Forte).
• Carolina is tied with Duke for second all-time
with 14 players earning consensus All-America
honors a total of 18 times. Kentucky is first 15
different players who have earned consensus
honors on 20 occasions.

UNC FREE THROW RECORDS SINGLE-SEASON FREE THROWS MADE

285 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1956-57
222 Bob Lewis, 1965-66
214 Pete Brenan, 1957-58
209 Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07

SINGLE-SEASON FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED

376 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1956-57
291 Pete Brenna, 1957-58
276 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
274 Bob Lewis, 1965-66
273 Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07

UNC FG PCT. RECORDS SINGLE-SEASON FIELD GOAL PCT.

69.7 Brendan Haywood, 1999-2000
66.8 Bobby Jones, 1971-72
66.2 Brandan Wright, 2006-07
65.4 Rasheed Wallace, 1994-95
Carolina’s Consensus First-Team
All-America Selections
George Glamack (1940, 1941)
Lennie Rosenbluth (1957)
Larry Miller (1968)
Robert McAdoo (1972)
Phil Ford (1977, 1978)
James Worthy (1982)
Michael Jordan (1983, 1984)
Sam Perkins (1983, 1984)
Kenny Smith (1987)
J.R. Reid (1988)
Jerry Stackouse (1995)
Antawn Jamison (1998)
Joseph Forte (2001)
Tyler Hansbrough (2007)

HANSBROUGH NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA BY THE SPORTING NEWS; WRIGHT NAMED ALL-FRESHMAN

Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough was named a
first-team All-America for 2006-07 by The
Sporting News, the magazine announced in
March. Freshman Brandan Wright was named
to the magazine’s All-Freshman Team.
Joining Hansbrough on the first team were National
Freshman and Player of the Year Kevin
Durant (Texas), Alando Tucker (Wisconsin),
Arron Afflalo (UCLA) and Acie Law (Texas
A&M). Jared Dudley (Boston College) was on
the second team.
Joining Wright on the All-Freshman Team
were Durant, Greg Oden (Ohio State), D.J. Augustin
(Texas) and Stephen Curry (Davidson).

HANSBROUGH NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA BY USBWA

Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough was named a
first-team All-America for 2006-07 by the
United States Basketball Writers Assocation
(USBWA), announced on March 12 by USBWA
President Tom Shatel of the Omaha World-Herald.
Hansbrough was joined on the first team by
Kevin Durant (Texas), Nick Fazekas (Nevada),
Acie Law IV (Texas A&M) and Alando Tucker
(Wisconsin). Boston College’s Jared Dudley was
on the second team.

HANSBROUGH NAMED FIRSTTEAM
ALL-AMERICA BY NABC
Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough was named a
first-team All-America for 2006-07 by the National
Association of Basketball Coaches
(NABC) on March 7. Hansbrough is the only
ACC player on the first team and was joined on
the squad by Kevin Durant (Texas), Alando
Tucker (Wisconsin), Acie Law IV (Texas A&M)
and Aaron Afflalo (UCLA). Jared Dudley
(Boston College) was named to the second team,
while Sean Singletary (Virginia) was on the third
team.
Hansbrough was a third-team NABC All-
America as a freshman in 2005-06.

HANSBROUGH NAMED SECONDTEAM
ALL-AMERICA BY SI.COM
Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough has been
named a second-team All-America by SI.com,
the magazine announced this week. The first
team consisted of Acie Law IV (Texas A&M),
Aaron Afflalo (UCLA), Alando Tucker (Wisconsin),
Nick Fazekas (Nevada) and Player of
the Year Kevin Durant (Texas). Joining Hansbrough
on the second team were Chris Lofton
(Tennessee), Greg Oden (Ohio State), Al Thornton
(Florida State) and Darren Collison (UCLA).

HANSBROUGH DISTRICT PLAYER
OF THE YEAR BY USBWA
Sophomore forward Tyler Hansbrough was
named the District III (Va., N.C., S.C., Md.)
Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers
Association (USBWA) based on voting from its
national membership. Hansbrough and Brandan
Wright were named to the All-District III
team.
Other ACC players on the 10-player District
III team were Zabian Dowdell (Virginia Tech),
J.R. Reynolds (Virginia), Sean Singletary (Virginia),
D.J. Strawberry (Maryland) and Kyle
Visser (Wake Forest).

HANSBROUGH NAMED TO WOODEN AWARD BALLOT

Carolina sophomore forward Tyler Hansbrough
was named by the the John R. Wooden
Award Committee as one of the 22 student-athletes
on the official voting ballot for the 2006-
2007 Wooden Award All-American Team and
Wooden Award Player of the Year, presented annually
to the nation's top collegiate basketball
player. The winner will be announced on Apr. 7.
For the first time in Wooden Award history,
fans will be able to cast their vote for the
Wooden Award Player of the Year. All fan votes
will be tabulated and counted as one ballot towards
the final tally. Fans will have the option
of voting on WoodenAward.com or by text messaging
from their cell phones. All fans who submit
votes will be entered into a sweepstakes to
win a VIP experience for two at the Wooden
Award Presentation Gala. This information and
more are available at WoodenAward.com.

WRIGHT NAMED FIRST-TEAM FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA

Freshman Brandan Wright was named a firstteam
Freshman All-America by Rivals.com, the
website announced on March 9. Joining Wright
on the first team were national freshman of the
year Kevin Durant (Texas), D.J. Augustin
(Texas), Mike Conley Jr. (Ohio State) and Greg
Oden (Ohio State).

HANSBROUGH, WRIGHT NAMED ALL-ACC

Tar Heels Tyler Hansbrough and Brandan
Wright earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference
honors for 2006-07, the Atlantic Coast Sports
Media Association (ACSMA) announced on
March 5.
Hansbrough was a unanimous selection to the
first team for the second year in a row and
Wright was named to the second team.
Hansbrough is the fourth Tar Heel and the 14th
player in conference history to be a unanimous
first-team All-ACC choice on more than one occasion.
Michael Jordan, Billy Cunningham and
Lennie Rosenbluth are the other Tar Heels to do
so.Hansbrough was joined on the first team by
fellow unanimous choices Jared Dudley of
Boston College and Al Thornton of Florida State,
Sean Singletary of Virginia and Zabian Dowdell
of Virginia Tech.
Wright, the only freshman named to the first
and second teams, had the fifth-most points in
the voting for the second team. He was joined on
the second team by J.R. Reynolds of Virginia,
D.J. Strawberry of Maryland, Tyrese Rice of
Boston College and Josh McRoberts of Duke.

WRIGHT NAMED ACC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Freshman Brandan Wright was named the
2006-07 ACC Rookie of the Year, the Atlantic
Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) announced
on March 6.
• Wright is Carolina’s third consecutive ACC
Rookie of the Year, joining Marvin Williams
(2005) and Tyler Hansbrough (2006).
• The last time any school won three ACC
Rookie-of-the-Year awards in a row was when
Georgia Tech won four in a row from 1983-86.
Duke (1976-78) is the only other school to win
three straight.
• Wright is the eighth Tar Heel to be named
ACC Rookie of the Year, joining Sam Perkins
(1981), Michael Jordan (1982), J.R. Reid (1987),
Ed Cota (1997), Joseph Forte (2000), Williams
(2005) and Hansbrough (2006).
• Georgia Tech leads all ACC teams with 10
Rookie-of-the-Year selections.

WRIGHT, LAWSON ON ACC ALLFRESHMAN TEAM

Tar Heels Brandan Wright and Ty Lawson
were named to the five-man ACC All-Freshman
team, the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association
(ACSMA) announced on March 5. Wright
and Georgia Tech’s Javaris Crittenton were the
only unanimous selections to the team.
Joining Wright, Lawson and Crittenton on the
squad were Brandon Costner of NC State and
Jon Scheyer of Duke. Thaddeus Young of Georgia
Tech and Greivis Vasquez of Maryland were
honorable mention selections.
WILLIAMS WINS NO. 100 AT UNC
Head coach Roy Williams won his 100th
game as the North Carolina head coach on
March 4 against Duke. Williams enters the
NCAA Tournament with a record of 103-29 at
UNC (132 games at Carolina).
Williams is the second-fastest coach to win
100 ACC games in the history of the conference
and the fastest in more than 40 years.
The quickest ACC coach to 100 wins at a con-

CAROLINA VS. RANKED TEAMS (AP Poll)
1940s 0-3
1950s 25-32
1960s 23-24
1970s 44-30
1980s 66-31
1990s 72-37
2000s 41-41
UNC vs. AP-ranked teams 272-199
Roy Williams vs. ranked teams (at UNC) 26-13
UNC vs. Top-10 Teams 135-124
Roy Williams vs. Top-10 (at UNC) 9-6
ference school was Duke’s Vic Bubas in 128
games.
Williams is the fourth Tar Heel head coach to
win 100 games at UNC, joining Dean Smith
(879, from 1961-97), Frank McGuire (164, from
1952-61) and Tom Scott (100 from 1946-52).
CAROLINA WINS 25 GAMES AGAIN
Carolina (28-6) posted its 29th 25-win season
with its victory over Duke on March 4.
• The Tar Heels have won 25 or more games
in a season 29 times in 97 seasons. UNC won 25
or more games nine straight seasons from 1980-
81 to 1988-89.
• Carolina has won 25 or more games in a season
at least once in eight of the last nine decades,
including 25-win seasons in the 1920s, 1940s,
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
(missing only the 1930s).
• Roy Williams-led teams have won 25 or
more games 14 times in 19 seasons at Kansas
and UNC.

TAR HEELS LEAD NATION IN SCORING MARGIN
In the latest NCAA statistics (through games
of March 11), Carolina led the nation with a scoring
margin of +18.1 points per game. Furthermore,
UNC boasted the nation’s No. 2 scoring
offense, the fourth-best rebounding margin in the
country and the fourth-best field goal percentage
in the land. The Tar Heels were also third in the
nation in assists per game.
Roy Williams-coached teams have a history
of high rankings in the NCAA statistics. Under
Williams, Kansas led the nation in the following
categories:
• field goal percentage (1990, 2002)
• assists (2001, 2002)
• winning percentage (1997, 2002)
• scoring (2002)
• scoring margin (2003)
• field goal percentage defense (2001)

ACC STAT RANKINGS
Carolina, winner of the 2007 ACC Tournament
and a share of the 2006-07 ACC regular
season title, enters the NCAA Tournament leading
the ACC in all of the following categories:
• Scoring Offense (86.3 ppg)
• Scoring Margin (+18.1 ppg)
• Field Goal Percentage (50.4)
• Rebounding Offense (40.7 rpg)
• Rebounding Margin (+8.2 rpg)
• Assists (18.65 apg)
• Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.34)
• Defensive Rebounds (27.29 rpg)

HANSBROUGH, WRIGHT NAMED ALL-DISTRICT

Sophomore Tyler Hansbrough and freshman
Brandan Wright were both named first-team
all-district by the National Association of Basketball
Coaches (NABC) on Feb. 28. The Tar
Heel duo were joined on the first team by Virginia’s
Sean Singletary and J.R. Reynolds and
Duke’s Josh McRoberts.
Both Hansbrough and Wright are now eligible
for the NABC All-America teams, to be announced
later in March.

HANSBROUGH NAMED OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY FINALIST

Carolina sophomore Tyler Hansbrough was
named one of six finalists for the Oscar Robertson
Trophy, given by the U.S. Basketball Writers
Association to the nation’s player of the year.
Hansbrough is the only ACC player named as
a finalist and the only sophomore finalist.
The other finalists are freshmen Kevin Durant
(Texas) and Greg Oden (Ohio State), juniors
Arron Afflalo (UCLA) and Joakim Noah
(Florida) and senior Alando Tucker (Wisconsin).

WILLIAMS NAMED HALL OF FAME FINALIST

Carolina head coach Roy Williams is one of
15 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame announced
on Feb. 16.
Williams is in his 19th year as a collegiate head
coach and fourth at his alma mater. He is the
winningest active coach by percentage among
coaches with at least 10 years experience. His
teams have a 517-130 record entering the Duke
game, a win percentage of .799.
Williams has led teams to 10 regular-season
conference championships, four conference tournament
titles, five Final Fours and the 2005 national
championship.
He was named the 2006 National and ACC
Coach of the Year. It was the sixth season he has
earned National Coach of the Year honors. Earlier
this season, he won his 500th game, reaching
that milestone in fewer seasons (19) than any
coach in NCAA Division I history.
Joining Williams on the list of finalists include
Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who led
the Lakers and Bulls to 9 NBA titles; Chris
Mullin, the former St. John’s and NBA standout
who played for the 1992 Olympic ‘Dream
Team’; ESPN sportscaster Dick Vitale; legendary
high school coach Bobby Hurley of St.
Anthony’s; and the 1966 NCAA champions from
Texas Western.
The 15 finalists includes 10 candidates from
the North American Screening Committee –
players Adrian Dantley and Mullin; coaches
Hurley, Jackson, Eddie Sutton and Williams;
contributors Bill Davidson and Vitale; referee
‘Mendy’ Rudolph and the team from Texas
Western. Two candidates each comprise Finalists
from the Women’s Screening Committee –
coaches Van Chancellor and Harley Redin – and
International Screening Committee – coaches
Pedro Ferrandiz and Mirko Novosel, with player
Richard Guerin representing the lone nominee
from the Veteran’s Screening Committee.
The announcement was made at a press conference
in Las Vegas, the site of the 2007 NBA
All-Star Game. The Basketball Hall of Fame
Class of 2007 will be announced at the NCAA
Men’s Final Four in Atlanta on Monday, April
2nd.
The University of North Carolina is currently
represented in the Naismith Basketball Hall of
Fame by coaches Dean Smith, Larry Brown,
Frank McGuire and Ben Carnevale, player/coach
Billy Cunningham and players Robert McAdoo
and James Worthy.

HANSBROUGH FASTEST TAR HEEL TO 1,000 POINTS IN NEARLY 40 YEARS

• Sophomore forward Tyler Hansbrough
scored his 1,000th career point against NC State
on Feb. 3 in his 54th career game, making him
the fastest Carolina player to 1,000 points since
freshmen became eligible in 1972-73.
• The last UNC player to reach the 1,000-
point club faster than Hansbrough was Charles
Scott (52 games) in 1968-69.
• The fastest Tar Heels to the 1,000-point
plateau in the era of freshman eligibility had
been Joseph Forte (in the 2000-01 season) and
Fastest Tar Heels
to 1,000 Points
Player Games
Lennie Rosenbluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Billy Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Bob Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Larry Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Charles Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Tyler Hansbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Joseph Forte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Rashad McCants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Phil Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

QUICKEST TO 100
Coach, School Record Games
Vic Bubas, Duke (‘60-‘69) 100-28 128
Roy Williams, UNC (‘04-) 100-29 129
Skip Prosser, WF (‘02-) 100-36 136
Lefty Driesell, Md. (‘70-‘86) 100-41 141
Bill Foster, Clem. (‘76-‘84) 100-47 147
Dean Smith, UNC (‘62-‘97) 100-54 154

TEAM
Scoring Offense: 2nd (86.3 ppg)
Scoring Margin: 1st (+18.1 ppg)
Field Goal Percentage: 4th (50.4)
Rebound Margin: 4th (+8.2)
Assists per Game: 3rd (18.6)
Won-Loss Percentage: 10th (82.4)

INDIVIDUAL
Field Goal Percentage:
Brandan Wright, 4th (66.2)
Assists per Game:
Ty Lawson, 23rd (5.5)
Carolina in the NCAA Stats
(through games of March 11)

ACC SCORING AS SOPHOMORES
# Player, School Yrs. Pts.
1. Kenny Anderson, GT 1990-91 1,497
2. Jason Williams, Duke 2000-01 1,323
3. Joe Smith, Md. 1994-95 1,290
Joseph Forte, UNC 2000-01 1,290
5. Tyler Hansbrough, UNC 2006-07 1,201
6. Rashad McCants, UNC 2003-04 1,193
7. Kenny Carr, NCS 1975-76 1,184
8. Michael Jordan, UNC 1982-83 1,181
9. Bryant Stith, UVa. 1989-90 1,179
10. Johnny Dawkins, Duke 1983-84 1,165
Rashad McCants (2003-04), both of whom
reached the milestone in 56 career games.
• Carolina has had 59 players score 1,000
points in its history, more than any other school
in the nation.
• Hansbrough enters the NCAA Tournament
with 1,201 career points, fifth-best among sophomores
in ACC history.

TRENDS IN WINS
In Carolina’s 28 wins this season ...
• The Tar Heels have shot 51.8 percent from
the floor while allowing 39.2 percent shooting.
• The Tar Heels have hit 39.4 percent of their
three-point field goal attempts while allowing
31.6 percent three-point shooting.
• The Tar Heels have allowed 64.4 points per
game while scoring 87.4 ppg.
• The Tar Heels have attempted 231 more free
throws than their opponents and hit 72.7 percent
of them as a team (vs. 63.2 percent in losses).
• The Tar Heels have out-rebounded their opponents
by 10.2 rpg.
• Ty Lawson has an assist/turnover ratio of
152-62.
• Reyshawn Terry has averaged 10.2 points
and 6.2 rebounds per game (vs. 5.5 ppg and 2.8
rpg in losses).
• Brandan Wright has a field goal percentage
of 69.4 (vs. 54.5 percent in losses).
• Wayne Ellington has a field goal percentage
of 47.2 (vs. 33.8 percent in losses) and a threepoint
field goal percentage of 41.8 (vs. 27.5 percent
in losses).

TRENDS IN LOSSES
In Carolina’s six losses this season ...
• The Tar Heels have shot 44.1 percent while
allowing 50.0 percent shooting.
• The Tar Heels have shot 26.3 percent on
three-point attempts and allowed 46.1 percent
three-point shooting.
• The Tar Heels have allowed 85.5 points per
game.
• Tyler Hansbrough has averaged 18.7 points
and 9.0 rebounds per game but has an
assist/turnover ratio of 2 to 16.
• Reyshawn Terry has averaged 5.2 points
and 2.8 rebounds per game.

20 WINS, AGAIN
• North Carolina (28-6) has won at least 20
games for the 49th time in its 97-year history.
The Tar Heels have posted 20-win seasons in 34
of the last 37 years.
• Roy Williams has won 20 or more games 17
times in 19 seasons as a head coach (his teams
won 19 in each of the two other years). He has
won 20 games or more in each of the last three
seasons at Carolina.
• Carolina won at least 20 games for an
NCAA-record 31 consecutive seasons from
1970-71 to 2000-01. In that span, the Tar Heels
won at least 25 games 21 times and at least 30
games three times.

FRESHMEN SCORING AT RECORD CLIP

Most of the way through the ACC season, Carolina’s
freshman class of Wayne Ellington, Ty
Lawson,Alex Stepheson, Deon Thompson and
Brandan Wright is scoring at a record rate.
The highest-scoring freshman class in Carolina
history is the 2002-03 group that averaged
42.1 points per game. This year’s five freshmen
are currently averaging a combined 43.6 points
per game. That would be the fourth-highest
scoring freshman class in ACC history.

Tar Heel Tidbits
 Freshman Ty Lawson had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 20
to 4 in three ACC Tournament games and was named to the
first-team all-tournament squad.
 Freshman Brandan Wright shot 68.8 percent from the
field in three ACC Tournament wins (22 for 32), earning
tournament MVP honors.
 Carolina had three freshman make first-team All-ACC
Tournament - Brandan Wright, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson.
Previously, no school has had more than one freshman
make All-ACC Tournament in a given year.
 Freshman Wayne Ellington averaged 14.7 points per
game in the ACC Tournament, shooting 48.3 percent overall
and hitting 6 of 12 three-pointers.
The last four NCAA Tournament appearances that have included
a stop in the state of North Carolina have resulted in
Final Fours for the Tar Heels (2005, 1998, 1997, 1993).
 Carolina holds a 19-1 record in NCAA play in the state of
North Carolina (the lone loss came in Raleigh in 1979).
The Tar Heels have at least three NCAA wins against only
five programs: Michigan (3-1), Notre Dame (3-0), Ohio State
(3-1), Villanova (3-1) and potential second-round opponent
Michigan State (3-0).
 Five of the last six number-one seeds Carolina has received
have resulted in Final Four appearances—2005, 1998, 1997,
1993 and 1991. The only exception came in 1994.
 The ACC Tournament champion has failed to advance as
far as the NCAA final eight in four of the past five years.
 Carolina is currently shooting 50.4 percent from the field.
The last three Tar Heel teams (1998, 1995, and 1993) to make
at least half their field goals have gone to the Final Four.
 Carolina is 21-0 this season when it shoots 50 percent or
better from the floor.
 Ten Tar Heels average double-figures in minutes played
but none is averaging 30. The last UNC team without a player
who averaged at least 30 minutes was the 1990-91 team.
 Carolina currently has 15 victories of at least 20 points per
game this season. The Tar Heels had six such games all of
last season. The 2005 championship team had 18 such games.
 UNC had 94 starts by freshmen this year to lead the ACC.
 Roy Williams’s five Final Four teams have collectively
averaged 15.8 turnovers per game. This year’s Tar Heels average
13.9 per game despite starting three freshmen in most
games, including a freshman point guard (Ty Lawson) in 27
contests.
 Carolina is averaging 86.3 points per game this season,
second-best in the nation.
 Tyler Hansbrough (10), Brandan Wright (six), Wayne
Ellington (one) and Ty Lawson (one) have combined to win
18 of the last 32 ACC Rookie of the Week awards.
 Carolina has held 17 opponents this season under 40 percent
shooting from the floor and is 16-1 in those games (losing
to Virginia Tech on Feb. 13).
 Brandan Wright is currently shooting 66.2 percent from
the field to lead the ACC. That would eclipse the all-time
ACC freshman record of 62.6 percent set by Sam Perkins.
 Carolina has lost by double digits under Roy Williams just
five times in 3+ seasons, with the biggest loss being 15 points
at USC in 2005-06. In the three previous seasons prior to
Williams' return to Chapel Hill, Carolina lost by double digits
28 times.
 By virtue of being named ACC Tournament MVP, freshman
Brandan Wright earned ACC Player of the Week honors
on March 12.