2015-16 UNC Basketball 33-7, 14-4 ACC ACC Regular Season Champs ACC Tournament Champs NCAA Champions - 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 u NCAA-Record 19 Final Fours u Over 2,100 Wins NCAA Finalist 33-7, 14-4 ACC THE 2015-16 SEASON the team first. u u (15-1 home, 6-5 away, 12-1 neutral) North Carolina went 33-7, winning the ACC Paige won the George Lynch Award as the regular season title with a 14-4 record capturing team’s best defensive player, the fourth time he Date Opponent/Event (TV) Time/Result the ACC Tournament. has won that award. Derrick Phelps (1992-94), November u 11/13 vs. Temple-1 (CBSSN) W, 91-67 The Tar Heels advanced to the NCAA Tour- Brendan Haywood (1999-2001) and Marcus Gin- 11/15 Fairfield-2 (ESPNU) W, 92-65 nament championship game, reaching their yard (2007-08, 2010) were three-time winners of 11/18 Wofford-2 (RSN) W, 78-58 record 19th Final Four and playing in their 10th the defensive player-of-the-year award. 11/21 at Northern Iowa (ESPN3) L, 67-71 NCAA final. 11/23 vs. Northwestern-3 (ESPN2) W, 80-69 u 11/24 vs. Kansas State-3 (ESPN2) W, 80-70 Carolina won the ACC regular season cham- IN THE FINAL NATIONAL POLLS December pionship for the 30th time in 63 seasons and teh u North Carolina finished No. 2 in the final 12/1 #2/2 Maryland-4 (ESPN) W, 89-81 ACC Tournament for the 18th time. UNC has won ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, released after the 12/6 Davidson (ESPNU) W, 98-65 96 ACC Tournament games, most in history, and conclusion of the NCAA Tournament. 12/12 at Texas (ESPN) L, 82-84 12/16 Tulane (ESPN2) W, 96-72 played in a record 34 ACC finals. u Carolina finished third in the final Associ- 12/19 vs. #22/- UCLA-5 (CBS) W, 89-76 u It was the 11th time Carolina won both the ated Press poll of the 2015-16 season (released 12/21 Appalachian State (ESPN2) W, 94-70 ACC regular season and the ACC Tournament in prior to the NCAA Tournament). That is Carolina’s 12/28 UNCG (ESPNU) W, 96-63 12/30 Clemson (ESPN2) W, 80-69 the same season. 35th Top-10 finish, including 24 of the last 36 January years. It is UNC’s highest finish since 2009, when 1/2 Georgia Tech (ACCN) W, 86-78 JOHNSON NAMED TEAM MVP Carolina finished second in the AP poll prior to 1/4 at Florida State (ESPN) W, 106-90 u Carolina issued its 2015-16 team awards winning the national title. 1/9 at Syracuse (ESPN) W, 84-73 u 1/16 N.C. State (ESPN) W, 67-55 at a ceremony in late April. Below is a list of the This is UNC’s 23rd top-five AP finish but is 1/20 Wake Forest (ESPN2) W, 83-68 non-statistical awards: the first time UNC finished No. 3. 1/24 at Virginia Tech (ESPNU) W, 75-70 Team MVP: Brice Johnson u The No. 3 finish this season is the 11th top- 1/30 Boston College (ESPN2) W, 89-62 20, the eighth top-10 and the sixth top-five finish February Team Captains: Brice Johnson, Marcus Paige, 2/1 at #19/18 Louisville (ESPN) L, 65-71 Joel James in Roy Williams’ 13 seasons at Carolina. Oveall 2/6 at Notre Dame (ESPN) L, 76-80 Most Improved: Joel Berry II in 28 seasons as a head coach, Williams has 23 2/9 at Boston College (ACCN) W, 68-65 Best Defender: Marcus Paige top 20s, 17 top 10s and 13 top five finishs in the 2/14 Pittsburgh (ACCN) W, 85-64 AP poll. 2/17 #20/19 Duke (ESPN/ACCN) L, 73-74 Carolina Way Award: Marcus Paige 2/20 #11/10 Miami (CBS) W, 96-71 Scholar-Athlete Award: Marcus Paige 2/24 at N.C. State (ACCN) W, 80-68 NCAA-RECORD 19 FINAL FOURS 2/27 at #3/3 Virginia (ESPN) L, 74-79 u Brice Johnson won the Dean Smith Most u North Carolina made its NCAA-record 19th 2/29 Syracuse (ESPN) W, 75-70 March Valuable Player Award and Marcus Paige became Final Four appearance in 2016. The Tar Heels 3/5 at #17/21 Duke (ESPN) W, 76-72 the first Tar Heel men’s basketball player to earn have reached at least one Final Four in each of 3/10 vs. Pitt-6 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 88-71 defensive player-of-the-year honors four times. the last eight decades and are the onliy school 3/11 vs. Notre Dame-6 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 78-47 u Paige became the first player in UNC history to do so. 3/12 vs. #4/4 Virginia-6 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 61-57 u 3/17 vs. Florida Gulf Coast-7 (TBS) W, 83-67 to be named a permanent team captain in three Carolina’s 19 Final Four appearances have 3/19 vs. Providence-7 (TBS) W, 85-66 seasons. The Marion, Iowa, native also won come in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 3/25 vs. #14/12 Indiana-8 (TBS) W, 101-86 the Tyler Zeller Award as the team’s top schol- 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 3/27 vs. Notre Dame-8 (TBS) W, 88-74 April ar-athlete and the Marvin Williams Carolina Way 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016. 4/2 vs. Syracuse-9 (TBS/TNT) W, 83-66 Award for playing hard, unselfishly and putting 4/4 vs. #6/6 Villanova-9 (TBS/TNT) L, 74-77 • Opponent rankings are AP/Coaches polls • All times Eastern 1-Veterans Classic, Annapolis, Md. 2-CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Chapel Hill 3-CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Kanas City, Mo. 4-ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Chapel Hill 5-CBS Sports Classic, Brooklyn, N.Y. 6-ACC Tournament, Washington, D.C. 7-NCAA Tournament, Raleigh, N.C. 8-NCAA Tournament, Philadelphia, Pa. 9-NCAA Final Four, Houston, Texas ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS u Steve Kirschner Office: (919) 962-7258 Mobile: (919) 475-2695 Email: [email protected] u Matt Bowers Office: (919) 962-7259 Mobile: (919) 619-7021 Email: [email protected] @UNC_Basketball 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS FINAL FOURS ALL-TIME APPEARANCES North Carolina 19 Team No. HOW UNC PERFORMS UCLA 17 Kentucky 55 (by seed) North Carolina 47 Kentucky 17 Seed W-L Year(s) UCLA 45 Duke 16 1 55-11 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991, Kansas 45 Kansas 14 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, Louisville 41 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 22-8 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT GAMES 1995, 2001, 2011 Team No. 3 3-4 1980, 1986, 1999, 2006 UCLA 11 Kentucky 170 4 4-2 1992, 2015 North Carolina 162 Kentucky 8 6 3-3 1996, 2004, 2014 Kansas 144 North Carolina 5 8 7-3 1990, 2000, 2013 Duke 142 Indiana 5 UCLA 137 Duke 5 UNC VS. SEEDS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT WINS Seed W-L Last Faced (opponent) Team No. 1969, 1972, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 1 7-4 2015 (Wisconsin) Kentucky 121 2008. 2 5-7 2016 (Villanova) 3 6-6 2014 (Iowa State) North Carolina 117 u UNC went 1-2 in NCAA Final Four third- Duke 107 4 6-5 2011 (Kentucky) Kansas 100 place games (a win in 1972 and losses in 1967 5 8-1 2016 (Indiana) UCLA 99 and 1969). The NCAA discontinued its third- 6 6-1 2016 (Notre Dame) place game after the 1981 NCAA Tournament. 7 5-1 2011 (Washington) TOURNAMENT WINNING PERCENTAGE 8 6-1 2012 (Creighton) Team Pct. (Record) 9 11-2 2016 (Providence) Duke .754 (107-35) FINAL FOURS & TITLE GAMES 10 5-0 2016 (Syracuse) UCLA .723 (99-38) IN EACH OF THE 11 5-1 2014 (Providence) North Carolina .722 (117-45) 12 1-0 1991 (Eastern Michigan) LAST EIGHT DECADES 13 3-0 2015 (Harvard) Florida .722 (39-15) u Kentucky .712 (121-49) Carolina has reached the Final Four in 14 2-1 2006 (Murray State) each of the last eight decades (1946, 1957, 15 6-0 2011 (Long Island) 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 16 12-0 2016 (Florida Gulf Coast) FINAL FOUR HISTORY 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, u UNC’S WON-LOSS RECORD The Tar Heels have an all-time record of 2008, 2009 and 2016). AT NCAA TOURNAMENT SITES 16-16 in Final Four play (including third-place u The Tar Heels also have played in the Site Record Last Atlanta, Ga. 3-2 1989 games). NCAA final in each of the last eight decades u Austin, Texas 4-0 2000 The Tar Heels are 5-5 in national champi- (1946, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1993, Birmingham, Ala. 5-1 2000 onship games (wins in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 2005, 2009, 2016). Charlotte, N.C. 11-0 2011 and 2009 and losses in 1946, 1968, 1977, 1981 u Cincinnati, Ohio 2-0 1992 No other school has accomplished either College Park, Md. 6-0 1977 and 2016). feat, and only eight other schools have reached Dallas, Texas 0-1 1990 u UNC’s 10 NCAA championship game ap- eight Final Fours in their history. Dayton, Ohio 1-2 2006 pearances rank fourth all-time. UCLA has 13 Denton, Texas 0-1 1980 (11-2), Kentucky has 12 (8-4), Duke has 11 (5- Denver, Colo.