MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SEASON RECAP 2020-21 SCHEDULE (18-11, 10-6 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (10-1 Home, 3-7 Away, 5-3 Neutral) 20 FINAL FOURS 51 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 College of Charleston (16/-) W, 79-60 ACCN 30 vs. UNLV & (14/-) W, 78-51 ESPN2 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS DECEMBER 1 vs. Stanford & (14/-) W, 67-63 ESPN • Carolina went 18-11, tied for fifth in the 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN Atlantic Coast Conference with a 10-6 record ACC & NCAA TEAM STAT RANKINGS 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN in league play and was invited to play in the Category Value NCAA ACC 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS NCAA Tournament for the 51st time. rank rank 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN • The Tar Heels were the No. 8 seed in the Scoring 75.2 74 3 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN NCAA South Region, where they lost, 85-62, Scoring Defense 69.9 166 7 to ninth-seed Wisconsin in the first round in Scoring Margin +5.3 89 4 JANUARY West Lafayette, Ind. FG% .439 179 9 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN • Carolina went 2-1 in the ACC Tournament in 3FG% .318 263 13 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN 3FGs/Game 5.6 307 13 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN Greensboro, N.C., advancing to the semifinals FT% .668 284 14 16 at Florida State (-/-) L, 75-82 ESPN with a 101-59 second-round win over Notre FG% Defense .424 127 6 20 Wake Forest (-/-) W, 80-73 ACCN Dame and an 81-73 quarterfinal win over 3FG% Defense .350 256 9 23 NC State (-/-) W, 86-76 ESPN 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech. In the semifinal Rebounds/Game 42.9 3 1 26 at Pittsburgh (-/-) W, 75-65 ACCN vs. Florida State, UNC rallied from 13 points Offensive Reb/Game 15.8 1 1 behind to take a 64-62 lead with under four Rebound Margin +10.4 1 1 FEBRUARY minutes to play, but scored just two points Assists/Game 15.3 49 3 2 at Clemson (-/-) L, 50-63 ACCN Turnovers/Game 14.6 270 15 6 at Duke (-/-) W, 91-87 ESPN the rest of the game in a 69-66 loss. Turnovers Forced/Game 13.7 144 7 13 at Virginia (-/9) L, 48-60 ESPN • Covid-19 resulted in the cancellation of four Assist/Turnover 1.0 144 9 16 Northeastern (-/-) W, 82-62 ACCNX ACC games for the Tar Heels, three of which 20 Louisville (-/-) W, 99-54 ESPN were scheduled for the Smith Center. They KenPom.com (national ranking) 24 Marquette (-/-) L, 70-83 ESPN2 included January 12 vs. Clemson, February 8 Overall Ranking 34 27 Florida State (-/11) W, 78-70 ESPN vs. Miami, February 16 vs. Virginia Tech and Offensive Efficiency 110.3 (52) February 23 at Boston College. Defensive Efficiency 91.7 (27) MARCH Effective FG Pct. 48.3 (251) 1 at Syracuse (-/-) L, 70-72 ESPN • Between the January 23 game vs. NC State Turnover Pct. 20.3 (252) 6 Duke (-/-) W, 91-73 ESPN and February 17 game vs. Northeastern, Car- Offensive Rebound Pct. 40.9 (1) 10 vs. Notre Dame* (-/-) W, 101-59 ACCN olina played four consecutive ACC games on FTA/FGA 34.2 (98) 11 vs. Virginia Tech* (-/22) W, 81-73 ESPN the road. That was the first time UNC played Strength of Schedule 34 12 vs. Florida State* (-/15) L, 66-69 ESPN four straight true ACC road games in one 19 vs. Wisconsin^ (-/-) L, 62-85 CBS season since 1964-65. SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY • Before the season began, Carolina had CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. five non-conference games canceled as the 18 Wins 11 Losses # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa NCAA limited schedules to 27 games. Those ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio Points Per Game 80.6 66.5 included home games against UNC Ashe- Oppt. Points Per Game 66.7 75.2 * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. ville, UNCW and Loyola (Md.) and games at ^ NCAA South Region, West Lafayette, Ind. FG% .457 .407 Hawai’i and Monmouth. Oppt. FG% .405 .456 RECORD BY MONTH • Roy Williams completed his 18th and final 3FG% .332 .293 November: 2-0 season as head coach of the Tar Heels. On Oppt. 3FG% .310 .417 December: 3-4 February 27, UNC rallied from a 16-point 3FGs Per Game 6.0 4.9 January: 6-1 Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.1 9.5 deficit to beat Florida State for his 900th FT% .694 .617 February: 4-3 career victory. On March 11, Carolina beat March: 3-3 Oppt. FT% .685 .716 Virginia Tech in the ACC quarterfinals for his Rebound Margin +11.9 +7.9 903rd win, which moved Williams past Bob Assists/Turnovers 297/256 146/168 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Knight for third place all-time in wins by a Opponent A/TO 217/262 159/134 Internet GoHeels.com Division I head coach. Twitter @UNC_Basketball • Williams announced his retirement on April Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 18 Wins Instagram @UNC_Basketball Armando Bacot 13.8 1, 2021. Hubert Davis, assistant coach to Caleb Love 11.8 Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Williams from 2012-21, was named head YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Day’Ron Sharpe 10.5 coach on April 5. Garrison Brooks 9.5 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) • Williams went 903-264 in 33 seasons as a Kerwin Walton 9.0 O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 head coach. Williams is one of four Division I coaches to win 900 with Mike Krzyzewski, Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 11 Losses Jim Boeheim and Bob Knight. Jim Calhoun, Garrison Brooks 11.2 Armando Bacot 9.9 head coach at D-III’s St. Joseph, has won RJ Davis 8.5 917 games, including 873 as a Division I Caleb Love 8.5 head coach. West Virginia’s Bob Huggins won Day’Ron Sharpe 7.8 his 900th game in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Huggins has 829 wins as a D-I head coach. 1 MOST WINS AS DIVISION I HEAD COACH UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... 1170 Mike Krzyzewski TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS 982 Jim Boeheim 903 Roy Williams Page(s) 2020-21 TOTALS 902 Bob Knight UNC in ACC and NCAA Stats 1 Home 10-1 243-41+ 879 Dean Smith UNC stats in wins and losses 1 Away 3-7 123-77 ACC Standings 3 Neutral 5-3 119-45 • Williams won his 900th in 1,161 games. He Historical Info 6-8 Overtime 11-13 reached 900 in fewer games and seasons than Associated Press Rankings 9 Leads at Half 11-1 396-46 any coach in history (Krzyzewski won his 900th Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 10 Trails at Half 6-10 70-111 in his 36th season and 1,183rd game). Photo ID Roster 11 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 • The Clemson game on February was Williams’ 2020-21 Schedule and Results 12 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 6-0 220-9 300th ACC regular season game. The Tar Heels 2020-21 Postgame Notes 13-19 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 7-6 220-78 UNC shoots under 40% FG 5-5 45-76 went 208-92 in those games, the second-most Roy Williams Bio/Charts 20-23 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-3 27-47 wins in ACC history among coaches in their first #0 Anthony Harris 24 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 8-7 224-93 300 games (Dean Smith was 220-80). #1 Leaky Black 25 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 9-1 234-23 • Carolina’s win over Florida State on February #2 Caleb Love 26 UNC has more rebounds 17-9 413-89 27 was the 500th home game in Williams’ head #3 Andrew Platek 27 Opponents have more rebounds 1-2 59-67 coaching career. The Tar Heels won that game #4 RJ Davis 28 UNC has more offensive rebounds 15-11 323-108 #5 Armando Bacot 29 and defeated Duke in the home finale to finish Oppts have more offensive rebounds 1-0 130-44 #11 Day’Ron Sharpe 30 the season 10-1 at the Smith Center. UNC has more turnovers 8-9 159-88 #13 Walker Kessler 31 Opponents have more turnovers 9-2 285-65 • Williams had an all-time home record of 444- #14 Puff Johnson 32 UNC scores 80 or more points 9-1 316-39 57, including 243-41 at UNC (241-40 at the #15 Garrison Brooks 33 UNC scores less than 80 points 9-10 169-124 Smith Center). #24 Kerwin Walton 34 UNC scores 90 or more points 4-0 154-6 Game-by-Game Stats for Manley, Miller, 35 1-0 64-2 UNC scores 100 or more points CAROLINA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Lebo, Smith, Farris and McAdoo Opponents score 80 or more points 1-4 63-78 • Carolina played in its 51st NCAA Tournament, Opponents score less than 80 points 17-7 422-85 Career Highs 36 Opponents score 90 or more points 0-1 7-22 including its 16th in 18 seasons under head 2020-21 Team Game-by-Game Stats 37 Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 coach Roy Williams.