NCAA Champions - 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 u NCAA-Record 18 Final Fours u Over 2,100 Wins GoHeels.com u @UNC_Basketball 2014-15 Schedule 2014-15 Season Review Notes 2014-15 Carolina 26-12, 11-7 ACC 26-12, 11-7 ACC Basketball (10-4 home, 8-5 away, 8-3 neutral) NCAA Tournament West Regional Semifinalist ACC Tournament Finalist Date Opponent/Event (TV) Time/Result November CAROLINA IN 2014-15 u Paige is the fourth Tar Heel in the last 47 11/14 NC Central (ESPNU) W, 76-60 u North Carolina went 26-12 overall in 2014- years to earn defensive player of the year hon- 11/16 Robert Morris-1 (ESPNU) W, 103-59 15 (11-7 in the ACC), reaching the championship ors three times with Derrick Phelps, Brendan 11/22 at Davidson (TWC Sports) W, 90-72 11/26 vs. Butler-2 (ESPN2) L, 66-74 game of the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Haywood and Marcus Ginyard. 11/27 vs. #22/23 UCLA-2 (AXS TV) W, 78-56 u Tournament Sweet 16, and posted the 35th 25- Forward Desmond Hubert shared co-cap- 11/28 vs. #18/16 Florida-2 (AXS TV) W, 75-64 win season in school history. tain honors with Paige and was one of four se- December niors honored at the ceremony with Jackson 12/3 Iowa-3 (ESPN) L, 55-60 PAIGE NAMED TEAM MVP Simmons, Luke Davis and Sasha Seymore. Sim- 12/7 East Carolina (ESPNU) W, 108-64 FOR SECOND SEASON IN A ROW mons won the Carolina Way award for the sec- 12/13 at #1/1 Kentucky (CBS) L, 70-84 12/16 at UNCG (ESPN2) W, 79-56 u Guard Marcus Paige earned his second ond time. 12/20 vs. #12/12 Ohio State-4 (CBS) W, 82-74 consecutive Dean Smith Most Valuable Player u Junior forward Joel James and sophomore 12/27 UAB (ESPN2) W, 89-58 Award and was named co-captain for the sec- forward Isaiah Hicks were the team’s most im- 12/30 William & Mary (RSN) W, 86-64 ond time in as many years at the team’s 2015 proved players. January awards ceremony, held after the season. u Statistical winners included Paige (scoring, 1/3 at Clemson (ESPN) W, 74-50 u Paige is the 17th player to win UNC’s Most assists, three-point percentage), Nate Britt (free 1/5 #13/12 Notre Dame (ESPN) L, 70-71 Valuable Player award at least twice and just the throw percentage), Brice Johnson (field goal 1/10 #5/5 Louisville (ESPN) W, 72-71 sixth to earn MVP accolades as a sophomore percentage) and Kennedy Meeks (blocks). 1/14 at N.C. State (ESPN2) W, 81-79 and junior (with Lennie Rosenbluth, Billy Cun- 1/18 Virginia Tech (ESPNU) W, 68-53 ningham, Michael Jordan, Antawn Jamison and POSTSEASON ANKLE SURGERY FOR PAIGE 1/21 at Wake Forest (ESPN2) W, 87-71 1/24 Florida State (ESPN) W, 78-74 Tyler Hansbrough). u Marcus Paige underwent successful ar- 1/26 Syracuse (ESPN) W, 93-83 u Paige scored a team-high 14.1 points per throscopic surgery in late April 2015 to remove 1/31 at #10/9 Louisville (ESPN) L, 68-78 (OT) game and topped the team with 94 three-point bone spurs in his right ankle. At the time of the February field goals, 170 assists and 65 steals. The Mari- surgery, Paige was expected to resume basket- 2/2 #3/3 Virginia (ESPN) L, 64-75 on, Iowa, native also was the team’s most out- ball activities during the summer. 2/7 at Boston College (ACC Network) W, 79-68 standing defensive player and top scholar-ath- u Dr. Robert Anderson performed the sur- 2/14 at Pitt (ACC Network) L, 76-89 lete. Earlier this year, Paige received the Skip gery at the Carolinas Medical Center in Char- 2/18 at #4/5 Duke (ESPN/ACC Network) L, 90-92 (OT) Prosser Award as the ACC’s Top Scholar-Athlete lotte. 2/21 Georgia Tech (ACC Network) W, 89-60 2/24 N.C. State (ACC Network) L, 46-58 and was named for the second straight year as a 2/28 at Miami (CBS) W, 73-64 second-team Academic All-America. March 3/3 at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) W, 81-49 3/7 #3/3 Duke (ESPN) L, 77-84 2014-15 North Carolina Roster No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School(s) 3/11 vs. Boston College-5 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 81-63 0 Nate Britt So. G 6-1 170 Upper Marlboro, Md. Oak Hill Academy 3/12 vs. #14/13 Louisville-5 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 70-60 1 Theo Pinson Fr. F/G 6-6 195 Greensboro, N.C. Wesleyan Christian Academy 3/13 vs. #3/4 Virginia-5 (ESPN/ACCN) W, 71-67 2 Joel Berry II Fr. G 6-0 195 Apopka, Fla. Lake Highland Prep 3/14 vs. #11/9 Notre Dame-5 (ESPN/ACCN) L, 82-90 3 Kennedy Meeks So. F 6-9 270 Charlotte, N.C. West Charlotte 3/19 vs. Harvard-6 (TNT) W, 67-65 4 Luke Davis Sr. G 6-0 178 Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft 5 Marcus Paige Jr. G 6-1 175 Marion, Iowa Linn-Mar 3/21 vs. #21/20 Arkansas-6 (TNT) W, 87-78 11 Brice Johnson Jr. F 6-9 228 Orangeburg, S.C. Edisto 3/26 vs. #3/3 Wisconsin-7 (TBS) L, 72-79 13 J.P. Tokoto Jr. F 6-6 200 Menomonee Falls, Wis. Menomonee Falls • Opponent rankings are AP/Coaches polls 14 Desmond Hubert Sr. F 6-10 225 Cream Ridge, N.J. New Egypt • All times Eastern 21 Jackson Simmons Sr. F 6-7 225 Webster, N.C. Smoky Mountain 1-Battle 4 Atlantis, Chapel Hill 22 Isaiah Hicks So. F 6-8 230 Oxford, N.C. J.F. Webb 24 Sasha Seymore Sr. F 6-6 220 New Bern, N.C. New Bern 2-Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas 25 Justin Coleman Jr. G 6-2 180 Raleigh, N.C. Broughton 3-ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Chapel Hill 42 Joel James Jr. F 6-10 280 West Palm Beach, Fla. Dwyer 4-CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, Ill. 43 Spenser Dalton Jr. G 6-3 205 Asheville, N.C. Christ School 5-ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. 44 Justin Jackson Fr. F/G 6-8 193 Tomball, Texas Homeschool Christian Youth 6-NCAA West Regional, Jacksonville, Fla. 45 Stilman White So. G 6-0 170 Wilmington, N.C. Hoggard Head Coach: Roy Williams (27th year, 12th at Carolina) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Coaches: Steve Robinson, C.B. McGrath, Hubert Davis Pronunciation Guide u Steve Kirschner Director of Basketball Operations: Brad Frederick Joel Berry II Jole Office: (919) 962-7258 Desmond Hubert DEZ-mund Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Jonas Sahratian Mobile: (919) 475-2695 Isaiah Hicks I-ZAY-uh Joel James joe-ELL Email: [email protected] Jonas Sahratian suh-RAY-shun u J.P. Tokoto TOE-kuh-toe Matt Bowers Menomonee men-NOM-inee Office: (919) 962-7259 Tomball TOM-ball Mobile: (919) 619-7021 Email: [email protected] @UNC_Basketball 1 HOW UNC PERFORMS (by seed) Seed W-L Year(s) POSTSEASON FOOT SURGERY FOR PINSON NORTH CAROLINA VS. u Theo Pinson underwent successful sur- 1 50-10 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991, 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, gery on his left foot on May 4 at the Carolinas 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 Medical Center in Charlotte. Dr. Robert Ander- Date Opponent Result 2 22-8 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, son performed the surgery. 11/16 Robert Morris W, 103-59 1995, 2001, 2011 u Pinson suffered a fracture of his left fifth 11/22 at Davidson W, 90-72 3 3-4 1980, 1986, 1999, 2006 metatarsal in UNC’s game at Wake Forest on 11/26 vs. Butler-1 L, 66-74 4 4-2 1992, 2015 11/27 vs. UCLA-1 W, 78-56 6 3-3 1996, 2004, 2014 January 21st. He missed the next 10 games and 12/3 Iowa-2 L, 55-60 8 7-3 1990, 2000, 2013 14 of the last 19. 12/13 at Kentucky L, 70-84 u Pinson averaged 2.8 points and 3.0 re- 12/20 vs. Ohio State-3 W, 82-74 UNC VS. SEEDS bounds and had 37 assists in 24 games overall. 12/27 UAB W, 89-58 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY Seed W-L Last Faced (opponent) u UNC athletics trainer Doug Halverson said 1/5 Notre Dame L, 70-71 1 7-5 2015 (Wisconsin) he expects Pinson to be ready to participate in 1/10 Louisville W, 72-71 1/14 at N.C. State W, 81-79 2 5-6 2012 (Kansas) basketball activities in time for the start of the 3 6-6 2014 (Iowa State) 1/31 at Louisville L, 68-78 (OT) 2015-16 season. 4 6-5 2011 (Kentucky) 2/2 Virginia L, 64-75 5 7-1 2015 (Arkansas) 2/18 at Duke L, 90-92 (OT) 6 5-1 2005 (Wisconsin) 15TH & 12TH IN FINAL POLLS 2/24 N.C. State L, 46-58 u Carolina finished No. 12 in the final ESPN/ 7 5-1 2011 (Washington) 3/7 Duke L, 77-84 8 6-1 2012 (Creighton) USA Today coaches poll, released after the con- 3/12 vs. Louisville-4 W, 70-60 9 10-2 2013 (Villanova) clusion of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.