Cameron Johnson: "I don’t have a national championship. I don’t even have a Final Four. I’ve got a Round of 32 beatdown by Texas A&M. So that kind of fuels me and I know it fuels a lot of my other teammates. We’ve got a lot of fire now to get rid of."
UNC announces Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, donated more than $600,000 in May to fund scholarships of spring sports seniors whose seasons were cut short due to the coronavirus but will be returning to UNC to compete in 2020-21. Huge commitment.
Theo Pinson said he pulled Kenny Williams aside before the game. "I said, ‘Kenny, if you hesitate on any shot, I’m going to call a timeout and I’m going to punch you in the face.’ ... Kenny is too good of a shooter to hesitate. Every time he shoots it, I think it’s going in."
Theo Pinson, who finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists against Notre Dame: "I’m not going to lie, I tried to get the triple-double tonight. But nobody wanted to make shots. I’m just playing."
.
@TarHeelFootball
's Tony Grimes posted a team-best 77.9 defensive grade and an 84.5 coverage grade while playing all 63 snaps in the Orange Bowl, per
@PFF_College
.
Both of those grades were the best by any defensive back who played in a New Year's Six bowl game this year.
Armando Bacot just after midnight on March 12, 2020: "It was a tough year. But next year, my focus every day is going to be to go out there and kick ass."
Armando Bacot on March 11, 2021: Posts 17 points and 13 rebounds to help UNC to the ACC Tournament semifinals.
Caleb Love's 25 points tonight were the most by a
@UNC_Basketball
freshman against Duke since Tyler Hansbrough had 27 on March 4, 2006 at Cameron Indoor.
Roy Williams is handed the mic as Justin Jackson comes onto the court. Williams: "It's a very special honor to have your jersey in the rafters. And for three years, I was one of the luckiest guys in the world because I got to coach Justin Jackson."
Caleb Love's 43 points in
@UNC_Basketball
's two regular-season games against Duke were the most by a Tar Heel freshman since Raymond Felton scored 43 in 2003.
Love and Felton both scored 25 points in the first game at Cameron Indoor and 18 in the second game at the Smith Center.
With that rebound, his second of the day, Joel Berry joins Walter Davis as the only
@UNC_Basketball
players with 1,700 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists.
Caleb Love (25), Kerwin Walton (12) and Day'Ron Sharpe (11) combined for 48 points tonight.
Those were the most by a group of
@UNC_Basketball
freshmen against Duke since Tyler Hansbrough, Marcus Ginyard, Bobby Frasor and Danny Green had 55 on March 4, 2006, at Cameron Indoor.
This time last year,
@CobyWhite
was preparing for his freshman season with
@UNC_Basketball
. Tonight, he makes his
@NBA
debut in Charlotte. "I’m just blessed to be here. All I wanted to do was make it to the NBA; that was my dream. I turned it into reality and now I’m here."
Caleb Love's 27 second-half points were the most by a
@UNC_Basketball
player in a half since Luke Maye had 27 second-half points at N.C. State on Feb. 10, 2018.
Armando Bacot's 15 rebounds Monday gave him 1,001 for his UNC career. He's only the third player in school history to reach the milestone in just three seasons, joining Antawn Jamison and Billy Cunningham.
Colby Wilkerson executes the walk-off squeeze play as the
@DiamondHeels
rally from a 5-0 first-inning deficit to take the series opener against NC State, 9-8.
Another day, another crazy Sam Howell stat.
Since 2000, 36 FBS quarterbacks have thrown three or fewer interceptions while attempting 244 or more passes in their team's first seven games, according to College Football Reference. Howell is the only freshman.
Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech will be Roy Williams’ 600th as UNC’s head coach. Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith and Gary Williams are the only other coaches to coach at least 600 games at an ACC school. Roy’s 461 wins are the most among that group in their first 600 games.
With
@USWNT
capturing its fourth World Cup title, Crystal Dunn, Allie Long and Jessica McDonald become the 21st, 22nd and 23rd
@ncwomenssoccer
players to win a World Cup. Ashlyn Harris and Tobin Heath join Kristine Lilly, Mia Hamm and Carla Overbeck as
@UNC
’s two-time winners.
With tonight's victory, Joel Berry has played in 60 ACC wins (50 regular season and 10 ACC Tournament) during his career. That's the most ACC wins by any player in
@UNC_Basketball
history. Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks played in 59 ACC wins.
Every time you start to think Garrison Brooks and Brandon Robinson couldn't possibly give more to this team than they have, they somehow do.
No matter how UNC's season goes from here, the way they've battled, especially over the course of this grueling month, will be remembered.
Day'Ron Sharpe and Caleb Love are the first pair of
@UNC_Basketball
teammates to be named to the ACC All-Freshman team since Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall in 2011.
Kerwin Walton finishes the year with a 3-point percentage of .420 (58 of 138), the best by a
@UNC_Basketball
freshman in program history (min. 50 made).
Rashad McCants held the previous record of .414 (72 of 174), set in 2002-03.
For the second year in a row and the eighth time in program history,
@UNCFieldHockey
has won the national championship. The Tar Heels beat Princeton 6-1, capping their second consecutive undefeated season. What a powerhouse.
Been covering the
@DiamondHeels
for nine seasons, and this is as likable and gritty a group as I’ve been around. No one expected much from this team entering the season, and it faced about as many obstacles as you can think of. About as good a coaching job as I can remember, too.
For the 26th time in program history,
@uncwomenssoccer
is heading to the NCAA championship game. The Tar Heels storm back from an early 1-0 deficit to beat Washington State 2-1 and improve to 26-3 all-time in NCAA Tournament semifinal games.
The Redemption Year continues.
Vance Honeycutt has accepted an invitation to the 2022 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp, per UNC.
He’s the first
@DiamondHeels
player to earn an invite since Gianluca Dalatri in 2017.
In the 20 games after Garrett Edwards suffered his season-ending elbow injury,
@LSUbaseball
's bullpen posted a 7.23 ERA in 88 1/3 innings.
Over the last 16 games, though, it has logged a 3.18 ERA in 62 1/3 innings. That includes a 1.20 ERA in Omaha (2 ER in 15 innings).
Roy Williams on Coby White: "He gave our fans and our team many thrills this year and accomplished things that only a few players his age have ever done. He is one of the most exciting young players in the game. I am going to enjoy watching him play at the next level."
.
@TarHeelFootball
's Aaron Crawford finished the regular season with a 91.6 run-defense grade, the best among all interior defensive linemen in college football (min. 27 run-defense snaps), according to
@PFF_College
.
Caleb Love's 28 points against Duke were the most by a
@UNC_Basketball
player in an NCAA semifinal or title game since James Worthy had 28 against Georgetown in the 1982 championship, also held at the New Orleans Superdome.
Moving quote from Mike Fox after today's
@DiamondHeels
game: "The hard part is when you have a team you really love and you really enjoy, they’re fun to be around and they keep you young and really make you still believe in coaching and why you do it. This team is why I do it."
Since sacks became an official stat in 1982, 39 players have recorded 100 in their NFL careers. That group includes four
@UNCFootball
players: Julius Peppers, Lawrence Taylor, William Fuller and now Robert Quinn.
No other school has had more than two players accomplish the feat.
This is the fourth time that UNC has swept the regular-season series against Duke under Roy Williams. The Tar Heels also accomplished the feat in 2007, 2009 and 2019.
Luke Maye has been named the ACC Player of the Week. This is the fifth time Maye has won the award in his career. The other Tar Heels to accomplish that feat: Antawn Jamison, Tyler Hansbrough, Phil Ford, Joel Berry, Marcus Paige, Michael Jordan and Mike O'Koren.
UNC improves to 162-79 all-time against N.C. State, including an 80-23 mark in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels have won 34 of the last 39 and 51 of the last 63 games against the Wolfpack.
Tonight's 31-point margin of victory also marked
@TarHeelFootball
's largest in 49 all-time away games against NC State. The previous best was a 30-0 win in 1901.
Caleb Love's nine assists tonight were the most by a
@UNC_Basketball
freshman since Marcus Paige notched 10 against Florida State in the 2013 ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
After three years writing for
@GoHeels
and a few months as
@uncwlax
's SID, I’ve learned my contract hasn’t been renewed due to department budget cuts.
Thanks to my co-workers, the student-athletes and the coaches for an amazing ride. You made the job a pleasure.
Comparing Cole Anthony and Coby White, Roy Williams says Anthony is more of a quarterback than a scorer as a point guard. “I’d sit back there and lean in my lawn chair if I had both of them together.”
Per UNC, the 70 points that its freshmen scored tonight were the most ever by a group of
@UNC_Basketball
freshmen in an ACC Tournament game.
The previous high of 49 came in the 2007 finals against N.C. State (Wayne Ellington 16, Brandan Wright 16, Ty Lawson 13, Deon Thompson 4).
Mac Horvath on Sunday: Called a players-only meeting and questioned the
@DiamondHeels
' care factor.
On Tuesday morning: Got a stronger prescription for his left contact.
In four games this week: Slashed .562/.619/1.563 with five homers and 19 RBIs over 21 plate appearances.
On SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt, Mack Brown says he's called almost every player over the last week and asked if they'd feel OK coming back to campus. "Every player we have has said, 'Coach, I can't wait. I know you're going to take care of us. I know it's going to be safe.'"
Sam Howell's stats through two seasons:
• 496 completions, fifth most in
@TarHeelFootball
history
• 7,227 passing yards, fifth most in UNC history
• 68 passing TDs, tied for the most in UNC history and the most by an ACC QB through sophomore year
UNC fans better enjoy 2021.
Coby White is the 10th player in
@chicagobulls
history to reach 1,000 career points in 74 games or fewer. He's just the third to also have 275 rebounds and 225 assists, joining Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose.
That last jumper gave Garrison Brooks 1,000 points for his career. He's the 78th player in
@UNC_Basketball
history to score 1,000 points, the most of any NCAA program.
Louisville has the second-most 1,000-point scorers in NCAA history with 69.
Mikey Madej is the Most Outstanding Player of the Chapel Hill Regional. He was 9-for-24 with a homer and eight RBIs, all of which came in UNC’s three elimination games.
Kansas’ 25 points are the fewest
@UNC_Basketball
has allowed in the first half of a national championship game since holding the Jayhawks to 22 in 1957.
Jake Knapp on NC State asking the umpiring crew to check him for sticky stuff: “I just kind of laughed at it. I thought maybe they should check the bats those guys were hitting with all weekend.”
NC State just asked the umpiring crew to check Jake Knapp for sticky stuff between the third and fourth innings. Nothing was found, and Knapp – who has allowed just one baserunner over three scoreless innings – stays in the game.
In outscoring Virginia 19-13 in the first half, Brady Manek became the first
@UNC_Basketball
player to outscore an opponent in a half since Reggie Bullock outscored Maryland 21-20 in the first half on Jan. 19, 2013.
The top scoring performances by freshmen in
@UNC_Basketball
history:
40 Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/2011 in Greensboro
40 Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/2006
33 Coby White vs. Texas, 11/22/2018 in Las Vegas
31 Antawn Jamison at Maryland, 1/6/1996
An incredible Michael Carter stat that's official now that he's played his last game of the year (and his career) 🔽
Carter averaged 7.98 yards per carry this season, breaking Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice's
@TarHeelFootball
record of 7.2, set in Justice's freshman season of 1946.
The Denver Broncos trade up to the 35th overall pick of the NFL Draft to select former
@TarHeelFootball
running back Javonte Williams.
This is the highest a UNC running back has been picked in the NFL draft since Ethan Horton went 15th overall to the Chiefs in 1985.
Kenny Williams on this senior class’ legacy: “We weren’t really talked about a lot. ... We just came in and we did our work, and that’s how we became the players we are today.”
Armando Bacot, Walker Kessler and Day'Ron Sharpe are the first trio of
@UNC_Basketball
players to record double-doubles in an ACC Tournament game since Billy Cunningham, Yogi Poteet and Charlie Shaffer accomplished the feat against South Carolina in the 1963 quarterfinals.
Mack Brown says recruiting is going really well and UNC will soon have the depth that it currently lacks. “We’re going to be good - and we’re going to be really good. This train is taking off.”
FINAL:
@DiamondHeels
12, NC State 2
UNC sweeps NC State for the first time since 2018 and the first time in Chapel Hill since 2006. The Tar Heels’ five-game winning streak against the Wolfpack is their longest since winning five in a row between 2001 and 2002.
Luke Maye and Kenny Williams finish their careers with 121 wins, tied for the third most by a
@UNC_Basketball
four-year class. Only the 2009 (Copeland, Frasor, Green, Ginyard, Hansbrough) and 2008 (Thomas) classes won more.
UNC announces former
@uncwomenssoccer
and current United States World Cup gold medal-winning goalie Ashlyn Harris and CNN's Brooke Baldwin will host Late Night with Roy on Sept. 27.
Javonte Williams is the first
@TarHeelFootball
player with two rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown in the same game since Marquise Williams at Georgia Tech on Oct. 3, 2015.
With tonight's win by the Lakers, Danny Green joins James Worthy, Mitch Kupchak, Scott Williams and Rick Fox as
@UNC_Basketball
players who have won three NBA championships.
Only Michael Jordan (six) has won more among former Tar Heel players.
For the 11th year in a row and the 24th time in program history,
@UNCFieldHockey
is heading to the NCAA final four. The Tar Heels beat Iowa 2-1, extending their winning streak to 44 games, dating back to the start of last season.
Since 2000, only two FBS players have posted at least 247 receiving yards and rushed for at least 868 yards on 120 or fewer carries in their team’s first eight games:
• USC's Reggie Bush in his 2005 Heisman season
•
@TarHeelFootball
's Javonte Williams in 2020