(Courtesy of UNC Sports Informaton)
• Carolina is now 28-6 overall and 96-44 in the ACC Tournament. The 96 wins are the most in ACC Tournament history.
• Carolina won its 18th ACC Tournament championship, one behind Duke for the all-time record.
• Carolina won the regular-season title and the ACC Tournament in the same year for the 11th time (1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982, 2007, 2008 and 2016).
• This is the third time that Roy Williams has coached the Tar Heel to the regular-season and Tournament titles in the same year.
• Carolina played in its 34th ACC final, a record. The Tar Heels are 18-16 in the championship game.
• The Tar Heels have won the championship in every decade, the only team that has accomplished that.
• Carolina has won the title in 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2016.
• Roy Williams is 21-10 in the ACC Tournament, including 3-4 in championship games.
• Williams is fourth in ACC Tournament wins behind Dean Smith (58), Mike Krzyzewski (57) and Vic Bubas (22).
• The Tar Heels played in the championship game for the fifth time in the last six years, the 19th time in the last 30 seasons and the 34th time in the 63-year history of the event.
• Roy Williams coached in the championship game for the seventh time in 13 years. Only Dean Smith (21), Mike Krzyzewski (19) and Vic Bubas (8) have coached in the finals more than Williams.
• Williams is the seventh coach in league history to win three or more Tournament titles – Dean Smith (13), Mike Krzyzewski (13), Everett Case (4), Vic Bubas (4), Norm Sloan (3), Bobby Cremins (3) and Williams (3).
• Carolina is now 50-14 as the No. 1 seed.
• Carolina is now 13-3 against Virginia in the ACC Tournament and has beaten the Cavaliers seven consecutive times in the Tournament (1991 SF, 1993 SF, 1994 CH, 1997 QF, 2006 QF, 2015 SF and 2016 CH).
• The Tar Heels are 4-1 against Virginia in the championship game, losing in 1976 and winning in 1977, 1982, 1994 and 2016.
• Carolina has won ACC championships in seven different cities – Raleigh, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C.; Charlotte, N.C.; Landover, Md.; Atlanta, Ga.; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C.
• Carolina is the only school that has won ACC Tournaments in every city that the event has been contested.
• Carolina has won four of the 12 Tournaments held outside the state of North Carolina (1981 Landover, 1989 Atlanta, 2007 Tampa and 2016 Washington, D.C.).
• Carolina (4), Duke (3) and NC State (2) have combined to win nine of the 12 ACC Tournaments held outside the state of North Carolina.
• Carolina scored 61 points, equaling its second-fewest in its 18 championship game victories. The only title game UNC won with fewer points was the 47-45 win over Virginia in 1982 (pre shot clock). UNC also scored 61 in beating Maryland in 1981 (61-60).
• The Tar Heel defense held Virginia to 57 points and 36.5 percent shooting from the field. The 57 points were the fewest by the Cavaliers this season.
• Carolina held its three ACC Tournament opponents to a combined 175 points (58.3 per game) and a combined 62 for 167 from the floor (.371). Pitt, Notre Dame and Virginia combined for 29 assists and 39 turnovers. UNC held the opponents under 45 percent in five of the six halves and under 40 percent in three of the last four halves.
• The 175 points allowed are the fewest in the eight ACC Tournament championship seasons won by Carolina since the shot clock was adopted. The previous low point total for three games was 1998 when UNC allowed 187 against NC State (46), Maryland (73) and Duke (68).
• Carolina scored a season-low 61 points. Previous was 65 at Louisville.
• The Tar Heels committed eight turnovers in the first half and two more in the first 2:07 of the second half. After that, Carolina did not commit a turnover over the final 17:52.
• Carolina trailed 44-40 with 9:51 to play before embarking on a 15-2 run over the next eight minutes. During that stretch, UNC held the Cavaliers scoreless for 4:15 and went from trailing by four to leading, 48-44.
• Carolina has held 25 consecutive opponents to under 45 percent shooting from the floor.
• Carolina shot 51.1 percent from the floor for the game. That’s the 19th time this year UNC has shot 50 percent or better. The Tar Heels are 18-1 in those games. It was just the fourth time this season that a team shot 50 percent or better against Virginia.
TAR HEEL PLAYER NOTES
• Sophomore point guard Joel Berry II became the 18th Tar Heel to win Most Valuable Player honors (a total of 19 times) in the ACC Tournament. He is the first Tar Heel to win the award as a sophomore.
• Senior guard Marcus Paige and senior forward Brice Johnson both earned first-team All-ACC Tournament honors for the second straight year. Paige also was a second-team All-Tournament selection in 2013.
• Berry had a game-high 19 points in the championship vs. Virginia. He was 5 for 8 from the floor, including 3 for 3 from three-point range, and 6 for 6 from the free throw line.
• For the three games, Berry had 51 points (17.0 per game), eight assists and three turnovers. He had 20 points against Pitt, 12 vs. Notre Dame and 19 vs. Virginia.
• Berry was 17 for 24 from the floor (.708), 7 for 10 on three-pointers (.700) and made 10 for 10 free throws in the three games.
• Berry has hit 14 threes in the last five games.
• Berry scored in double figures for the 29th time this year – the Tar Heels are 27-2 when he scores in double figures. It was the fifth time this year he led UNC in scoring.
• Justin Jackson scored six points, all in the second half. He had 28 points in the three games, all in the second half. He gave Carolina a 48-44 lead when he rebounded a Marcus Paige miss and hit a reverse layup, then added a steal and breakaway dunk with 4:48 to play that gave UNC a 53-46 lead, the largest for either team to that point in the game.
• Paige was 5 for 13 from the floor (5 for 6 from two-point range) and finished with 13 points. He passed George Lynch for 14th in career scoring at Carolina with 1,754 points.
• Paige had two assists and has 578 in his career. He is ninth in UNC history and will pass Jeff Lebo for eighth with three more assists.
• Paige went 0 for 7 from three-point range, his most attempts without a made 3FG in his career. He hit four three-pointers in the semifinal win over Notre Dame.
• Paige had two steals. He tied Rick Fox for third place in UNC history with 197 steals.
• Brice Johnson scored in double figures for the 31st time this year with 12 points and added nine rebounds, five assists, a block and two steals. He was 6 for 8 from the floor to increase his ACC-leading field goal percentage to .614.
• Johnson leads the ACC with 20 double-doubles. The Virginia game was the fourth time this year he scored in double figures and had nine rebounds.
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