2015β16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Runner-up ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions CBE Hall of Fame Classic champions | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 2 |
AP | No. 3 |
Record | 33β7 (14β4 ACC) |
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Home arena | Dean E. Smith Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 North Carolina β | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 33 | – | 7 | .825 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Virginia | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Miami (FL) | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Louisville* | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Duke | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Ineligible for both the: 2016 ACC tournament and theββ2016 NCAA tournament dueββto self-imposed postseason ban. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 2016 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2015β16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2015β16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who was in his 13th season as UNC's men's basketball head coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina finished the season with a 33β7 record, 14β4ββto win the ACC regular season championship. The Tar Heels defeated Virginia to win the ACC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a #1 seed. There, they defeated Florida Gulf Coast, Providence, Indiana, and Notre Dame to earn a trip to the "Final Four," the school's 19th trip to the Final Four. In a matchup against fellow ACC foe, Syracuse, the Tar Heels won easily to advance to the National Championship against Villanova. North Carolina, "despite a circus shot by," Marcus Paige to tie the game at 74 with less than five seconds remaining, lost on a last second three pointer by Kris Jenkins.
Previous seasonβ»
The Tar Heels finished the 2014β15 season 26β12, 11β7 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Harvard and Arkansas before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to eventual National Runner-Up Wisconsin.
Departuresβ»
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Luke Davis | 4 | G | 6'0" | 178 | RS Senior | Raleigh, NC | Graduated |
J. P. Tokoto | 13 | F | 6'6" | 200 | Junior | Menomonee Falls, WI | Declared for 2015 NBA draft |
Desmond Hubert | 14 | F | 6'10" | 225 | Senior | Cream Ridge, NJ | Graduated |
Jackson Simmons | 21 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Senior | Webster, NC | Graduated |
Sasha Seymore | 24 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | New Bern, NC | Graduated |
Class of 2015 signeesβ»
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Kenny Williams SG |
Chesterfield, VA | Lloyd C. Bird High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | May 2, 2015 | |
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Luke Maye PF |
Huntersville, NC | Hough High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Nov 11, 2014 | |
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Rosterβ»
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Schedule and resultsβ»
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 6, 2015* 7:30 pm |
No. 1 | Guilford | W 99β49 | 14 β Tied | 7 β Tied | 9 β Britt | Dean Smith Center (11,295) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 13, 2015* 7:00 pm, CBSSN |
No. 1 | vs. Temple Veterans Classic |
W 91β67 | 1β0 |
25 β Meeks | 11 β Meeks | 5 β Pinson | Alumni Hall (5,710) Annapolis, MD | |||
Nov 15, 2015* 4:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 1 | Fairfield CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
W 92β65 | 2β0 |
17 β Britt | 12 β Meeks | 8 β Pinson | Dean Smith Center (13,178) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Nov 18, 2015* 7:00 pm, RSN |
No. 1 | Wofford CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
W 78β58 | 3β0 |
16 β Tied | 14 β Johnson | 4 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (12,095) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Nov 21, 2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 1 | at Northern Iowa | L 67β71 | 3β1 |
22 β Johnson | 9 β Johnson | 5 β Paige | McLeod Center (7,018) Cedar Falls, IA | |||
Nov 23, 2015* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | vs. Northwestern CBE Hall of Fame Classic Semifinal |
W 80β69 | 4β1 |
21 β Jackson | 13 β Jackson | 8 β Pinson | Sprint Center (13,598) Kansas City, MO | |||
Nov 24, 2015* 10:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | vs. Kansas State CBE Hall of Fame Classic Championship |
W 80β70 | 5β1 |
27 β Jackson | 7 β Meeks | 9 β Paige | Sprint Center (13,198) Kansas City, MO | |||
Dec 1, 2015* 9:30 pm, ESPN |
No. 9 | No. 2 Maryland ACCβBig Ten Challenge |
W 90β75 | 6β1 |
27 β Berry II | 6 β Tied | 5 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (21,163) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Dec 6, 2015* 6:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 9 | Davidson | W 98β65 | 7β1 |
17 β Britt | 10 β Meeks | 4 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (14,805) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Dec 12, 2015* 5:15 pm, ESPN |
No. 3 | at Texas | L 82β84 | 7β2 |
20 β Paige | 6 β Meeks | 3 β Paige | Frank Erwin Center (16,540) Austin, TX | |||
Dec 16, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 11 | Tulane | W 96β72 | 8β2 |
25 β Johnson | 10 β Johnson | 9 β Berry II | Dean Smith Center (16,199) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Dec 19, 2015* 1:00 pm, CBS |
No. 11 | vs. No. 22 UCLA CBS Sports Classic |
W 89β76 | 9β2 |
27 β Johnson | 9 β Johnson | 6 β Paige | Barclays Center (16,311) Brooklyn, NY | |||
Dec 21, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 7 | Appalachian State | W 94β70 | 10β2 |
22 β Johnson | 10 β Jackson | 11 β Berry II | Dean Smith Center (18,336) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Dec 28, 2015* 6:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 7 | UNC Greensboro | W 96β63 | 11β2 |
16 β Johnson | 16 β Johnson | 5 β Britt | Dean Smith Center (19,246) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
Dec 30, 2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 7 | Clemson | W 80β69 | 12β2 (1β0) |
18 β Paige | 9 β Johnson | 4 β Berry II | Dean Smith Center (17,168) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Jan 2, 2016 12:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 7 | Georgia Tech | W 86β78 | 13β2 (2β0) |
19 β Berry II | 11 β Johnson | 4 β Berry II | Dean Smith Center (17,392) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Jan 4, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 6 | at Florida State | W 106β90 | 14β2 (3β0) |
39 β Johnson | 23 β Johnson | 5 β Paige | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (11,095) Tallahassee, FL | |||
Jan 9, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 6 | at Syracuse | W 84β73 | 15β2 (4β0) |
21 β Hicks | 8 β Hicks | 8 β Tied | Carrier Dome (26,811) Syracuse, NY | |||
Jan 16, 2016 12:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 5 | NC State CarolinaβState Game |
W 67β55 | 16β2 (5β0) |
23 β Meeks | 6 β Tied | 4 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Jan 20, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 83β68 | 17β2 (6β0) |
27 β Johnson | 11 β Johnson | 3 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (19,053) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Jan 24, 2016 6:30 pm, ESPNU |
No. 2 | at Virginia Tech | W 75β70 | 18β2 (7β0) |
19 β Johnson | 17 β Johnson | 7 β Paige | Lane Stadium (9,567) Blacksburg, VA | |||
Jan 30, 2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 2 | Boston College | W 89β62 | 19β2 (8β0) |
17 β Johnson | 11 β Johnson | 6 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (20,208) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Feb 1, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 2 | at No. 19 Louisville | L 65β71 | 19β3 (8β1) |
16 β Jackson | 11 β Johnson | 4 β Paige | KFC Yum! Center (22,781) Louisville, KY | |||
Feb 6, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 2 | at Notre Dame ESPN College GameDay |
L 76β80 | 19β4 (8β2) |
21 β Paige | 14 β Johnson | 5 β Berry II | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | |||
Feb 9, 2016 8:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 9 | at Boston College | W 68β65 | 20β4 (9β2) |
20 β Jackson | 7 β Meeks | 6 β Berry II | Conte Forum (5,126) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||
Feb 14, 2016 1:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 9 | Pittsburgh | W 85β64 | 21β4 (10β2) |
19 β Johnson | 7 β Johnson | 6 β Tied | Dean Smith Center (20,011) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Feb 17, 2016 9:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN |
No. 5 | No. 20 Duke Rivalry |
L 73β74 | 21β5 (10β3) |
29 β Johnson | 19 β Johnson | 6 β Britt | Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Feb 20, 2016 1:00 pm, CBS |
No. 5 | No. 11 Miami (FL) | W 96β71 | 22β5 (11β3) |
16 β Johnson | 15 β Johnson | 8 β Jackson | Dean Smith Center (20,151) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Feb 24, 2016 8:00 pm, ACCN |
No. 7 | at NC State CarolinaβState Game |
W 80β68 | 23β5 (12β3) |
22 β Johnson | 11 β Johnson | 3 β Tied | PNC Arena (19,500) Raleigh, NC | |||
Feb 27, 2016 6:30 pm, ESPN |
No. 7 | at No. 3 Virginia ESPN College GameDay |
L 74β79 | 23β6 (12β4) |
21 β Berry II | 7 β Johnson | 4 β Tied | John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA | |||
Feb 29, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 8 | Syracuse | W 75β70 | 24β6 (13β4) |
14 β Johnson | 10 β Johnson | 8 β Paige | Dean Smith Center (20,714) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
Mar 5, 2016 6:30 pm, ESPN |
No. 8 | at No. 17 Duke Rivalry/ESPN College GameDay |
W 76β72 | 25β6 (14β4) |
18 β Johnson | 21 β Johnson | 4 β Pinson | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | |||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
March 10, 2016 12:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN |
(1) No. 7 | vs. (8) Pittsburgh Quarterfinals |
W 88β71 | 26β6 |
20 β Berry II | 10 β Johnson | 7 β Pinson | Verizon Center (18,561) Washington, D.C. | |||
March 11, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN |
(1) No. 7 | vs. (4) Notre Dame Semifinals |
W 78β47 | 27β6 |
16 β Paige | 15 β Hicks | 7 β Paige | Verizon Center (20,719) Washington, D.C. | |||
March 12, 2016 9:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN |
(1) No. 7 | vs. (2) No. 4 Virginia Championship |
W 61β57 | 28β6 |
19 β Berry II | 9 β Johnson | 5 β Johnson | Verizon Center (20,719) Washington, D.C. | |||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 2016* 7:20 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (16 E) Florida Gulf Coast First Round |
W 83β67 | 29β6 |
18 β Johnson | 7 β Johnson | 5 β Paige | PNC Arena (17,387) Raleigh, NC | |||
Mar 19, 2016* 9:40 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (9 E) Providence Second Round |
W 85β66 | 30β6 |
21 β Johnson | 10 β Johnson | 3 β Tied | PNC Arena (19,433) Raleigh, NC | |||
Mar 25, 2016* 9:57 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (5 E) No. 14 Indiana Sweet Sixteen |
W 101β86 | 31β6 |
21 β Paige | 10 β Johnson | 6 β Paige | Wells Fargo Center (20,686) Philadelphia, PA | |||
Mar 27, 2016 8:49 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (6 E) Notre Dame Elite Eight |
W 88β74 | 32β6 |
25 β Johnson | 12 β Johnson | 8 β Berry II | Wells Fargo Center (20,743) Philadelphia, PA | |||
April 2, 2016 8:49 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (10 MW) Syracuse Final Four |
W 83β66 | 33β6 |
16 β Tied | 9 β Johnson | 10 β Berry II | NRG Stadium (75,505) Houston, TX | |||
April 4, 2016* 9:19 pm, TBS |
(1 E) No. 3 | vs. (2 S) No. 6 Villanova National Championship |
L 74β77 | 33β7 |
21 β Paige | 8 β Johnson | 6 β Paige | NRG Stadium (74,340) Houston, TX | |||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankingsβ»
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Poll | Pre | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
AP | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | N/A |
Coaches | 1-T | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Players drafted into the NBAβ»
Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
2016 | 1 | 25 | Brice Johnson | Los Angeles Clippers |
2016 | 2 | 55 | Marcus Paige | Brooklyn Nets |
2017 | 1 | 15 | Justin Jackson | Portland Trail Blazers |