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2007 | 08 Table of Contents | Quick Facts 2007-08 Preview CHAMPS NCAA 1 4-TIME GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents, Quick Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2007-08 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2007-08 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2007-08 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 PLAYER PROFILES Quentin Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Surry Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mike Copeland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Bobby Frasor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15 Marcus Ginyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-19 Danny Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23 Tyler Hansbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-29 Marc Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Wayne Ellington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33 Ty Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-36 Alex Stepheson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-38 Deon Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40 Will Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 COACHING STAFF PROFILES Roy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-49 Joe Holladay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Steve Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Jerod Haase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 C.B. McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Marc Davis, Jonas Sahratian, Wayne Walden, Eric Hoots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 CAROLINA BASKETBALL TRADITION Five National Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-57 2005 National Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 16 Final Fours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 This is Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 Unforgettable Atmosphere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65 Why Carolina? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-70 Roy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-73 Tar Heels in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-77 Michael Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 National Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Carolina in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Unmatched Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Late Night with Roy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 2006-07 SEASON REVIEW 2006-07 Review Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-85 Departed Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 2006-07 Statistics & Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2006-07 Game-by-Game Team Statistics. . . . . . . . . 87 2006-07 Highs and Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 HISTORY Carolina Basketball Fast Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-90 Carolina Basketball History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-98 Dean Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99-101 Bill Guthridge & Frank McGuire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 NCAA Tournament History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103-104 NCAA Tournament Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105-107 NCAA Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-109 1957 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1982 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1993 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 2005 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Final Four History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-117 ACC Tournament History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118-121 Fantastic Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122-125 Smith Center Jerseys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-135 Tar Heels in the NBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136-138 NBA Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-140 Tar Heels in the NBA Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141-142 All-Time Pro Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143-145 Tar Heel Hall of Famers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 RECORD BOOK Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-148 Scoring Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-150 Field Goal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Three-Point Field Goal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Free Throw Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Rebounding Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Assist Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Steal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Blocked Shot Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Miscellaneous Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Opponent Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Yearly Statistical Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160-161 Bests vs. the ACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 30 Points, 15 Rebounds, 10 Assists . . . . . . . . 163-166 Annual Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167-168 UNC Team Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-170 Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-174 ACC Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Winning & Losing Streaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Year-by-Year Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177-178 Scores Since 1953-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179-188 Series History vs. 2007-08 Opponents . . . . . . 189-195 Associated Press Poll History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 All-Time Tar Heel Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197-199 Career Stats for 1,000-Point Scorers . . . . . . . . . . . 200 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA University Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Rams Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-203 Dean E. Smith Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Smith Center Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205-206 MISCELLANEOUS 2007-08 Opponent Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 The Tar Heel Sports Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 The official 2007-08 Uni- versity of North Carolina men’s basketball media guide is published by the UNC Athletic Communi- cations office. Additional copies of the media guide may be purchased by sending a check for $25 to: UNC Athletic Com- munications, P.O. Box 3760, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27514. Edited & Designed by: Matt Bowers Written by: Steve Kirschner Editorial Assistance: Joe Amati (NBA Photos), Danielle Appelman, Lee Becker, Rick Brewer, JoAnne Cannell, Livis Freeman, Chris Gallo, Dana Gelin, Dale Herman, John Martin, Jeff McLerran, Pre- ston Puckett, Blake Rahn, T. Kermit Roberts, Kathryn Roth, Michael Wintrob Photography: Player, coach and staff head shots by Jeffrey Camarati. Action photos as noted. Photos of NBA players are courtesy of NBA Entertainment un- less otherwise noted. Covers: Designed by Dana Gelin Cover Photos: FRONT : Bob Donnan (Hansbrough reacts); Grant Halverson (Hansbrough dunk); Peyton Williams (Thomas dribbling); Robert Crawford (Thomas defends); INSIDE FRONT : Jeffrey Cama- rati (Ellington, Green, Lawson), Brian Fleming (Fra- sor, Ginyard); INSIDE BACK : NBA Entertainment; BACK : J.D. Lyon Jr. “Carolina Basketball Tradition” section: Designed by John Martin Printing: Phillips Brothers Printers, Springfield, Ill. GENERAL INFORMATION Location Chapel Hill, N.C. Founded 1789 Enrollment 27,700 Nickname Tar Heels School Colors Carolina Blue & White Conference Atlantic Coast Chancellor Dr. James Moeser Athletic Director Dick Baddour Arena Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) 2006-07 Record 31-7 (NCAA Regional Finalist) 2006-07 ACC Record 11-5 (Tied 1st place; Tournament champions) COACHING STAFF Head Coach Roy Williams Record at Carolina 106-30, four seasons Record Overall (seasons) 524-131 (19 seasons) Assistant Coaches Joe Holladay, Steve Robinson, Jerod Haase Director of Basketball Operations C.B. McGrath Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Jonas Sahratian Head Athletic Trainer & Physical Therapist Marc Davis Video Assistant Eric Hoots STARTERS RETURNING (3) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. 22 Wayne Ellington 6-4 200 So. G 50 Tyler Hansbrough 6-9 250 Jr. F 5 Ty Lawson 5-11 195 So. G OTHER LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (8) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. 40 Mike Copeland 6-7 235 Jr. F 4 Bobby Frasor 6-3 208 Jr. G 1 Marcus Ginyard 6-5 218 Jr. G/F 14 Danny Green 6-6 210 Jr. G/F 32 Alex Stepheson 6-9 235 So. F 11 Quentin Thomas 6-3 190 Sr. G 21 Deon Thompson 6-8 240 So. F 24 Surry Wood 6-5 210 Sr. F NEWCOMERS (2) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. 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GENERAL INFORMATIONTable of Contents, Quick Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12007-08 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22007-08 Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32007-08 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
PLAYER PROFILESQuentin Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8Surry Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Mike Copeland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11Bobby Frasor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15Marcus Ginyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-19Danny Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23Tyler Hansbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-29Marc Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Wayne Ellington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-33Ty Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-36Alex Stepheson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-38Deon Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40Will Graves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
COACHING STAFF PROFILESRoy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-49Joe Holladay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Steve Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Jerod Haase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52C.B. McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Marc Davis, Jonas Sahratian, Wayne Walden, Eric Hoots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Support Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CAROLINA BASKETBALL TRADITIONFive National Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-572005 National Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-5916 Final Fours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61This is Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63Unforgettable Atmosphere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65Why Carolina?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-70Roy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-73Tar Heels in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-77Michael Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78National Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Carolina in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Unmatched Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Late Night with Roy Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
2006-07 SEASON REVIEW2006-07 Review Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-85Departed Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852006-07 Statistics & Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862006-07 Game-by-Game Team Statistics. . . . . . . . . 872006-07 Highs and Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
HISTORYCarolina Basketball Fast Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-90Carolina Basketball History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-98Dean Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99-101Bill Guthridge & Frank McGuire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102NCAA Tournament History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103-104NCAA Tournament Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105-107NCAA Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-1091957 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101982 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111993 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1122005 NCAA Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Final Four History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-117ACC Tournament History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118-121Fantastic Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122-125Smith Center Jerseys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-135Tar Heels in the NBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136-138NBA Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-140Tar Heels in the NBA Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141-142All-Time Pro Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143-145Tar Heel Hall of Famers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
RECORD BOOKTeam Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-148Scoring Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-150Field Goal Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Three-Point Field Goal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Free Throw Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Rebounding Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Assist Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Steal Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Blocked Shot Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Miscellaneous Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Opponent Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Yearly Statistical Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160-161Bests vs. the ACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16230 Points, 15 Rebounds, 10 Assists . . . . . . . . 163-166Annual Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167-168UNC Team Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169-170Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-174ACC Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Winning & Losing Streaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Year-by-Year Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177-178Scores Since 1953-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179-188Series History vs. 2007-08 Opponents . . . . . . 189-195Associated Press Poll History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196All-Time Tar Heel Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197-199Career Stats for 1,000-Point Scorers . . . . . . . . . . . 200
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINAUniversity Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Rams Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-203Dean E. Smith Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Smith Center Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205-206
MISCELLANEOUS 2007-08 Opponent Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Media Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208The Tar Heel Sports Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
The official 2007-08 Uni-versity of North Carolinamen’s basketball mediaguide is published by theUNC Athletic Communi-cations office. Additionalcopies of the media guidemay be purchased bysending a check for $25to: UNC Athletic Com-munications, P.O. Box3760, Chapel Hill, N.C.,27514.
Edited & Designed by: Matt BowersWritten by: Steve Kirschner
Editorial Assistance: Joe Amati (NBA Photos),Danielle Appelman, Lee Becker, Rick Brewer,JoAnne Cannell, Livis Freeman, Chris Gallo, DanaGelin, Dale Herman, John Martin, Jeff McLerran, Pre-ston Puckett, Blake Rahn, T. Kermit Roberts, KathrynRoth, Michael Wintrob
Photography: Player, coach and staff head shots byJeffrey Camarati. Action photos as noted. Photos ofNBA players are courtesy of NBA Entertainment un-less otherwise noted.
Covers: Designed by Dana Gelin
Cover Photos: FRONT: Bob Donnan (Hansbroughreacts); Grant Halverson (Hansbrough dunk); PeytonWilliams (Thomas dribbling); Robert Crawford(Thomas defends); INSIDE FRONT: Jeffrey Cama-rati (Ellington, Green, Lawson), Brian Fleming (Fra-sor, Ginyard); INSIDE BACK: NBA Entertainment;BACK: J.D. Lyon Jr.
“Carolina Basketball Tradition” section:Designed by John Martin
Printing: Phillips Brothers Printers, Springfield, Ill.
GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation Chapel Hill, N.C.Founded 1789Enrollment 27,700Nickname Tar HeelsSchool Colors Carolina Blue & WhiteConference Atlantic CoastChancellor Dr. James MoeserAthletic Director Dick BaddourArena Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)2006-07 Record 31-7 (NCAA Regional Finalist)2006-07 ACC Record 11-5 (Tied 1st place;
Tournament champions)
COACHING STAFFHead Coach Roy WilliamsRecord at Carolina 106-30, four seasons
Record Overall (seasons) 524-131 (19 seasons)Assistant Coaches
Joe Holladay, Steve Robinson, Jerod Haase Director of Basketball Operations C.B. McGrathStrength & Conditioning Coordinator
Jonas SahratianHead Athletic Trainer & Physical Therapist
Marc DavisVideo Assistant Eric Hoots
STARTERS RETURNING (3)No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos.22 Wayne Ellington 6-4 200 So. G50 Tyler Hansbrough 6-9 250 Jr. F5 Ty Lawson 5-11 195 So. G
OTHER LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (8)No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos.40 Mike Copeland 6-7 235 Jr. F4 Bobby Frasor 6-3 208 Jr. G1 Marcus Ginyard 6-5 218 Jr. G/F14 Danny Green 6-6 210 Jr. G/F32 Alex Stepheson 6-9 235 So. F11 Quentin Thomas 6-3 190 Sr. G21 Deon Thompson 6-8 240 So. F24 Surry Wood 6-5 210 Sr. F
NEWCOMERS (2)No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos.2 Marc Campbell 5-11 165 r-So. G13 Will Graves 6-6 245 r-Fr. G/F
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Day Date Opponent/Event Site Time TV/InternetFri. Oct. 12 Late Night with Roy Williams Chapel Hill 7 p.m. TarHeelBlue.comSat. Nov. 3 Shaw (exhibition) Chapel Hill TBA TarHeelBlue.comFri. Nov. 9 Lenoir-Rhyne (exhibition) Chapel Hill 7:30 p.m. TarHeelBlue.com
Wed. Nov. 14 at Davidson (Charlotte Bobcats Arena) Charlotte, N.C. 7 p.m. ESPN
Findlay Toyota Las Vegas InvitationalSun. Nov. 18 Iona Chapel Hill 6 p.m. ESPNUTue. Nov. 20 South Carolina State Chapel Hill 7:30 p.m.Fri. Nov. 23 vs. Old Dominion (Orleans Arena) Las Vegas, Nev. 11:55 p.m. ESPNUSat. Nov. 24 vs. BYU or Louisville (Orleans Arena) Las Vegas, Nev. TBA ESPN
Big Ten/ACC ChallengeWed. Nov. 28 at Ohio State (Schottenstein Center) Columbus, Ohio 9 p.m. ESPN
Sat. Dec. 1 at Kentucky (Rupp Arena) Lexington, Ky. 2 p.m. ESPN2Tue. Dec. 4 at Penn (Palestra) Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. ESPN2Sun. Dec. 16 at Rutgers (Louis Brown Athletic Center) Piscataway, N.J. 8 p.m. ESPNWed. Dec. 19 Nicholls State Chapel Hill 9 p.m. ESPNUSat. Dec. 22 UC Santa Barbara Chapel Hill 1 p.m. FSNSThu. Dec. 27 Nevada Chapel Hill 7 p.m. ESPN2Sun. Dec. 30 Valparaiso Chapel Hill 7:30 p.m. FSN
Wed. Jan. 2 Kent State Chapel Hill 8 p.m. ESPNSun. Jan. 6 at Clemson (Littlejohn Coliseum) Clemson, S.C. 7:30 p.m. FSNWed. Jan. 9 UNC Asheville Chapel Hill 7 p.m. ESPNUSat. Jan. 12 NC State Chapel Hill Noon ESPNWed. Jan. 16 at Georgia Tech (Alexander Memorial Coliseum) Atlanta, Ga. 9 p.m. ESPNSat. Jan. 19 Maryland Chapel Hill 3:30 p.m. ABCWed. Jan. 23 at Miami (BankUnited Center) Coral Gables, Fla. 9 p.m. Raycom/LFThu. Jan. 31 Boston College Chapel Hill 7 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2
Sun. Feb. 3 at Florida State (Donald Tucker Civic Center) Tallahassee, Fla. 2 p.m. FSNWed. Feb. 6 Duke Chapel Hill 9 p.m. RLF/ESPNSun. Feb. 10 Clemson Chapel Hill 6:30 p.m. FSNTue. Feb. 12 at Virginia (John Paul Jones Arena) Charlottesville, Va. 8 p.m. Raycom/LFSat. Feb. 16 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill 1 p.m. CBSWed. Feb. 20 at NC State (RBC Center) Raleigh, N.C. 7 p.m. ESPNSun. Feb. 24 Wake Forest Chapel Hill 6:30 p.m. FSN
Sat. March 1 at Boston College (Conte Forum) Chestnut Hill, Mass. 3:30 p.m. ABCTue. March 4 Florida State Chapel Hill 8 p.m. Raycom/LFSat. March 8 at Duke (Cameron Indoor Stadium) Durham, N.C. 9 p.m. ESPN
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, N.C.Thu. March 13 #8 seed vs. #9 seed Noon Raycom/LF
#5 seed vs. #12 seed 2:30 p.m. Raycom/LF#7 seed vs. #10 seed 7 p.m. ESPN2#6 seed vs. #11 seed 9:30 p.m. Raycom/LF
Fri. March 14 #1 seed vs. 8/9 winner Noon RLF/ESPN2#4 seed vs. 5/12 winner 2:30 p.m. RLF/ESPN2#2 seed vs. 7/10 winner 7 p.m. RLF/ESPN2#3 seed vs. 6/11 winner 9:30 p.m. RLF/ESPN2
Sat. March 15 Semifinals 1:30 & 4 p.m. RLF/ESPNSun. March 16 Championship 1 p.m. RLF/ESPN
2008 NCAA Tournament SitesFirst & Second Rounds: March 20 & 22– Washington, D.C.; Omaha, Neb.; Denver, Colo.; Anaheim, Calif.; March 21 & 23– Birmingham, Ala.; Little Rock, Ark.; Raleigh, N.C.; Tampa, Fla.Regionals: March 27 & 29– Charlotte, N.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; March 28 & 30– Detroit, Mich.; Houston, TexasFinal Four: April 5 & 7– San Antonio, Texas
all times are Eastern Standard TimeLF– Lincoln-Financial; FSN– Fox Sports Net; FSNS– Fox Sports South
The University of North Carolina and Nike extended their agreement for eight more years beginningin July 2002. The agreement provides each varsity team with shoes, apparel, equipment bags andother products. It also provides $100,000 annually to the Chancellor's Academic Enhancement Fundfor undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the athletic department to reward Olympic sportprograms and coaches for academic and athletic excellence. The Tar Heel men’s basketball team wears the Jumpman line, named after UNC’s Michael Jordan.
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NUMERICALNo. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School1 Marcus Ginyard** Jr. G/F 6-5 218 Alexandria, Va. Bishop O’Connell2 Marc Campbell r-So. G 5-11 165 Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft4 Bobby Frasor** Jr. G 6-3 208 Blue Island, Ill. Brother Rice5 Ty Lawson* So. G 5-11 195 Clinton, Md. Oak Hill Academy (Va.)11 Quentin Thomas*** Sr. G 6-3 190 Oakland, Calif. Oakland Technical Senior13 Will Graves r-Fr. G/F 6-6 245 Greensboro, N.C. Dudley14 Danny Green** Jr. G/F 6-6 210 North Babylon, N.Y. St. Mary’s21 Deon Thompson* So. F 6-8 240 Torrance, Calif. Torrance22 Wayne Ellington* So. G 6-4 200 Wynnewood, Pa. The Episcopal Academy24 Surry Wood** Sr. F 6-5 210 Raleigh, N.C. Cary Academy32 Alex Stepheson* So. F 6-9 235 Los Angeles, Calif. Harvard-Westlake40 Mike Copeland** Jr. F 6-7 235 Winston-Salem, N.C. R.J. Reynolds50 Tyler Hansbrough** Jr. F 6-9 250 Poplar Bluff, Mo. Poplar Bluff
ALPHABETICALNo. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School2 Marc Campbell r-So. G 5-11 165 Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft40 Mike Copeland** Jr. F 6-7 235 Winston-Salem, N.C. R.J. Reynolds22 Wayne Ellington* So. G 6-4 200 Wynnewood, Pa. The Episcopal Academy4 Bobby Frasor** Jr. G 6-3 208 Blue Island, Ill. Brother Rice1 Marcus Ginyard** Jr. G/F 6-5 218 Alexandria, Va. Bishop O’Connell13 Will Graves r-Fr. G/F 6-6 245 Greensboro, N.C. Dudley14 Danny Green** Jr. G/F 6-6 210 North Babylon, N.Y. St. Mary’s50 Tyler Hansbrough** Jr. F 6-9 250 Poplar Bluff, Mo. Poplar Bluff5 Ty Lawson* So. G 5-11 195 Clinton, Md. Oak Hill Academy (Va.)32 Alex Stepheson* So. F 6-9 235 Los Angeles, Calif. Harvard-Westlake11 Quentin Thomas*** Sr. G 6-3 190 Oakland, Calif. Oakland Technical Senior21 Deon Thompson* So. F 6-8 240 Torrance, Calif. Torrance24 Surry Wood** Sr. F 6-5 210 Raleigh, N.C. Cary Academy
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Head Coach: Roy Williams (20th year, 5th at Carolina)Assistant Coaches: Joe Holladay, Steve Robinson, Jerod Haase Director of Basketball Operations: C.B. McGrathStrength & Conditioning Coordinator: Jonas SahratianHead Athletic Trainer & Physical Therapist: Marc DavisVideo Coordinator: Eric HootsManagers: Preston Puckett (head manager), Molly Brenner, Bobby Cooper, Brandon Rhodes, Ryan Riedel, Sean StoutBob Donnan
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Carolina returns three starters, led by Tyler Hans-brough, a two-time All-America and a leading can-didate for National Player of the Year honors, and 10other letterwinners from last year’s squad that went31-7, won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular sea-son and Tournament titles and came within an over-time loss to Big East champion Georgetown of a berthin the Final Four.Head coach Roy Williams, who was inducted in
September into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame,directs an experienced squad that should be amongthe favorites in the conference and national races. “If you look back at last year – the seniors gradu-
ated, we won 31 games, the ACC regular season andTournament and reached the Final 8,” says Williams.“Over the last six years, our teams at Kansas and Car-olina have won more games than anyone else. Wegraduate our players, we have guys who are success-ful and reach their dreams with the NBA, and we’vewon games. But losing that last game leaves a badtaste during the offseason and the guys who are re-turning this year have reminded themselves of thatfeeling each day and are determined to do somethingabout that.”The Tar Heels lose three prominent players from a
year ago, including seniors Reyshawn Terry and WesMiller and freshman Brandan Wright, the No. 8 pickin the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft.“We have to replace three guys who at times could
change the game defensively,” says Williams. “Wesalways graded out really well over the course of twoyears, Reyshawn was at times our best defender andBrandan could erase a lot of mistakes and block shots.You don’t lose a guy who is the eighth pick in theNBA draft and not lose something. And it’s tough tolose a guy like Reyshawn who at times could play likethe best defender I have ever coached. “The other guys will be able to replace the points,
but who is going to step forward and make the playsdefensively that those kids made? Offensively, Weswas able to stretch the floor with threes, Brandan shot65 percent and did a great job passing the basketballand Reyshawn took over games like NC State inthe ACC Tournament final and Michigan State.Yes, we have a lot of guys back, but our lossesare real, they’re not just paper losses. Those threewere extremely important to us.”No player in the country has been more im-
portant or more valuable to his team the last twoyears than Hansbrough, a 6-9, 250-pound juniorfrom Poplar Bluff, Mo. Two years ago he be-came the first freshman in ACC history to earnfirst-team All-America honors and last season hebecame just the fifth Tar Heel sophomore to earnconsensus first-team All-America honors.Hansbrough has averaged 18.6 points and 7.9
rebounds and is on pace to rewrite the Carolinarecord book. He was a unanimous first-team All-ACC selection for the second year in a row, join-ing Lennie Rosenbluth, Billy Cunningham andMichael Jordan as the only Tar Heels ever toachieve that distinction.Hansbrough has 16 career double-doubles,
scored in double figures 63 times in 69 games,scored 20 or more points 30 times and attempteddouble-digit free throws on 23 occasions. He’sconverted 429 free throws, better than six agame, and is already ninth in UNC history in freethrows made. “The big fella’s had two phenomenal years,”
says Williams. “Tyler is the most focused player
I’ve ever been around. He has a chance to be the lead-ing scorer and rebounder in Carolina history. I’m ex-pecting a fantastic junior year with the same kind ofnumbers he’s put up before if not better. He has bigexpectations, but he handles it really well. I don’tthink he pressures himself or puts himself in a posi-tion where he’s afraid to make a mistake. He hastremendous dreams and work ethic and he just goes,goes, and goes. “Tyler has really gotten better defensively. We
need him to continue to improve his assist-error ratio.Without Brandan, some coaches may double-team
him even more and that will give our other big men afree run to the boards, so guys like Deon Thompsonand Alex Stepheson have to take advantage of thosescenarios and make other coaches question doingthat.”Hansbrough is one of five returning players who
have spent time in the Tar Heel starting lineup at somepoint in the last two years. Sophomore guards WayneEllington and Ty Lawson were regulars in the firstfive last year and juniors Bobby Frasor and MarcusGinyard made a combined 45 starts in 2005-06.Ellington, a 6-4 shooting guard from Wynnewood,
Pa., led the Tar Heels in three-point field goals with66. He was UNC’s third-leading scorer at 11.7 pointsa game, scoring in double figures 27 times with a highof 19 twice, including against Ohio State.Ellington, who made the USA Team that played in
the Pan Am Games this summer, averaged 14.7 pointsin the ACC Tournament and was selected to the All-Tournament Team after leading the Tar Heels in scor-ing in two of the three wins. “I think Wayne will have a great year for us,” says
Williams. “As he gets more experienced, his fieldgoal percentage will go up and that will open upthings inside for us. He’s a terrific shooter. Now hehas to do it more consistently in games. He knows hehas to get better defensively, so he really emphasizedit in his off-season work.”Lawson, a 5-11 speedster from Clinton, Md., led
the ACC in assist-error ratio as a freshman despite theTar Heels’ fast-paced, attack style of offense. He had184 assists and just 64 turnovers in his 31 starts, hav-ing moved into the starting lineup in the season’s sixthgame. “Ty was really good through the first two-thirds of
the season, but improved to another level during thelast third of the regular season and the ACC andNCAA Tournaments,” says Williams. “We hope hecan start this year at that level. He was so much moremature, disciplined, and aware of how to take care ofhis body and do the little things to help you win. Con-sidering the tempo at which we want to play, his as-
sist-error numbers were phenomenal.”Lawson earned All-ACC Rookie Team hon-
ors and was a first-team All-ACC Tournamentchoice. He scored in double figures 22 times,had more assists than turnovers in 32 games andhad 45 assists and just 13 miscues in the sevenpostseason contests.Ginyard, a 6-5 swingman from Alexandria,
Va., is likely Carolina’s most versatile player.He was the team’s defensive player of the yearin 2006-07 and became one of the team’s bestoffensive rebounders. He played two of his bestgames in the home win over Duke (13 points,two assists) and in the comeback win overSouthern California in the NCAA East Re-gional (10 points, nine rebounds).“Marcus is so intelligent he found ways to
make me put him in the game,” says Williams.“He’s a solid defender, got much better on theoffensive glass and does all the little things. Hecould have a real breakout year. Last year, hefound his niche. He figured out the JackieManuel way to get into the starting lineup –don’t make mistakes and come up with bigplays – and he did that.”Ginyard improved his field goal percentage
from .407 to .473 and improved his assist-errorratio from minus 5 to plus 14. Frasor, a 6-3 native of Blue Island, Ill.,
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started every game as a freshman at point guard, butlast year had a frustrating season plagued by a foot in-jury that limited him to 28 games and 10 minutes anouting.Frasor started the first five games, but missed the
next six contests with a bruised hip and sore right foot.He returned to action in early January, but aggravatedthe foot injury at Virginia Tech and played double-fig-ure minutes only three times in the final 21 contests.He played a key role in Carolina’s win at Duke, hitthree from beyond the three-point arc and had 11points against Gonzaga and had five assists and noturnovers in the ACC Tournament semifinals againstBoston College.“I am curious to see how his foot holds up,” says
Williams. “Bobby had a marvelous freshman year,and last year was extremely tough on the youngsterbecause of his foot. But I have complete confidence inBobby based on what he showed me his freshmanyear when he was healthy. He started at point guardon the youngest team I have ever coached and thatteam won 23 games and was a three seed in theNCAA Tournament. I think he can be even better thanthat when he is healthy.”
Quentin Thomas is the lone scholarship senior onthe team, which for the first time features only schol-arship players recruited by Williams and his staff.Thomas has improved each year as a Tar Heel. He hasplayed in 92 games and amassed 172 assists and 106turnovers. Last year, he missed nine of the first 13games with a stress fracture in his left foot. He re-turned in January and finished with 47 assists and 21turnovers. He had a career-high eight assists againstMiami and played his best overall floor game in thewin over Virginia.“I expect ‘Q’ to have his best year,” says Williams.
“He’s more relaxed, which means he can play withmore confidence, which leads to better play.”Thomas and Frasor are such good ball-handlers,
Williams may give them time at the two-guard spot,especially in late-game situations when taking care ofthe ball is so critical.Two juniors, two sophomores and a red-shirt fresh-
man will join Hansbrough in the frontcourt.Danny Green has shown the ability, but not yet
the consistency Williams needs for him to secure astarting position. The 6-6 junior from North Babylon,N.Y., can shoot the ball, rebounds well and led theteam in blocked shots as a freshman. He scored indouble figures four times last year with a high of 14at Saint Louis, when he connected on four three-pointers. He pulled down six or more boards sixtimes, including eight in the home win over NC Stateand against USC in the NCAA Sweet 16. “Danny can cross the line from the three to the
four,” says Williams. “He’s a great free throw shooter,has become a better defender and is good around thebackboard. I like him at the four in late-game spotsbecause he can do those things. He’s another guy whoI think is going to have a big-time year for us.”Sophomores Thompson and Stepheson gained ex-
perience last year that should help prepare them forsignificantly larger roles, especially with Wright mov-ing on to the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. Thompson, a 6-9, 240-pound native of Torrance,
Calif., averaged 12.4 minutes a game and shot 55.8percent from the field as a freshman. He scored 14points in his one start at Arizona when Wright was illand also had 14 points and six rebounds in the NCAAregional final against Georgetown.This summer, Thompson was Team USA’s third-
leading scorer (10.0 ppg) and the leading rebounder(6.1) in the Under-19 World Championships. He had18 points and 13 boards against France in the semifi-nals and 17 points against Lithuania.“People are expecting a lot from Deon because he
played well in the Georgetown game, they’ve heardhow hard he worked on his body in the off-season andhe was one of the leading players for Team USA thissummer,” says Williams. “That’s okay, because I’mexpecting a lot out of him, too. He’s further along inhis game offensively and he knows we need him topick up his play on the defensive end.”Stepheson and Thompson complement each
other’s game nicely, as Stepheson is more comfort-able at this point in his career as a defender, re-bounder and shot blocker. The 6-9, 225-poundsophomore from Los Angeles grabbed 84 reboundsin 242 minutes last year, which translates to 13.8 re-bounds per 40 minutes. He had eight games withfive or more rebounds, including six against George-town and six more to go along with 10 points in thewin at Arizona.“Defense and rebounding are two areas where
Alex is really doing a nice job,” says Williams.“He’s going to step in and play a lot of minutes thisyear.”
Mike Copeland, a 6-7 junior from Winston-Salem, and Will Graves, a 6-6 Greensboro nativewho redshirted last year, round out the lineup.“Mike is getting better offensively, but he knows
he must concentrate better on defense and finish de-fensively by boxing out,” says Williams. “As he im-proves as a defender, he will get an opportunity tohelp us this year.”Graves can play anywhere from shooting guard
to either forward slot. He worked last year not onlyon his game, but also on his conditioning andphysique. He won two high school state champi-onships at the Smith Center while at Dudley High
School.“Most kids who redshirt take the year off, but Will
didn’t do that,” says Williams, “particularly in theway he worked on his body. He’s lost about 30 poundssince he came to college. At some point he will be-come an important player for us. When that will beremains to be seen, because he has to do it with peo-ple in the seats.”This is the first time in Williams’ 20 years as a col-
lege head coach that he doesn’t have a scholarshipplayer who is new to the program on the first day ofpractice. That should allow the coaches to hit theground running on October 13.“Yes, we can go faster,” says Williams. “We’ll start
at the same spot to give them the foundation, but wewill go faster and expect more from the guys becauseof the experience level. We expect Ty, Wayne, Deonand Alex to take major steps forward because they’vebeen through the philosophy, the style, practices, ter-minology, the whole offensive and defensive systems.I expect them to make major improvements becauseof the confidence and comfort level they’ve gained.”Williams says the biggest area of need for im-
proved play centers on defense. Even though the TarHeels held the opposition to 41.6 percent shootingfrom the floor for the season, that figure jumped to51.2 percent in the seven defeats. Getting “muststops” at key moments was not to the level Williamsdemands from great teams. “We must flat-out guard people better, play better
defense from day one – it has to be our emphasis,”says Williams. “They will be better at it because ofanother year’s experience, but we will emphasize itin practice more than ever before.”Carolina’s primary strength is the team’s experi-
ence level and the fact that Hansbrough is one of thetop players in the game.“So many guys have been through it,” says
Williams. “I think we will be a well-rounded club thatcan score inside, can shoot from the three-point land,and with our rebounding and in particular with Law-son’s speed we can really push the ball. But we haveto defend.”
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