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Carolina Basketball 2011-12 CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT averaged 17.3 points and 9 rebounds over the three games and was named MVP. Davis aver- aged 13.7 points and hit nearly 64 percent from three-point range in the Tournament. The win was the largest in the finals since Carolina beat NC State, 87-50, in 1968. 1994 Carolina faced Wake Forest in the semifinal in what proved to be one of the most exciting games in ACC Tournament history. Wake For- est led, 76-70, with 2:15 to play, but Derrick Phelps helped cut the deficit to three with 11 seconds left. Phelps then made the first of two free throws and rebounded his own miss on the second. He fed Dante Calabria who drove the lane and hit a twisting bank shot with three sec- onds remaining for a tie at 81. Carolina led 84-81 in overtime, but a three- pointer by Rusty LaRue tied the game with 39 seconds left. UNC freshman Jerry Stackhouse, the Tournament's MVP, hit the game-winner on a baseline drive with five seconds to play. Wake Forest guard Randolph Childress, who scored 31 points, just missed a long three-pointer as the clock expired. Stackhouse had 14 points and seven rebounds and Eric Montross added 12 points and nine re- bounds to lead Carolina past Virginia, 73-66, in the title game. 1997 The Tar Heels lost their first three ACC regular-season games, but rallied to go 8-0 in the second half to finish tied for second place. Carolina then swept past Virginia, Wake Forest and NC State to claim its 14th Tournament title. Junior guard Shammond Williams earned MVP honors, averaging 20.0 points and 5.0 assists. Antawn Jamison scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and point guard Ed Cota had 11 points and 10 assists in the 78-68 quarterfinal win over Virginia. Williams made eight of 11 shots, including four of seven three-pointers, in an 86-73 triumph over the Tim Duncan-led De- mon Deacons in the semifinals. In the championship game, Williams again led Carolina with 23 points, nine of which came on a trio of three-point baskets in a 2:02 span mid- way through the second half. Jamison added 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Carolina shot 59.0 percent from the floor. 1998 Carolina repeated as Tournament champions for the first time since 1981-82 with victories over NC State, Maryland and Duke. Those wins avenged regular-season losses against the same three opponents. Jamison injured a muscle in the overtime win over the Terrapins in the semi- final, and was questionable for Sunday's cham- pionship game. However, Jamison was relent- less against the Blue Devils, sparking UNC to a 15-point win over the nation's top-ranked team Opp. Seed UNC's Seed #1 CAROLINA'S ACC TOURNAMENT MATRIX #2 #3 #1 — 4-3 #2 #3 #4 #5 3-1 2-3 — 7-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 #7 — 1-1 #4 10-4 3-0 4-2 — 0-1 1-0 0-0 #5 7-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 — 2-4 0-0 #6 1-3 1-1 6-1 0-0 1-3 — 0-0 #7 1-0 10-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 #8 13-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 #9 5-0 #10 Total 1-0 45-13 0-0 — 24-8 0-0 — 11-7 0-0 — 4-5 0-0 — 1-4 0-1 — — — — — — — 1-2 #10 — — — — — — 0-1 — — — 0-1 Overall Record with a 22-point, 18-rebound effort that ranks as one of the finest in championship game history. Jamison had 25 points in the opening round win over the Wolfpack. The Tar Heels trailed throughout much of the second half against Maryland, but rallied behind Shammond Wil- liams to force overtime. Williams added 10 points in the extra stanza to lead Carolina to an 83-73 triumph. Carolina's win over Duke in the championship game was UNC's sixth in title game matchups against the Blue Devils. The game was tied at 57 with less than 11 minutes to play, but the Tar Heels reeled off the next 13 points. Carolina fin- ished the game shooting 54.4 percent from the floor, while Duke hit on just 32.8 percent of its field goal attempts. Williams and Vince Carter had 19 and 16 points, respectively. 2007 Carolina won its 16th ACC Tournament in 2007 in Tampa, Fla., with wins over Florida State, Boston College and NC State. Prior to 2007, the last time UNC had won both a share of the ACC regular season title and the ACC Tour- nament in the same season was 1982. As the Tournament's top seed, Carolina beat No. 9 seed Florida State in the quarterfinals. Wayne Ellington scored 18 points to lead four double-figure scorers in the win over the Semi- noles. Brandan Wright scored 20 points to lead the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 71-56 win over No. 4 seed Boston College in the semifinals. All five Tar Heel starters scored in double figures as Carolina beat NC State, 89-80, in the final. Reyshawn Terry scored eight consecutive points in a late-game stretch to capture the win. Wright was named MVP, becoming the fifth freshman and fourth Tar Heel freshman to do so. Wright joined UNC's Phil Ford (1978), Sam Perkins (1981) and Jerry Stackhouse (1994) and Duke's Jason Williams (2000) as those to accomplish the feat. Wright, Ellington and Ty Lawson made the All-ACC Tournament team, the first time three freshmen from the same team ever earned that honor. 2008 Carolina beat Florida State, Virginia Tech and Clemson to win the 2008 ACC title, its second in a row and an ACC-record 17th overall. The Tar Heels have won back-to-back ACC Tour- nament titles five times — 1967-68, 1968-69, 1981-82, 1997-98 and 2007-08. Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington and Mar- Vince Carter and Carolina won its second consecutive ACC title in 1998. 86-40 MVP Tyler Hansbrough celebrates his 2008 game-winner vs. Virginia Tech. cus Ginyard were named to the ACC All-Tour- nament First Team. Virginia Tech led most of the game in the semifinals. Ellington hit a pair of three-pointers late to tie the game before Hansbrough hit a baseline jump shot with 0.8 seconds left for a 68-66 win. Ellington made 10 of 13 shots from the floor and had 24 points in the championship game win over Clemson. Hansbrough had 26 points and nine rebounds against the Hokies and 18 points and 11 re- bounds in the finals to earn MVP honors. 143 Robert Crawford Robert Crawford