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relented.“We decided to just pad him up,”

Berry Sr. said. “My wife put (on) theknee pads, elbow pads, and we lethim play. And it just took off fromthere.

“He got in the game — he was 6 years old playing against the kidsthat were like 8- and 9-year-olds,and he was handling his own on the

court.“And we were like, ‘Wow, this issomething special.’”

‘Iron sharpens iron’

“One of the first times I remem- ber meeting Joel,” says DustinBowlin, who was Berry’s assistant

basketball coach at Lake Highland,“We were actually doing a littlegame we call Seven Up.”

This was Berry’s first year at LakeHighland, before the coaches reallyknew who he was. They had heard ofhim, of course. He was well knownin the area for his basketball skill.So much so that head coach Jason

Vallery got a call from JacksonvilleUniversity.

“(Jacksonville University’s) headcoach said, ‘Well, your school and your program has just been blessed.’ And we got excited about that,” Vallery said. “And we got to see whatthat meant.”

Bowlin found out something of what that meant during that gameof Seven Up.

“We got into this little shootingcompetition, and I’m kind of beinga coach to him, like, ‘I got you here,I got you here!’ I mean, he abso-lutely obliterated me,” Bowlin said,laughing. “And he did it so respect-fully. I think the final score was like42-21, but I felt with the way he

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“And we called it the ride in the white truck.”

‘Something special’

Before those rides in the whitetruck, though, when Berry Sr.explained to his son all the things

that were more important than bas-ketball, came — well — basketball.

Berry Sr. started an inner-city basketba ll league with around 600kids in the Orlando area whenhis eldest children, daughtersKourtnie and Kasie, were young.Berry was younger still, just 6

years o ld. While Berry Sr. was coaching an

all-girls team, Berry was followinghis father around as his “little ball

boy.” But that wasn’t going to beenough for the 6-year-old child.

“He kept saying, ‘Let me p lay, letme play, let me play,’ and we werelike, ‘No, you’re too small,’” Berry Sr.remembers saying.

But one Saturday not long after,Berry Sr. and his wife, Kathie,

Berry and ‘the ride in the white truck’

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Joel Berry is riding in the whitetruck with his father, Joel Berry Sr.

They are headed to his highschool, Lake Highland Preparatoryin Orlando, Fla. The heater isn’trunning, mostly because it isn’tnecessary down in Florida, but also

because it doesn’t work. The radioisn’t on either, but that works justfine.

Berry Sr. doesn’t want it on,though, because on these 30-min-ute drives to and from LakeHighland, he wants to talk to his

son — who’s one of the most tal-ented basketball players in the area.He wants to be able to make animpact on him.

But not in how many points heshould be trying to score as a fresh-man. Not in what colleges he should

be trying to get in or what crossoverdribbles are the best to break downthe defender in front of him or thedifferent ways to use his speed andstrength to score over bigger players.None of that.

So, why?“So we could talk about life,”

Berry Sr. says, “And (so I could)always remind him that life is big-ger than basketball. So we justtalked about a lot, from his n inth-

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What to know of UNC’s potential foesThe ACC Tournament is

consistently one of the topconference tournaments in thecountry. And this year’s edi-tion will likely be no different.

As the No. 1 seed, North

Carolina enters the tourna-ment as one of the favorites to win it. But the Tar Heels aren’tthe only team that could bringhome the hardware.

No. 2 seed Virginia and No.3 seed Miami finished onegame behind UNC in the ACCstandings and feature two ofthe conference’s top playersin Cavalier guard MalcolmBrogdon and Hurricane

guard Sheldon McClellan.Louisville, which finished

fourth in the ACC, won’tplay in the tournament afterimposing a one-year post-season ban amid an ongoing

NCAA investigation into analleged recruiting scandal atthe university. But the compe-tition will still be stiff.

Here’s a look at the 10teams still competing in the

ACC Tournament as of 5 p.m.on Wednesday.

—Compiled by C JacksonCowart, Pat James and

Logan Ulrich

North Carolina enters the ACCTournament on a high note after hold-

ing off Duke in the regular season fina-le to bring a conference title to ChapelHill for the first time in four years.

After experiencing their share ofups and downs during the season, theTar Heels appear to have turned thecorner. Senior forward Brice Johnson is playing as wellas any other big man in the country, and forwards JustinJackson and Kennedy Meeks finished the season strong.

But the shooting woes of Marcus Paige continue to baffle the Tar Heels. After earning preseason conferencehonors, Paige shot 27.9 percent from 3-point range during

ACC play — far from a 41.5 percent mark in 2015. If UNChopes to win its first ACC Tournament since 2008, theteam will look for its senior leader to return to prior form.

Led by ACC Player of the YearMalcolm Brogdon, Virginia stormed

to the second-best record in the ACC, tying with Miami. Among theCavaliers’ 13 ACC wins is a 79-74 winover UNC on Feb. 27. Coach TonyBennett’s pack line defense stifled theTar Heels in Charlottesville, Va., whereUVa. hasn’t dropped a game all season.

Virginia has been a different team away from home,though. The Cavaliers hold a 5-6 record on the road thisseason, including losses at G eorge Washington, GeorgiaTech and Florida State.

Playing at a neutral site in Washington, D.C., isn’texactly a road game, but UVa. hopes its second-rankedscoring defense can propel the Cavaliers to their third

ACC title in program history and second in three seasons.

For most of the season, Miami haslooked like one of the best teams inthe country. Redshirt seniors SheldonMcClellan and Angel Rodriguezform a dynamic scoring tandem inthe backcourt, while senior centerTonye Jekiri is one of the best defend-ers in the country and anchors theHurricanes’ top-50 scoring defense.

But poor showings against middling opponents plaguedMiami throughout the season. Despite holding serve

with North Carolina and Virginia for much of the season,Miami tied for second in the ACC after blowout roaddefeats at Clemson, N.C. State and Virginia Tech — not tomention a 96-71 shellacking in Chapel Hill on Feb. 20.

Miami could win the tournament or lose its first game.Neither would be a shock.

After defeating N.C. State 92-89in Wednesday’s second round, Dukeadvanced to the ACC Tournamentquarterfinals for a rematch withfourth-seeded Notre Dame.

The Blue Devils’ plan is simple:shoot 3-pointers and get to the free-throw line. Behind the dynamic playof sophomore guard Grayson Allen and first-year forwardBrandon Ingram — two All-ACC honorees — Duke pro-duced the second-best scoring offense in the conferencethis season despite primarily using a six-man rotation.

But Duke’s thin roster could prove to be its downfall.The Blue Devils flirted with foul trouble in its 76-72 lossto North Carolina on Mar. 5. And if the Blue Devils areto claim a record 20th ACC Tournament championship,

Allen and Ingram will have to lead the charge.

After Virginia Tech soared throughthe start of ACC play with a 4-1 record— including a win over then-No. 4

Virginia — the Hokies lost seven oftheir next eight games, including acrushing 75-70 home loss to NorthCarolina on Jan 24.

But like a phoenix from the ashes, Virginia Tech finished the year strong. The Hokiesclaimed their final five ACC games, including a blowout

win over Miami to end the regular season and earn theNo. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament.

Led by redshirt junior forward Zach LeDay, an All-ACChonorable mention, Virginia Tech will look to prove itsstrong play against top competition was more than a fluke.

The Hokies played No. 11 Florida State on Wednesdaynight for a chance to play Miami in today’s quarterfinals.

After losing its conference opener86-78 to North Carolina on Jan. 2,Georgia Tech struggled to gain anytraction in ACC competition this year.

But behind inspired play fromsenior guard Marcus Georges-Hunt,an All-ACC third-team member, therejuvenated Yellow Jackets claimedfive of their final six games — including one-possession

wins over Notre Dame and Clemson and a four-point vic-tory against Pittsburgh in the regular season finale.

Despite pulling out big home winsover Louisville, Duke and Miami,Clemson struggled on the road dur-ing ACC play, going 3-6 and droppingfour games by a combined 15 points.

One of the Tigers’ road confer-ence losses came in their ACC openeragainst North Carolina on Dec. 30,

when the Tar Heels improved their all-time home recordagainst Clemson to 58-0.

One of the lone bright spots for the Tigers in the lossto UNC was redshirt junior forward Jaron Blossomgame— who scored a team-best 15 points against the Tar Heelsand earned All-ACC first-team honors after finishing thirdin the conference with 18.6 points per game.

The Tigers faced No. 10 seed Georgia Tech on Wednesday night for a spot in today’s quarterfinals.

As the No. 11 seed, Florida Stateadvanced to Wednesday’s secondround with an 88-66 victory over No.14 seed Boston College.

The win over the Eagles marked theSeminoles’ third in a row, as the teamhas gained momentum since droppingfive consecutive games in February.Entering the ACC Tournament, the team scored quality

wins over Notre Dame and Syracuse.For much of the year, Florida State has relied on stellar

first-years Dwayne Bacon and Malik Beasley — who aver-aged 15.7 and 15.6 points per game, respectively. But both

players struggled in the first half of the Seminoles’ 106-90home loss to North Carolina on Jan. 4.The Seminoles faced sixth-seeded Virginia Tech on

Wednesday night for a spot in today’s quarterfinals.

After defeating Syracuse 72-71in the second round of the ACCTournament on Wednesday, eighth-seeded Pittsburgh will face NorthCarolina for the second time this sea-son in the quarterfinals.

After starting 4-0 in ACC play, thePanthers lost six of their next nineconference games, culminating in 85-64 beatdown inChapel Hill for Pittsburgh’s worst loss of the season.

Led by junior forward Michael Young — who earned All-ACC third-team honors in his third year starting —the Panthers spent the early part of the season in thetop-25 and boast wins over Duke and Notre Dame on itsresume. But after dropping three of its final four games inthe regular season, Pittsburgh will likely rely to its do-it-all forward to try to topple the top-seeded North Carolina.

Despite losing three of its final fiveconference games, Notre Dame stillsecured the No. 4 seed and a coveteddouble-bye — courtesy of a tiebreak-ing win over Duke and a postseason

ban for Louisville.Coach Mike Brey and the Fighting

Irish are no strangers to this stage, asthird-seeded Notre Dame topped North Carolina in thefinal to win the tournament a season ago.

Senior Zach Auguste and junior Demetrius Jacksonhave carried the load for the Fighting Irish this season,

with Jackson — second in the conference with 5.0 assistsper game — earning a spot on the All-ACC second team.

But despite boasting two of the ACC’s top-20 scorers,Notre Dame’s 133rd-ranked scoring defense will likely bechallenged by the potent offenses of its conference foes.

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‘56-’60 ‘76-’80 ‘96-’00‘66-’70 ‘86-’90 ‘06-’10‘61-’65 ‘81-’85 ‘01-’05‘71-’75 ‘91-’95 ‘11-’16

1957Won the ACC title overNo. 6 South Carolina, 95-75.

1967Won the ACC title overNo. 2 Duke, 82-73.


1971Lost in the finals to No. 2South Carolina, 52-51.

1972Won the ACC title overNo. 2 Maryland, 73-64.

1968Won the ACC title overNo. 3 N.C. State, 87-50.

1977Won the ACC title overNo. 7 Virginia, 75-69.

1978Lost in the semifinals toNo. 5 Wake Forest, 82-77.

1993Lost in the finals toNo. 6 Georgia Tech, 77-75.


1982Won the ACC title overNo. 2 Virginia, 47-45.

1984Lost in the semifinalsto No. 4 Duke, 77-75.

1987Lost in the finals toNo. 6 N.C. State, 68-67.

1988Lost in the finals toNo. 3 Duke, 65-61.


2007Won ACC title overNo. 10 N.C. State, 89-80.

2008Won ACC title overNo. 3 Clemson, 86-81.

2009Lost in the semifinals toNo. 4 Florida State, 73-70.


2012Lost in the finals to No. 3Florida State, 85-82.

2005Lost in the semifinals toNo. 5 Georgia Tech, 78-75.1983

Lost in the semifinalsto No. 4 N.C. State,91-84 (OT).

1976Lost in the finals toNo. 6 Virginia, 67-62.

North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the ACCTournament for the 25th time in programhistory. UNC won the tournament in 10of these seasons, including when the TarHeels won back-to-back titles in 2007-08.

1960Lost in the semifinalsto No. 4 Duke, 71-69.

TAR HEELS IN THE TOURNAMENT

The North Carolina men’s basketball team enters the 63rd ACC

Tournament seeking its 18th championship in program history.

Here is how the Tar Heels have fared in previous tournaments:

UNC has entered the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed more

times than any school in the conference. The Tar Heels have

claimed the top seed in 25 tournaments, while Duke has earned

the honor 17 times.

Since becoming the head coach at Nort h Carolina prior to the

2003-04 season, Roy Williams is 12-4 in seven appearances as the

No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels have won two

titles in those seven seasons and lost in the final round on two

other occasions.

North Carolina has won more games in the quarterfinals andsemifinals, respectively, than any other program. UNC is 42-13 in

the quarterfinals and 33-14 in the semifinals. The Tar Heels’ first

game in this year’s ACC Tournament will be in the quarterfinals.

UNC has reached the ACC Tournament championship game 33

times in the 62-year history of the tournament, more than any

other school. The Tar Heels are 17-16 in t he championship game,

trailing only the Blue Devils’ 19 title game victories.

The last time the ACC Tournament was held in Washington,

D.C., North Carolina won the NCAA championship. In 2005, the

top-seeded Tar Heels fell in the second round to Georgia Tech

before winning six straight games in the NCAA Tournament.

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The Daily Tar Heel sta≠ predicts ACC Tournament champ After picking the top ACC

and national men’s collegebasketball games each weekthis semester, The Daily Tar Heel pickers turn their atten-tion to the postseason.

Fresh off his regular sea-son championship, Assistant

Sports Editor Logan Ulrichlooks to continue his recent

success, while Assistant Sports Editor Jeremy Vernon hopesto expunge his status as thedesk’s cellar dweller.

Boston College might havea better chance of winningan ACC game than for that tohappen.

Here’s how ever yonethinks the ACC Tournament

will shake out:

PAT JAMES, SPORTS EDITOR: Since2002, the No. 1 and No. 2seeds have met in the ACCTournament championshipgame just one time. That wasin 2011, when top-seeded

North Carolina fell to second-seeded Duke. Before then, the

top two seeds squared off inthe championship 21 times.

With almost no disparity incollege basketball this season,I doubt No. 1 seed UNC andNo. 2 seed Virginia will meetin this year’s championship,as many of my colleagues

believe. Miami found successagainst UVa. a little over two

weeks ago, and I believe thethird-seeded Hurricanes willstorm past the Cavaliers tomake it to the championshipgame. On the other side of the

bracket, I see the Tar Heelstopping Duke before claimingtheir 18th ACC Tournament

title with a win over Miami.

BRENDAN MARKS, SENIOR WRITER:

Virginia gets revenge onMiami in the semifinals toreach the championshipgame. On the other side, UNCsqueaks past short-sidedDuke for the second time thisseason. But UVa. ultimatelytakes home its second ACCTournament title in three

years by shutting down UNC’soffense again.

C JACKSON COWART, ASSISTANT

SPORTS EDITOR: In a battle ofslumping heavyweights,Notre Dame knocks out Dukein the quarterfinals, but the

Fighting Irish can’t match blows with North Carolina inthe semifinals. Meanwhile,Miami easily dispatches

Virginia Tech to avenge a sea-son-ending loss, but Virginiahalts the Hurricanes to settletheir season series. In thechampionship round, UNCand UVa. battle for the con-ference crown and a poten-tial top seed in the NCAATournament. North Carolinaforces the ball inside againstthe vaunted Virginia packline defense, but the Cavaliersstand tall against BriceJohnson and the Tar Heels,as a big game from MalcolmBrogdon propels Virginia to

its third ACC Tournamentchampionship in programhistory.

LOGAN ULRICH, ASSISTANT SPORTS

EDITOR: I think North Carolinacan handle whichever teamcomes out of the Pittsburgh/Syracuse matchup, althoughI think they’d have an easiertime with the Panthers. ThenUNC beats Duke to win theseason series and advance tothe championship, where it

would face Virginia. I thinkMiami has a legitimate shotto make it to the finals, but Ithink they could just as eas-ily drop to Virginia Tech. So

I’ll go with the consistencyof the Cavaliers. Once in thechampionship, the Tar Heelsprove they’ve finally turnedthe corner by avenging theirearlier loss. Kennedy Meeksand Brice Johnson both turnin good games at the same

time, while Paige turns backthe clock 365 days to savea Cinderella ending to hissenior season.

JEREMY VERNON, ASSISTANT SPORTS

EDITOR: Marcus Paige hasshot just 27.9 percent from3-point range in conferenceplay, but all that will change

when the Tar Heels head to Washington, D.C. I believethe senior guard will shootover 50 percent from longrange over the course of the

ACC Tournament, carryingUNC past the Duke BlueDevils in the semifinals andinto the final against Virginia.In the championship game,

Paige scores 22 points to helpNorth Carolina cut down thenets.

PAIGE LADISIC, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Inmy completely uneducatedopinion, I like to think this

year’s ACC Tournament willgo better than last year’ (whenI watched UNC lose to NotreDame in the championshipfrom a hospital bed.) It’s noteasy, but I think UNC willmove past its poor shootingperformance in the secondhalf of Saturday’s Duke gameto defeat Notre Dame inthe semifinals and take on

Virginia in the ACC champi-onship game. And judging by

my flawless mascot cutenessscale, I predict UNC will winout the ACC Tournament this

year. A girl can dream.

CARLOS COLLAZO, SENIOR WRITER:

First of all, el oh el at someof these predictions. MarcusPaige hitting over half of his3-pointers across the entiretournament? And what boldpicks, with everyone tak -ing either top-seeded NorthCarolina or No. 2 Virginia.

Y’all haven’t been payingattention to college basket-

ball this season. Notre DameFTW baby.

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Where will UNC land in the NCAA Tournament bracket?

With conference tourna-ments in full swing, several

media outlets have startedmaking projections for this

year’s NCAA Tournament bracket.

After winning the ACCregular season championship,North Carolina might havesecured a trip to Raleigh forthe first and second rounds.But where will the Tar Heelsgo after that?

Here are what five outlets believe will happen to UNCcome Selection Sunday.

ESPN: No. 1seed in West

As ofTuesday,

ESPN’s JoeLunardi listed the Tar Heelsas the No. 1 seed in the West

Regional —which will beplayed in Anaheim, Calif.

Lunardi had UNC playingits first- and second-roundgames in Raleigh, and he

believed the No. 2, 3 and 4seeds in the region would beOregon, West Virginia and

Kentucky, respectively.

CBS Sports:No. 3 seed inthe West

LikeLunardi, CBSSports had North Carolinaplaying its first- and second-round games in Raleigh andplaced the team in the WestRegional.

But as of Monday, CBSSports had the Tar Heels as aNo. 3 seed behind top-seededMichigan State and second-seeded Oregon.

The outlet had UNC play -ing UAB in the first round

before possibly playing sixth-seeded Iowa in the second.

CBS Sports included

only one team (10th-seededTemple) in the region thatNorth Carolina played duringthe regular season.

USA TODAY:No. 2 seed inthe East

As ofMonday morn-ing, USA Today had the TarHeels as the No. 2 seed in theEast Regional — which will

be played in Philadelphia.The outlet had Villanova

as the top seed in the region.If UNC faced the Wildcats inthe Elite Eight under thosecircumstances, Villanova

would have a homecourtadvantage, as the universityis located about 30 minutesfrom Philadelphia.

USA Today had UNCplaying 15th-seeded UNC-

Ashevil le in th e first roundin Raleigh. And like ESPN,

the outlet had West Virginiaand Kentucky as the No.3 and No. 4 seeds, respec-

tively.

NBC Sports:No. 2 seed inthe West

NBC Sports’ bracket pro-

jection hadUNC as the No. 2 seed inthe West Regional and sec-ond in line for a No. 1 seed

behind Michigan State as ofTuesday.

Like USA Today’s projec-tion, NBC Sports had theTar Heels playing UNC-

Ashevil le in th e first r oundof the NCAA Tournament inRaleigh.

Accordin g to the outlet ’sprojections, the Tar Heels

would fa ce either Texas Techor Vanderbilt in the secondround with a win over theBulldogs.

If UNC made it to the EliteEight under those circum-

stances, it could face top-seeded Oklahoma for a spotin the Final Four.

Most media outlets

list the Tar Heels as a

No. 1 or No. 2 seed.

SportsIllustrated:No. 2 seed inthe East

As ofMonday, Sports Illustratedhad the Tar Heels in the East

Regional as the No. 2 seed.Like USA Today, Sports

Illustrated had Villanova asthe top seed in the region.

Sports Illustrated includedtwo teams (ninth-seededPittsburgh and 10th-seededTemple) in the region thatUNC played this season.

— Compiled by Sports Editor Pat James

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Players to watch in ACC Tournament

By the numbers: UNC’s 2015-16 season

The ACC boasts some ofthe top players in the country

year after year, and this sea-son is no exception.

In addition to NorthCarolina senior forward Brice

Johnson, the conference hastwo other players — Virginia’sMalcolm Brogdon and Duke’sGrayson Allen — who areamong the 10 semifinalists forthe Naismith Trophy.

The award has been pre-sented to the country’s top col-lege basketball player each yearsince 1969, and the ACC hasmore semifinalists this seasonthan any other conference.

As is the case across thecollege basketball landscapethis season, a majority of the

best players in the ACC areseniors.

Before the ACCTournament kicked off onTuesday, 12 of the top 25 scor-ers in the conference wereseniors. This group did notinclude pivotal players like

UNC’s Marcus Paige, Miami’sTonye Jekiri and AngelRodriguez, Duke’s MarshallPlumlee and Pittsburgh’sJames Robinson.

Many of the conference’stop players could stand inthe way of the Tar Heels’quest for another ACCTournament championship.

Here are eight playersUNC could potentially face inthe ACC Tournament semifi-nals or championship game.

— Compiled by Sports Editor Pat James

After coming off the benchfor a majority of Duke’s2014-15 campaign, Grayson

Allen has spearheaded Duke’soffense this season.The sophomore guard

entered the ACC Tournamentas the conference’s second-leading scorer, averaging21.5 points per game. He alsoproved to be one of the ACC’s

best 3-point shooters, shoot-ing 42.3 percent from distanceduring the regular season.

Allen has been a solidoption for Duke at the charitystripe, where he shot 83 per-cent on free throws.

In two games againstNorth Carolina this season,

Allen averaged 26 points pergame and went 7-for-16 on3-pointers.

The Tar Heels could face Allen and the Blue Devilsin the semifinals of the ACCTournament.

Brandon Ingram becamethe third straight Duke playerto earn the ACC Freshman ofthe Year award — following inthe footsteps of Jabari Parkerand Jahlil Okafor.

The first-year forwardaveraged 16.7 points per gameand was 14th in the ACC with6.8 rebounds per game.

Like Allen, Ingram provedto be a difficult matchupfrom behind the 3-point line,shooting 40 percent from

behind the arc.Ingram averaged 15 points

and nine rebounds in twogames this season againstNorth Carolina, although

he was a combined 10-of-33

from the field in those games.Many NBA draft analysts

predict Ingram will be select-ed with one of the top picks inthe upcoming draft, makinghim one of the best prospects

in the country.

Virginia guard MalcolmBrogdon edged out BriceJohnson for ACC Player of the

Year and also captured the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award following a spec-tacular regular season. He isthe first player to earn bothhonors since the ACC insti-tuted the Defensive Player ofthe Year award.

The redshirt senior fin-ished fourth in the ACC inscoring with 18.4 points pergame. He also shot 41.1 per-cent on 3-pointers and 87.8percent on free throws.

Brogdon led the Cavaliers’lockdown defense, which

ranks No. 2 in the country

in scoring defense — allow-ing opponents to score 59.6points per game.

The Tar Heels could faceUVa. in the ACC Tournamentchampionship game on

Saturday.

After shooting 31 .6 per-cent on 3-pointers a seasonago, Virginia’s LondonPerrantes has been the ACC’smost lethal threat from

behind the arc throughoutthe 2015-16 campaign.

The junior guard enteredthe ACC Tournament shoot-ing 50.8 percent on 3-point-ers this season, having made60 of his 118 shots from dis-tance. His 3-point shootingpercentage is the best in theconference.

Perrantes’ shooting touchhas also been evident at thefree throw line, where he’sshot 82.9 percent. The markis good for eighth in the ACCthis season.

When North Carolinafaced the Cavaliers on Feb.

27 in Charlottesville, Va.,Perrantes shot 3-for-10 fromthe field and 2-for-5 on3-pointers to finish the con-test with 12 points.

During the 2015 ACCTournament semifinalsagainst UNC, he scored 12points and went 1-for-3 on3-pointers.

A second-team All-ACCselection by the Atlantic CoastSports Media Associationand the conference’s coaches,Miami’s Sheldon McClellanhas been an offensive force forthe Hurricanes this season.

The redshirt senior scoredin double digits in everyregular season ACC game enroute to scoring 15.8 pointsper game during conferenceplay.

According to KenPom.com,McClellan entered the ACCTournament as the fifth-mostefficient offensive player inthe country among playersused in 20 percent of pos-sessions. The website alsoranks the Miami guard as the22nd-most efficient offensiveplayer in the country among

all players. When North Carolina

faced the Hurricanes on Feb.20 in Chapel Hill, McClellanscored 10 points in 18 min-utes of playing time.

The Tar Heels couldface Miami in the ACCTournament championshipgame on Saturday.

North Carolina goes intothe postseason ranked No. 7in this week’s AP Top 25 Polland as the No. 1 seed in the

ACC Tournament.

The Tar Heels’ 76-72 winover Duke on Saturday sealedthe program’s 30th ACC regu-lar season title. Shortly after,senior forward Brice Johnson

was named a unanimous first-team All-ACC selection. Juniorforward Isaiah Hicks wasnamed Sixth Man of the Year.

And sophomore wing JustinJackson and senior point guardMarcus Paige earned honor-able mentions for All-ACC.

Here’re the numbers behindUNC’s winning season.

— Compiled by Editor-in-Chief Paige Ladisic.

As great as Bri ce Johnsonhas been on the boards allseason for North Carolina,

Notre Dame’s Zach Augustehas almost been just asgood.

Johnson leads the ACC with 10.8 rebounds per gamethis season, but Augusteentered the ACC Tournament

just behind him — averaging10.4 per contest.

The senior forward hasalso been a steady offensiveoption for the fourth-seededFighting Irish.

His 14.5 points per gameduring the regular seasonplaced him 19th in the confer-ence in scoring, and his 54.7

field goal percentage wasninth in the ACC.

If UNC and Notre Dame both win their quarterfinalgames, the two teams wouldmeet for the second time thisseason in Friday’s semifinals.

Notre Dame juniorDemetrius Jackson has beenone of the best point guardsin the country this season.

He finished 11th in the ACC in scoring with 15.9points per game, and his 5.0assists per game placed himsecond in the conference

behind Pittsburgh’s JamesRobinson.

On the defensive end,Jackson led the Fighting Irish

with 1.28 steals per game.In North Carolina’s loss

to Notre Dame on Feb. 6,the junior scored 19 points,hauled in six rebounds, went9-for-9 from the free throw

line and recorded two steals.

Over the past two sea -sons, Jackson has averaged15 points per game in threegames against the Tar Heels— including Notre Dame’s

victory over UNC in the 2015

ACC Tournament final.

Miami point guard AngelRodriguez has been a cata-lyst for the Huricanes on

both sid es of the ball thi sseason.

The redshirt seniorentered the ACC Tournamentaveraging 4.3 assists pergame, good for eighth in theconference this season. His129 assists were the sixth-most in the ACC.

On defense, Rodriguez — athird-team All-ACC selection

by the Atlantic Coast SportsMedia Association — finishedseventh in the conferenceduring the regular season

with 1.47 steals per game.In North Carolina’s 96-71

win over the Hurricaneson Feb. 20 in Chapel Hill,Rodriguez tied for the team

lead with 12 points and fiverebounds. He also talliedthree assists and turned the

ball over twice.In seven games against

ranked opponents this sea -son, Rodriguez averaged 13.7points, 4.6 assists and 1.7turnovers per game, whilealso tallying 10 steals.

GRAYSON ALLEN

BRANDON INGRAMMALCOLM BROGDON

LONDON PERRANTESSHELDON MCCLELLAN

ZACH AUGUSTE

DEMETRIUS JACKSON

ANGEL RODRIGUEZ

1 The Tar Heels have just one

player (Brice Johnson) who fin-

ished in the top 25 in the ACC

in scoring, despite UNC leadingthe conference in scoring as a

team at 82.9 points per game.

25Number of times UNC has

been the No. 1 seed in the

ACC Tournament. See page 3

for UNC’s record in the ACC

Tournament when the team

has been a No. 1 seed.

30Number of times UNC has won

at least a share of the ACC

regular season title. Duke has

won the second-most regular

season titles — 19.

10-0 The Tar Heels’ record this sea-

son when attempting 20 or

more 3-pointers in a game.

36Number of times North

Carolina has won 25 games in

a season, including this year.

21Coach Roy Williams has led

teams at Kansas and UNC to

25 or more wins 21 times dur-

ing his career as a head coach.

11UNC is averaging 11.0 turn-overs per game this season.

The Tar Heels averaged nearly

13 turnovers per game a sea-

son ago, and this year’s num-

ber would be the lowest since

turnovers were first recorded

in 1981-82.

16Number of Tar Heels who

have been a unanimous first-

team All-ACC selection. Brice

Johnson was the 16th. The

last player to be a unanimous

selection was Tyler Zeller in

2012.

22UNC’s six losses have been by

a total of 22 points.

20UNC has held 20 straight

opponents to under 45 per-

cent in field goal percentage.

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recruit, not yet a star player.It’s what he thought about

when he walked through theCarolina Basketball Museumand realized when he cameto Chapel Hill he would be

joining more than a team. He would be joining a brother-hood.

“When he saw thosepictures and how close allthose guys were from year

to year and how those guysstill come back to Carolina

during the summer to play,I told him that’s what you

want to be a par t of,” BerrySr. said.

“Those are the guys thatare selfless … you can seethey build a lifelong rela-tionship, and that’s what it’sall about.”

Berry Sr. would be proud— he is proud. For him, it’snever been about the stats or

the awards or the champion-ships.


treated me that I had made ita game.

“And it wasn’t close.”Over the next four years,

Bowlin and Vallery wouldcome to realize Berry wasnot only an incredible talenton the court — becomingthe first player in Florida

high school history to winthe state’s Mr. Basketballaward three times — but anincredible leader and workeroff it.

Waking up at 6 o’clock inthe morning to ride to schoolin the white truck with hisfather, Berry was constantlyin the gym.

“Every time I got to school,he was already probably 45minutes into his workout,”

Vallery said. When he wasn’t in the

gym or texting Bowlinabout getting in the gym, hemight have been cracking

jokes with his teammat es orimpersonating Bowlin and

making fun of his height. Heliked to laugh, and he likedto make the people aroundhim laugh. Despite being

the butt of his jokes, Bowlinnicknamed Berry KevinHart.

“I think that’s what makeshim a great leader,” Bowlinsaid. “One of the hallmarksof a leader is to connect with

individuals … His abilityto make people laugh, youknow, just defuses situa -tions.”

Whether through his tal-ent, his humor, his workethic — or the combinationof them all — Berry becamethe leader of his team byhis sophomore season, con-stantly trying to improvehimself and his teammatesaround him.

Bowlin likes to draw acomparison of Berry to hisfavorite bible verse, Proverbs27:17: “As iron sharpensiron, so one person sharpensanother.”

“I think Joel Berry lives bythat,” Bowlin said. “Not onlydo I hope that in my time thatI was able to sharpen him,

but he sharpened me.”

‘Enjoy the journey’

Now, Joel Berry standsoutside of the locker roomin the Smith Center oneday ahead of the ACC

Tournament, a sophomoreand starting point guardon the top-seeded NorthCarolina men’s basketballteam, averaging 12.3 pointsper game and shooting ateam-best 36.9 percent on3-pointers.

He’s turned into a pivotalplayer for the Tar Heels aftermissing much of his first sea-son in Chapel Hill because ofinjuries.

“You watch him play withthe confidence that he hasthis year compared to last

year,” Vallery said. “Becausehe’s been able to stay pre ttymuch injury free and getplaying time and get confi-

dence through that. He’s juststarting to soar.”

But even after becom-ing an ACC regular season

champion and solidify-ing himself in perhaps thetoughest collegiate bas-ketball conference in thecountry, Berry thinks backto those conversations withhis father.

“We would just sit thereand talk about things goingon in my life and things todo to improve myself,” Berrysaid. “And not as a basket-

ball player but as a person … When I leave here I want to be able to say that I have a bond outside of just being outon the court. I want to be ableto know my teammates and

just laugh and joke around with them.

“And that’s what buildschemistry, and that’s what Ilove most about this team.”

That’s what Berry antici-pated when he visited UNC

back when he was still a

JOEL BERRY FROM PAGE 1

When I leave here I want to beable to say that I have a bond out-

side of just being out on the court.

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I told him that’s what you wantto be a part of. Those are the

guys that are selfless.

“ ”

It’s always been aboutmore than basketball.

“That’s basically it,” BerrySr. said. “Just be patient, and

don’t rush the journey. Enjoyevery moment of it.

“Put it in God’s hand, andenjoy the journey.”

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Readers weigh in on UNC men’s basketball superstitions

There’s nothing like NorthCarolina basketball to bring

out the superstitious sportsfan in all of us, right? We’vefound that people will do allkinds of things to keep theirgood luck going for a UNCgame — they’ll even lock fam-ily members in the bathroomif the team is doing well whilethey’re gone.

We asked fans to submittheir superstitions for bas-ketball games online, and wechose the best to print here.

Submissions have beenedited for clarity and length.

Be sure you‘go where yougo and dowhat you do’

I alwaysattempt to wear somethingUNC-related all day long ongame day (or longer if I’mconcerned about it being areally difficult matchup), as it’simportant to build plenty ofgood karma well before gametime. Even my husband, who’snot much of a spectator sportsperson, recognizes the impor-tance of appropriate attire ongame day.

I had a high school coach(a UNC graduate who played

baseball here) who told uscutting our hair or shaving ongame day was a no-no. So Istill follow that rule, though

some seasons it requires a bit of tweaking (this seasonappears to be one of those).

Attempting to bolster oneof Roy’s lucky rituals, my hus-

band and I spit twice in theMississippi for Final Fours; butit turns out that’s a tricky one.

The 2005 St. Louis spitreturned positive results, butthe 2008 stop in Baton Rougeen route to San Antonio wasevidently the wrong location(or maybe the number of spit-ters is also important; moredata points required to figurethis one out).

Regardless of the ritual,though, we older Tar Heels

must make it a point to passdown those crucial words of

wisdom from Woody. Whengame time is close, you justgotta be sure you “go where

you go and do what you do”!

A special uniform just for

Duke-UNCgames

I used tohave a com-plete uniform

just for theDuke games. Full whitesweats with blue letteringon the chest and legs. A longsleeve gray UNC basketballcrewneck. Underneath I worea classic blue UNC T-shirt.That was back when Dean

was dominating Coach Ksomething like eight out ofnine games. Then we wenton a losing streak, and thatuniform has been stored ina Carolina Blue bag in my

closet for 20 years.

Watching thegame in mylucky gamerecliner

I’m a 73-year-old woman from Pennsylvania

who has been a UNC basketball fan for over 40 years.

I have to wear UNC fleecepants, blue UNC shirt (dif-ferent one for home games)and sit in a special r ecliner.Lay back during timeouts

with han ds behind my head,and sit up with knees upduring play. Yes, I know it’snuts, as many of my friends

tell me. If they lose, theclothes get washed to washthe loss out. If they win, I

wear the m dirty !

Don’t let thecat out of thehouse

When UNCplays Duke,

we won’t let the cat out of thehouse. For some reason we feelthat cats and Blue Devils areapt to make certain deals and

be in cahoots, and we don’t want to take that chance whenthe stakes are so high.

‘Yeah, really. Isit in the car.’

My momused to ironclothes. It kepther hands busy. Once herMD progressed to where she

couldn’t stand at the board,she started folding laun-

dry. She figured it was closeenough to ironing to work.

During the ACCTournament, she cooked.Everybody dropped infrom work during whatever

breaks they got . By supperthe house was full of peeps

and food.Now that she has passed,

I do both. I cook and fold.Plus I still do my personaltradition of moving roomto room depending on thescore. A couple of times, I’ ve

been in the car at tip. Soif we get behind once I goinside, I go back out an sit in

the car. Yeah, really. I sit inthe car.

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