*North Carolina (28-6) claims its 18th New York Life ACC Tournament Championship and its first since 2008.
*The Tar Heels are now 18-16 all-time in ACC Tournament championship games and are 3-4 under head coach Roy Williams.
*The Tar Heels are 4-1 all-time in ACC Tournament games played at the Verizon Center.
Virginia (26-7) slips to 2-6 all-time in ACC Tournament championship games and to 1-1 under head coach Tony Bennett.
*The Cavaliers are 3-2 all-time in ACC Tournament games played at the Verizon Center.
*The combined 118 points between the two teams are the fewest in an ACC title game since North Carolina’s 64-54 win over NC State in 1997 and matches that game for the fifth-lowest scoring championship game in ACC Tournament history.
*Both teams registered their season-low single game scoring totals for the season. North Carolina’s previous low came in a 71-65 loss to Louisville on Feb. 1. Virginia’s previous lows came in a 61-47 win at Boston College on Feb. 3 and a 64-61 loss at Miami on Feb. 22.
*With three wins in this year’s event, North Carolina improved to 96-44 (.686) all-time in ACC Tournament play to take over the all-time lead in both number of wins and winning percentage. Duke (95-44, .683) holds the No. 2 spots.
*Virginia slipped to 37-61 all-time in ACC Tournament play.
*UNC improved to 21-10 in ACC Tournament games under Roy Williams. Williams holds fourth-place on the ACC’s all-time coaching wins list behind Dean Smith (58), Mike Krzyzewski (57) and Vic Bubas (22).
*Williams’ three ACC Tournament titles as a head coach ties for fifth place all-time with NC State’s Norm Sloan (1970, 1973 and 1974) and Georgia Tech’s Bobby Cremins (1985, 1990 and 1993).
*UNC is now 13-3 versus Virginia in ACC Tournament games.
*North Carolina has faced seven different schools in its seven title-game appearances in 13 years under Williams (NC State in 2007, Clemson in 2008, Duke in 2011, Florida State in 2012, Miami in 2013, Notre Dame in 2015 and Virginia in 2016).
*North Carolina improved to 50-14 in the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
*North Carolina becomes the only school to claim at least one ACC Tournament title all seven decades of the conference’s existence (one in the 1950s, three in the 1960s, four in the 1970s, three in the 1980s, four in the 1990s, two in the 2000s, one in the 2010s).
*The top seed is now 16-7 versus the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament final.
*With Joel Berry II’s selection as the Everett Case Award winner as tournament MVP, 18 UNC players have received the honor a total of 19 times. Berry is the first since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008.
*Berry scored 19 points in tonight’s championship game, including a 3-for-3 effort from 3-point range. The sophomore guard averaged 17 points in three tournament games and did commit a turnover in tonight’s championship game or inFriday night’s semifinal win over Notre Dame.
*ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon again led Virginia in scoring with 15 points. The redshirt senior averaged 21.7 points in his three 2016 ACC Tournament games.
*The Tar Heels are now 18-16 all-time in ACC Tournament championship games and are 3-4 under head coach Roy Williams.
*The Tar Heels are 4-1 all-time in ACC Tournament games played at the Verizon Center.
Virginia (26-7) slips to 2-6 all-time in ACC Tournament championship games and to 1-1 under head coach Tony Bennett.
*The Cavaliers are 3-2 all-time in ACC Tournament games played at the Verizon Center.
*The combined 118 points between the two teams are the fewest in an ACC title game since North Carolina’s 64-54 win over NC State in 1997 and matches that game for the fifth-lowest scoring championship game in ACC Tournament history.
*Both teams registered their season-low single game scoring totals for the season. North Carolina’s previous low came in a 71-65 loss to Louisville on Feb. 1. Virginia’s previous lows came in a 61-47 win at Boston College on Feb. 3 and a 64-61 loss at Miami on Feb. 22.
*With three wins in this year’s event, North Carolina improved to 96-44 (.686) all-time in ACC Tournament play to take over the all-time lead in both number of wins and winning percentage. Duke (95-44, .683) holds the No. 2 spots.
*Virginia slipped to 37-61 all-time in ACC Tournament play.
*UNC improved to 21-10 in ACC Tournament games under Roy Williams. Williams holds fourth-place on the ACC’s all-time coaching wins list behind Dean Smith (58), Mike Krzyzewski (57) and Vic Bubas (22).
*Williams’ three ACC Tournament titles as a head coach ties for fifth place all-time with NC State’s Norm Sloan (1970, 1973 and 1974) and Georgia Tech’s Bobby Cremins (1985, 1990 and 1993).
*UNC is now 13-3 versus Virginia in ACC Tournament games.
*North Carolina has faced seven different schools in its seven title-game appearances in 13 years under Williams (NC State in 2007, Clemson in 2008, Duke in 2011, Florida State in 2012, Miami in 2013, Notre Dame in 2015 and Virginia in 2016).
*North Carolina improved to 50-14 in the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
*North Carolina becomes the only school to claim at least one ACC Tournament title all seven decades of the conference’s existence (one in the 1950s, three in the 1960s, four in the 1970s, three in the 1980s, four in the 1990s, two in the 2000s, one in the 2010s).
*The top seed is now 16-7 versus the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament final.
*With Joel Berry II’s selection as the Everett Case Award winner as tournament MVP, 18 UNC players have received the honor a total of 19 times. Berry is the first since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008.
*Berry scored 19 points in tonight’s championship game, including a 3-for-3 effort from 3-point range. The sophomore guard averaged 17 points in three tournament games and did commit a turnover in tonight’s championship game or inFriday night’s semifinal win over Notre Dame.
*ACC Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon again led Virginia in scoring with 15 points. The redshirt senior averaged 21.7 points in his three 2016 ACC Tournament games.
