• Carolina enters the 2017 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South Regional.
• The Tar Heels play No. 16 Texas Southern, the regular-season and Tournament champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• Carolina is 27-7 overall. The Tar Heels won the regular-season title in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 14-4 record, two games ahead of Florida State, Louisville and Notre Dame.
• Carolina was the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn. The Tar Heels beat No. 9 seed Miami, 78-53, in the quarterfinals, and lost to No. 5 seed Duke, 93-83, in the semifinals.
• Texas Southern is 23-11. The Tigers won the SWAC regular season with a 16-2 record and beat second-seed Alcorn State, 53-50, in the SWAC Tournament championship game.
• The winner of the UNC-Texas Southern game will play in the second round on Sunday, March 19, against the winner of No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Seton Hall.
• Gametime for Friday’s game is 30 minutes after the Arkansas-Seton Hall game, which begins at 1:30 p.m.
• TNT will televise Carolina’s NCAA first round game. Brian Anderson, Chris Webber and Lewis Johnson will call the action.
UNC-TEXAS SOUTHERN
• This is the first game between the Tar Heels and Texas Southern.
• Carolina is 2-0 against members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• The Tar Heels beat Mississippi Valley State, 101-75, on 11/20/2011 in the Smith Center in the opening round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
• Carolina defeated Southern University, 93-79, on March 17, 1989, at the Omni in Atlanta in the first round of the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Kevin Madden led the No. 2 seeded Tar Heels with 22 points.
NCAA TOURNAMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
• The Tar Heels are playing in their 163rd NCAA Tournament game, but their first in the state of South Carolina.
• This is Carolina’s first game in South Carolina other than at Clemson since a 1/4/2010 loss at the College of Charleston.
UNC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Carolina is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the 48th time. That is the second-most appearances behind Kentucky (56).
• This is UNC’s 44th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the last 51 years.
• Carolina is first in NCAA Tournament history in Final Fours (19), second in appearances (48), second in wins (117), second in games (162), tied for third in winning percentage (.722) and tied for third in championships (five).
NCAA Championships
UCLA (1964-65-67-68-69-70-71-72-73- 75-95) 11
Kentucky (1948-49-51-58-78-96-98-2012) 8
North Carolina (1957-82-93-2005-09) 5
Indiana (1940-53-76-81-87) 5
Duke (1991-92-2001-10-15) 5
Connecticut (1999-2004-11-14) 4
Kansas (1952-88-2008) 3
Louisville (1980-86-2013) 3
Cincinnati (1961-62) 2
Florida (2006-07) 2
Michigan State (1979-2000) 2
Oklahoma State (1945-46) 2
NC State (1974-83) 2
San Francisco (1955-56) 2
Villanova (1985-2016) 2
NCAA Tournament Appearances
Kentucky 56
North Carolina 48
UCLA 46
Kansas 46
Louisville 42
Final Fours
North Carolina 19
Kentucky 17
UCLA 17
Duke 16
Kansas 14
NCAA Tournament Games
Kentucky 170
North Carolina 162
Kansas 144
Duke 142
UCLA 137
NCAA Tournament Wins
Kentucky 121
North Carolina 117
Duke 107
Kansas 100
UCLA 99
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage
Duke (107-35) .754
UCLA (99-38) .723
North Carolina (117-45) .722
Florida (39-15) .722
Kentucky (121-49 .712
TAR HEELS AS NO. 1 SEED
• Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the South Region. This is the 16th time UNC has earned a No. 1 since seeds were established in 1979.
• Carolina has earned more No. 1 seeds than any other school. Duke and Kansas are tied for second with 13; Kentucky has 12.
• Carolina has been a No. 1 seed in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991,1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2017.
• Carolina advanced to the Final Four nine times as a No. 1 seed – 1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016.
• Roy Williams has earned a No. 1 seed for the 12th time. Only Mike Krzyzewski (13) has more. Dean Smith and Bill Self are tied for third with eight.
• Carolina is 55-11 as a No. 1 seed.
Number One Seeds
North Carolina 16
Duke 13
Kansas 13
Kentucky 12
Arizona 6
CAROLINA’S FIVE NCAA TITLES
• Carolina won the NCAA championship in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009.
• Frank McGuire coached the Tar Heels to a perfect 32-0 record in 1957. Carolina won the title by winning consecutive triple overtime games in Kansas City, first beating Michigan State in the semifinals, then knocking off Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas, 54-53, in the championship game. The ‘57 Tar Heels were led by National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth.
• Dean Smith won the first of two NCAA titles in 1982 in New Orleans as the Tar Heels beat John Thompson and Patrick Ewing’s Georgetown Hoyas, 63-62. Final Four MVP James Worthy scored 28 points in the championship game and freshman Michael Jordan hit the winning shot with 17 seconds to play.
• Final Four MVP Donald Williams scored 25 points in both the semifinals against Kansas
(coached by Roy Williams) and the championship game against Michigan (led by Chris Webber) as Carolina won the 1993 title, the second for Coach Smith and UNC’s second in the Louisiana Superdome. UNC MVP George Lynch and All-America center Eric Montross (now color analyst for the Tar Heel Radio Network) also starred on that team.
• Sean May scored 26 points and Marvin Williams scored the game-winning basket with 1:27 to play as Carolina beat No. 1 ranked Illinois, 75-70, in St. Louis in 2005 to give Roy Williams his first national championship. Cousy Award winner Raymond Felton had seven assists, a key steal and clinched the win at the free throw line.
• Final Four MVP Wayne Ellington scored 17 first-half points, Ty Lawson set a champion ship-game record with eight steals and Tyler Hansbrough capped a spectacular career with an NCAA title in 2009 as UNC beat Michigan State, 89-72, in Detroit. The title was the second in five years for Roy Williams.
FINAL FOURS
• Carolina has played in 19 Final Fours, more than any school in college basketball history.
• The Tar Heels are the only school that has played in the Final Four in eight different decades from the 1940s to the 2010s.
• Carolina has played in the Final Four in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016.
• Carolina has played in the national championship game 10 times, the fourth most in NCAA Tournament history (UCLA 13, Kentucky 12, Duke 11, UNC 10). The Tar Heels are 5-5 in the title game.
WILLIAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Roy Williams is making his 27th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in his 29th year as a head coach. • Kansas was not eligible to play in the 1989 NCAA Tournament in his first season as the Jayhawks’ head coach; UNC played in the 2010 NIT.
• Williams is tied for fifth in NCAA Tournaments (27), second in wins (70), second in games (94), fourth in Final Fours (8), fifth in winning percentage among coaches with at least 50 games, tied for sixth in titles (2), and is the only coach to win a game in 26 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
• Williams is 70-24 overall, including 36-10 at Carolina and 34-14 at Kansas.
• Williams is 26-0 in the first round (12-0 at Carolina), 17-9 in the second round (8-4 at UNC), 12-5 in the Sweet 16 (7-1 at UNC), 8-4 in the Elite Eight (4-3 at UNC), 5-3 in national semifinals (3-1 at UNC) and 2-3 in the championship game (2-1 at UNC).
• Williams is 36-9 as a No. 1 seed, including 27-4 at Carolina.
VERSUS THE 2017 NCAA FIELD
• Carolina is 10-5 this year against teams in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have played 11 teams in the field, beating Louisville, Florida State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State and Wake Forest; losing to Kentucky; splitting two games with Virginia and Miami; and beating Duke once and losing twice to the Blue Devils.
NORTH CAROLINA VS. 16-TEXAS SOUTHERN
Friday, March 17, 2017, approximately 4 p.m.
Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
TV: TNT (Brian Anderson, Chris Webber, Lewis Johnson)
UNC Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross, Adam Lucas, Dave Nathan)
Westwood One Radio: John Sadak, John Thompson
Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 205
North Carolina Tar Heels
2016-17 Record: 27-7, 14-4 ACC (1st)
ACC Tournament Semifinalist
Head Coach: Roy Williams (UNC ‘72)
Williams’ Overall Record: 810-216 (29th year)
Williams’ Record at UNC: 392-115 (14th year)
Rankings: #6 Associated Press, #8 USA Today/ Coaches
Texas Southern Tigers
2016-17 Record: 23-11, 16-2 SWAC (1st)
Head Coach: Mike Davis Davis’s Overall Record: 336-220 (17th year)
Davis’s Record at TSU: 99-68 (5th year)
• The Tar Heels play No. 16 Texas Southern, the regular-season and Tournament champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• Carolina is 27-7 overall. The Tar Heels won the regular-season title in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 14-4 record, two games ahead of Florida State, Louisville and Notre Dame.
• Carolina was the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn. The Tar Heels beat No. 9 seed Miami, 78-53, in the quarterfinals, and lost to No. 5 seed Duke, 93-83, in the semifinals.
• Texas Southern is 23-11. The Tigers won the SWAC regular season with a 16-2 record and beat second-seed Alcorn State, 53-50, in the SWAC Tournament championship game.
• The winner of the UNC-Texas Southern game will play in the second round on Sunday, March 19, against the winner of No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Seton Hall.
• Gametime for Friday’s game is 30 minutes after the Arkansas-Seton Hall game, which begins at 1:30 p.m.
• TNT will televise Carolina’s NCAA first round game. Brian Anderson, Chris Webber and Lewis Johnson will call the action.
UNC-TEXAS SOUTHERN
• This is the first game between the Tar Heels and Texas Southern.
• Carolina is 2-0 against members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• The Tar Heels beat Mississippi Valley State, 101-75, on 11/20/2011 in the Smith Center in the opening round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
• Carolina defeated Southern University, 93-79, on March 17, 1989, at the Omni in Atlanta in the first round of the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Kevin Madden led the No. 2 seeded Tar Heels with 22 points.
NCAA TOURNAMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
• The Tar Heels are playing in their 163rd NCAA Tournament game, but their first in the state of South Carolina.
• This is Carolina’s first game in South Carolina other than at Clemson since a 1/4/2010 loss at the College of Charleston.
UNC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Carolina is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the 48th time. That is the second-most appearances behind Kentucky (56).
• This is UNC’s 44th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the last 51 years.
• Carolina is first in NCAA Tournament history in Final Fours (19), second in appearances (48), second in wins (117), second in games (162), tied for third in winning percentage (.722) and tied for third in championships (five).
NCAA Championships
UCLA (1964-65-67-68-69-70-71-72-73- 75-95) 11
Kentucky (1948-49-51-58-78-96-98-2012) 8
North Carolina (1957-82-93-2005-09) 5
Indiana (1940-53-76-81-87) 5
Duke (1991-92-2001-10-15) 5
Connecticut (1999-2004-11-14) 4
Kansas (1952-88-2008) 3
Louisville (1980-86-2013) 3
Cincinnati (1961-62) 2
Florida (2006-07) 2
Michigan State (1979-2000) 2
Oklahoma State (1945-46) 2
NC State (1974-83) 2
San Francisco (1955-56) 2
Villanova (1985-2016) 2
NCAA Tournament Appearances
Kentucky 56
North Carolina 48
UCLA 46
Kansas 46
Louisville 42
Final Fours
North Carolina 19
Kentucky 17
UCLA 17
Duke 16
Kansas 14
NCAA Tournament Games
Kentucky 170
North Carolina 162
Kansas 144
Duke 142
UCLA 137
NCAA Tournament Wins
Kentucky 121
North Carolina 117
Duke 107
Kansas 100
UCLA 99
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage
Duke (107-35) .754
UCLA (99-38) .723
North Carolina (117-45) .722
Florida (39-15) .722
Kentucky (121-49 .712
TAR HEELS AS NO. 1 SEED
• Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the South Region. This is the 16th time UNC has earned a No. 1 since seeds were established in 1979.
• Carolina has earned more No. 1 seeds than any other school. Duke and Kansas are tied for second with 13; Kentucky has 12.
• Carolina has been a No. 1 seed in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991,1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2017.
• Carolina advanced to the Final Four nine times as a No. 1 seed – 1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016.
• Roy Williams has earned a No. 1 seed for the 12th time. Only Mike Krzyzewski (13) has more. Dean Smith and Bill Self are tied for third with eight.
• Carolina is 55-11 as a No. 1 seed.
Number One Seeds
North Carolina 16
Duke 13
Kansas 13
Kentucky 12
Arizona 6
CAROLINA’S FIVE NCAA TITLES
• Carolina won the NCAA championship in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009.
• Frank McGuire coached the Tar Heels to a perfect 32-0 record in 1957. Carolina won the title by winning consecutive triple overtime games in Kansas City, first beating Michigan State in the semifinals, then knocking off Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas, 54-53, in the championship game. The ‘57 Tar Heels were led by National Player of the Year Lennie Rosenbluth.
• Dean Smith won the first of two NCAA titles in 1982 in New Orleans as the Tar Heels beat John Thompson and Patrick Ewing’s Georgetown Hoyas, 63-62. Final Four MVP James Worthy scored 28 points in the championship game and freshman Michael Jordan hit the winning shot with 17 seconds to play.
• Final Four MVP Donald Williams scored 25 points in both the semifinals against Kansas
(coached by Roy Williams) and the championship game against Michigan (led by Chris Webber) as Carolina won the 1993 title, the second for Coach Smith and UNC’s second in the Louisiana Superdome. UNC MVP George Lynch and All-America center Eric Montross (now color analyst for the Tar Heel Radio Network) also starred on that team.
• Sean May scored 26 points and Marvin Williams scored the game-winning basket with 1:27 to play as Carolina beat No. 1 ranked Illinois, 75-70, in St. Louis in 2005 to give Roy Williams his first national championship. Cousy Award winner Raymond Felton had seven assists, a key steal and clinched the win at the free throw line.
• Final Four MVP Wayne Ellington scored 17 first-half points, Ty Lawson set a champion ship-game record with eight steals and Tyler Hansbrough capped a spectacular career with an NCAA title in 2009 as UNC beat Michigan State, 89-72, in Detroit. The title was the second in five years for Roy Williams.
FINAL FOURS
• Carolina has played in 19 Final Fours, more than any school in college basketball history.
• The Tar Heels are the only school that has played in the Final Four in eight different decades from the 1940s to the 2010s.
• Carolina has played in the Final Four in 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016.
• Carolina has played in the national championship game 10 times, the fourth most in NCAA Tournament history (UCLA 13, Kentucky 12, Duke 11, UNC 10). The Tar Heels are 5-5 in the title game.
WILLIAMS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Roy Williams is making his 27th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in his 29th year as a head coach. • Kansas was not eligible to play in the 1989 NCAA Tournament in his first season as the Jayhawks’ head coach; UNC played in the 2010 NIT.
• Williams is tied for fifth in NCAA Tournaments (27), second in wins (70), second in games (94), fourth in Final Fours (8), fifth in winning percentage among coaches with at least 50 games, tied for sixth in titles (2), and is the only coach to win a game in 26 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
• Williams is 70-24 overall, including 36-10 at Carolina and 34-14 at Kansas.
• Williams is 26-0 in the first round (12-0 at Carolina), 17-9 in the second round (8-4 at UNC), 12-5 in the Sweet 16 (7-1 at UNC), 8-4 in the Elite Eight (4-3 at UNC), 5-3 in national semifinals (3-1 at UNC) and 2-3 in the championship game (2-1 at UNC).
• Williams is 36-9 as a No. 1 seed, including 27-4 at Carolina.
VERSUS THE 2017 NCAA FIELD
• Carolina is 10-5 this year against teams in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have played 11 teams in the field, beating Louisville, Florida State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State and Wake Forest; losing to Kentucky; splitting two games with Virginia and Miami; and beating Duke once and losing twice to the Blue Devils.
NORTH CAROLINA VS. 16-TEXAS SOUTHERN
Friday, March 17, 2017, approximately 4 p.m.
Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.
TV: TNT (Brian Anderson, Chris Webber, Lewis Johnson)
UNC Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross, Adam Lucas, Dave Nathan)
Westwood One Radio: John Sadak, John Thompson
Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 205
North Carolina Tar Heels
2016-17 Record: 27-7, 14-4 ACC (1st)
ACC Tournament Semifinalist
Head Coach: Roy Williams (UNC ‘72)
Williams’ Overall Record: 810-216 (29th year)
Williams’ Record at UNC: 392-115 (14th year)
Rankings: #6 Associated Press, #8 USA Today/ Coaches
Texas Southern Tigers
2016-17 Record: 23-11, 16-2 SWAC (1st)
Head Coach: Mike Davis Davis’s Overall Record: 336-220 (17th year)
Davis’s Record at TSU: 99-68 (5th year)
