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Published Apr 2, 2017

Oregon-UNC Postgame Notes

UNC Communications

GLENDALE, AZ - The following are some postgame notes from North Carolina's 77-76 victory over Oregon on Saturday in the national semifinals.

NATIONAL SEMIFINAL

CAROLINA 77,OREGON 76

APRIL 1, 2017, PHOENIX, ARIZ.

UNC Scoring Leader: Kennedy Meeks 25

UNC Rebound Leader: Kennedy Meeks 14

UNC Assist Leader: Theo Pinson 5

Carolina Notes

• Carolina is 32-7 overall, 9-2 in neutral-site games this year.

• The Tar Heels have advanced to the national championship game for the 11th time in school history and the second consecutive year.

• The Tar Heels are 5-5 in national championship games (wins in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009; losses in 1946, 1968, 1977, 1981 and 2016).

• This is the second time in school history the Tar Heels have reached the title game in back-to-back years (lost in 1981, won in 1982; lost in 2016, playing Gonzaga in 2017).

• This was the first time Carolina has won an NCAA Tournament game by a single point since beating Villanova, 67-66, in the 2005 Sweet 16 in Syracuse.

• This was just the fifth time in 39 games this year the Tar Heels did not out-rebound the opponents (the second time they had the same number of rebounds). Oregon was out-rebounding UNC by two until the final two offensive rebounds on missed free throws in the last six seconds. The teams ended the game tied at 43 in rebounds.

• This was UNC’s lowest field goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament win since shooting 35.9 percent (23 of 64) vs. Princeton on March 17, 1967, in the regional semifinals in College Park, Md. That was UNC’s eighth NCAA Tournament win (tonight was the 122nd).

• This was UNC’s lowest field goal percentage in a win this year (previous was .371 vs. Louisville).

• This was the fifth time two Tar Heels scored 20 or more points in a national semifinal (Kennedy Meeks 25, Justin Jackson 22). The others were 1972 vs. Florida State (Robert McAdoo 24, Dennis Wuycik 20), 1993 vs. Kansas (Donald Williams 25, Eric Montross 23), 2005 vs. Michigan State (Sean May 22, Jawad Williams 20) and 2009 vs. Villanova (Ty Lawson 22, Wayne Ellington 20).

Tar Heel Player Notes

• Kennedy Meeks tied his career high with 25 points and had 14 rebounds, three steals and no turnovers. Meeks also had 25 points vs. Temple in the first game of the 2015-16 season.

• Meeks tied his career high with 11 field goals (also at Florida State on 2/17/14).

• It was Meeks’ 13th double-double of the year and the 25th of his career.

• It was his seventh 20-point scoring game of his career and third this season.

• Meeks had 14 rebounds and moved past Brice Johnson for fifth in UNC history in career rebounds with 1042. Johnson had 1035. Billy Cunningham is fourth with 1062.

• Meeks has 368 rebounds this year, seventh most in UNC single-season history.

• Justin Jackson scored 22 points, the 19th time this year he scored 20 or more.

• Jackson has 715 points this year, the second most in any season by a Tar Heel under head cosch Roy Williams. It is the third time in the last 14 seasons a Tar Heel has scored 700 points in a season (Tyler Hansbrough 882 in 2008 and 704 in 2009).

• Theo Pinson had eight points, eight rebounds and led UNC in assists with five, the ninth time this year he led the team in assists. Pinson tied his career high with four offensive rebounds (fourth time, second time this year), the fourth of which was the offensive rebound tipout with five seconds to play that helped secure the win.

Roy Williams Notes

• The third coach to take his teams to six national championship games with John Wooden (10) and Mike Krzyzewski (9).

• 815-216 overall, 397-115 in 14 years at Carolina

• 75-24 in the NCAA Tournament, including 41-10 at Carolina. The 75 wins are No. 2 all-time.

• Williams is 6-3 in national semifinals, including 4-1 at Carolina.

• This is Williams’ ninth Final Four – only Mike Krzyzewski (12), John Wooden (12) and Dean Smith (11) have more.

• Has won 50 NCAA Tournament games in the last 16 years – nine more than any other coach in the country.

• Monday’s championship game is his 100th NCAA Tournament game. He is the second to coach in 100 NCAA Tournament games (Krzyzewski 119).

NCAA Tournament Notes

• Carolina is 122-45 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (second most wins behind Kentucky’s 124).

• Carolina is 11-9 in the national semifinals, including 4-1 under head coach Roy Williams.

UNC-Oregon Series

• Carolina leads, 5-0, including 1-0 in the NCAA Tournament.

UNC-Gonzaga Series

• Series is tied 1-1. Gonzaga beat UNC, 82-74, on 11/22/2006 in New York City in the Preseason NIT semifinals; Carolina beat the Zags, 98-77, on March 27, 2009, in Memphis in the 2009 NCAA Tournament South Regional Sweet 16.