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THI Basketball Central: ACC Tournament Quarterfinals

 Justin Jackson (ACC Player of the Year) and the Tar Heels open the ACC Tournament on Thursday at noon.
Justin Jackson (ACC Player of the Year) and the Tar Heels open the ACC Tournament on Thursday at noon. (Bruce Young/Tar Heel Illustrated)

GAME DAY INFORMATION

Date: Thursday, March 9, 2017

Location: Barclays Center (18,103); Brooklyn, New York

Time/TV: Noon/ACC Network (Tim Brando, Mike Gminski, Jason Capel) & ESPN (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor)

Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network | Sirius (81) XM (81) Online (81)

Brackets: HTML | PDF

Yahoo! Game Page: Miami vs. North Carolina

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MIAMI AT A GLANCE

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Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads 20-7

Last Meeting: Miami outplayed North Carolina in a 77-62 win over the Tar Heels on January 26 in Coral Gables. It was their only meeting this season.

Last Game: Miami 62, Syracuse 57 (Recap)

Location: Coral Gables, Florida

Enrollment: 16,188

Nickname: Hurricanes

Colors: Orange, Green & White

Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference

Arena: Westco Center (7,972)

2015-2016 Record: 27-8 overall, 13-5 ACC

Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga (139-67 at UM, 609-401 Overall)

MIAMI PROBABLE STARTERS
PLAYER CLASS POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT

No. 11 Bruce Brown

11.8 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 3.3 APG

Vs UNC: 30 Pts, 4 Rebs, 5 Asts

Freshman

Guard

6'5"

190 lbs

No. 0 Ja'Quan Newton

13.9 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.4 APG

Vs. UNC: 18 Pts, 7 Rebs,, 3 Asts

Junior

Guard

6'2"

187 lbs

No. 5 Davon Reed

15.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.6 APG

Vs. UNC: 14 Pts, 7 Rebs, 2 Asts

Senior

Guard

6'6"

220 lbs

No. 3 Anthony Lawrence Jr

7.1 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.7 APG

Vs. UNC: 3 Pts, 4 Rebs, 4 Asts

Sophomore

Forward

6'7"

210 lbs

No. 21 Kamari Murphy

7.1 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 0.5 APG

Vs. UNC: 4 Pts, 9 Rebs

Senior

Forward

6'8"

220 lbs

Based on starters vs. Syracuse
MIAMI - NORTH CAROLINA TEAM STATISTICS
Miami NORTH CAROLINA

RECORD

21-10

26-6

ACC TOURNAMENT SEED

#9

#1

POINTS PER GAME

69.9

85.2

SCORING MARGIN

+6.7

+14.7

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

45.6%

47.2%

3-PT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

36.4%

37.0%

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE

72.1%

70.0%

REBOUNDS PER GAME

36.3

43.8

REBOUND MARGIN

+4.9

+13.0

ASSISTS PER GAME

12.1

18.0

TURNOVERS PER GAME

12.6

12.0

TURNOVER MARGIN

-0.7

+1.7

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO

1.0

1.5

STEALS PER GAME

6.4

6.9

BLOCKS PER GAME

3.9

3.3

As of March 8, 2017
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