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University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Postgame Notes vs. Marquette
March 25, 2011 | Men's Basketball
March 25, 2011
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• North Carolina advances to a regional final for the 25th time in history and the fifth time in eight seasons under head coach Roy Williams. The Tar Heels also advanced to at least the regional finals under Williams in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. This is UNC's fifth final eight appearance in the last seven seasons.
• With tonight's win, the Tar Heels are now 24-7 in regional semifinal games and 18-6 in Sweet 16 games (since 1975). The Tar Heels have now won 10 consecutive NCAA regional semifinal games, last losing in 1992 to Ohio State.
• Carolina is now 105-39 in NCAA Tournament games. The 105 wins are the most in NCAA history.
• UNC is 7-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in New Jersey.
• Roy Williams is now 58-18 in NCAA Tournament games, a winning percentage of .763. Williams is third in all-time NCAA Tournament wins and second in winning percentage among active coaches.
• The Tar Heels are now 24-4 in NCAA Tournament play under Williams, a winning percentage of .857, which is the best in NCAA Tournament history for coaches with at least 25 NCAA games at one school.
• Carolina has won nine straight NCAA Tournament games, 13 of its last 14 and 16 of its last 18.
• Sunday's Elite Eight matchup will be the 10th regional final for head coach Roy Williams (five at Kansas and five at UNC). His teams are 7-2 in his nine previous regional championship games (wins in 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009 and losses in 1996 and 2007).
• Carolina committed a season-low seven turnovers versus Marquette (previous low was eight at Virginia and at home vs. Wake Forest).
• UNC's seven turnovers marked the second consecutive game in which it has less than 10 turnovers (nine vs. Washington). It was the eighth time in Carolina's last 16 NCAA Tournament games that the Tar Heels have committed less than 10 turnovers (dating back to 2007 regional semifinal vs. USC).
• Carolina allowed only 15 points in the first half, the second-fewest points scored by an opponent in UNC's 144 NCAA Tournament games. Pittsburgh scored eight points in the first half of the 1941 East Regional semifinal.
• Marquette shot 20.0 percent (6 for 30) from the floor in the first half, the second-lowest percentage in a half allowed by a UNC defense in NCAA Tournament history. Radford shot 16.7 percent in the second half in the 2009 East first round game in Greensboro, N.C.
• The 15 points are the fewest allowed in a half this season by Carolina (previous low was 19 at Virginia in the second half). The 20.0 percent field goal shooting was the lowest by a UNC opponent in any half this season (previous was .233 in the first half by NC State on Jan. 29).
• Tyler Zeller had 27 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high four assists and three steals (tying his career high) in just 27 minutes. It was his third consecutive 20-point game in the NCAA Tournament. He has scored 82 points in UNC's first three NCAA games this season. It's the first time in Zeller's career that he's scored 20 or more points in three straight games. It was Zeller's fourth double-double of the season (fifth career). He also had a career-high seven offensive rebounds.
• John Henson finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots. It was Henson's 18th double-double this season, including nine in a row, the longest streak by a Tar Heel since Billy Cunningham had 10 in a row in 1965. Henson has posted 15 consecutive games with 10 or more rebounds, the longest streak by a Tar Heel since Cunningham had 40 in a row from 1962-64.
• Henson blocked five shots, the 11th time this season he has blocked five or more in a game. He now has 118 blocks this season and needs two more to tie Brendan Haywood's school record of 120 set in 2001. Henson has 178 career blocks in two seasons and passed Kevin Salvadori for fourth place all-time in blocks by a Tar Heel.
• Henson has 365 rebounds this season, tying George Lynch for the fifth-most in a season by a Tar Heel. It was the 21st time this season he had double-figure rebounds, tying the second-most in UNC history.
• Harrison Barnes scored 20 points and is the first Tar Heel freshman to score 20 or more points in his first three NCAA Tournament games. The only other Tar Heel to do so in his first three NCAA Tournament games (regardless of class) was senior Lennie Rosenbluth, who did it in his first five NCAA games in 1957. Barnes has scored 24, 22 and 20 points in UNC's first three NCAA games (22.0 per game). UNC is 15-0 when Barnes scores 17 or more points this season.
• Barnes has 562 points this season, passing Brandan Wright (545) and Sam Perkins (550) for the fourth-most points by a UNC freshman in a season.
• Kendall Marshall had seven assists and has 222 this season. Raymond Felton had 236 in 2003 and Ed Cota had 234 in 1997 as the top two assist totals as a freshman in Carolina history. Marshall has 83 assists in his last nine games, an average of 9.2.
• The Tar Heels are now 19-0 when its opponents shoot under 40 percent this season, 25-2 when they out-rebound their opponents, 19-1 when they force more turnovers than their opponents and 15-0 when they score 80 or more points.
