Jason Capel

Position:
Forward/Guard
Height:
6-8
Weight:
237
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fayetteville, NC
High School:
St. John's Prospect Hall, MD

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AT CAROLINA
One of the best all-around performers in the country • Is one of 50 preseason candidates for the Wooden Award, which is presented by the Los Angeles Athletic Club to the National Player of the Year • Should be one of the top leaders on and off the court this year • Has played in 95 games as a Tar Heel • Averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in his first three seasons • Has scored in double figures 58 times and grabbed 10 or more rebounds 15 times • Has 11 career double-doubles and one career triple-double • Produced the 18th ACC and second Carolina triple-double in history on Dec. 17, 2000, when he had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists at home vs. Buffalo • Is 10th all-time at Carolina in free throw percentage at .823 • Improved his assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.1 to 1 last year (was 1.0 to 1 as a freshman and 1.1 to 1 as a sophomore) • Has scored 1,058 points and is 48th in Tar Heel history in scoring • Is fifth all-time at UNC in three-point field goal percentage at .402 and is ninth at UNC with 111 three-point goals.

JUNIOR SEASON (2000-01)
Earned third-team All-ACC honors • Tied with seven-foot center Brendan Haywood for the team lead in rebounding with 7.3 per game • Led Carolina with 56 three-pointers made, was second with 36 steals and third with 111 assists • Was tied for sixth in the ACC in rebounds (7.3), was 12th in assists (3.36) and 28th in scoring (11.4) • Scored in double figures 23 times • Scored 20 or more points three times (27 vs. Maryland, 23 vs. Clemson and 20 vs. Duke) • Had five or more assists in nine games • Connected on at least one three-point basket in 30 of 33 games (all but Miami and the two NC State games) • Made at least two three-pointers in a game on 17 occasions • Made 24 three-pointers in a nine-game stretch from Feb. 3 to March 9 • Led the Tar Heels in three-point percentage at .418 • Shot 78.5 percent from the free throw line • Went 9 for 9 from the line at UCLA and 7 for 7 at Georgia Tech • Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in eight games with a season-high 12 at Clemson • Shot a career-high 47.0 percent from the floor • Also had a career-best assist-to-turnover ratio with 111 assists and just 54 turnovers.
Registered the second triple-double in Carolina history when he had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists vs. Buffalo • Was named the ACC Player of the Week following the Buffalo game • Scored 20 points and had six rebounds and five assists in win at Duke, making three free throws with under 0:30 to play in the game • Had 11 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in Feb. 3 win over Georgia Tech • Had his second straight double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the win at Wake Forest on Feb. 6 • Scored a career-high 27 points and matched his career high with four three-pointers on Feb. 10 against Maryland • Went 10 for 14 from the floor, including 4 for 5 from three-point land, and had eight rebounds, two assists and no turnovers in the home win over the Terps • Posted his third double-double in four games with 16 points and a 12 boards at Clemson • Tallied 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Duke on March 4 • Made all six of his three-point attempts against Clemson in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals, finishing with 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists • Set a new UNC ACC Tournament record with six three-pointers • Averaged 12 points in the two NCAA Tournament games.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (1999-2000) Selected UNC's Most Inspirational Player by a vote of his teammates and coaches at the team's annual awards banquet after the season • Also received awards for most good plays during the season, most charges taken and best free throw percentage • Honorable mention All-ACC honoree • Scored in double figures in 25 contests, including 16 of the last 21 games • Scored 20 or more points five times • Second on the team behind Haywood in rebounds at 6.8 per contest • Ranked 10th in the ACC in rebounding. Second in the ACC from the free throw line, shooting 82.9 percent • Converted 86.8 percent from the free throw line in ACC games • Made 60 of his last 69 free throw attempts (87.0 percent) • Led UNC in three-point field goal percentage at .380 • Third on the team with 92 assists.
Had 14 points and 11 rebounds in the NCAA first-round win over Missouri • Played excellent defense in the win over No. 3 Stanford in the NCAA second round, limiting leading scorer Casey Jacobsen to 2 of 12 shooting and five points • Hit a huge three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer against Tennessee • Later, he scored to cut UT's lead to 64-62 • Defended Tennessee's outstanding forward Vincent Yarbrough • The Vol star was just 4 of 11 from the floor and scored 13 points, two below his average • Named to the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team after averaging 8.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in wins over Tennessee and Tulsa • Played a key role in a UNC defense that held its regional opponents to 36.4 percent shooting.
Had 14 points and nine rebounds against Michigan State • Scored 16 points against the College of Charleston and had a career-high 23 points and nine boards vs. UNLV in the Food Lion MVP Classic • Had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, a block and a steal against Tennessee Tech • Was named MVP of the Orange Bowl Classic after leading Carolina to a 78-68 win over Miami • He scored 20 points (only his second career 20-point game, but his second in five outings), had a career-high 14 rebounds, had five assists and two steals • Led all scorers with 21 points in the loss to UCLA • Was 7 for 12 from the field (including 3 of 6 from three-point range) and had two steals • Scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half • Hit two free throws in the final minute to cut UCLA’s lead to 69-68.
Had 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals on Jan. 22 vs. Florida State • Had 11 points, a game-high 12 rebounds and five assists in the Jan. 27 win over Maryland • Led all scorers with 20 points in the win at Georgia Tech • Was 8 for 8 from the free throw line at Tech • Also hit a pair of three-pointers, including a key one in the second half that gave the Tar Heels a 9-point lead for the first time • Had 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists versus Duke on Feb. 3 • Had 12 points and 13 rebounds and five assists against Wake Forest on Feb. 12 • Led Carolina with 17 points and nine rebounds on Feb. 20 vs. Virginia • Had 15 points and a career-high seven assists in the win at Florida State • Led Carolina with 14 points and added seven rebounds and five assists in the ACC Tournament versus Wake Forest.
Had back surgery in March 1999 to repair two herniated discs.

FRESHMAN SEASON (1998-99)
Played in 26 of the 34 games • Averaged 9.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game • Led the team in free throw percentage at .854 • He converted 76 of 89 attempts • Was second in the ACC in free throw percentage • Donald Hand of Virginia shot a league-leading .862 • Only the second Tar Heel to lead the team in free throw shooting as a freshman • Curtis Hunter accomplished the feat in 1982-83.
Missed eight games, due mainly to injuries • Did not play against Dartmouth due to an illness in his family, missed six games in late-January/mid-February due to mononucleosis, and did not play against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament because of a back strain.
Battled through a disk problem all season • Fell on his back taking a charge in the UNC Charlotte, initially aggravating his back condition • Took a hard fall in practice two days before the regular-season finale against Duke • That caused him to miss the ACC Tournament opener against Georgia Tech.
Returned to action against fifth-ranked Maryland in the ACC semifinals and scored 13 points in the upset win • He was 5 for 6 from the field, including 3 for 3 from three-point range • However, he fell hard on his back attempting to grab a rebound and did not play the final 14:09 • In the championship game against Duke, he did not score in limited action • He was able to play just four minutes in the NCAA Tournament against Weber State. Shared team-scoring honors with 15 points and was 7 of 8 from the free throw line in the home win over NC State • His three-point basket with 9:49 remaining cut the Wolfpack lead to one point • Sank four free throws in overtime to lead Carolina to a 68-65 win over Wake Forest on Feb. 23.
Scored a season-high 16 points in back-to-back games against Old Dominion and the College of Charleston and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Food Lion MVP Classic • Was 6 of 7 from the field against ODU, where his father, Jeff, was the head coach, and 4 of 5 against College of Charleston.
Hit three three-point field goals in Carolina’s 89-76 loss vs. Maryland on Jan. 13.
Scored 11 points, including several crucial free throws, in Carolina’s 77-72 win vs. Louisville • In fact, Capel was 9 of 10 from the free throw line against the Cardinals.

PREP
Attended St. John's at Prospect Hall in Frederick, Md. • Played for Coach Stu Vetter, who also coached former Tar Heels Mike Pepper, George Lynch and Serge Zwikker in high school • Helped lead St. John’s to USA Today’s 1998 high school national championship • Two-time team captain at St. John's • Attended Chesapeake Indian River High in Virginia as a freshman and sophomore • In the eighth grade, he played on the varsity at Greensboro (N.C.) Day School • At the time his dad was the head coach at N.C. A&T • First-team All-America as a senior by Street & Smith’s • Second-team Parade and Basketball Times All-America • Finalist for the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award • Virginia Player of the Year as a sophomore and Maryland Private School Player of the Year as a junior • Averaged 20.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as a senior and 20.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists a contest as a junior • Was Most Valuable Player at eight different high school tournaments • Scored 22 points in the McDonald’s All-Star Game • Played for the USA Basketball Junior National Team in the Nike Hoop Summit • Teamed with Ronald Curry to win the AAU Junior Olympic 19-and-under national championship in 1998 and the under-17 title in 1997 • His older brother, Jeff, played at Duke from 1993-97 and captained the Blue Devils as a senior • His dad, Jeff Sr., was a collegiate head coach, most recently at Old Dominion.