2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Elliot Cadeau
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- West Orange, N.J.
- High School:
- Link Academy (Branson, Mo.)
Career: Career high 19 points at Miami (2/10/24) and 13 assists at Wake Forest (1/21/25) • Scored in double figures 25 times (UNC 16-9) and had 10 or more assists seven times (6-1) • First Tar Heel with seven double-digit assist games since Kendall Marshall (2010-12) • Tar Heels are 25-14 when he has five or more assists.
2024-25: Averaged 9.4 points and 6.2 assists • Led the ACC in assists (231) and was second in assist average • One of two players in the ACC with 200 or more assists • Most assists by a Tar Heel since Marshall's 351 in 2011-12 • Also had the most turnovers (113) and committed the third-most fouls (102) in the ACC • More assists than turnovers 25 times • 10 or more assists six times, including 12 or more four times (13 at Wake Forest, 12 vs. Campbell, 12 at Virginia Tech and 12 vs. San Diego State) • First Tar Heel with multiple double-digit assist games in a season since Theo Pinson in 2017-18 • Six or more assists 21 times • Scored in double figures 18 times, including 17 or more points four times • Four or more turnovers 14 times • Second on the team with 41 steals • Made a three in 20 games with a high of three vs. Elon and Duke (ACC semifinal) • Hit seven of his last 12 three-pointers and 13 of his last 29 • Averaged 2.4 turnovers over the last six games after averaging 3.7 over the previous 12 games • Led UNC in plus/minus seven times, second most on the team • Was second on the team overall at plus 190 behind RJ Davis.
2024-25 Game Highlights: Dozen assists, three steals, only two turnovers and was a team-best plus 35 against San Diego State, one of the top defensive teams in the nation • The 12 assists tied the second most by a Tar Heel in a NCAA Tournament game • Scored 15 points (most since he had 15 vs. Cal on January 15), tied his career high with three 3FGs and had five assists, just one turnover and two steals vs. Duke in the ACC semifinals • Led UNC with a plus 15 (only Tar Heel better than plus 2) • Had 11 points, three assists and no turnovers in the second half as UNC outscored Duke, 47-29 • Was first game with fewer than two turnovers since the Stanford game on January 18 • Alley-oop pass to Ven-Allen Lubin for a dunk with 2:04 to play was one of the key plays in the ACC quarterfinal win over Wake Forest • Had 11 assists in 25 minutes vs. Notre Dame, tying the third most ever by a Tar Heel in an ACC Tournament game (most since 2012) • Dozen assists in just 24 minutes at Virginia Tech (picked up second foul with 7:43 to play in first half) • Hit a pair of second-half threes and had a game-high seven assists at Florida State • Driving layup with 40 seconds to play gave UNC an 84-80 lead in the win at Syracuse • Played a season-low 18 minutes vs. the Orange due to early foul trouble • Attempted a season-low three field goals and had seven assists in the win over Pitt (both field goals came less than a minute apart and tied the game at 58 and 60) • Career-high 13 assists, 14 points and second career double-double at Wake Forest • Made or assisted on 18 of UNC's 26 field goals, the second-highest single-game percentage (.692) in a game ever by a Tar Heel • The 13 assists equal the most by a Tar Heel vs. Wake Forest (Ed Cota in 2000) • Led UNC in plus/minus and had 12 points, a team-high six rebounds, five assists and zero turnovers vs. Stanford (but played only 26 minutes due to two first-half fouls) • Tied his career high with seven field goals in a 15-point effort vs. Cal (scored seven early points to help UNC race to a 16-8 lead) • Had 11 assists at NC State, including an over-the-head toss to Jalen Washington for the go-ahead and game-winning field goal with 25 seconds to play • The 11 assists were the most by a Tar Heel vs. NC State since 2012 • Scored Carolina's final six points in the final 22 seconds, including the game-winning four-point play with 4.8 seconds to play, in the 74-73 win at Notre Dame • Following his go-ahead free throw he made the defensive stop on Markus Burton, forcing a missed field goal attempt on the final play of the game • Was Carolina's first four-point play in four seasons and the first game-winning free throw in the final 10 seconds of a game since 2018 • First career double-double with 12/12 vs. Campbell • Made defensive stop on final play in the win over UCLA • Career-high seven turnovers but hit the biggest shot of the game in the win over Georgia Tech, a three with 2:26 to play that gave UNC a 62-57 lead • Had 17 points and six assists vs. Michigan State • Career-high six turnovers in the first half vs. Dayton but had zero in the second half (played the final 10-plus minutes with four fouls) • Tied career high with seven field goals in eight attempts in 17-point performance at Hawai'i • Had 17 points, eight assists, career highs in 3FGs (3) and blocks (2), three steals and was a career-best +28 vs. Elon • Season-high 18 points, eight assists, tied his career high with four steals vs. American, helping UNC score 23 fastbreak points and shoot 59%.
2023-24: Member of CollegeInsider.com's Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team • First Tar Heel to make the ACC All-Freshman team since Caleb Love and Day'Ron Sharpe in 2021 • Joins Ed Cota, Raymond Felton, Bobby Frasor, Ty Lawson, Kendall Marshall, Marcus Paige, Coby White, Cole Anthony and Love as UNC point guards to earn All-Freshman team honors.
Averaged 7.3 points and 4.1 assists • Led UNC with 150 assists, the most by any Tar Heel since senior Theo Pinson in 2018 and the most by a freshman since Marcus Paige in 2013 • Assist/turnover ratio of 2.24 to 1 • Was the 11th UNC freshman with 100 assists in a season and had the fourth-best assist/turnover ratio among those players (behind Jeff Lebo, Ty Lawson and Kendall Marshall) • Six or more assists 10 times (UNC 8-2) • More assists than turnovers 27 times • Season-high 10 assists vs. Tennessee and ACC-best nine at Syracuse • Scoring high of 19 points at Miami • Started 31 of the last 32 games (all except senior night) • One or fewer turnovers 15 times • Scored in double figures seven times (UNC 7-0) • Positive plus/minus 31 times • Made 28 of his last 37 free throws (75.7%) over the last 17 games • Averaged 5.7 assists in the ACC Tournament.
2023-24 Game Highlights: Hit a pair of threes (for the second time) and scored eight first-half threes vs. Alabama • Had six assists and led UNC with a plus 20 vs. Michigan State • Eight assists in ACC final vs. NC State • Eight points, a game-high six assists and helped UNC shoot 50% in both halves in the ACC quarterfinal win over Florida State • Jumper from just inside the three-point line as the shot clock expired gave UNC an 80-72 lead with 40 seconds to play in the win at Duke • Second-highest offensive rating (145) of the season and highest in an ACC game in the home win over NC State as he scored 15 points and had seven assists (fourth time with seven or more assists) • Game-high six assists, one more than Virginia's entire team, in the win in Charlottesville • Was a plus 20 in the first half as UNC built an 11-point lead over Virginia Tech • ACC-best nine assists against just one turnover at Syracuse • Season highs in points (19), 3FGs (2) turnovers (5) and steals (4), tied season high with seven field goals and eight assists in the win at Miami • Made his first three since December and first in ACC play • Scored 11 of UNC's first 26 points as the Tar Heels jumped out to a 26-18 lead • Played 35 minutes at Miami, most this season (third time 30 or more) • Had four assists and only one turnover and was a plus nine, second best in the game, in the win over Duke, leading the Tar Heels to 93 points • Five assists and was a game-best plus 12 at Georgia Tech but fouled out with 5:49 to play • Game-high plus 16, game-high six assists and season-high 16 points in the win at Florida State • Season-best 8 for 9 from the line as he drew nine fouls • Was the first time since Villanova he led UNC in plus/minus • Made seven of 12 field goal attempts and totaled 14 points and had a game-high three assists vs. Wake Forest • Played 16 second-half minutes and directed an offense that shot 61.3% from the floor and scored 52 points vs. the Deacs • Season-high three steals, all in the first half, vs. Louisville • Scored seven of his 11 points at NC State in the second half and finished with six assists, the most since he had 10 against Tennessee • Scored in double figures (13) for the second time vs. Charleston Southern • Driving layup gave UNC its first lead of the second half in the home win over Florida State • Had 10 assists and zero turnovers in the win over No. 10 Tennessee • First Tar Heel with 10 or more assists and no turnovers since Marcus Paige in 2015 and first UNC freshman with double-digit assists since Paige in 2013 • Six first-half assists (UT had four) in helping the Tar Heels build a 61-39 lead • Joined Ed Cota (twice) and Ty Lawson as Tar Heels with 10 or more assists without a field goal • Went 5 for 8 from the line vs. the Vols (made two with 1:31 to play after UT cut the lead to six) • Averaged 8.3 points and totaled 11 assists and one turnovers in the three games in the Bahamas • Made his first start against Arkansas in the final game at Atlantis • Three-pointer late in the first half ended a 12-1 Razorback run • Made 5 of 9 field goals and scored in double figures for the first time with 15 points vs. Northern Iowa • Five points and six assists in his debut vs. Radford • The six assists were the most by a freshman in the season opener since 2006 • Voted ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year by the ACC media.
PREP
Came to UNC after his junior year of high school at the Link Academy in Branson, Mo., where he played for Coach Bill Armstrong • Link won the GEICO Nationals championship in Ft. Myers, Fla., behind his tournament-record 29 assists in three games • Played UNC teammate Zayden High’s team in the finals • Second-team Max Preps All-America in 2023 after averaging 10.9 points and 7.6 assists in leading Link to a 27-1 record • Scored 16 points in the finals as Link won the Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions in Springfield, Mo. • Previously attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J. • Did not play his sophomore year of high school due to an ankle injury • Played for New Heights (N.Y.) Lightning and averaged 15.7 points and 9.3 assists over the 17-game 2023 EYBL schedule • Was the offensive MVP in Dallas in the third EYBL session • Made the EYBL All-Underclassmen team in 2021 and the EYBL third team in 2022 • 2020 Max Preps Freshman All-America • Plays for Sweden’s national team • Was promoted to the senior team late in 2021 and made his debut vs. in 2023 vs. Germany in a World Cup qualifier • Won gold medals with the Swedish U-16 national team in the 2020 Baltic Sea Basketball Cup in Estonia, in 2021 at the U-18 Nordic Championship and in 2022 at the FIBA U-18 European Championship B Division in Romania, where he scored 36 points in the championship game • In 2022, he scored 40 points in a game and was the MVP at the U-18 Nordic Championship, where Sweden placed fourth.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 4, 2004, in Brooklyn, N.Y. • Son of James and Michelle Cadeau • His brother, Justin, plays tennis at Howard.
