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The Tar Heels come into the home stretch of the ACC regular season with three games remaining on the regular season schedule.

02/28/09 vs. Georgia Tech TV Chapel Hill, N.C. 12:00 p.m. ET
03/04/09 at Virginia Tech TV Blacksburg, Va. 7:00 p.m. ET
03/08/09 vs. Duke TV Chapel Hill, N.C. 4:00 p.m. ET

 

 

The 'Heels have not lost a game outside of the conference this year, which bodes well for the 'Big Dance', but what about the Conference tourney? The bane of the UNC existence is the ten year drought in the ACC tournament, but this year the Heels are poised to break the mold. The difference this year is the consistency and momentum they roll into the tournament with. As winners of 10 of their last 11 the Heels are in position to claim a top seed in both tournaments. The importance of winning the conf. tournaments has changed dramatically over the past decade as the philosophy of 'one and done' doesn't do enough to get you a number one seed in the NCAA's, and for UNC anything less than cutting down the nets in both tournaments (although a tall order), would be a disappointment. When considering such a daunting task, I ask who better equipped to accomplish it? With the power game of Hansbrough inside and outside shooting of Lawson outside, and a power supporting cast, UNC can match talent with anyone in the nation. I for one, think this is the year it all comes together and the Tar Heels hit the Daily Double.

 

Atlantic Coast Conference
TEAM CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L
North Carolina 10-3 24-3
Duke 9-4 23-5
Clemson 8-5 22-5
Florida State 8-5 21-7
Wake Forest 7-5 20-5
Boston College 8-6 20-9
Virginia Tech 7-6 17-10
Maryland 6-7 17-10
North Carolina State 5-7 15-10
Miami (FL) 5-8 16-10
Virginia 3-9 9-14
Georgia Tech 1-12 10-16

 

 

No.NameHt.Wt.Pos.Yr.Hometown (High School)
2Marc Campbell5-11175GJRWilmington, N.C. (Ravenscroft)
40Mike Copeland6-7235FSRWinston-Salem, N.C. (R.J. Reynolds)
32Ed Davis6-10215FFRRichmond, Va. (Benedictine)
11Larry Drew II6-1180GFREncino, Calif. (Woodland Hills Taft)
22Wayne Ellington6-4200GJRWynnewood, Pa. (The Episcopal Academy)
4Bobby Frasor6-3210GSRBlue Island, Ill. (Brother Rice)
1Marcus Ginyard6-5220G/FSRAlexandria, Va. (Bishop O'Connell)
13Will Graves6-6245F/GSOGreensboro, N.C. (Dudley)
14Danny Green6-6210F/GSRNorth Babylon, N.Y. (St. Mary's)
50Tyler Hansbrough6-9250FSRPoplar Bluff, Mo. (Poplar Bluff)
5Ty Lawson5-11195GJRClinton, Md. (Oak Hill Academy (Va.))
35Patrick Moody6-4195FSRAsheville, N.C. (T.C. Roberson)
15J.B. Tanner6-0185GSRHendersonville, N.C. (West Henderson)
21Deon Thompson6-8245FJRTorrance, Calif. (Torrance)
24Justin Watts6-4205GFRDurham, N.C. (Jordan)
30Jack Wooten6-2190GSRBurlington, N.C. (Williams)
44Tyler Zeller7-0220FFRWashington, Ind. (Washington)
Coaching Staff
Roy Williams - Head Coach
Joe Holladay - Assistant Coach
Steve Robinson - Assistant Coach
C.B. McGrath - Assistant Coach
Jerod Haase - Director of Basketball Operations
Chris Hirth - Head Athletic Trainer
Eric Hoots - Video Coordinator
Jonas Sahratian - Strength & Conditioning Coordinator