2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Hall of Fame Tip Off Champions
NCAA third round vs. Iowa State, L 83–85
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#21
AP	#19
2013–14 record	24–10 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach	Roy Williams (11th year)
Assistant coach	Steve Robinson (11th year)
Assistant coach	C. B. McGrath (11th year)
Assistant coach	Hubert Davis (2nd year)
Home arena	Dean E. Smith Center

2013–14 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Virginia †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	7	.811
#14 Syracuse	14	–	4	.778	28	–	6	.824
#8 Duke	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
#19 North Carolina	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Pittsburgh	11	–	7	.611	26	–	10	.722
Clemson	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
North Carolina State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Maryland	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Florida State	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Miami (FL)	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Wake Forest	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Georgia Tech	6	–	12	.333	16	–	17	.485
Notre Dame	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	8	–	24	.250
Virginia Tech	2	–	16	.111	9	–	22	.290


† 2014 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Roy Williams, who is in his 11th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. They played their home games at the Dean E. Smith Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to Pittsburgh. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Providence in the second round before losing in the third round to Iowa State.

Pre-season

The Tar Heels entered the 2013–14 season lost two starters from the previous season as Dexter Strickland graduated and second team All-ACC shooting guard Reggie Bullock declared for the 2013 NBA draft. However, rising juniors and potential draft picks James Michael McAdoo and P. J. Hairston decided to return to Chapel Hill and UNC brought in a strong recruiting class including McDonald's All-Americans Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks.

Another offseason change involved the coaching staff as long-time Roy Williams assistant Joe Holladay retired. UNC alum Brad Frederick joined the staff as Director of Basketball Operations in June. Frederick came from the coaching staff at Vanderbilt, where he had been for 14 seasons. He is the son of former Kansas Athletic Director Bob Frederick.^[1]

However, the optimism of the Spring turned to uncertainty in the Summer as both Hairston and fifth year senior Leslie McDonald were both suspended from the team due to eligibility concerns, leaving only two scholarship guards (sophomore Marcus Paige and freshman Nate Britt) on the roster entering the season. McDonald would be reinstated in the non-conference season, but Hairston's suspension would hold for the entire season.^[2]^[3]

Even with this uncertainty, North Carolina was voted #13 in the AP preseason poll^[4] and #11 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll.^[5] The ACC media tabbed the Tar Heels third in the conference preseason poll.^[6]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Reggie Bullock	35	F/G	6'7	205	Junior	Kinston, NC	NBA draft
Dexter Strickland	1	G	6'3	180	Senior	Rahway, NJ	Graduated

Recruits

North Carolina recruits at the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Isaiah Hicks

Kennedy Meeks

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nate Britt PG	Washington, DC	Oak Hill Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Nov 29, 2011
Nate Britt PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86
Isaiah Hicks F	Oxford, NC		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Aug 8, 2011
Isaiah Hicks F	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 91
Kennedy Meeks C	Charlotte, NC	West Charlotte	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Nov 16, 2012
Kennedy Meeks C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

The top-rated recruit in the class scheduled to start college in Fall 2013 is Isaiah Hicks, the eighth ranked power forward and the 18th ranked player in the ESPN 100.^[7] Shortly behind him in that ranking is Kennedy Meeks at #59. He is the #6 ranked center in the 2013 high school class. Britt is the 52nd ranked player in the current high school class and 11th point guard. He tore his meniscus in December 2012.^[8]

Isaiah Hicks: 18th ranked player in ESPN 100, eight-ranked power forward, named to the 2013 McDonald’s All-America game^[7]^[9] In his last high school basketball game he had 34 points, 30 rebounds and seven blocks in a win in his division's state championship game.^[10]

Kennedy Meeks: 59th ranked player in EPSN 100, #6 ranked center, and named to the 2013 McDonald’s All-America game

Nate Britt: 52nd ranked player, 11th-ranked point guard

Roster

2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Britt, NateNate Britt	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Oak Hill (VA)	Upper Marlboro, Maryland
1.5 !G	2	McDonald, LeslieLeslie McDonald	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Briarcrest Christian School	Memphis, Tennessee
5.0 !C	3	Meeks, KennedyKennedy Meeks	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1.0 !Fr	West Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina
1.5 !G	4	Davis, LukeLuke Davis	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Ravenscroft School	Raleigh, North Carolina
1.5 !G	5	Paige, MarcusMarcus Paige	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Linn-Mar	Marion, Iowa
3.5 !F	11	Johnson, BriceBrice Johnson	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Edisto	Orangeburg, South Carolina
3.5 !F	13	Tokoto, J. P.J. P. Tokoto	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Menomonee Falls	Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
3.5 !F	14	Hubert, DesmondDesmond Hubert	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	New Egypt	Cream Ridge, New Jersey
1.5 !G	15	Hairston, P. J.P. J. Hairston (I)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Hargrave Military Academy	Greensboro, North Carolina
3.5 !F	21	Simmons, JacksonJackson Simmons	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Smoky Mountain	Webster, North Carolina
3.5 !F	22	Hicks, IsaiahIsaiah Hicks	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	J.F. Webb	Oxford, North Carolina
3.5 !F	30	Manor, JamesJames Manor (W)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Chapel Hill	Carrboro, North Carolina
3.5 !F	34	Robinson, DenzelDenzel Robinson (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
3.5 !F	42	James, JoelJoel James	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	2.0 !So	Dwyer	West Palm Beach, Florida
3.5 !F	43	McAdoo, James MichaelJames Michael McAdoo	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Norfolk Christian	Norfolk, Virginia
1.5 !G	55	Moody, WadeWade Moody (W)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Mount Airy	Mount Airy, North Carolina

Head coach

Roy Williams (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12/08/13

Note that the roster is subject to change.

Season

Non-conference play

The Tar Heels started the season with uncertainty as Hairston's and McDonald's eligibility cases remained in limbo for the first nine games of the season. After uneventful victories over Oakland and Holy Cross, the Heels were stunned 83–80 at home by Belmont, in part because of a 22–48 performance at the free throw line.^[11] However, the team would redeem themselves by beating #3 Louisville in the Hall of Fame Tip Off championship. Marcus Paige led the team with 32 points while post players Brice Johnson and Kennedy Meeks controlled the paint and the Heels won 93–84. Paige was named ACC Player of the Week for his performance against the Cardinals and the Richmond Spiders in the previous game (26 points).^[12]

North Carolina's inconsistency would show itself again as the Heels lost their next game - an 83–86 contest at UAB, coached by former Roy Williams assistant Jerod Haase. But true to form, the Heels bounced back and beat #1 Michigan State on the road in a game they never trailed. Kennedy Meeks led the team in scoring with 15 and was named ACC Rookie of the Week.^[13] After an easy home win over UNC Greensboro (coached by Wes Miller, another Williams disciple), the Tar Heels completed a sweep of the top three teams in the preseason polls by upending #11 Kentucky at the Dean Smith Center. Paige and James Michael McAdoo were the stars, scoring 23 and 20 points respectively.^[14]

On December 18, the team received the news that Leslie McDonald would be reinstated in time for the Texas game at the Smith Center.^[2] However, the Tar Heels lost to the young Longhorns. North Carolina finished their non-conference season with wins over Davidson, Northern Kentucky and UNC Wilmington.

Conference play

The Tar Heels started 1-4 in conference play, but then, they won twelve straight, including a win over #5 Duke on February 20. With the Duke win, North Carolina became the first team to defeat each of the AP Poll preseason top 4 in the same season in the 53 years that the poll has released preseason rankings.^[15] The streak was broken with a loss at Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Nov 1* 7:30 pm, GoHeels TV	#12	UNC Pembroke	W 82–63	–	19 – McAdoo	10 – Tied	3 – Tied	Dean E. Smith Center (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8* 9:00 pm, RSN	#12	Oakland	W 84–61	1–0	21 – McAdoo	9 – McAdoo	5 – Tied	Dean E. Smith Center (15,102) Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 15* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	#12	Holy Cross 2013 Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 62–54	2–0	23 – Paige	8 – Meeks	5 – Tokoto	Dean E. Smith Center (15,833) Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 17* 4:00 pm, ESPNU	#12	Belmont 2013 Hall of Fame Tip Off	L 80–83	2–1	27 – McAdoo	13 – McAdoo	5 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (15,205) Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 23* 12:00 pm, ESPN3	#24	vs. Richmond 2013 Hall of Fame Tip Off semifinals	W 82–72	3–1	26 – Paige	12 – Johnson	3 – Paige	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,113) Uncasville, CT
Nov 24* 1:00 pm, ESPN	#24	vs. #3 Louisville 2013 Hall of Fame Tip Off championship	W 93–84	4–1	32 – Paige	12 – Meeks	7 – Meeks	Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT
Dec 1* 6:00 pm, FS1		at UAB	L 59–63	4–2	16 – Tokoto	7 – Johnson	5 – Paige	Bartow Arena (8,313) Birmingham, AL
Dec 4* 9:00 pm, ESPN		at #1 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 79–65	5–2	15 – Meeks	10 – Tokoto	5 – Paige	Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI
Dec 7* 7:00 pm, ESPNU		UNC Greensboro	W 81–50	6–2	14 – Johnson	8 – Meeks	8 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (15,676) Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 14* 5:15 pm, ESPN	#18	#11 Kentucky Rivalry	W 82–77	7–2	23 – Paige	7 – Johnson	4 – McAdoo	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 18* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	#14	Texas	L 83–86	7–3	23 – Paige	9 – Johnson	7 – Britt	Dean E. Smith Center (17,143) Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 21* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	#14	Davidson	W 97–85 ^OT	8–3	22 – Tokoto	11 – Tokoto	5 – McAdoo, Page	Dean E. Smith Center (18,195) Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 27* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	#19	Northern Kentucky	W 75–60	9–3	14 – McAdoo	9 – Paige	4 – Tokoto	Dean E. Smith Center (18,842) Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 31* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	#19	UNC Wilmington	W 84–51	10–3	23 – McAdoo	10 – McAdoo	6 – Britt	Dean E. Smith Center (16,923) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC regular season
Jan 5 8:00 pm, ESPNU	#19	at Wake Forest	L 67–73	10–4 (0–1)	13 – McAdoo	9 – Tokoto, Meeks, Johnson	6 – Paige	LJVM Coliseum (12,462) Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 8 9:00 pm, ESPN2		Miami (FL)	L 57–63	10–5 (0–2)	12 – McAdoo	12 – McAdoo	8 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (17,569) Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 11 12:00 pm, ESPN		at #2 Syracuse	L 45–57	10–6 (0–3)	15 – McAdoo	9 – McAdoo	3 – Tokoto	Carrier Dome (32,121) Syracuse, NY
Jan 18 12:00 pm, ESPN		Boston College	W 82–71	11–6 (1–3)	21 – Paige	6 – McAdoo, Meeks	6 – Tokoto	Dean E. Smith Center (18,115) Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 20 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Virginia	L 61–76	11–7 (1–4)	15 – Meeks	9 – Meeks	3 – Johnson, Paige	John Paul Jones Arena (13,045) Charlottesville, VA
Jan 26 6:00 pm, ESPNU		Clemson	W 80–61	12–7 (2–4)	22 – McAdoo	8 – Meeks	5 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (18,616) Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 29 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Georgia Tech	W 78–65	13–7 (3–4)	19 – Paige	10 – Meeks	7 – Paige	McCamish Pavilion (5,124) Atlanta, GA
Feb 1 1:00 pm, ESPN		NC State	W 80–74	14–7 (4–4)	20 – McDonald	13 – McAdoo	5 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 4 8:00 pm, ACCN		Maryland	W 75–63	15–7 (5–4)	25 – Paige	9 – Tokoto	7 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (17,225) Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 8 12:00 pm, ACCN		at Notre Dame	W 73–62	16–7 (6–4)	18 – McAdoo	8 – McAdoo	9 – Paige	Purcell Pavilion (9,149) South Bend, IN
Feb 15 1:00 pm, CBS		#25 Pittsburgh	W 75–71	17–7 (7–4)	24 – McAdoo	12 – McAdoo	4 – Paige, Tokoto	Dean E. Smith Center (20,341) Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 17 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Florida State	W 81–75	18–7 (8–4)	23 – Meeks	11 – Johnson	7 – Paige	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,814) Tallahassee, FL
Feb 20 9:00 pm, ESPN/ACCN		#5 Duke Rivalry/Postponed from 2/12	W 74–66	19–7 (9–4)	21 – McDonald	10 – McAdoo	4 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 22 12:00 pm, ACCN		Wake Forest	W 105–72	20–7 (10–4)	19 – McDonald	5 – Johnson	5 – Tokoto	Dean E. Smith Center (19,248) Chapel Hill, NC
Feb 26 8:00 pm, ACCN	#19	at NC State	W 85–84 ^OT	21–7 (11–4)	35 – Paige	10 – Meeks, Tokoto	5 – Paige, Tokoto	PNC Arena (19,500) Raleigh, NC
Mar 1 2:30 pm, ACCN	#19	at Virginia Tech	W 60–56	22–7 (12–4)	15 – McAdoo	7 – Meeks, Tokoto	3 – McAdoo, Tokoto	Cassell Coliseum (6,546) Blacksburg, VA
Mar 3 7:00 pm, ESPN	#14	Notre Dame	W 63–61	23–7 (13–4)	14 – McAdoo	9 – McAdoo	6 – Paige	Dean E. Smith Center (15,175) Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 8 9:00 pm, ESPN	#14	at #4 Duke	L 81–93	23–8 (13–5)	24 – Paige	5 – Tokoto	4 – Britt	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
Mar 14 2:00 pm, ESPN2/ACCN	#15	vs. Pittsburgh Quarterfinals	L 75–80	23–9	27 – Paige	7 – McAdoo, Tokoto	5 – Britt	Greensboro Coliseum (21,533) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 21* 7:20 pm, TNT	#19 (6 E)	vs. (11 E) Providence Second round	W 79–77	24–9	19 – Paige	10 – McAdoo	6 – Tokoto	AT&T Center (11,690) San Antonio, TX
Mar 23* 5:15 pm, CBS	#19 (6 E)	vs. #9 (3 E) Iowa State Third round	L 83–85	24–10	19 – Paige	13 – Meeks	3 – Britt	AT&T Center (13,431) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, (#) denotes seed within region E=East. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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↑ "Media Picks Tar Heels Third In ACC". North Carolina Tar Heels. October 16, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1920–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)

Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State

Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic Tobacco Road Scandal

People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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