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2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record14–19 (6–14 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDean E. Smith Center
Seasons
2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida State 16 4   .800 26 5   .839
No. 16 Virginia 15 5   .750 23 7   .767
No. 14 Louisville 15 5   .750 24 7   .774
No. 11 Duke 15 5   .750 25 6   .806
Georgia Tech* 11 9   .550 17 14   .548
NC State 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 10 10   .500 18 14   .563
Notre Dame 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Clemson 9 11   .450 16 15   .516
Miami (FL) 7 13   .350 15 16   .484
Boston College 7 13   .350 13 18   .419
Virginia Tech 7 13   .350 16 16   .500
Wake Forest 6 14   .300 13 18   .419
Pittsburgh 6 14   .300 16 17   .485
North Carolina 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations.
Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach is Roy Williams, who was in his 17th season as UNC's head men's basketball coach. The Tar Heels played their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels finished the season 14–19, and 6–14 in ACC play. They defeated Virginia Tech in the first round of the ACC tournament before losing to Syracuse in the second round. The tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[2]

Previous season

The Tar Heels finished the season 29–7, 16–2 in ACC play to finish tied for the regular season conference championship with eventual NCAA tournament champions Virginia. As the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament, they advanced to the semifinals before ultimately losing to Duke. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Auburn.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Seventh Woods 0 G 6'2" 185 Junior Columbia, South Carolina Transferred to South Carolina[3][4]
Coby White 2 G 6'5" 185 Freshman Goldsboro, North Carolina Declared for the 2019 NBA draft; selected 7th overall by the Chicago Bulls.[5]
Nassir Little 5 G/F 6'6" 220 Freshman Orange Park, Florida Declared for the 2019 NBA draft; selected 25th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.[6]
Cameron Johnson 13 G 6'9" 210 Senior Moon Township, Pennsylvania Graduated; selected 11th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kenny Williams 24 G 6'4" 185 Senior Midlothian, Virginia Graduated
Luke Maye 32 F 6'8" 240 Senior Huntersville, North Carolina Graduated

2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jeremiah Francis
PG
Pickerington, Ohio Pickerington Central 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Aug 11, 2017 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 80[7][8][9]
Armando Bacot
C
Richmond, Virginia IMG Academy (FL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Aug 16, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94[10][11][12]
Cole Anthony
PG
Portland, Oregon Oak Hill Academy (VA) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Apr 23, 2019 
Star ratings: Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 96[13][14][15]
Anthony Harris
CG
Fairfax, Virginia Paul VI High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 23, 2019 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 84[16][17][18]
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: #11  247Sports: #8  ESPN: #9
  • 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:

Incoming transfers

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Christian Keeling G 6'4" 175 Graduate Student Augusta, GA Graduate Transfer from Charleston Southern University
Justin Pierce G/F 6'7" 215 Graduate Student Glen Ellyn, Ill Graduate Transfer from the College of William & Mary

Roster

2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Anthony Harris Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Paul VI High School Fairfax, Virginia
G 1 Leaky Black 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Concord High School Concord, North Carolina
G 2 Cole Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Oak Hill Academy (VA) New York, New York
G 3 Andrew Platek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) Schenectady, New York
G 4 Brandon Robinson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Sr Douglas County High School Douglasville, Georgia
C 5 Armando Bacot 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Fr IMG Academy (FL) Richmond, Virginia
F 11 Shea Rush (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr The Barstow School Kansas City, Missouri
G 13 Jeremiah Francis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Pickerington Central High School Pickerington, Ohio
F 15 Garrison Brooks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Auburn High School LaFayette, Alabama
C 21 Sterling Manley Injured 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Pickerington Central High School Pickerington, Ohio
F 22 Walker Miller (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr New Hampton School (NH) Greensboro, North Carolina
G 25 Caleb Ellis (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Cary Christian School Apex, North Carolina
G 30 K. J. Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr IMG Academy (FL) Thousand Oaks, California
G/F 32 Justin Pierce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) GS College of William & Mary Glen Ellyn, IL
G 34 Robbie O'Han (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr St. David's School Raleigh, North Carolina
F 35 Ryan McAdoo (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Saint Andrew's School Boca Raton, Florida
C 42 Brandon Huffman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Word of God Christian Academy Goldsboro, North Carolina
G 55 Christian Keeling 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) GS Charleston Southern Augusta, Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2019*
7:30 pm, ACCNX
No. 9 Winston-Salem State W 96–61 
 18  Brooks   11  Brooks   7  Tied  Dean Smith Center (20,285)
Chapel Hill, NC
Regular season
November 6, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 9 Notre Dame W 76–65  1–0
(1–0)
 34  Anthony   11  Anthony   5  Tied  Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 8, 2019*
7:00 pm, FloSports
No. 9 at UNC Wilmington W 78–62  2–0
 20  Anthony   12  Tied   4  Platek  Trask Coliseum (5,100)
Wilmington, NC
November 15, 2019*
9:00 pm, ACCN
No. 6 Gardner–Webb W 77–61  3–0
 28  Anthony   11  Bacot   6  Black  Dean Smith Center (20,374)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 20, 2019*
8:30 pm, ACCRSN
No. 5 Elon
Battle 4 Atlantis campus game
W 75–61  4–0
 22  Bacot   14  Bacot   8  Anthony  Dean Smith Center (20,251)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 27, 2019*
2:30 pm, ESPN
No. 6 vs. Alabama[19]
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals
W 76–67  5–0
 20  Brooks   15  Bacot   6  Anthony  Imperial Arena (1,405)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 28, 2019*
1:30 pm, ESPN
No. 6 vs. Michigan
Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals
L 64–73  5–1
 22  Anthony   8  Brooks   4  Robinson  Imperial Arena (1,828)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2019*
11:30 am, ESPN
No. 6 vs. No. 11 Oregon
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game
W 78–74  6–1
 23  Bacot   12  Bacot   4  Robinson  Imperial Arena (2,110)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
December 4, 2019*
9:30 pm, ESPN
No. 7 No. 6 Ohio State
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 49–74  6–2
 15  Anthony   7  Brooks   3  Tied  Dean Smith Center (21,115)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 8, 2019
4:00 pm, ACCN
No. 7 at No. 5 Virginia L 47–56  6–3
(1–1)
 12  Anthony   8  Brooks   2  Tied  John Paul Jones Arena (14,629)
Charlottesville, VA
December 15, 2019*
4:00 pm, ACCN
No. 17 Wofford L 64–68  6–4
 17  Brooks   13  Bacot   9  Keeling  Carmichael Arena[20] (6,272)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 18, 2019*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 2 Gonzaga L 81–94  6–5
 16  Brooks   6  Tied   3  Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
December 21, 2019*
3:00 pm, CBS
vs. UCLA
CBS Sports Classic
W 74–64  7–5
 15  Bacot   12  Bacot   4  Francis  T-Mobile Arena (12,740)
Paradise, NV
December 30, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN
Yale W 70–67  8–5
 20  Robinson   11  Brooks   5  Francis  Dean Smith Center (20,765)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 4, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
Georgia Tech L 83–96  8–6
(1–2)
 35  Brooks   11  Brooks   6  Robinson  Dean Smith Center (21,099)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
Pittsburgh L 65–73  8–7
(1–3)
 21  Brooks   10  Brooks   4  Bacot  Dean Smith Center (20,798)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 11, 2020
4:30 pm, ACCRSN
Clemson L 76–79 OT 8–8
(1–4)
 27  Robinson   11  Brooks   6  Platek  Dean Smith Center (21,077)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 18, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN
at Pittsburgh L 52–66  8–9
(1–5)
 16  Brooks   13  Brooks   4  Platek  Peterson Events Center (12,376)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 22, 2020
8:00 pm, ACCN
at Virginia Tech L 77–79 2OT 8–10
(1–6)
 28  Brooks   13  Brooks   6  Brooks  Cassell Coliseum (9,275)
Blacksburg, VA
January 25, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN2
Miami (FL) W 94–71  9–10
(2–6)
 29  Robinson   12  Bacot   7  Bacot  Dean Smith Center (21,125)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 27, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN
at NC State
Rivalry
W 75–65  10–10
(3–6)
 25  Brooks   11  Brooks   3  Brooks  PNC Arena (19,533)
Raleigh, NC
February 1, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
Boston College L 70–71  10–11
(3–7)
 26  Anthony   10  Tied   3  Anthony  Dean Smith Center (21,492)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 3, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 8 Florida State L 59–65  10–12
(3–8)
 16  Anthony   8  Anthony   3  Tied  Donald L. Tucker Center (10,015)
Tallahassee, FL
February 8, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 7 Duke
Rivalry/ESPN College GameDay
L 96–98 OT 10–13
(3–9)
 24  Anthony   11  Anthony   9  Black  Dean Smith Center (21,500)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 11, 2020
8:00 pm, ACCN
at Wake Forest L 57–74  10–14
(3–10)
 15  Keeling   7  Bacot   4  Anthony  LJVM Coliseum (10,894)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 15, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPN
Virginia L 62–64  10–15
(3–11)
 20  Brooks   16  Bacot   5  Anthony  Dean Smith Center (21,308)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 17, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN
at Notre Dame L 76–77  10–16
(3–12)
 23  Anthony   10  Tied   6  Anthony  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,150)
South Bend, IN
February 22, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 11 Louisville L 55–72  10–17
(3–13)
 18  Anthony   9  Bacot   3  Robinson  KFC Yum! Center (21,079)
Louisville, KY
February 25, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN
NC State
Rivalry
W 85–79  11–17
(4–13)
 30  Brooks   9  Brooks   5  Anthony  Dean Smith Center (21,338)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 29, 2020
4:00 pm, ESPN
at Syracuse W 92–79  12–17
(5–13)
 26  Brooks   14  Brooks   7  Cole  Carrier Dome (29,312)
Syracuse, NY
March 3, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
Wake Forest W 93–83  13–17
(6–13)
 28  Anthony   8  Black   7  Anthony  Dean Smith Center (21,280)
Chapel Hill, NC
March 7, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 12 Duke
Rivalry
L 76–89  13–18
(6–14)
 26  Brooks   13  Brooks   3  Anthony  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
ACC tournament
March 10, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
(14) vs. (11) Virginia Tech
First round
W 78–56  14–18
 20  Brooks   11  Bacot   4  Tied  Greensboro Coliseum (13,310)
Greensboro, NC
March 11, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN2
(14) vs. (6) Syracuse
Second round
L 53–81  14–19
 18  Brooks   7  Bacot   3  Tied  Greensboro Coliseum (20,809)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP9656717RVNot released
Coaches1111*4471623RVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament ranking
*No Coaches Poll Week 1

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