No. 6 North Carolina (16-9, 10-6 ACC) vs. No. 11 Notre Dame (10-14, 7-11 ACC)
Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Wednesday, March 10, 9 pm ET
ACCN (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas)
Quotable
“You have to be very, very good and play very well at this time of the year. The guard game is extremely important. The pace of the games is extremely important. We spent four consecutive years and lost in the finals, I think, four consecutive years, and we did very well after passing a tournament, when we arrived at the NCAAs at that time. But we have a conference tournament, he is the grandfather of everything. It is extremely important for fans and alumni and how you play. ”- UNC head coach Roy Williams at the ACC tournament
“It is a group that showed a lot of character. I know we don’t have many victories to show for that, but this group kind of held on and, at the 10 minute mark, it didn’t look very good. But I thought our lead was great, and I thought Prentiss Hubb after a very difficult first half – you can’t keep a winner like that for 40 minutes. ”- Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey after his team’s 80-77 victory in the first round
Pre-match notes
Completing the scan: UNC came out with a 26-6 lead with 9:21 remaining in the first half. Duke never got the lead closer than 12 points the rest of the way to give UNC the victory, 91-73. Four double-digit Tar Heels led by Armando Bacot, Kerwin Walton and Caleb Love with 18 points each. Garrison Brooks had 14 points and five rebounds on his Senior Night with two of three points for the first time in his career.
How we got here: UNC won No. 6 seed and therefore received a bye in the first round of the ACC Tournament. No. 11 seed Notre Dame ended its showdown in the first round with No. 14 seed Wake Forest in a 17-2 run over the final 6:58, while Trey Wertz drained a 30-foot bill into the doorbell to claim a victory by 80 -77 on Tuesday night. Wertz and Juwan Durham each scored 16 points for Mike Brey’s team, while Prentiss Hubb and Cormac Ryan added 14 points each. Fighting Irish hit 51.7%, including 46.2% effort in the 3-point range (12 of 26).
Unilateral: Notre Dame, which finished 11th in the ACC classification, depends exclusively on its ability to make baskets. According to KenPom, Notre Dame is 16th in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency, 30th in percentage of effective field goal (54.6%), 36th in percentage of three points (37.2%), 47th in percentage of two points ( 53.7%) and 25th in percentage of free throw (77.3 percent). To help and hinder defenses, the Irish take care of basketball. He becomes 15.4% of the possessions (17th nation) and makes unforced mistakes or an untapped turn in 6.5% of the possessions (3rd nation).
Offensive glass: Despite a poor shooting performance at the first meeting, UNC won the victory over Notre Dame by dominating the offensive plates. Tar Heels hit 46.7% of his mistakes, achieving 21 offensive rebounds. UNC fabricated an 18-5 lead on second chance points. The challenge for the Irish was to keep several bodies away from the glass. Day’Ron Sharpe managed seven offensive rebounds, Armando Bacot took five and Leaky Black and Garrison Brooks totaled three each. Notre Dame ranks 198th in the percentage of offensive rebounds by opponents (28.4) – and is even worse in the percentage of offensive rebounds (21.3%, 325º) – while UNC leads the country in recovering 40.6% of your losses this season.
ACCT Registration: UNC is 102-48 at all times in ACC tournaments, including a 2-1 record in the second round. Tar Heels are 117-34 in all games played at the Greensboro Coliseum, including a 40-19 record in the ACC Tournament. UNC has won eight of its 18 ACC tournament titles in Greensboro.
Last meeting: Notre Dame led by seven points with 7:39 to play before UNC recovered for a 66-65 victory at the Smith Center on January 2. UNC hit 34.8% against Notre Dame’s 47.3%, but created 14 more field goal attempts to make up the difference. Sharpe achieved his best performance with 25 points and nine rebounds.
Series history: UNC leads the series of all time, 26-8. Each team has a win against the other in the ACC Tournament.
Projected UNC matches:
1 Leaky Black (Jr., 6-8, 195) – 5.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg
2 Caleb Love (Fr., 6-4, 195) – 10.4 ppg, 3.8 apg
5 Armando Bacot (So., 6-10, 240) – 11.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg
15 Garrison Brooks (Sr., 6-10, 240) – 10.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg
24 Kerwin Walton (Fr., 6-5, 205) – 8.3 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Projected ND launchers:
11 Juwan Durham (Gr., 6-11, 231) – 10.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg
3 Prentiss Hubb (Jr., 6-3, 175) – 14.6 ppg, 6.0 apg
5 Ryan Cormac (Jr., 6-5, 195) – 10.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg
14 Nate Laszewski (Jr., 6-10, 227) – 13.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg
23 Dane Goodwin (Jr., 6-6, 200) – 12.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Main reserves of ND:
13 Nikola Djogo (Gr., 6-8, 230) – 5.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg
2 Trey Wertz (Jr., 6-5, 195) – 8.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg
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