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1997-98 North Carolina Tar Heels Roster and Stats

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Overall: 34-4, .895 W-L% (4th of 306)
Conference: 13-3, 2nd in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Guthridge (34-4)

PS/G: 81.9 (18th of 306) ▪ PA/G: 65.6 (42nd of 306)
SRS: 26.67 (2nd of 306) ▪ SOS: 10.38 (5th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Won East First Round (88-52) versus #16 Navy
Won East Second Round (93-83) versus #8 Charlotte
Won East Regional Semifinal (73-58) versus #4 Michigan State
Won East Regional Final (75-64) versus #2 Connecticut
Lost National Semifinal (65-59) versus #3 Utah

NCAA Tournament Final Four

Roster

Player Class Pos Ht Summary
Brian Bersticker FR C 6-11 2.6 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Michael Brooker FR G 6-6 0.6 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Vince Carter JR F 6-7 15.6 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Ed Cota SO G 6-2 8.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 7.4 Ast
Brad Frederick JR F 6-5 0.4 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Brendan Haywood FR C 7-0 2.9 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Antawn Jamison JR F 6-8 22.2 Pts, 10.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Orlando Melendez FR F 6-8 1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Makhtar N'Diaye SR C 6-8 5.8 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Terrence Newby SO G 6-2 1.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ademola Okulaja JR F 6-8 8.0 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Max Owens FR G 6-5 1.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Scott Williams JR G 5-9 0.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Shammond Williams SR G 6-1 16.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 4.2 Ast

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 38 1131 2184 .518 185 511 .362 666 937 .711 1512 699 259 188 533 3113 81.9
Rank 6th 12th 2nd 110th 131st 83rd 1st 2nd 54th 3rd 2nd 58th 7th 199th 5th 19th
Opponent 38 2494 65.6
Rank 295th 46th

Totals

Rk Player G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Antawn Jamison 37 316 546 .579 6 15 .400 184 276 .667 389 30 28 30 822
2 Shammond Williams 38 209 428 .488 86 215 .400 133 146 .911 123 161 39 2 637
3 Vince Carter 38 224 379 .591 44 107 .411 100 147 .680 195 74 45 36 592
4 Ademola Okulaja 38 104 251 .414 24 93 .258 71 114 .623 213 80 44 8 303
5 Ed Cota 37 102 207 .493 10 33 .303 84 102 .824 133 274 58 7 298
6 Makhtar N'Diaye 38 91 189 .481 3 11 .273 34 53 .642 155 29 23 54 219
7 Brendan Haywood 38 35 66 .530 0 0 40 63 .635 91 6 12 33 110
8 Brian Bersticker 19 20 36 .556 0 0 9 10 .900 25 5 2 12 49
9 Max Owens 22 12 31 .387 3 11 .273 3 6 .500 18 5 4 2 30
10 Terrence Newby 20 8 18 .444 6 8 .750 1 4 .250 4 12 2 2 23
11 Michael Brooker 22 4 19 .211 3 15 .200 2 4 .500 10 8 1 1 13
12 Brad Frederick 24 3 9 .333 0 3 .000 4 8 .500 15 8 1 0 10
13 Orlando Melendez 3 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
14 Scott Williams 17 1 3 .333 0 0 1 4 .250 3 6 0 0 3

Per Game

Rk Player G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Antawn Jamison 37 8.5 14.8 .579 0.2 0.4 .400 5.0 7.5 .667 10.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 22.2
2 Shammond Williams 38 5.5 11.3 .488 2.3 5.7 .400 3.5 3.8 .911 3.2 4.2 1.0 0.1 16.8
3 Vince Carter 38 5.9 10.0 .591 1.2 2.8 .411 2.6 3.9 .680 5.1 1.9 1.2 0.9 15.6
4 Ed Cota 37 2.8 5.6 .493 0.3 0.9 .303 2.3 2.8 .824 3.6 7.4 1.6 0.2 8.1
5 Ademola Okulaja 38 2.7 6.6 .414 0.6 2.4 .258 1.9 3.0 .623 5.6 2.1 1.2 0.2 8.0
6 Makhtar N'Diaye 38 2.4 5.0 .481 0.1 0.3 .273 0.9 1.4 .642 4.1 0.8 0.6 1.4 5.8
7 Brendan Haywood 38 0.9 1.7 .530 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.7 .635 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.9 2.9
8 Brian Bersticker 19 1.1 1.9 .556 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 .900 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 2.6
9 Max Owens 22 0.5 1.4 .387 0.1 0.5 .273 0.1 0.3 .500 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.4
10 Orlando Melendez 3 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.3
11 Terrence Newby 20 0.4 0.9 .444 0.3 0.4 .750 0.1 0.2 .250 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.2
12 Michael Brooker 22 0.2 0.9 .211 0.1 0.7 .200 0.1 0.2 .500 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6
13 Brad Frederick 24 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.3 .500 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4
14 Scott Williams 17 0.1 0.2 .333 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .250 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2

Advanced

Rk Player G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% PProd ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Antawn Jamison 37 .607 .584 5.2 3.1 8.3
2 Vince Carter 38 .659 .649 4.8 2.6 7.4
3 Shammond Williams 38 .640 .589 4.9 1.6 6.6
4 Ed Cota 37 .583 .517 1.9 2.4 4.3
5 Makhtar N'Diaye 38 .511 .489 0.6 2.4 3.0
6 Ademola Okulaja 38 .496 .462 0.6 2.1 2.7
7 Brendan Haywood 38 .573 .530 0.6 1.4 2.0
8 Brian Bersticker 19 .601 .556 0.3 0.4 0.7
9 Terrence Newby 20 .578 .611 0.1 0.1 0.3
10 Max Owens 22 .443 .435 0.0 0.2 0.2
11 Brad Frederick 24 .391 .333 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Orlando Melendez 3 1.000 1.000 0.1 0.0 0.1
13 Scott Williams 17 .306 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Michael Brooker 22 .311 .289 -0.2 0.1 -0.1