Keeping It Heel
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UNC Basketball: Top 5 UNC centers of all time

By Horran Cameron

Oct 23, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Former North Carolina Tar Heel players Brendan Haywood (left) and Kenny Smith (right) with head coach Roy Williams during Late Night with Roy Williams at Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 23, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Former North Carolina Tar Heel players Brendan Haywood (left) and Kenny Smith (right) with head coach Roy Williams during Late Night with Roy Williams at Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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#5 Brendan Haywood, UNC (1997-2001)

Long before Brendan Haywood won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, he was a Tar Heel for the University of North Carolina.

During his time on Tobacco Road, Haywood was on two Final Four teams (1998, 2000). The 1998 Tar Heels squad is one of the best UNC teams ever.

Haywood’s list of achievements at UNC include:

  • highest UNC career field goal percentage (63.7%; 541 out of 849 field goals)
  • highest single-season field goal percentage (ACC Record; 69.7% on 191 of 274 field goals during the 1999-2000 season)
  • most blocks during a single season (120 in 2000-2001)
  • fifth-most blocks during a single season (91 in 1999-2000)
  • highest blocks-per-game average during a single season (3.64 per game in 2000-2001)
  • third-highest blocks-per-game average during UNC career (2.13 per game; 304 blocks in 141 games)
  • most career blocks at UNC (304);

Haywood is one of three players to ever record a triple-double while at UNC (18 points, 14 rebounds, 10 blocks against the Miami Hurricanes on December 4, 2000). The other two players are Billy Cunningham and Jason Capel.

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