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UNC Basketball: The Carolina point guards under Roy Williams

By Davis Wallace

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 11: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts to a call by the officials during the second half of their game against the Virginia Cavaliers at the Dean Smith Center on February 11, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Virginia won 69-61. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 11: Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels reacts to a call by the officials during the second half of their game against the Virginia Cavaliers at the Dean Smith Center on February 11, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Virginia won 69-61. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 18: Joel Berry II
CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 18: Joel Berry II /

Joel Berry II- 2014-18

Career stats: 12.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.1 apg

College accolades:

·         2017 NCAA Champion

·         2017 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

·         2x NCAA All-Tourney

·         NCAA All-Region

·         2016 ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player

·         2x All-ACC Tournament

The only four-year point guard that improved every season; Berry went from 13 minutes a game as a freshman to Most Outstanding Player as a junior before cementing his UNC legacy as a senior.

No other point guard under Williams played more NCAA Tournament games (17) than Berry.

Berry is truly a point guard that started from the ground up, to get to an elite level. During the 2014-15 season, freshman Berry played in 30 games, started in zero as he averaged 4.2 points per game and 1.5 assists per game. The following two seasons he started in both National Championship games (winning Most Outstanding Player in 2017) and was considered one of the best Tar Heel point guards of all-time.

Although his senior season did not end the way he expected it to, Berry was still the scoring leader and was the second-best shooter on the team. When Berry gave his senior speech, it took some UNC fans by surprise. Not that he said anything awful, but how open and honest he was. For the most part, Berry let his game do the talking, he played with emotion and led by example. However, in his speech he talked about wanting to quit after his freshman season, due to the lack of opportunity.

He went in depth about how his parents and coaches encouraged him to keep grinding and work on his craft. To some up Berry in two words, it’s a hard worker.

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