Honored North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball program honors fifty-one former players by hanging their jerseys in the rafters of the Dean E. Smith Center, the home to the men's basketball team on the university's campus. Of these, eight are both honored and retired. However, only seven jersey numbers are retired, as honoree Jack Cobb played before jersey numbers were the norm, meaning he had no number to retire. Justin Jackson and Joel Berry are the most recent players to be honored, following the 2016-17 season. Jackson qualified by being named the ACC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American. Berry was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Final Four. [1][2]

Retired and honored jerseys hanging from the rafters at Dean E. Smith Center

Criteria

Tyler Hansbrough walking back to the players' tunnel after his jersey retirement ceremony on February 10, 2010.

North Carolina requires that players must be recognized for excellence for their performance during the regular season, in post-season play, or in the Olympics. Specifically, a player's jersey qualifies for honoring if he receives one or more of the following five awards: first- or second-team All-America on one of the major All-American teams that qualify a player for a consensus All-American designation, an ACC Player of the Year, the Most Valuable Player of a National Championship-winning team (as voted by coaches and teammates), the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player of a Final Four team, or a gold medal in basketball at the Olympics.[3]

Additionally, a player can also achieve the even greater honor of having his jersey (along with his uniform number) permanently retired by the University of North Carolina. To attain jersey retirement, a Tar Heel must win one or more of the following six national player of the year awards: Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Sporting News, John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, or the Naismith College Player of the Year. The (now defunct) Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year award formerly served as a seventh option. The most recent player to merit bestowal of this honor is Tyler Hansbrough, who won all six of the national player of the year awards in his 2007–08 season.[4]

Honored players

Players whose numbers are retired are shown with a blue background.[5]

No.NameYearsCriteria met
NCCartwright Carmichael1921–24First-team All-America
NCJack Cobb1923–26National Player of the Year
20George Glamack1938–41National Player of the Year, First-team All-America
8Jim Jordan1944–46Second-team All-America
13John "Hook" Dillon1945–48First-team All-America
10Lennie Rosenbluth1954–57National Player of the Year, First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
35Pete Brennan1955–58First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
40Tommy Kearns1955–58Second-team All-America
12Lee Shaffer1957–60First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
22York Larese1958–61Second-team All-America
35Doug Moe1958–61First-team All-America
11Larry Brown1960–63Olympic gold medal
32Billy Cunningham1962–65First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
22Bob Lewis1964–67First-team All-America
44Larry Miller1965–68First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
33Charlie Scott1967–70Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
31Bill Chamberlain1969–72Second-team All-America
44Dennis Wuycik1969–72First-team All-America
35Bob McAdoo1971–72First-team All-America
34Bobby Jones1971–74First-team All-America
21Mitch Kupchak1972–76First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
24Walter Davis1973–77Olympic gold medal
45Tommy LaGarde1973–77Olympic gold medal, Second-team All-America
12Phil Ford1974–78National Player of the Year, First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
31Mike O'Koren1976–80First-team All-America
30Al Wood1977–81Second-team All-America
52James Worthy1979–82National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, MVP of NCAA champions, NCAA Tournament MOP
41Sam Perkins1980–84Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
23Michael Jordan1981–84National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
42Brad Daugherty1982–86First-team All-America
30Kenny Smith1983–87First-team All-America
34J.R. Reid1986–89First-team All-America
34George Lynch1989–93MVP of NCAA Champions
00Eric Montross1990–94Second-team All-America
21Donald Williams1991–95NCAA Tournament MOP
42Jerry Stackhouse1993–95First-team All-America
30Rasheed Wallace1993–95Second-team All-America
15Vince Carter1995–98Second-team All-America, Olympic gold medal
33Antawn Jamison1995–98National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
00Brendan Haywood1997–2001Second-team All-America
40Joseph Forte1999–2001First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
2Raymond Felton2002–05MVP of NCAA Champions
42Sean May2002–05First-team All-America, MVP of NCAA Champions, NCAA Tournament MOP
32Rashad McCants2002–05Second-team All-America
50Tyler Hansbrough2005–09National Player of the Year, First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
5Ty Lawson2006–09Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
22Wayne Ellington2006–09NCAA Tournament MOP
44Tyler Zeller2008–12Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
40Harrison Barnes2010–12Second-team All-America, Olympic gold medal
5Marcus Paige2012–16Second-team All-America
11Brice Johnson2012–16First-team All-America
44Justin Jackson2014–17First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
2Joel Berry2014–18NCAA Tournament MOP

References

  1. "Johnson Earns First-Team All-America Honors". GoHeels.com. March 14, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. Carter, Andrew (March 14, 2016). "Brice Johnson's number 11 headed for Smith Center rafters". News & Observer. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. 2016-17 Carolina Basketball Media Guide (PDF). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2016. p. 100. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  4. "Hansbrough Wins Wooden Award, Sweeping Major Individual Honors". GoHeels.com. Los Angeles: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Associated Press. 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  5. Carolina Basketball 2016-17 Fact & Records Book (PDF). Chapel Hill, NC: GoHeels.com. 2016. pp. 164–170. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
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