March 12-15 1998 The Heels led mostly by Antawn Jamison,Vince Carter, Shammond Williams, and Ed Cota went into the Greensboro Coliseum to take on NC State, Maryland and Duke. Against State the Heels won: 73 to 46 then beat Maryland: 83 73, then beat down Duke: 83 68. That gave them the then ACC record of 15 titles and Jamison was the MVP of the Tourney. So much has gone down since, Carolina had up and down seasons then had a great season in 04- 05  to win it all.

With a classic battle for the ACC Tourney title it was true ACC no crazy BC vs. VT(their good teams, but these two are two of the originals) to quote my brother: "With Roy in Blue(well close to Blue) and Sidney wearing Red THIS was ACC" it was close at points it was a blowout at others, Carolina lead by as much as 16 then State cut the lead but could not keep up. With huge 8 straight points scored by Terry, showing his senior leadership as the Heels won: 89 80. Brandan Wright was named MVP of the Tourney.

Hansbrough is getting the hang of the mask. This time around he had close to a double-double with 9 points and 13 rebounds, contributions came from Wright: 20 points 5 boards, Ellington: 10 points and Lawson: 10 points. The first game it looked like Carolina was going to need to ride Wright the entire tourney, but in this game Hansbrough was INTENSE on the glass. Good thing he was still wearing the mask, because he was hit in the face.

The Heels take on State for the 3rd time after a split earlier this season. I would have liked to take on VT for a third time we need to get our revenge on them oh well there is next year. Now that it is State vs UNC we have rematch from 1997, which the Heels won.  If the Heels win, then they will have 16 ACC Tourney titles, a tie with that other school 8 miles away for the most.