the last time unc won the acc tournament was 2016.
the last time unc won the acc tournament was 2016.
when is the last time unc won the acc tournament?
2016
springthorpe's tenure endured a tough 2010, with the wolfpack finishing 7–12–0 overall and 1–9–0 in acc play. 2011 was the team's first winning season since 2002, but the success was not matched in acc play, where the team finished 1–7–2. 2012 saw a fall in performance when the wolfpack finished 5–14–0 overall and 0–10–0 in acc play. in october 2012, springthorpe resigned to pursue other professional opportunities. one month later, in november 2012, tim santoro was announced as the new head coach. santoro's first season, 2013, came with a 7–12 record and 2 acc wins. however, these would prove to be the team's only acc wins in a four year span. the wolfpack lost 15 games in both 2014 and 2015, and did not win an acc game in either year. 2016 saw a drastic improvement. the wolfpack finished 11–9–2, qualified for the acc tournament, and qualified for the ncaa tournament. this was their first acc tournament since 2006, and first ncaa tournament since 1996. the team reached the quarterfinals of the ncaa tournament, a first in 21 years. 2017 saw similar success with the team winning 15 games, reaching the semifinals of the acc tournament and the second round of the ncaa tournament. in 2018, the team did not qualify for the acc tournament, but reached the quarterfinals of the ncaa tournament.
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the 2011–2012 tar heels finished the regular season with a final record of 32-6, including a 14–2 record in acc regular season play which allowed the team to win the conference regular season championship outright. the team fell to florida state in the championship game of the 2012 acc men's basketball tournament. the team was a #1 seed in the midwest regional of the 2012 ncaa men's division i basketball tournament; the team reached the elite eight and was defeated by kansas 80-67. this defeat was the second time unc lost to kansas in the ncaa tournament with roy williams as unc head coach. he previously coached kansas from 1988 to 2003. the loss to kansas was also unc's second straight loss in the elite eight, after losing to kentucky the year before. kansas later fell to kentucky 67-59 in the national championship game. before the kansas game, the tar heels won their previous three games in the ncaa tournament by an average of 13.7 points. in the second-round game versus creighton, starting unc point guard kendall marshall broke his right wrist with 10:56 remaining in the second half with unc leading 66-50. marshall continued to play by dribbling primarily with his left hand, including getting fouled on a drive to the basket with 7:09 left in the second half. he left the game against creighton with two minutes left with unc leading 85-69. williams announced kendall marshall's injury at the creighton post-game press conference. kendall marshall did not play in unc's two following games in the ncaa tournament, a 73-65 overtime win over ohio in the sweet 16 and the aforementioned 67-80 loss to kansas in the elite eight.
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