UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis is the recipient of the John McLendon Award as the 2021-22 National Coach of the Year. Brady Manek is the winner of the Riley Wallace Award as the transfer who has made the most impact in college basketball. Roy Williams is the recipient of the Gene Bartow Award for contributions to the game of college basketball. (GoHeels.com) 2017 champion Kennedy Meeks speaks on UNC's 2022 Final Four appearance
In 2017, with less than 20 seconds left in the national title game, Kennedy Meeks blocked a shot by Gonzaga's Nigel Williams-Goss.