By R.L. Bynum
Jerod Haase, a former Carolina assistant coach, was off to a tough start in his eighth season as Stanford’s head coach but finished 2023 with a bang.
Freshman guard Kanaan Carlyle scored 25 points as the unranked Cardinal scored a school-record 16 3-pointers and stunned No. 4 Arizona despite 23 points from Caleb Love.
Haase, an assistant coach under Coach Roy Williams from 1999 to 2012, first at Kansas and then at UNC, got a victory over a top-5 team for a third consecutive season after topping No. 4 Arizona 88–79 last season and No. 5 USC 75-69 in the 2021–22 season.
“I think this will absolutely be the peak moment of this season for 2023,” Haase said. “For 2024, we’re going to start from scratch and see new peaks and new highs. Usually, I tell them to enjoy the win until midnight. This time, I told them they could enjoy this one for the rest of the year.”
Love was 9 of 19 from the floor and 1 of 6 from 3-point range with three rebounds and two steals. Love, who leads Arizona (10–3, 1–1 Pac-12) in scoring (17.4 points per game), has scored at least 20 points in three straight games and five of the last six after doing it only once in the first seven games.
The Wildcats have lost three of their last five games after winning their first eight.
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Stanford (6–6, 1–1) was 16 of 25 from 3-point range (64%), becoming the first team to shoot at least 64% outside the arc against a top-four team since West Virginia shot 66.7% against No. 4 Louisville in a 2005 NCAA tournament regional final.
It was the first time Stanford has scored more than 100 points since 2019 and the first time an unranked team has scored at least 100 and won by double digits over a top-five team since Cincinnati’s 101–80 win over No. 4 Louisville in 2003.
Stanford never trailed after scoring the first seven points of the game.
The Cardinal lost all three games at the Battle 4 Atlantis was part of along with UNC, 77–74 in overtime to Arkansas, 83–78 to Michigan and 73–51 to Northern Iowa.
Elliot Cadeau, Michigan guard
6–1, 180 pounds | Junior | UNC 2023–25 (2 seasons)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 36 games, 36 starts, 10.1 points, 41.5 FG%, 37.5 3P%, 71.2 FT%, 2.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists
Team record: 33–3; Rank: No. 3
Thursday: 101–80 win in Buffalo in NCAA tournament Midwest Regional first round over Howard — Started; 26:24, 5 points, 1–5 FG, 1–5 3FG, 2–2 FT, 2 rebounds, 1 foul, 9 assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal, +23
Saturday: 95–72 win in Buffalo in NCAA tournament Midwest Regional second round over Saint Louis — Started; 37 minutes, 12 points, 4–10 FG, 3–5 3FG, 1–2 FT, 4 rebounds, 3 fouls, 8 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 block
Next game — 7:35 Friday in NCAA Midwest Regional Sweet 16 in Chicago vs. No. 18 Alabama, TBS
Trayanna Crisp, Mississippi State guard
5–8 | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 30 games, 30 starts, 8.7 points, 38.3 FG%, 37.1 3P%, 84.6 FT%, 2.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Team record: 18–13
Season over
RyLee Grays, Tulsa forward
6–4 | Junior | UNC 2023–24 (1 season)
Roster situation — One of four forwards competing for time
Season statistics — 30 games, 2.3 points, 43.6 FG%, 4–10 3FG, 69.7 FT%, 2.3 rebounds, 8 blocks, 12 steals
Team record: 19–12
Thursday: 76–73 loss to North Texas in American tournament — Didn’t play
Season over
Ian Jackson, St. John’s guard
6–5, 195 pounds | Sophomore | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter, sharing time in a point-guard-by-committee mix
Season statistics — 35 games, 19 starts, 9.6 points, 41.3 FG%, 35.4 3P%, 90.0 FT%, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Team record: 30–6; Rank: No. 13
Friday: 79–53 win in NCAA tournament East Regional first round in San Diego vs. Northern Iowa — Didn’t start; 9 minutes, 9 points, 3–5 FG, 1–2 3FG, 2–2 FT, 2 rebounds, 1 foul, 2 assists, 1 turnover
Sunday 67–65 in NCAA tournament East Regional second round in San Diego vs. No. 17 Kansas — Didn’t start; 20 minutes, 10 points, 4–12 FG, 2–7 3FG, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 1 block
Next game — 7:10 Friday in NCAA East Regional Sweet 16 in Washington vs. No. 1 Duke, CBS
Puff Johnson, Ohio State
6–8, 190 pounds | Graduate | UNC 2020–23 (3 seasons)
Roster situation — Reserve
Team record: 21–13
Season statistics — 9 games, 1 start, 2.3 points, 33.3 FG%, 3–7 3FG, 6–9 FT, 1.1 rebounds
Thursday in first round of the NCAA tournament in Greenville, S.C.: 66–64 loss to TCU — Didn’t play
Season over
Teonni Key, Kentucky forward
6–4 | RS senior | UNC 2022–24 (2 seasons)
Roster situation — Starting forward
Season statistics — 27 games, 27 starts, 11.4 points, 52.1 FG%, 2–14 3FG, 67.9 FT%, 7.4 rebounds, 1.2 blocks
Team record: 25–10; Rank: No. 17
Saturday: 71–56 win vs. James Madison in NCAA tournament first round in Morgantown, W.Va. — Started; 20 minutes, 10 points, 4–12 FG, 2–7 3FG, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 1 block
Monday: 74–73 win vs. West Virginia in NCAA tournament first round in Morgantown, W.Va. — Started; 33:33, 19 points, 9–14 FG, 0–1 3FG, 1–2 FT, 10 rebounds, 1 foul, 2 assists, 4 turnovers, +4
Next game — Saturday vs. No. 3 Texas in NCAA tournament Sweet 16 of Fort Worth 3 Regional
Ven-Allen Lubin, N.C. State forward
6–9, 250 pounds | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starting center
Season statistics — 34 games, 34 starts, 13.6 points, ACC-leading 66.8 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 73.3 FT%, 7.1 rebounds
Team record: 20–143
Tuesday: 68–66 loss vs. Texas at First Four in Dayton, Ohio — Started; 22:38, 6 points (tied season-low), 2–6 FG, 2–2 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 fouls, 1 assist, -4
Season over
Tyler Nickel, Vanderbilt wing
6–7, 220 pounds | Senior | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starting forward
Season statistics — 36 games, 36 starts, 13.5 points, 44.4 FG%, 40.0 3P%, 84.7 FT%, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Team record: 27–9: Rank: No. 22
Thursday: 78–68 win in NCAA tournament South Regional first round in Oklahoma City vs. McNeese State — Started; 32:52, 12 points, 3–9 FG, 3–8 3FG, 3–4 FT, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover, +7
Saturday: 74–72 loss in NCAA tournament South Regional second round in Oklahoma City vs. No. 15 Nebraska — Started; 32:51 16 points, 5–13 FG, 5–12 3FG, 1–2 FT, 5 rebounds, 3 fouls, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 1 steal, team-low -9
Season over
Paulina Paris, SMU guard
5–9 | Senior | UNC 2022–24 (2 seasons)
Season statistics — 20 games, 12 starts, 9.6 points, 39.9 FG%, 25.0 3P%, 69.7 FT%, 2.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Team record: 9–21, 2–16 ACC
Suffered a season-ending left foot injury.
Will Shaver, Samford center
6–10, 265 pounds | RS junior | UNC 2022–23 (1 season)
Roster situation — Reserve minutes
Season statistics — 30 games, 2.6 points, 47.6 FG%, 33.3 3P%, 59.3 FT%, 2.6 rebounds, 17 blocks, 7 steals
Team record: 18–14
Season over
Cade Tyson, Minnesota wing
6–7, 180 pounds | Senior | UNC 2024–25 (1 season)
Roster situation — Starter
Season statistics — 31 games, 32 starts, team-leading 19.6 points, 50.0 FG%, 42.2 3P%, 82.6 FT%, 5.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists
Team record: 15–17
Season over
Jalen Washington, Vanderbilt center
6–9, 240 pounds | Senior | UNC 2022–25 (3 seasons)
Roster situation — Backup center
Season statistics — 36 games, 9 starts, 8.9 points, 56.3 FG%, 29.4 3P%, 74.1 FT%, 5.6 rebounds, 1.3 blocks
Team record: 27–9; Rank: No. 22
Thursday: 78–68 win in NCAA tournament South Regional first round in Oklahoma City vs. McNeese State — Didn’t start; 14:54, 4 points, 2–3 FG, 3 rebounds, 2 fouls, 1 assist, 1 turnover, +9
Saturday: 74–72 loss in NCAA tournament South Regional second round in Oklahoma City vs. No. 15 Nebraska — Didn’t start; 14:49, 6 points, 3–3 FG, 5 rebounds, 2 fouls, 1 turnover, 1 block, team-high +6
Season over
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