Another jersey is going up in the Dean Dome rafters.
Senior forward Brice Johnson has been named to the US Basketball Writer’s Association All-American First Team. The award was announced on Monday as Johnson picks up another big honor in his stellar senior season.
Being named to the USBWA first team is also one of four requirements for a North Carolina basketball player to have his jersey retired and hung in the rafters of the Dean Dome.
Here’s the qualifications via GoHeels:
The criteria for honoring a men’s basketball player’s jersey at Carolina includes: first- or second-team All-America (by a team that the NCAA uses to determine consensus All-America honors, currently the Associated Press, NABC, USBWA and the Sporting News); ACC Player of the Year; Most Valuable Player of NCAA Tournament winning team; Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four; or Olympic gold medalist.