Harrison Barnes

Barnes played in the 4th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic where he scored 18 points for Skip to My Lou.

Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Barnes unofficially visited Kansas twice, for Late Night in the Phog in October 2008 and a spring game against Tennessee.

Barnes took official visits to North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, and Oklahoma, but he did not take an official visit to Iowa State; since he lived only a mile from campus, he chose to unofficially visit instead.

On November 13, 2009, Barnes Skyped coach Roy Williams of North Carolina to announce his decision to join the Tar Heels.

Barnes had 21 points in his North Carolina debut in an exhibition game in the Bahamas against the Commonwealth Bank Giants.

UNC won the game 130–87.

Overall, Barnes averaged 22 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for UNC in the Bahamas.

Harrison Barnes was rated as the number 1 player in the class of 2010 by Scout.com and in the ESPNU 100.

He was rated as the number 2 player by Rivals.com.

In his junior year, Barnes and teammate Doug McDermott led Ames High School to an Iowa 4A state championship where he had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the final, capping off a 26–0 season.

In his senior year, Barnes and McDermott led Ames to a 27–0 season and a second straight Iowa 4A state championship becoming Iowa's big-school class's first team to go undefeated in consecutive seasons.

In the finals he scored 19 points against Southeast Polk.

He averaged 27.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 4.0 assists during his senior year and was selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team.

Barnes capped off his Ames High School career as their all-time leading scorer with 1,787 points.

On January 20, 2010, it was announced that Barnes was selected to the 2010 Junior National Select Team.

The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, on April 10.

He was also selected to play in the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game where he led the West team to a 107–104 victory.

He scored a team high 18 points and was named co-MVP with Jared Sullinger.

He also played in the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic where he was named co-MVP with Kyrie Irving.

On March 10, 2010, Barnes won the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award, which goes to the nation's top player.

Barnes completed nine advanced placement credits before graduating high school.

Barnes played for All Iowa Attack and Howard Pulley Panthers (MN) on the AAU Circuit, along with football prospect Seantrel Henderson.

Barnes considered offers from Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and UCLA.

On November 1, 2010, Barnes was named a preseason All-American by the AP.

Barnes had 14 points and 4 rebounds in his North Carolina debut vs. Lipscomb.

He recorded his first career double double on December 11, 2010, scoring 19 points and snatching 10 rebounds in a 96–91 victory over Long Beach State University.

Barnes developed a knack for coming up clutch in the later portion of his freshman season, like when he scored eight of his twelve points in the closing minutes to help the Tar Heels beat Virginia Tech.

Barnes made the eventual game winning, three-point shot against Miami to give the Tar Heels the lead with 6.6 seconds remaining in the game.

Just weeks later in the Tar Heels game at Florida State, Barnes nailed a three-point shot to give the Tar Heels the victory.

Barnes' second season with the Tar Heels was also successful.

He led the team in scoring 16 of their 38 games, helping the team to the ACC regular season title, the final of the ACC tournament, and the elite 8 of the NCAA tournament.

Barnes set a career high of 26 points against Boston College on February 1, 2011.

He surpassed this mark on March 12, 2011, in an ACC tournament game against Clemson, scoring 40 points while also grabbing 8 rebounds.

Additionally, Barnes's 40-point performance set the record for points by a freshman in an ACC Tournament game.

On April 18, 2011, Barnes announced that he would return to North Carolina for his sophomore season despite being projected as a lottery pick for the 2011 NBA draft.

Barnes was seen as the potential first pick along with Jared Sullinger, Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams.

Barnes was the ninth player in school history to earn ACC Rookie of Year recognition and the fourth to do so under coach Roy Williams.

He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick.

Barnes won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015.