Joel DeWayne Berry II (born April 1, 1995) is an American former professional basketball player.
He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and led the team to the 2017 national championship.
He then helped the team to an ACC tournament championship, averaging 17 points per game and coming away with Most Valuable Player honors.
During the championship game, Berry scored 20 points and dished out four assists, but North Carolina fell short on a last-second three-pointer to Villanova, 77–74.
[4] While Berry was one out of 182 players that declared early entry into the 2017 NBA draft, he ultimately decided to return to North Carolina for his senior season instead, announcing his decision on April 25, 2017.
[10] On March 6, 2020, Berry scored a career-high 44 points on 17-for-29 shooting from the field and 8-for-15 from three to go along with two assists and three rebounds in the Greensboro Swarm's 134–129 loss to the Erie Bayhawks.
[14] On October 12, 2021, Berry joined ACC Network as a college basketball studio analyst on the show Nothing but Net.