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GAME 12: vs. UCLA Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 CBS Sports Classic T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nev. 3 p.m. Eastern, CBS 2019-20 SCHEDULE (6-5) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 3-2 Home, 1-2 Road, 2-1 Neutral 20 FINAL FOURS 50 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 Notre Dame (9/-) W, 76-65 ACCN 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 at UNCW (9/-) W, 78-62 FloSports 15 Gardner-Webb (6/-) W, 77-61 ACCN 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS 20 Elon $ (5/-) W, 75-61 RSN 27 vs. Alabama & (6/-) W, 76-67 ESPN GAME 12 NOTEBOOK 28 vs. Michigan & (6/-) L, 64-73 ESPN • Carolina is 6-5 overall. The Tar Heels have lost four consecutive games; to No. 6 Ohio State in 29 vs. Oregon & (6/11) W, 78-74 ESPN the Smith Center, at No. 5 Virginia, to Wofford in Carmichael Arena and at No. 2 Gonzaga. DECEMBER • This is the first time UNC has lost four straight games since the 2009-10 season (to Virginia, 4 Ohio State # (7/6) L, 49-74 ESPN Virginia Tech, Maryland and Duke). UNC has not lost five in a row since 2002-03 (the season 8 at Virginia (7/5) L, 47-56 ACCN before Roy Williams became the head coach). 15 Wofford (Carmichael) (17/-) L, 64-68 ACCN • UNC is 0-4 in December. This is the first time UNC has lost four games in December since 18 at Gonzaga (-/2) L, 81-94 ESPN2 1999-2000 (Michigan State, Cincinnati, Indiana and Louisville). UNC has not lost five times in 21 vs. UCLA ! (-/-) 3 p.m. CBS December since the 1950-51 season. 30 Yale 7 p.m. ACCN • Carolina’s leading scorer, freshman point guard Cole Anthony, is expected to miss four to six JANUARY weeks after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure to treat a partially torn meniscus in his right 4 Georgia Tech 6 p.m. ACCN knee on Dec. 16. He did not play in the last two games against Wofford and Gonzaga. He is 8 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ACCN averaging 19.1 points per game, second among all freshmen in the nation. 11 Clemson 4:30 p.m. RSN • Carolina is unranked this week. That snaps a 106-week stretch in which the Tar Heels were 18 at Pittsburgh Noon ESPN TBA ranked in the AP poll. The last time UNC was unranked was week 16 in 2013-14. The 106- 22 at Virginia Tech 8 p.m. ACCN 25 Miami Noon ESPN TBA week stretch was the third-longest in Carolina history. 27 at NC State 7 p.m. ESPN • Gonzaga was UNC’s third top-10 opponent in a four-game stretch (No. 6 Ohio State, No. 5 Virginia and No. 2 Gonzaga). It was the first time UNC played three top-10 teams in December FEBRUARY since 2009-10, when UNC beat No. 9 Michigan State, lost at No. 5 Kentucky and lost to No. 2 1 Boston College 6 or 8 p.m. ACCN Texas in Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. 3 at Florida State 7 p.m. ESPN • Christian Keeling (12) and Jeremiah Francis (11) both scored in double figures for the first time 8 Duke 6 p.m. ESPN this season at Gonzaga. For Keeling, it was his first time as a Tar Heel, but 88th in college (pre- 11 at Wake Forest 8 p.m. ACCN 15 Virginia 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN TBA vious 87 came at Charleston Southern). For Francis, it was his first time scoring double figures in 17 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. ESPN a high school or college game in 1,000 days since he scored 16 against Archbishop Moeller in a 22 at Louisville 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN TBA 3/24/2017 Ohio high school playoff game. He did play AAU games later that summer, but didn’t 25 NC State 9 p.m. ESPN TBA play his junior or senior season at Pickerington Central HS due to left knee injuries. 29 at Syracuse 4, 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN TBA MARCH UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... UNDER ROY WILLIAMS STATISTICAL COMPARISON 3 Wake Forest 7 p.m. ESPN TBA 7 at Duke 8 p.m. ESPN 2019-20 TOTALS UNC UCLA Home 3-2 229-34+ Record 6-5 7-4 ACC Tournament, March 10-14, Greensboro, N.C. Away 1-2 118-63 Points/Game 69.4 73.2 Neutral 2-1 112-41 Scoring Defense 68.6 66.5 SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Overtime 11-10 Scoring Margin +0.8 +6.7 $ Battle 4 Atlantis, Chapel Hill Leads at Half 4-1 377-41 FG% .403 .451 & Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Trails at Half 2-4 64-92 3FG% .295 .320 # ACC-Big Ten Challenge Tied at Half 18-5 3FGs/Game 5.6 5.3 ! CBS Sports Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. UNC shoots 50% or better FG 211-7 FT% .638 .694 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 5-2 209-66 FG% Defense .396 .417 All times Eastern UNC shoots under 40% FG 1-3 39-65 3FG% Defense .344 .364 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 0-2 26-44 Oppt 3FGs/Game 9.5 7.8 ESPN TBA denotes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ACCN Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 0-1 210-74 Rebounds/Game 45.3 38.9 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 6-2 223-20 Offensive Rebs/Game 14.6 12.9 UNC has more rebounds 6-3 390-69 Rebound Margin +10.8 +8.8 TV: CBS (Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jamie Erdahl) Opponents have more rebounds 0-2 56-63 Assists/Game 13.4 13.5 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric UNC has more offensive rebounds 5-3 300-88 Turnovers/Game 12.8 12.6 Montross) Oppts have more offensive rebounds 1-1 128-41 Assists/Turnovers 1.0 1.1 SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius 138/XM 193 UNC has more turnovers 4-2 146-70 Turnovers Forced/Game 11.0 13.1 Opponents have more turnovers 1-3 273-59 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS UNC scores 80 or more points 0-1 303-36 KenPom.com UNC UCLA Internet GoHeels.com UNC scores less than 80 points 6-4 156-102 Overall 38 116 Twitter @UNC_Basketball UNC scores 90 or more points 147-5 Offensive Efficiency 107.2 (47) 105.4 (73) Instagram UNC_Basketball UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 Defensive Efficiency 91.6 (41) 100.9 (179) Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Opponents score 80 or more points 0-1 61-70 Effective FG Pct. 44.8 (300) 48.8 (184) YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Opponents score less than 80 points 6-4 398-68 Turnover Pct. 18.1 (93) 17.9 (80) Opponents score 90 or more points 0-1 7-20 Offensive Rebound Pct. 36.3 (17) 36.7 (13) CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 FTA/FGA 33.2 (149) 41.8 (21) O: 919-962-7258; C: 919-475-2695 OVERALL RECORD 6-5 459-138 Strength of Schedule 11 268 UCLA SID: Alex Timiraos ([email protected]) + home record includes a 2009-10 win over William & Mary in Carmichael Arena, a 2016-17 win over Notre Dame in the Greensboro Coliseum and a 2019-20 loss to Wofford in Carmichael TAR HEELS UNC-UCLA SERIES (UNC LEADS, 9-3) Date W–L NC UCLA Site Rank Coach All-Time Rankings 3-23-68 L 55 78 LA Sports Arena, NCAA FF 4/2 Dean Smith 11-24-85 W 107 70 home, Carmichael 2/- Dean Smith National Rank Total 12-1-86 L 84 89 away, Pauley Pavilion 1/- Dean Smith Wins 3rd 2,267 1-2-88 W 80 73 away, Pauley Pavilion 4/- Dean Smith Winning Percentage 2nd .738 12-19-88 W 104 78 home, Smith Center 8/20 Dean Smith 3-19-89 W 88 81 Atlanta, Omni, NCAAse 5/- Dean Smith NCAA Tournament Titles 3rd 6 11-27-97 W 109 68 Anchorage, Sullivan Arena 4/7 Bill Guthridge Final Fours 1st 20 Great Alaska Shootout NCAA Tournaments 2nd 50 1-15-00 L 68 71 home, Smith Center 13/- Bill Guthridge NCAA Tournament Games 2nd 173 12-23-00 W 80 70 away, Pauley Pavilion 15/- Matt Doherty NCAA Tournament Wins 2nd 126 11-27-14 W 78 56 Bahamas, Battle 4 Atlantis 5/22 Roy Williams NCAA Tournament Win Pct. 2nd .728 12-19-15 W 89 76 Brooklyn, Barclays Ctr, CBS Classic 11/22 Roy Williams ACC Regular-Season Titles 1st 32 11-23-18 W 94 78 Las Vegas, Orleans Arena, LVI 7/17 Roy Williams ACC Regular-Season Wins 1st 700 ACC Tournament Titles 2nd 18 UNC-UCLA STAT TRENDS ACC Tournament Finals 1st 35 • Carolina is 9-3 against the Bruins, including • UNC is 6-5. That’s UNC’s fewest wins through ACC Tournament Wins T-1st 101 wins in each of the last four games and eight of the first 11 games since going 5-6 in 2001-02 NBA First-Round Draft Picks 1st 52 nine. (5-7 through 12 games that season). NBA Draft Picks 3rd 115 • Carolina has the highest winning percentage • The Tar Heels lead the nation in rebounding 1,000-Point Scorers 1st 77 (.750) against UCLA of any team that has played (45.3), are sixth in rebound margin (+10.8) and Olympic Gold Medalists 1st 10 the Bruins 10 or more times.