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GAME 11: at Gonzaga Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m Eastern, ESPN 2019-20 SCHEDULE (6-4) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 3-2 Home, 1-1 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 11 NOTEBOOK 28 vs. Michigan & (6/-) L, 64-73 ESPN • Carolina is 6-4 overall, 1-1 in the ACC. The Tar Heels have lost three consecutive games; to 29 vs. Oregon & (6/11) W, 78-74 ESPN Ohio State in the Smith Center, at Virginia and to Wofford in Carmichael Arena. DECEMBER • UNC hasn’t lost four straight games since the 2009-10 season (to Virginia, Virginia Tech, 4 Ohio State # (7/6) L, 49-74 ESPN Maryland and Duke). 8 at Virginia (7/5) L, 47-56 ACCN • Carolina’s leading scorer, freshman point guard Cole Anthony, is expected to miss four to six 15 Wofford (Carmichael) (17/-) L, 64-68 ACCN weeks after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure to treat a partially torn meniscus in his right 18 at Gonzaga (-/2) 9 p.m. ESPN2 knee on Dec. 16. He did not play against Wofford on Dec. 15. He is averaging 19.1 points per 21 vs. UCLA ! (-/-) 3 p.m. CBS game, second among all freshmen in the nation. 30 Yale 7 p.m. ACCN • Sophomore Leaky Black did make the trip and is questionable for the game vs. Gonzaga. He JANUARY sprained his right foot against Michigan on Nov. 28 and did not play against Wofford. 4 Georgia Tech 6 p.m. ACCN • Carolina has lost consecutive games despite holding the opposition to under 40 percent shoot- 8 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ACCN ing from the floor. Those were just the 19th and 20th time UNC has lost in 243 games in the 11 Clemson 4:30 p.m. RSN Roy Williams Era when the opposition failed to shoot 40 percent from the floor. 18 at Pittsburgh Noon ESPN TBA • The Tar Heels are 1-3 in Washington. All four previous games were in the NCAA Tournament. 22 at Virginia Tech 8 p.m. ACCN 25 Miami Noon ESPN TBA • Carolina split a pair of games in the Kingdome in Seattle in the 1988 NCAA West Regional 27 at NC State 7 p.m. ESPN (beat Michigan, lost to Arizona), lost to UCLA in a national semifinal in the Kingdome in 1995 and lost to Weber State in Key Arena in Seattle in the first round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament. FEBRUARY • Carolina is unranked this week. That snaps a 106-week stretch in which the Tar Heels were 1 Boston College 6 or 8 p.m. ACCN ranked in the AP poll. The last time UNC was unranked was week 16 in 2013-14. 3 at Florida State 7 p.m. ESPN • Gonzaga is UNC’s third top-10 opponent in the last four games (No. 6 Ohio State, No. 5 8 Duke 6 p.m. ESPN Virginia and No. 2 Gonzaga). It’s the first time UNC will play three top-10 teams in December 11 at Wake Forest 8 p.m. ACCN 15 Virginia 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN TBA since 2009-10, when UNC beat No. 9 Michigan State, lost at No. 5 Kentucky and lost to No. 2 17 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. ESPN Texas in Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. 22 at Louisville 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN TBA • No. 2 Gonzaga is Carolina’s highest-ranked (AP) non-conference opponent since the Tar Heels 25 NC State 9 p.m. ESPN TBA defeated No. 2 Gonzaga in the 2017 NCAA championship game in Phoenix on April 3, 2017. 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 Gonzaga Home 3-2 229-34+ Record 6-4 11-1 ACC Tournament, March 10-14, Greensboro, N.C. Away 1-1 118-62 Points/Game 68.2 85.8 Neutral 2-1 112-41 Scoring Defense 66.1 66.3 SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Overtime 11-10 Scoring Margin +2.1 +19.5 $ Battle 4 Atlantis, Chapel Hill Leads at Half 4-1 377-41 FG% .398 .497 & Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas Trails at Half 2-3 64-91 3FG% .287 .383 # ACC-Big Ten Challenge Tied at Half 18-5 3FGs/Game 5.4 8.1 ! CBS Sports Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. UNC shoots 50% or better FG 211-7 FT% .632 .650 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 5-1 209-65 FG% Defense .378 .408 All times Eastern UNC shoots under 40% FG 1-3 39-65 3FG% Defense .335 .340 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 0-1 26-43 Oppt 3FGs/Game 9.5 7.3 ESPN TBA denotes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ACCN Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 0-1 210-74 Rebounds/Game 46.3 41.9 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 6-2 223-20 Offensive Rebs/Game 15.2 12.3 UNC has more rebounds 6-2 390-68 Rebound Margin +11.3 +9.5 TV: ESPN (Dave Flemming, Jay Bilas) Opponents have more rebounds 0-2 56-63 Assists/Game 13.4 17.3 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric UNC has more offensive rebounds 5-2 300-87 Turnovers/Game 12.9 11.3 Montross) Oppts have more offensive rebounds 1-1 128-41 Assists/Turnovers 1.0 1.5 SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius/XM 84 UNC has more turnovers 4-1 146-69 Turnovers Forced/Game 11.0 14.3 Opponents have more turnovers 1-3 273-59 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS UNC scores 80 or more points 303-35 KenPom.com UNC Gonzaga Internet GoHeels.com UNC scores less than 80 points 6-4 156-102 Overall 26 6 Twitter @UNC_Basketball UNC scores 90 or more points 147-5 Offensive Efficiency 106.7 (50) 114.3 (4) Instagram UNC_Basketball UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 Defensive Efficiency 90.8 (36) 91.4 (42) Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Opponents score 80 or more points 61-69 Effective FG Pct. 44.1 (308) 56.2 (16) YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Opponents score less than 80 points 6-4 398-68 Turnover Pct. 18.4 (115) 15.5 (11) Opponents score 90 or more points 7-19 Offensive Rebound Pct. 37.5 (9) 34.0 (42) CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 FTA/FGA 34.1 (129) 36.6 (87) O: 919-962-7258; C: 919-475-2695 OVERALL RECORD 6-4 459-137 Strength of Schedule 26 223 GONZAGA SID: Barrett Henderson (hendersonb@gonzaga. + home record includes a 2009-10 win over William & Mary edu) O: 509-313-4288; C: 541-805-5687 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 SERIES VS. GONZAGA (UNC LEADS, 3-1) Date W–L NC GON Site Rank Coach All-Time Rankings 11-22-06 L 74 82 New York, MSG, preNIT 2/- Roy Williams 3-27-09 W 98 77 Memphis, FedEx Forum, NCAAs 2/10 Roy Williams National Rank Total 4-3-17 W 71 65 Phoenix, Univ. of Phoenix Stadium, 5/2 Roy Williams Wins 3rd 2,267 NCAA FF Winning Percentage 2nd .739 12-15-18 W 103 90 home, Smith Center 12/4 Roy Williams NCAA Tournament Titles 3rd 6 Final Fours 1st 20 UNC-GONZAGA SERIES of the season. NCAA Tournaments 2nd 50 • Carolina is 3-1 against the Zags. This is UNC’s • Carolina’s field goal percentage (.398) is its NCAA Tournament Games 2nd 173 first game in Spokane. lowest since the 1957-58 season and its NCAA Tournament Wins 2nd 126 • Gonzaga beat UNC, 82-74, in the 2006 three-point percentage (.287) is its lowest ever. NCAA Tournament Win Pct. 2nd .728 Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. Fresh- • Carolina is 11th in the ACC in scoring at 68.2 ACC Regular-Season Titles 1st 32 man forward Brandan Wright led the Tar Heels points per game. Carolina has finished first, first, ACC Regular-Season Wins 1st 700 with 21 points and 13 rebounds. second and first in the ACC in scoring in the last ACC Tournament Titles 2nd 18 • Carolina advanced to the 2009 NCAA South four seasons. ACC Tournament Finals 1st 35 Regional final by beating Gonzaga, 98-77, in • In Roy Williams’ previous 16 seasons, Carolina ACC Tournament Wins T-1st 101 Memphis in a Sweet 16 encounter. Tyler Hans- has led the ACC in scoring eight times, finished NBA First-Round Draft Picks 1st 52 brough had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Wayne second five times and third three times. NBA Draft Picks 3rd 115 Ellington and Ty Lawson (nine assists) both • No Roy Williams-coached team in 16 previous 1,000-Point Scorers 1st 77 scored 19 and Danny Green had seven assists, seasons at UNC has averaged less than 74.5 Olympic Gold Medalists 1st 10 four steals and two blocks.