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GAME 8: at NC State Tuesday, December 22, 2020 PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. 7 p.m. – ACC Network 2020-21 SCHEDULE (5-2) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (2-0 Home, 0-1 Away, 3-1 Neutral) 20 FINAL FOURS 50 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 College of Charleston (16/-) W, 79-60 ACCN 30 vs. UNLV & (14/-) W, 78-51 ESPN2 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS DECEMBER 1 vs. Stanford & (14/-) W, 67-63 ESPN GAME 8 • Leaky Black scored 11 points, his second 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN • Carolina returns to action on Tuesday, career double-figure scoring game. 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN December 22, when it opens Atlantic Coast • Andrew Platek scored eight points, one off 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS Conference play at NC State. his ACC career scoring high. 22 at NC State (17/-) 7 p.m. ACCN • Tipoff is 7 p.m. on the ACC Network. 30 at Georgia Tech 8 p.m. RSN • UNC is 5-2 after a 75-63 win over Kentucky BROOKS VS. THE PACK in Cleveland in the CBS Sports Classic. • Over the last two seasons (four games), JANUARY Armando Bacot led four Tar Heels in double senior forward Garrison Brooks has averaged 2 Syracuse 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN2 5 at Miami 8 p.m. ESPN figures with 14 points as Carolina rallied 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists 9 Clemson 1, 3 or 7 p.m. ESPN/2 from a 38-34 halftime deficit to out-score the against NC State. Brooks was 26 for 43 from 16 at Florida State Noon ESPN Wildcats, 41-25, in the second half. the floor (.605) and 22 of 26 from the free 20 Wake Forest 9 p.m. ACCN • NC State is 4-1 after a 69-50 win over throw line (.846). 23 NC State 2 p.m. ESPN/2 Campbell. • As a sophomore, Brooks had 11 points, 26 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ACCN • Carolina and NC State are playing for the seven rebounds and five assists at NC State 30 Notre Dame 8 p.m. ACCN first time in November or December since and eight points, 10 boards and a career-high FEBRUARY 11/30/1979, a 97-84 Tar Heel victory in six assists in Chapel Hill. 2 at Clemson 7 p.m. ESPN/2/U Greensboro in the Big Four Tournament. • Last season, the Tar Heel captain went for 6 at Duke 6 p.m. ESPN • Carolina is sixth in the country in offensive 25 points, 11 rebounds and three assists 8 Miami 7 p.m. ESPN rebound percentage, while NC State’s defense in the win at NC State and 30 points, nine 13 at Virginia 6 p.m. ESPN is 204th in allowing offensive rebounds. rebounds and an assist at home. He was 11 16 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. ESPN/2 Conversely, the Pack defense is third nation- for 20 from the floor in Raleigh and 14 of 20 Louisville 4 or 6 p.m. ESPN 23 at Boston College 9 p.m. ESPN/2/U ally in forcing turnovers (30.3 percent of 16 from the line in the Smith Center in last 27 Florida State 4 p.m. ESPN possessions), while the Tar Heels are 245th in season’s games. committing turnovers. MARCH TAR HEELS BEGIN ACC PLAY 1 at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPN SERIES VS. NC STATE • This is the 68th season of competition 6 Duke 6 p.m. ESPN • The Tar Heels lead the series, 160-78, in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar 9-13 ACC Tournament * winning 32 of the last 36 and 49 of the last Heels have won the ACC regular-season title SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY 60 games against the Wolfpack. a record 32 times, including nine times in $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. • Roy Williams is 37-4 as a head coach against the previous 17 seasons under Roy Williams # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa NC State, including a 5-0 record at Kansas (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio and a 32-4 mark at Carolina. 2016, 2017 and 2019). * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. • UNC is 67-46 against NC State in Raleigh, • Williams has the third-most regular-season including 17-4 in PNC Arena (UNC is 21-4 All times Eastern championships in ACC history behind Dean overall in PNC Arena, including two NCAA Smith (17 in 36 seasons) and Mike Krzyzews- Tournament wins in both 2008 and 2016). ki (12 in 40 seasons). • Including wins in their last three games at • Carolina is 705-290 in regular-season ACC Reynolds Coliseum (1997-99), the Tar Heels games. The 705 wins are the most in ACC have won 20 of the last 24 games against NC history. State in Raleigh. • In the Roy Williams era, Carolina is 2-2 TV: ACC Network (Wes Durham, Jordan Cornette) • Last year’s 75-65 win in Raleigh was the regular-season ACC games played before 15th win for Roy Williams at NC State in 17 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric Christmas (December 25). Last year, UNC Montross, Adam Lucas) seasons (the Wolfpack has beaten the Tar beat Notre Dame in the season opener on Heels 14 times in Chapel Hill in 67 seasons November 6, 2019, and lost at Virginia on SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius/XM 81 since the ACC began play in 1953-54). December 8. On 12/19/2004, UNC beat • The win was the seventh win in a row for Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., in the Hok- CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS UNC at NC State, the Tar Heels’ longest win ies’ first ACC game. On 12/20/2003, the Tar Internet GoHeels.com streak at NCSU. Heels lost to Wake Forest, 119-114 in triple Twitter @UNC_Basketball Instagram @UNC_Basketball overtime in the Smith Center in Williams’ first Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels LAST SEASON IN RALEIGH ACC game as UNC’s head coach. YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics • Carolina swept the series in 2019-20. On • Carolina opens ACC play against NC State 1/27/20, Garrison Brooks tied his career high for the first time since 1/7/2006. CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) en route to 25 points and 11 rebounds and • This is the second time in three seasons O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 Armando Bacot added 11 and 11 in UNC’s UNC opens conference play with a pair of 75-65 road win. road games. NC STATE SID: Craig Hammel ([email protected]) • Senior guard Brandon Robinson had 11 C: 317-292-0858 points and was a game-high plus-20, making 4 of 4 from the line in the final minute. NOTABLE UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... • Carolina is in the middle of a three-game swing UNC’S ALL-TIME RANKINGS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS away from home (Kentucky in Cleveland, at NC State and at Georgia Tech on Dec. 30). UNC is National Rank Total 2020-21 TOTALS scheduled to play at home just twice in the first Wins 3rd 2,281 Home 2-0 235-40+ nine games for the first time since the 2007-08 Winning Percentage 2nd .736 Away 0-1 120-71 season. The Tar Heels played six consecutive NCAA Tournament Titles 3rd 6 Neutral 3-1 117-43 Final Fours 1st 20 Overtime 11-13 neutral site or away games in November-Decem- NCAA Tournaments 2nd 50 Leads at Half 3-0 388-45 ber that season. Trails at Half 2-2 66-103 NCAA Tournament Games 2nd 173 Tied at Half 18-6 Balanced Scoring NCAA Tournament Wins 2nd 126 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 214-9 • Garrison Brooks leads Carolina in scoring at NCAA Tournament Win Pct. 2nd .728 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 4-2 217-74 11.7 points per game. Armando Bacot is next ACC Regular-Season Titles 1st 32 UNC shoots under 40% FG 1-0 41-71 at 11.4 and freshmen guards Caleb Love and ACC Regular-Season Wins 1st 705 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 26-44 ACC Tournament Titles 2nd 18 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 2-2 218-88 RJ Davis are third and fourth at 11.1 and 10.0 ACC Tournament Finals 1st 35 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 3-0 228-22 points, respectively. ACC Tournament Wins 2nd 102 UNC has more rebounds 4-2 400-82 • The last time a Tar Heel led the team in scor- Opponents have more rebounds 1-0 59-65 ing with less than 12 points a game was 1946- NBA First-Round Draft Picks 2nd 53 UNC has more offensive rebounds 5-2 313-99 47, when Jim Hamilton averaged 11.4 points. NBA Draft Picks 3rd 116 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 129-44 1,000-Point Scorers 1st 78 UNC has more turnovers 2-2 153-81 Olympic Gold Medalists 1st 10 Opponents have more turnovers 3-0 279-63 Freshmen Point Guards UNC scores 80 or more points 0-1 307-39 • Carolina has started a freshman point guard to begin each of the last three seasons (Coby White UNC scores less than 80 points 5-1 165-115 Rebounding UNC scores 90 or more points 150-6 in 2018-19, Cole Anthony in 2019-20 and • Four Tar Heels are averaging at least seven UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 Caleb Love in 2020-21).