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GAME 13: Harvard Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, N.C., 7 p.m., ESPN2 2018-19 SCHEDULE 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (9-3) 20 FINAL FOURS 6-0 Home, 2-1 Road, 1-2 Neutral 49 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 31 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 at Wofford (8/-) W 78-67 9 at Elon (8/-) W 116-67 37 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS 12 Stanford (7/-) W 90-72 16 Tennessee Tech% (7/-) W 108-58 GAME 13 NOTEBOOK 19 Saint Francis% (7/-) W 101-76 • Carolina (9-3) plays for the first time in 2019 on 1/2 against Harvard (6-5). The Tar Heels 22 vs. Texas+ (7/-) L 89-92 are coming off an 82-60 win over Davidson on 12/29; the Crimson has won two straight after 23 vs. UCLA+ (7/17) W 94-78 28 at Michigan# (11/7) L 67-84 defeating Mercer, 71-67, in Atlanta that same day. • This is UNC’s final non-conference game of the regular season. The Tar Heels have won at DECEMBER least 10 regular-season non-ACC games in 14 of Roy Williams’ previous 15 seasons (9-2 in 5 UNCW (14/-) W 97-69 2005-06). 15 Gonzaga (12/4) W 103-90 • The Tar Heels are 411-71 in the Smith Center, including 204-16 against non-ACC opponents. 22 vs. Kentucky! (9/19) L 72-80 • Harvard is the fourth Ivy League school to play in the Smith Center. UNC is 2-0 in the Smith 29 Davidson (14/-) W 82-60 Center against Cornell, Dartmouth and Penn and 1-0 vs. Princeton. JANUARY • Cameron Johnson leads UNC at 16.7 points per game. Johnson is the only player in the ACC 2 Harvard (15/-) 7 p.m. ESPN2 in the top 10 in scoring, field goal percentage (.538), three-point percentage (.492) and free 5 at Pittsburgh (15/-) Noon Raycom throw percentage (.833). 8 at NC State 9 p.m. ESPN •Johnson has led UNC in scoring in each of the last four games, the longest streak by a Tar 12 Louisville Noon ESPN/2 Heel since Justin Jackson did it six games in a row in 2016-17. 15 Notre Dame 9 p.m. ESPN 19 at Miami Noon ESPN/2 • Luke Maye is the only player in the ACC averaging double figures in rebounds. The senior 21 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. ESPN from Huntersville, N.C., is averaging 14.2 points and 10.1 boards per game. Last year, as a 29 at Georgia Tech 7 p.m. RSN first-year starter, Maye averaged 16.9 points and 10.1 rebounds. Lennie Rosenbluth (1955, 1956), Pete Brennan (1957, 1958), Doug Moe (1960, 1961), Billy Cunningham (1963, FEBRUARY 1964, 1965), Rusty Clark (1967, 1968) and Mitch Kupchak (1975, 1976) are the only Tar 2 at Louisville TBA ESPN/2 Heels to average a double-double in consecutive seasons. 5 NC State 8 p.m. Raycom • Nassir Little leads Carolina in two-point field goal percentage (.605). 9 Miami Noon Raycom 11 Virginia 7 p.m. ESPN • Kenny Williams had five assists against Davidson. It was the seventh time this season the 16 at Wake Forest Noon Raycom senior from Midlothian, Va., handed out five or more assists. He had five or more assists seven 20 at Duke 9 p.m. ESPN & times in his first three seasons (four times as a sophomore and three times last season). Raycom • Carolina opens ACC play on Saturday, Jan. 5, at Pittsburgh. The Tar Heels are 10-5 in ACC 23 Florida State 3:45 p.m. CBS openers under head coach Roy Williams, including a home win over Wake Forest a year ago. 26 Syracuse 7 or 9 p.m. ESPN/ Raycom UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... UNDER ROY WILLIAMS STATISTICAL COMPARISON MARCH 2 at Clemson 4 or 6 p.m. ESPN/2 2018-19 TOTALS UNC Harvard 5 at Boston College 8 p.m. Raycom Home 6-0 218-30+ Record 9-3 6-5 9 Duke 6 or 8 p.m. ESPN Away 2-1 108-61 Points/Game 91.4 70.5 Neutral 1-2 107-38 Scoring Defense 74.4 68.3 ACC Tournament, March 12-16, Charlotte, N.C. Overtime 10-10 Scoring Margin +17.0 +2.3 Leads at Half 8-0 358-40 FG% .486 .486 SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Trails at Half 1-3 58-85 3FG% .370 .366 % Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Chapel Hill Tied at Half 17-4 3FGs/Game 8.3 8.5 + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas UNC shoots 50% or better FG 4-0 205-7 FT% .741 .649 # ACC-Big Ten Challenge UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 5-2 191-63 FG% Defense .411 .434 ! CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, Ill. UNC shoots under 40% FG 0-1 37-59 3FG% Defense .324 .353 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-2 25-39 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.7 6.9 All times Eastern Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 2-1 200-72 Rebounds/Game 44.5 34.8 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 6-0 208-18 Offensive Rebs/Game 13.3 8.9 UNC has more rebounds 8-2 366-63 Rebound Margin +12.2 +4.4 Opponents have more rebounds 0-1 55-60 Assists/Game 19.8 13.7 TV: ESPN2 (Mike Couzens, Jordan Cornette) UNC has more offensive rebounds 7-2 281-82 Turnovers/Game 14.3 16.5 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric Oppts have more offensive rebounds 2-1 123-39 Assists/Turnovers 1.4 0.8 Montross) UNC has more turnovers 4-2 136-67 Turnovers Forced/Game 15.5 11.8 SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius/XM/Internet 81 Opponents have more turnovers 5-0 261-54 WESTWOOD ONE: Patrick Kinas, Kelly Tripucka UNC scores 80 or more points 8-1 290-34 KenPom.com (national rankings as of 12/31) UNC scores less than 80 points 1-2 143-95 Overall Ranking 7 101 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS UNC scores 90 or more points 7-0 142-5 Offensive Efficiency 116.6 (7) 104.6 (135) Internet GoHeels.com UNC scores 100 or more points 4-0 61-2 Defensive Efficiency 92.4 (17) 97.5 (75) Twitter @UNC_Basketball Opponents score 80 or more points 1-3 56-67 Effective FG Pct. 54.7 (48) 56.0 (22) Instagram UNC_Basketball Opponents score less than 80 points 8-0 377-62 Turnover Pct. 18.1 (121) 24.1 (344) Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Opponents score 90 or more points 1-1 6-19 Offensive Rebound Pct. 36.6 (22) 28.5 (183) YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 FTA/FGA 33.5 (191) 28.8 (282) OVERALL RECORD 9-3 433-129 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) O: 919-962-7258; C: 919-475-2695 + home record includes a 2010 win over William & Mary in HARVARD SID: Zach Reynolds ([email protected]. Carmichael Arena and a 2017 win over Notre Dame in the edu) O: 617-496-1379 Greensboro Coliseum MEDIA INFORMATION CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES TAR HEELS 9 Wins 3 Losses Points Per Game 96.6 76.0 All-Time Rankings UNC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Oppt. Points Per Game 70.8 85.3 Senior Associate A.D. for Communications: FG% .506 .422 National Rank Total Steve Kirschner Oppt. FG% .382 .506 Wins 3rd 2,241 Office Phone: 919-962-7258 3FG% .371 .368 Winning Percentage 2nd .738 Cell Phone: 919-475-2695 Oppt. 3FG% .293 .431 NCAA Tournament Titles 3rd 6 Email: [email protected] 3FGs Per Game 8.3 8.3 Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 8.1 10.3 Final Fours 1st 20 FT% .750 .700 NCAA Tournaments 2nd 49 Associate Director of Communications: Oppt. FT% .720 .608 NCAA Tournament Games 2nd 170 Matt Bowers Rebound Margin +15.1 +3.3 NCAA Tournament Wins 2nd 124 Office Phone: 919-962-2123 Assists/Turnovers 21.4/14.1 14.7/15.0 NCAA Tournament Win Pct. 2nd .729 Cell Phone: 919-619-7021 Opponent A/TO 12.6/16.3 18.0/13.0 ACC Regular-Season Titles 1st 31 Email: [email protected] ACC Regular-Season Wins 1st 683 Carolina’s Top 3 Scorers 9 Wins 3 Losses ACC Tournament Titles 2nd 18 CREDENTIALS Johnson 18.0 White 17.7 Maye 14.7 Johnson 12.7 ACC Tournament Finals 1st 35 All season and single-game requests for cre- White 12.4 Maye 12.7 ACC Tournament Wins T-1st 100 dentials and/or parking passes must be made NBA First-Round Draft Picks 1st 49 online at SportsSystems.com/UNCBasketball. NBA Draft Picks 3rd 112 Media will call at Smith Center Entrance UNC-HARVARD SERIES 1,000-Point Scorers 1st 77 B opens 90 minutes prior to the scheduled • Carolina has won three of the previous five Olympic Gold Medalists 1st 10 starting time. Prior to that, credentials can be games against Harvard. picked up in the Athletic Communications of- • This is just the second time the schools have fice. Media with season credentials will receive played since the 1971-72 season. The most first 15 seasons at UNC, including No. 1 in the an email from Steve Kirschner several days recent meeting came in 2015 in the NCAA first country in 2008, 2012 and 2017.