GAME 36: NCAA Sweet 16 Vs
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GAME 36: NCAA Sweet 16 vs. Auburn Friday, March 29, 2019 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. 7:29 p.m. Eastern, TBS 2018-19 SCHEDULE (29-6, 16-2 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 14-2 Home, 11-1 Road, 4-3 Neutral 20 FINAL FOURS 50 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 at Wofford (8/-) W 78-67 9 at Elon (8/-) W 116-67 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 Stanford (7/-) W 90-72 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS 16 Tennessee Tech% (7/-) W 108-58 19 Saint Francis% (7/-) W 101-76 GAME 36: NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL SEMIFINAL NOTEBOOK 22 vs. Texas+ (7/-) L 89-92 23 vs. UCLA+ (7/17) W 94-78 • Carolina is 126-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UNC is second in NCAA history in 28 at Michigan# (11/7) L 67-84 appearances (50), wins (126), games (172) and winning percentage (.733). • Carolina is 29-6 this season. The Tar Heels won a share of the ACC regular-season title for DECEMBER the ninth time in Roy Williams’ 16 seasons and the 32nd time in school history. Carolina beat 5 UNCW (14/-) W 97-69 Louisville and lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament, and advanced to the Sweet 16 with NCAA 15 Gonzaga (12/4) W 103-90 22 vs. Kentucky! (9/19) L 72-80 Tournament wins in Columbus, Ohio, over 16-seed Iona and 9-seed Washington. 29 Davidson (14/-) W 82-60 • UNC is playing in the Sweet 16 for an NCAA-record 29th time (10th under Roy Williams). • The Tar Heels are 26-7 in regional semifinals dating back to 1957 and are 21-7 in the Sweet JANUARY 16 (which the NCAA began designating the round of 16 in 1975). 2 Harvard (15/-) W 77-57 • Roy Williams is 8-1 in the Sweet 16 at Carolina and 13-5 overall. 5 at Pittsburgh (15/-) W 85-60 8 at NC State (12/15) W 90-82 • Carolina is a No. 1 seed for an NCAA-record 17th time. This is the best four-year stretch 12 Louisville (12/-) L 62-83 (2016-19) based on NCAA Tournament seeds in Carolina Basketball history (1,1,2,1). Pre- 15 Notre Dame (13/-) W 75-69 vious bests were 1981-84 (2,1,2,1); 1982-85 (1,2,1,2); 2005-08 (1,3,1,1) and 2006-09 19 at Miami (13/-) W 85-76 (3,1,1,1). 21 Virginia Tech (11/10) W 103-82 • Williams is a No. 1 seed for the 13th time, second most in NCAA Tournament history. 29 at Georgia Tech (9/-) W 77-54 • This is the eighth time in 16 seasons as Carolina’s head coach Williams has led the Tar Heels FEBRUARY to a No. 1 seed (UNC also was a No. 2 seed twice under Williams). UNC had earned a No. 1 2 at Louisville (9/15) W 79-69 seed five times in the 25 years prior to Williams becoming its head coach. 5 NC State (8/-) W 113-96 • Carolina is 63-11 as a No. 1 seed, including 13-1 in the round of 16. 9 Miami (8/-) W (ot) 88-85 • Carolina entered the NCAA Tournament No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll. This is UNC’s 11 Virginia (8/4) L 61-69 16 at Wake Forest (8/-) W 95-57 highest finish since 2016, when the Tar Heels also were third. It is UNC’s 38th top-10 finish in 20 at Duke (8/1) W 88-72 the 71-year history of the AP poll. It is Roy Williams’ 20th top-10 finish (11 at UNC) and 15th 23 Florida State (8/16) W 77-59 top-five (eight at UNC). 26 Syracuse (5/-) W 93-85 • This is the third season in which the Tar Heels have played in the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, winning the 1957 NCAA title here by beating Michigan State and Kansas, and MARCH 2 at Clemson (5/-) W 81-79 splitting first- and second-round games against Villanova and KU, respectively, in 2013. 5 at Boston College (3/-) W 79-66 9 Duke (3/4) W 79-70 UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... UNDER ROY WILLIAMS STATISTICAL COMPARISON 14 ACC Quarterfinal* vs. Louisville (3/-) W 83-70 15 ACC Semifinal* vs. Duke (3/5) L 73-74 22 NCAA 1st Rd vs. Iona^ (3/-) W 88-73 2018-19 TOTALS UNC Auburn 24 NCAA 2nd Rd vs. Washington^ (3/-) W 81-59 Home 14-2 226-32+ Record 29-6 28-9 29 NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal^^ Away 11-1 117-61 Points/Game 86.0 79.8 vs. Auburn 7:29 p.m. TBS Neutral 4-3 110-39 Scoring Defense 72.5 68.5 Overtime 1-0 11-10 Scoring Margin +13.5 +11.2 SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Leads at Half 23-0 373-40 FG% .465 .450 % Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Chapel Hill Trails at Half 5-5 62-87 3FG% .366 .378 + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas Tied at Half 1-1 18-5 3FGs/Game 8.7 11.4 # ACC-Big Ten Challenge UNC shoots 50% or better FG 10-0 211-7 FT% .742 .713 ! CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, Ill. UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 18-2 204-63 FG% Defense .412 .435 * ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. UNC shoots under 40% FG 1-4 38-62 3FG% Defense .330 .350 ^ NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds, Columbus, Ohio Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 2-4 26-41 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.9 8.2 ^^ NCAA Midwest Regional, Kansas City, Mo. Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 12-2 210-73 Rebounds/Game 43.9 34.1 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 15-0 217-18 Offensive Rebs/Game 13.3 11.7 All times Eastern UNC has more rebounds 26-4 384-65 Rebound Margin +10.5 -1.1 Opponents have more rebounds 1-2 56-61 Assists/Game 18.9 14.4 TV: TBS (Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel, Jamie Erdahl) UNC has more offensive rebounds 21-4 295-84 Turnovers/Game 13.1 11.9 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric Oppts have more offensive rebounds 6-2 127-40 Assists/Turnovers 1.4 1.2 Montross) UNC has more turnovers 10-2 142-67 Turnovers Forced/Game 14.0 17.5 NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One (Satellite: Sirius 136, Opponents have more turnovers 16-2 272-56 XM 202) UNC scores 80 or more points 21-1 303-34 KenPom.com (national rankings) CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS UNC scores less than 80 points 8-5 150-98 Overall Ranking 6 13 Internet GoHeels.com UNC scores 90 or more points 12-0 147-5 Offensive Efficiency 120.0 (8) 120.3 (6) Twitter @UNC_Basketball UNC scores 100 or more points 6-0 63-2 Defensive Efficiency 91.0 (11) 96.9 (44) Instagram UNC_Basketball Opponents score 80 or more points 6-4 61-68 Effective FG Pct. 53.0 (76) 54.5 (30) Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Opponents score less than 80 points 23-2 392-64 Turnover Pct. 17.2 (81) 17.2 (85) YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Opponents score 90 or more points 2-1 7-19 Offensive Rebound Pct. 35.3 (16) 32.0 (60) Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 FTA/FGA 30.1 (260) 31.0 (238) CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) OVERALL RECORD 29-6 453-132 Strength of Schedule 11 22 C: 919-475-2695 AUBURN SID: Cody Voga ([email protected]) + home record includes a 2010 win over William & Mary in Carmichael Arena and a 2017 win over Notre Dame in the C: 334-750-9023 Greensboro Coliseum UNC & THE NCAA TOURNAMENT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS UCLA (1964-65-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-75-95) 11 CAROLINA VS. OPPONENTS Kentucky (1948-49-51-58-78-96-98-2012) 8 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT North Carolina (1957-82-93-2005-09-17) 6 Last Last Indiana (1940-53-76-81-87) 5 Opponent Record Time Opponent Record Time Duke (1991-92-2001-10-15) 5 Air Force 1-0 2004 Missouri 1-0 2000 Connecticut (1999-2004-11-14) 4 Alabama-Birmingham 1-0 1986 Mount St. Mary’s 1-0 2008 Kansas (1952-88-2008) 3 Alabama 2-1 1992 Murray State 2-0 2006 Louisville (1980-86-2013) 3 Arizona 0-2 1997 Villanova (1985-2016-18) 3 Arkansas 4-2 2017 Navy 1-1 1998 Cincinnati (1961-62) 2 Auburn 1-0 1985 New Mexico State 1-0 1975 Florida (2006-07) 2 New Orleans 1-0 1996 Michigan State (1979-2000) 2 Boston College 2-1 1994 New York 1-0 1946 Oklahoma State (1945-46) 2 Butler 1-0 2017 North Texas 1-0 1988 NC State (1974-83) 2 Northeastern 1-0 1991 San Francisco (1955-56) 2 California 1-0 1997 Notre Dame 4-0 2016 Canisius 1-0 1957 FINAL FOURS Charlotte 1-0 1998 Oakland 1-0 2005 North Carolina 20 Cincinnati 1-0 1993 Ohio 1-0 2012 Kentucky 17 Colorado 1-0 1997 Ohio State 3-1 1992 UCLA 17 Connecticut 1-0 1998 Oklahoma 2-0 2009 Duke 16 Creighton 1-0 2012 Oklahoma A&M 0-1 1946 Kansas 15 Oregon 1-0 2017 Dartmouth 0-1 1941 APPEARANCES Davidson 2-0 1969 Pennsylvania 2-1 1987 Team No.