Duke Saturday, March 9, 2019 Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C
GAME 31: Duke Saturday, March 9, 2019 Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m., ESPN 2018-19 SCHEDULE (25-5, 15-2 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 13-2 Home, 11-1 Road, 1-2 Neutral 20 FINAL FOURS 49 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 31 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 at Wofford (8/-) W 78-67 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 at Elon (8/-) W 116-67 12 Stanford (7/-) W 90-72 37 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS 16 Tennessee Tech% (7/-) W 108-58 19 Saint Francis% (7/-) W 101-76 GAME 31 NOTEBOOK 22 vs. Texas+ (7/-) L 89-92 • Carolina and Virginia are tied for first place in the ACC with 15-2 records; Duke is one game 23 vs. UCLA+ (7/17) W 94-78 behind at 14-3. 28 at Michigan# (11/7) L 67-84 • An “ACC seeding scenario” for the Tar Heels is on page 2 of these notes. DECEMBER • The Tar Heels are 27-22 when playing host to a top-five (AP) opponent (all home sites). 5 UNCW (14/-) W 97-69 • UNC is 5-3 in previous AP top-5 matchups in the Smith Center (3-2 vs. Duke). 15 Gonzaga (12/4) W 103-90 • Carolina has played Duke eight previous times under Roy Williams in the final game of the 22 vs. Kentucky! (9/19) L 72-80 regular season with first place in the ACC at stake for UNC (outright or a share) – the Tar Heels 29 Davidson (14/-) W 82-60 are 8-0 in those games (2005, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘11, ‘12 , ‘16 and ‘17).
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