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GAME 26: ACC Tournament 2nd Round vs. Notre Dame Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. 9 p.m. – ACC Network 2020-21 SCHEDULE (16-9, 10-6 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (10-1 Home, 3-7 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 26: ACC TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON • Carolina enters the 2021 ACC Tournament 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN UNC NOTRE DAME 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN as the No. 6 seed after finishing the regular Record 16-9 11-14 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS season tied for fifth place in the standings Points/Game 74.8 73.2 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN with a 10-6 record (.625) in league play. Scoring Defense 69.7 73.3 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN • Carolina, 16-9 overall, plays No. 11 seed Scoring Margin +5.1 -0.1 Notre Dame, an 80-77 winner over Wake FG% .442 .465 JANUARY Forest in Tuesday’s first round. 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN 3FG% .309 .372 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN • The Tar Heels defeated Notre Dame, 66-65, 3FGs/Game 5.4 9.2 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN in Chapel Hill on January 2. FT% .671 .773 16 at Florida State (-/-) L, 75-82 ESPN • Carolina won 10 of its last 14 ACC games. FG% Defense .422 .440 20 Wake Forest (-/-) W, 80-73 ACCN The Tar Heels are 39th in the NCAA’s NET, 3FG% Defense .344 .366 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.0 8.4 23 NC State (-/-) W, 86-76 ESPN with a strength of schedule ranked No. 28 in 26 at Pittsburgh (-/-) W, 75-65 ACCN Rebounds/Game 42.8 33.5 the country (third most difficult in the ACC). Offensive Rebs/Game 15.4 6.9 • Carolina has nine combined wins in Quad- FEBRUARY Rebound Margin +10.7 -2.5 2 at Clemson (-/-) L, 50-63 ACCN rants 1 and 2, tied with Florida State for the Assists/Game 15.7 15.2 6 at Duke (-/-) W, 91-87 ESPN second most among ACC teams. Turnovers/Game 15.2 10.4 13 at Virginia (-/9) L, 48-60 ESPN • Clemson is the fifth seed by virtue of the Assists/Turnovers 1.0 1.5 16 Northeastern (-/-) W, 82-62 ACCNX Tigers’ 63-50 win over the Tar Heels at Clem- Turnovers Forced/Game 13.8 8.6 20 Louisville (-/-) W, 99-54 ESPN son on February 2. The teams were originally KenPom.com 24 Marquette (-/-) L, 70-83 ESPN2 scheduled to play in Chapel Hill on January 9, 27 Florida State (-/11) W, 78-70 ESPN Overall Ranking 31 68 but that game was postponed and eventually Offensive Efficiency 110.0 (64) 115.3 (16) MARCH canceled due to Covid-19 safety protocols. Defensive Efficiency 90.6 (21) 101.9 (176) 1 at Syracuse (-/-) L, 70-72 ESPN • The Tar Heels are 16-9 overall, coming off Effective FG Pct. 48.5 (244) 54.6 (30) 6 Duke (-/-) W, 91-73 ESPN a 91-73 home win over Duke on Saturday, Turnover Pct. 21.1 (280) 15.4 (17) 10 vs. Notre Dame* 9 p.m. ACCN March 6. Offensive Rebound Pct. 40.6 (1) 21.3 (325) FTA/FGA 35.0 (84) 25.7 (311) • Four Tar Heels scored in double figures (Ar- SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Strength of Schedule 30 24 mando Bacot, Caleb Love and Kerwin Walton $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa with 18 and senior Garrison Brooks with 14) ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio and UNC shot 55.4 percent from the floor to CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. overcome 20 turnovers in the win over Duke. • That victory over the Blue Devils assured 16 Wins 9 Losses All times Eastern UNC of sweeping a home-and-away series Points Per Game 79.3 67.0 against at least one team in all 68 seasons in Oppt. Points Per Game 66.8 74.8 Carolina played 16 regular-season ACC games. The Jan. FG% .455 .418 12 home game vs. Clemson, Feb. 8 home game vs. ACC Basketball history. • More notes from Carolina’s 91-73 win over Oppt. FG% .407 .451 Miami, Feb. 16 home game vs. Virginia Tech and Feb. 3FG% .325 .281 23 game at Boston College were canceled. UNC played Duke are on page 23. Oppt. 3FG% .306 .408 Northeastern on Feb. 17 and Marquette on Feb. 24 to 3FGs Per Game 5.7 4.8 replace two of the four canceled games. ACC TOURNAMENT Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.1 9.7 • Carolina is second all-time in ACC Tourna- FT% .695 .621 ment championships (18) and wins (102) and Oppt. FT% .686 .705 has played in the finals a record 35 times. Rebound Margin +11.3 +9.7 Assists/Turnovers 266/234 127/146 TV: ACC Network (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas) • Carolina’s most recent title came in 2016 in Opponent A/TO 192/235 133/109 Washington, D.C. RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric • The Tar Heels are 102-48 in the ACC Tour- Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 16 Wins Montross, Adam Lucas) nament, including 2-1 in the second round Armando Bacot 13.2 (wins in 2015 and 2018 and a loss in 2020). Caleb Love 11.9 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Day’Ron Sharpe 10.3 Internet GoHeels.com • Last season, No. 14 seed UNC defeated No. Garrison Brooks 9.8 Twitter @UNC_Basketball 11 Virginia Tech, 78-56, in the first round and Kerwin Walton 9.4 Instagram @UNC_Basketball was beaten, 81-53, by No. 6 Syracuse in the Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels second round. That 28-point margin was Car- Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 9 Losses YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics olina’s largest defeat in an ACC Tournament Garrison Brooks 12.0 game. That game was also the final game of Armando Bacot 9.1 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) the 2020 Tournament, which was canceled RJ Davis 9.0 O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 the following day due to the pandemic. Day’Ron Sharpe 8.6 Caleb Love 7.8 NOTRE DAME SID: Alan Wasielewski ([email protected]) • Carolina is 1-1 vs. Notre Dame in ACC C: 574-532-4167 Tournament play. 1 • Roy Williams is 27-14 as Carolina’s head UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... coach in the ACC Tournament. He has led UNC TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS to titles in 2007, 2008 and 2016, and eight appearances in 17 previous seasons to the finals. Page(s) 2020-21 TOTALS ACC Standings 3 UNC in ACC and NCAA Stats 3 Home 10-1 243-41+ TAR HEELS IN GREENSBORO Away 3-7 123-77 ACC Tournament History 6 Neutral 3-1 117-43 • Carolina is 125-38 all-time in games played in ACC Tournament Results 7 Last Time it Happened/ACC Tournament 8 Overtime 11-13 Greensboro. UNC in Greensboro 9 Leads at Half 10-1 395-46 • That includes a 29-12 record at the renovated Historical Info 10-12 5-8 69-109 Trails at Half Greensboro Coliseum (from 1995 to present) and Associated Press Rankings 13 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 a 117-34 in all games played in the Greensboro Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 14 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 5-0 219-9 Coliseum. 2020-21 Schedule and Results 15 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 6-6 219-78 • Carolina is 40-19 in the ACC Tournament in UNC-Notre Dame Series 16 UNC shoots under 40% FG 5-3 45-74 the Greensboro Coliseum 2020-21 Postgame Notes 17-23 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-2 27-46 Roy Williams Bio/Charts 24-27 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 7-6 223-92 • The Tar Heels have won eight ACC Tourna- #0 Anthony Harris 28 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 8-1 233-23 ments in Greensboro (1967, 1972, 1975, #1 Leaky Black 29 UNC has more rebounds 15-8 411-88 1977, 1979, 1982, 1997 and 1998). #2 Caleb Love 30 Opponents have more rebounds 1-1 59-66 #3 Andrew Platek 31 UNC has more offensive rebounds 13-9 321-106 FIVE TAR HEELS EARN ACC HONORS #4 RJ Davis 32 #5 Armando Bacot 33 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 1-0 130-44 • Sophomore forward/center Armando Bacot was UNC has more turnovers 8-8 159-87 #11 Day’Ron Sharpe 34 Opponents have more turnovers 8-1 284-64 selected to the All-ACC third team. #13 Walker Kessler 35 UNC scores 80 or more points 7-1 314-39 • Four freshmen also earned ACC honors. #14 Puff Johnson 36 UNC scores less than 80 points 9-8 169-122 • Day’Ron Sharpe and Caleb Love were selected #15 Garrison Brooks 37 UNC scores 90 or more points 3-0 153-6 to the ACC All-Freshman team, the first time #24 Kerwin Walton 38 UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 Game-by-Game Stats for Miller, Lebo, Smith, 39 multiple Tar Heels made the freshman team Farris and McAdoo Opponents score 80 or more points 1-3 63-77 since Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall in Career Highs 40 Opponents score less than 80 points 15-6 420-84 2011.