2019-20 Schedule (10-16, 3-12 Acc)
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GAME 27: at Louisville Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. 4 p.m. – ESPN 2019-20 SCHEDULE (10-16, 3-12 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 5-8 Home, 2-7 Road, 3-1 Neutral 20 FINAL FOURS 50 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 Notre Dame (9/-) W, 76-65 ACCN 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 at UNCW (9/-) W, 78-62 FloSports 15 Gardner-Webb (6/-) W, 77-61 ACCN 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS 20 Elon $ (5/-) W, 75-61 RSN 27 vs. Alabama & (6/-) W, 76-67 ESPN GAME 27 • On nine occasions in the last 11 games, the 28 vs. Michigan & (6/-) L, 64-73 ESPN • Carolina has lost six consecutive games, all opponents have scored the tying or winning 29 vs. Oregon & (6/11) W, 78-74 ESPN of which were ACC games, and plays at No. points in the last 27 seconds of the second DECEMBER 11 Louisville on Saturday, Feb. 22. half or an overtime period – six of those nine 4 Ohio State # (7/6) L, 49-74 ESPN • The Tar Heels are 3-12 in the ACC and 10- have come with three seconds or less and four 8 at Virginia (7/5) L, 47-56 ACCN 16 overall. The 16 losses tie the third most in have scored with under a second remaining: 15 Wofford (Carmichael) (17/-) L, 64-68 ACCN school history (20 in 2001-02, 17 in 2009- – on Jan. 11, Clemson’s Aamir Simms hit 18 at Gonzaga (-/2) L, 81-94 ESPN2 10 and 16 in 2002-03). a three with three seconds to play in regu- 21 vs. UCLA ! (-/-) W, 74-64 CBS • The 12 regular-season ACC losses tie the lation and the Tigers went on win, 79-76 in 30 Yale (-/-) W, 70-67 ACCN most in UNC history (went 4-12 in 2001-02). overtime; JANUARY • Carolina is 3-12 in the league through 15 – on Jan. 22, Virginia Tech’s P.J. Horne made 4 Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 83-96 ACCN games for the first time ever. The 2001-02 two free throws with 13 seconds to play in the 8 Pittsburgh (-/-) L, 65-73 ACCN team was 4-11 through 15 games, then lost second half to tie the game at 60, Landers 11 Clemson (-/-) L, 76-79 (ot) RSN its 16th game to finish 4-12. Nolley hit two free throws to even the game 18 at Pittsburgh (-/-) L, 52-66 ESPN • This is the fourth time UNC has lost at 67 with 27 secoincs to play in the first 22 at Virginia Tech (-/-) L, 77-79 (ot) ACCN 25 Miami (-/-) W, 94-71 ESPN2 double-digit regular-season ACC games (also overtime and Tyrece Radford made a driving 27 at NC State (-/-) W, 75-65 ESPN 12 in 2001-02, 11 in 2009-10 and 10 in layup with 0.4 seconds to play in the second 2002-03). overtime to lift the Hokies to a 79-77 victory; FEBRUARY • Louisville is 22-5, 13-3 in the ACC. – on Feb. 1, Jared Hamilton was awarded 1 Boston College (-/-) L, 70-71 ACCN • The Cardinals are a half-game ahead of Duke three free throws with 17 seconds to play (he 3 at Florida State (-/8) L, 59-65 ESPN and Florida State for first place in the ACC. made two) in Boston College’s 71-70 win; 8 Duke (-/7) L, 96-98 (ot) ESPN Carolina is a half-game behind Wake Forest for – on Feb. 8, Duke’s Tre Jones sent the game 11 at Wake Forest (-/-) L, 57-74 ACCN 15 Virginia (-/-) L, 62-64 ESPN the final spot. to overtime with a 17-footer as time expired 17 at Notre Dame (-/-) L, 76-77 ESPN • The Tar Heels are coming off consecutive and Wendell Moore won the game with an 22 at Louisville (-/11) 4 p.m. ESPN games in which they lost on the opponent’s offensive rebound putback of a Jones miss as 25 NC State 9 p.m. ESPN last shot. On Feb. 15, Virginia’s Tomas Wolde- time expired in overtime in Duke’s 98-96 win; 29 at Syracuse 4 p.m. ESPN tensae made a three-pointer (his sixth of the – on Feb. 15, Virginia’s Tomas Woldetensae game) with 0.8 seconds remaining to hand made a go-ahead 3FG with 0.8 seconds to MARCH 3 Wake Forest 7 p.m. ESPN TBA the Tar Heels a 64-62 home loss. Two days play in Virginia’s 64-62 win; 7 at Duke 8 p.m. ESPN later, Nate Laszewski made a three with 2.4 – on Feb. 17, Notre Dame’s Nate Laszewski seconds to play to lift Notre Dame to a 77-76 hit a winning three-pointer with 2.4 seconds ACC Tournament, March 10-14, Greensboro, N.C. victory. to play in the Irish’s 77-76 victory. • Carolina has lost six times by three points or SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY less in its last 11 games. This is the second • Carolina has lost six games in a row for the $ Battle 4 Atlantis, Chapel Hill time in UNC history and first time since 1940- first time since January 2002. It is the fourth & Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas # ACC-Big Ten Challenge 41 the Tar Heels lost six games in a season by time in school history UNC has lost six or ! CBS Sports Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. three points or less. more straight games. The only longer streak • The six losses by three points or less in- was eight games in 1950-51. All times Eastern clude: 79-76 to Clemson in overtime; 79-77 • This is the third time UNC has lost four or at Virginia Tech in double overtime; 71-70 to more consecutive games this season. The Tar ESPN TBA denotes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ACCN Boston College; 98-96 to Duke in overtime; Heels had lost four in a row only one time (in 64-62 to Virginia; and 77-76 at Notre Dame. 2009-10) in the Roy Williams Era prior to this TV: ESPN (Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes) • Carolina led Notre Dame 64-49 with 8:15 to season. RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric play in the second half before the Irish closed • Carolina’s last four home losses have been Montross) the game on a 28-12 run to win by a point. It decided by a total of eight points (79-76 in NATIONAL RADIO: XM 390 was the fifth time in conference play this sea- overtime vs. Clemson; 71-70 to Boston Col- son the Tar Heels led by double figures in the lege; 98-96 in overtime to Duke; and 64-62 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS second half in a loss. Those games include: to Virginia). Internet GoHeels.com Twitter @UNC_Basketball a 41-30 lead over Pittsburgh with 17:55 to • The Virginia game was the second home Instagram UNC_Basketball play; a 68-58 lead over Clemson with 1:56 game in a row the opposition made a shot Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels to play; a 49-37 lead in Blacksburg over the with less than a second to play to win the YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics Hokies with 12:59 to play; a 77-64 lead over game (Duke both sent the game to overtime Duke with 3:56 to play; and the 64-59 lead at and won the game in OT on buzzer-beating CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) Notre Dame with 8:15 to play. shots). O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 LOUISVILLE SID: Kenny Klein (kenny.klein@louisville. edu) O: 502-852-6581; C: 502-599-7865 CAROLINA-LOUISVILLE SERIES • Carolina is 15-6 against the Cardinals with UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... STATISTICAL COMPARISON wins in the last two and four of the last five UNDER ROY WILLIAMS games between the schools. UNC Louisville • UNC is 2-4 against the Cardinals in Louisville 2019-20 TOTALS Record 10-16, 3-12 22-5, 13-3 (2-2 in the KFC Yum! Center). The Tar Heels Home 5-8 231-40+ Points/Game 71.1 75.4 Away 2-7 119-68 Scoring Defense 71.7 64.0 have won the last two times the teams have Neutral 3-1 113-41 played in Louisville. Scoring Margin -0.6 +11.4 Overtime 0-3 11-13 FG% .414 .456 • Roy Williams is 8-3 against Louisville as UNC’s Leads at Half 8-5 381-45 3FG% .292 .384 head coach and 9-4 overall. Trails at Half 2-10 64-98 • This is the 22nd time UNC has played Louis- Tied at Half 0-1 18-6 3FGs/Game 5.3 8.4 ville. There were no polls when the teams first UNC shoots 50% or better FG 1-2 212-9 FT% .660 .731 played in 1929. Carolina was ranked in the AP UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 7-7 211-71 FG% Defense .416 .385 UNC shoots under 40% FG 2-7 40-69 3FG% Defense .334 .301 poll in each of the next 20 games between the Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 0-2 26-44 schools (in the top 10 in 13 of those games). Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.4 7.2 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 3-10 213-83 Rebounds/Game 43.1 39.2 The Tar Heels are currently unranked.