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GAME 23: Florida State Saturday, February 27 Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, N.C. 4 p.m. – ESPN 2020-21 SCHEDULE (14-8, 8-5 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (8-1 Home, 3-6 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 23 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON • Carolina closes out the month of February 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN UNC FLORIDA STATE 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN when it hosts Florida State at the Dean E. Record 14-8, 8-5 14-3, 10-2 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS Smith Center on Saturday at 4 p.m. Points/Game 74.2 79.8 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN • UNC is 14-8 overall, 8-5 in ACC play. Scoring Defense 69.4 69.2 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN • UNC is coming off an 83-70 home loss to Scoring Margin +4.8 +10.6 Marquette on February 24, a non-conference FG% .443 .476 JANUARY game that Carolina added last weekend after 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN 3FG% .315 .391 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN its game at Boston College on the 23rd be- 3FGs/Game 5.3 8.5 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN came UNC’s fourth ACC contest canceled due FT% .650 .740 16 at Florida State (-/-) L, 75-82 ESPN to Covid-19 safety protocols. FG% Defense .426 .402 20 Wake Forest (-/-) W, 80-73 ACCN • Garrison Brooks led UNC with 18 points, 3FG% Defense .356 .343 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.3 7.9 23 NC State (-/-) W, 86-76 ESPN which matched his season high, against Mar- 26 at Pittsburgh (-/-) W, 75-65 ACCN Rebounds/Game 42.5 37.7 quette. Those were 18 of the 33 points scored Offensive Rebs/Game 15.0 11.7 by UNC’s starters. The only other Tar Heels to FEBRUARY Rebound Margin +10.5 +6.1 2 at Clemson (-/-) L, 50-63 ACCN score in double figures were RJ Davis (11) and Assists/Game 15.7 15.5 6 at Duke (-/-) W, 91-87 ESPN Walker Kessler (10). Turnovers/Game 14.5 13.2 13 at Virginia (-/9) L, 48-60 ESPN • Marquette led by 18 points late in the Assists/Turnovers 1.1 1.2 16 Northeastern (-/-) W, 82-62 ACCNX first half and 16 at the break. The 18 points Turnovers Forced/Game 13.6 13.4 20 Louisville (-/-) W, 99-54 ESPN represented UNC’s largest deficit of the sea- KenPom.com 24 Marquette (-/-) L, 70-83 ESPN2 son, and the halftime deficit was also UNC’s 27 Florida State (-/11) 4 p.m. ESPN Overall Ranking 36 11 largest of the season. Offensive Efficiency 110.2 (62) 119.0 (8) MARCH • That came one game after UNC led Lou- Defensive Efficiency 92.2 (25) 94.8 (50) 1 at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPN isville by 19 at halftime and defeated the Effective FG Pct. 48.5 (242) 54.8 (31) 6 Duke 6 p.m. ESPN Cardinals by 45 points, both season highs for Turnover Pct. 20.3 (240) 18.9 (160) 9-13 ACC Tournament * the Tar Heels. Offensive Rebound Pct. 39.5 (2) 35.9 (12) FTA/FGA 34.0 (113) 33.5 (128) • Florida State, 14-3 overall, has won four in SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Strength of Schedule 32 49 a row to lead the ACC at 10-2 in league play. $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa • The Seminoles defeated UNC, 82-75, in ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio Tallahassee on January 16. CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. • More notes from the UNC-Marquette game on page 17. 14 Wins 8 Losses All times Eastern • On Wednesday, February 24, the state of Points Per Game 78.5 66.6 North Carolina announced new regulations Oppt. Points Per Game 66.1 75.1 Carolina has 16 ACC games scheduled. The Jan. 12 FG% .453 .423 home game vs. Clemson, Feb. 8 home game vs. Miami, that allow indoor arenas that hold 5,000 or seats to allow 15 percent capacity. Fans will Oppt. FG% .408 .457 Feb. 16 home game vs. Virginia Tech and Feb. 23 game 3FG% .326 .293 at Boston College were postponed. Playing Northeastern be required to sit at least six feet apart and Oppt. 3FG% .317 .425 on Feb. 17 and Marquette on Feb. 24 replaced two of wear masks. 3FGs Per Game 5.6 4.9 the four postponed games. • Approximately 75 percent (about 2,400) Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.4 9.9 of the available tickets in the Smith Center FT% .666 .618 will be reserved for Carolina students via the Oppt. FT% .684 .704 student lottery system. Other ticket blocks will Rebound Margin +11.8 +8.4 Assists/Turnovers 234/193 111/126 TV: ESPN (Doug Sherman, Cory Alexander) be available to the families of student-athletes Opponent A/TO 168/203 115/97 and coaches, health care workers from UNC RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric Hospitals and a small number of donors. No Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 14 Wins Montross, Adam Lucas) tickets will be available for sale. Armando Bacot 13.4 Caleb Love 11.4 NATIONAL RADIO: ESPN (Sean Kelley, Bob Valvano) ROY’S 500TH HOME GAME Day’Ron Sharpe 11.1 Garrison Brooks 9.9 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS • Florida State is the 500th home game as a Kerwin Walton 8.6 Internet GoHeels.com college head coach for Roy Williams (includ- Twitter @UNC_Basketball ing UNC and Kansas). Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 8 Losses Instagram @UNC_Basketball • His teams are 442-57 at home, winning Garrison Brooks 12.1 Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels 88.6 percent of the time. RJ Davis 9.0 YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics • Carolina is 241-41 at home under Wil- Day’Ron Sharpe 8.9 Armando Bacot 8.0 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) liams – 239-40 at the Smith Center, 1-1 at Caleb Love 7.5 O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 Carmichael Arena and 1-0 in the Greensboro Coliseum in a 2017 game the NCAA designat- FLORIDA STATE SID: Chuck Walsh ([email protected] ) ed as a home game. C: 850-694-2540 1 UNC-FLORIDA STATE UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... • Carolina is 50-15 against the Seminoles, TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS including 40-14 since FSU joined began play in the ACC in 1991-92. Page(s) 2020-21 TOTALS ACC Standings 5 • Carolina is 21-4 at home – 18-4 at the Smith Historical Info 5-7 Home 8-1 241-41+ Center and 3-0 at Carmichael Auditorium. Away 3-6 123-76 Associated Press Rankings 8 Neutral 3-1 117-43 • The Tar Heels have won the last five in Chapel Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 9 2020-21 Schedule and Results 10 Overtime 11-13 Hill. UNC-Florida State Series 11 Leads at Half 9-1 394-46 • The Seminoles have won two straight and three 2020-21 Postgame Notes 12-17 4-7 68-108 Trails at Half of the last four (all three UNC losses have come Roy Williams Bio/Charts 18-21 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 in Tallahassee by one, six and seven points). #0 Anthony Harris 22 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 4-0 218-9 • This is the second time in three games (and #1 Leaky Black 23 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 6-6 219-78 the only two times in series history) the Tar Heels #2 Caleb Love 24 UNC shoots under 40% FG 4-2 44-73 are unranked and playing a ranked FSU team. #3 Andrew Platek 25 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-2 27-46 #4 RJ Davis 26 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 6-5 222-91 Last season, the eighth-ranked Seminoles beat #5 Armando Bacot 27 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 7-1 232-23 UNC, 65-59, in Tallahassee. #11 Day’Ron Sharpe 28 UNC has more rebounds 13-7 409-87 • Roy Williams is 21-8 against the Seminoles #13 Walker Kessler 29 Opponents have more rebounds 1-1 59-66 (20-8 at UNC, 1-0 at Kansas). #14 Puff Johnson 30 UNC has more offensive rebounds 12-8 320-105 #15 Garrison Brooks 31 #24 Kerwin Walton 32 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 129-44 EARLIER THIS YEAR IN TALLAHASSEE UNC has more turnovers 6-7 157-86 Game-by-Game Stats for Miller, Lebo, Smith, 33 Opponents have more turnovers 8-1 284-64 JAN. 16 – FSU 82, CAROLINA 75 Farris and McAdoo UNC scores 80 or more points 6-1 313-39 • Florida State was 11 for 11 from the foul line Career Highs 34 UNC scores less than 80 points 8-7 168-121 in the first half and 26 of 27 for the game. 2020-21 Team Game-by-Game Stats 35 UNC scores 90 or more points 2-0 152-6 That’s the third-best percentage (.963) ever in a 2020-21 Season Highs/Lows 36 UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 Highs/Lows under Roy Williams 37 game against UNC by an opponent with 20 or 2020-21 Miscellaneous Stats, 38 Opponents score 80 or more points 1-3 63-77 more attempts (Wake Forest was 32 for 32 in Points Per Possession Opponents score less than 80 points 13-5 418-83 2005 and NC State was 22 for 22 in 2003).