GAME 28: ACC Tournament Semifinal vs. Florida State Friday, March 12, 2021 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. 8:30 p.m. – ESPN 2020-21 SCHEDULE (18-9, 10-6 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (10-1 Home, 3-7 Away, 5-1 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 28: ACC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON • No. 6 seed Carolina plays No. 2 Florida 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN UNC FSU 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN State tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the semifinals of Record 18-9 15-5 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS the 2021 ACC Tournament. Points/Game 76.0 79.6 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN • The winner advances to Saturday’s champi- Scoring Defense 69.4 70.1 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN onship game vs. Georgia Tech. Scoring Margin +6.6 +8.5 • The Tar Heels are 18-9 overall, winning FG% .445 .472 JANUARY three in a row and 13 of 18 since New Year’s. 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN 3FG% .316 .385 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN • Carolina tied for fifth place in the ACC 3FGs/Game 5.6 8.4 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN standings with a 10-6 record (.625) in league FT% .672 .737 16 at Florida State (-/-) L, 75-82 ESPN play. FG% Defense .420 .400 20 Wake Forest (-/-) W, 80-73 ACCN • The Tar Heels are 26th in the country in 3FG% Defense .344 .339 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.0 8.1 23 NC State (-/-) W, 86-76 ESPN KenPom and 33rd nationally in the NCAA’s 26 at Pittsburgh (-/-) W, 75-65 ACCN Rebounds/Game 43.2 37.4 NET, with a strength of schedule ranked No. Offensive Rebs/Game 15.7 11.8 33 in the country (third most difficult in the FEBRUARY Rebound Margin +11.1 +4.6 2 at Clemson (-/-) L, 50-63 ACCN ACC). Assists/Game 15.7 15.0 6 at Duke (-/-) W, 91-87 ESPN • Carolina has 11 combined wins in Quadrants Turnovers/Game 14.9 13.7 13 at Virginia (-/9) L, 48-60 ESPN 1 and 2, the most among ACC teams. UNC’s Assists/Turnovers 1.1 1.1 16 Northeastern (-/-) W, 82-62 ACCNX three Quadrant I wins are tied for second in Turnovers Forced/Game 13.7 14.4 20 Louisville (-/-) W, 99-54 ESPN the ACC behind Virginia’s five. KenPom.com 24 Marquette (-/-) L, 70-83 ESPN2 • Carolina is one of 12 teams nationally that 27 Florida State (-/11) W, 78-70 ESPN Overall Ranking 26 15 have at least 11 combined Q1 and Q2 wins Offensive Efficiency 111.3 (49) 117.4 (11) MARCH (one of only five non-Big Ten teams with Defensive Efficiency 90.6 (16) 93.9 (46) 1 at Syracuse (-/-) L, 70-72 ESPN Gonzaga, Alabama, Creighton and Oklahoma Effective FG Pct. 48.9 (222) 54.2 (38) 6 Duke (-/-) W, 91-73 ESPN State). Turnover Pct. 20.7 (264) 19.2 (182) 10 vs. Notre Dame* (-/-) W, 101-59 ACCN • Carolina advanced to the semifinals with a Offensive Rebound Pct. 41.3 (1) 35.2 (16) FTA/FGA 34.8 (85) 32.5 (153) 11 vs. Virginia Tech* (-/22) W, 81-73 ESPN 101-59 second-round win over Notre Dame 12 vs. Florida State* (-/15) 8:30 p.m. ESPN Strength of Schedule 30 54 and an 81-73 quarterfinal win over 22nd- SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY ranked Virginia Tech. $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. • Freshman guard RJ Davis came off the CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa bench to score 14 of his team-high 19 points ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio in the second half and Armando Bacot had 17 18 Wins 9 Losses * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. points, 13 rebounds and four blocks against Points Per Game 80.6 67.0 the Hokies. Oppt. Points Per Game 66.7 74.8 All times Eastern • Carolina trailed by three at the half, but FG% .457 .418 scored 15 second-chance points in the second Oppt. FG% .405 .451 Carolina played 16 regular-season ACC games. The Jan. 3FG% .332 .281 12 home game vs. Clemson, Feb. 8 home game vs. half in the win over the Hokies. UNC improved Oppt. 3FG% .310 .408 Miami, Feb. 16 home game vs. Virginia Tech and Feb. to 6-8 this season when trailing at the half. 3FGs Per Game 6.0 4.8 23 game at Boston College were canceled. UNC played • The win over Virginia Tech was the 903rd for Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.1 9.7 Northeastern on Feb. 17 and Marquette on Feb. 24 to Roy Williams, which moved him ahead of Bob FT% .694 .621 replace two of the four canceled games. Knight for third all-time in wins by a Division Oppt. FT% .685 .705 I head coach. Rebound Margin +11.9 +9.7 Assists/Turnovers 297/256 127/146 TV: ACC Network (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Allison • The 42-point win over the Irish was Caroli- Opponent A/TO 217/262 133/109 Williams) na’s largest ever in ACC Tournament play. UNC became the first team to score 100 points in a Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 18 Wins RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric regulation-length ACC Tournament game since Armando Bacot 13.8 Montross, Adam Lucas) 1999. Caleb Love 11.8 Day’Ron Sharpe 10.5 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS • Carolina outscored the Irish, 37-2, over Garrison Brooks 9.5 Internet GoHeels.com 11:38 of the second half, which included runs Kerwin Walton 9.0 Twitter @UNC_Basketball of 15-0 and 22-0. Instagram @UNC_Basketball • Three Tar Heels (Armando Bacot, Walker Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 9 Losses Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Kessler and Day’Ron Sharpe) had double-dou- Garrison Brooks 12.0 YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics bles, the first time UNC accomplished that in Armando Bacot 9.1 an ACC Tourney game since 1963. RJ Davis 9.0 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) Day’Ron Sharpe 8.6 O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 • Kessler set the UNC freshman record, UNC ACC Tournament record and ACC Tournament Caleb Love 7.8 FLORIDA STATE SID: Chuck Walsh ([email protected] ) freshman record with eight blocks. C: 850-694-2540 1 • Freshmen combined for 70 points, the most UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... ever by UNC freshmen in an ACC Tournament TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS game. • More notes from Carolina’s wins over Notre Dame Page(s) ACC Standings 3 2020-21 TOTALS and Virginia Tech are on pages 23-24. Home 10-1 243-41+ UNC in ACC and NCAA Stats 3 Away 3-7 123-77 ACC Tournament History 6 Neutral 5-1 119-43 ACC TOURNAMENT ACC Tournament Results 7 Last Time it Happened/ACC Tournament 8 Overtime 11-13 • Carolina is second all-time in ACC Tournament UNC in Greensboro 9 Leads at Half 11-1 396-46 championships (18) and wins (104) and has Historical Info 10-12 6-8 70-109 Trails at Half played in the finals a record 35 times. Associated Press Rankings 13 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 • Carolina’s most recent title came in 2016 in Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 14 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 6-0 220-9 Washington, D.C. 2020-21 Schedule and Results 15 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 7-6 220-78 • The Tar Heels are 104-48 in the ACC Tourna- UNC-Florida State Series 16 UNC shoots under 40% FG 5-3 45-74 ment, including 35-16 in the semifinals. 2020-21 Postgame Notes 17-24 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-2 27-46 Roy Williams Bio/Charts 25-28 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 8-6 224-92 • UNC’s 35 wins are the most by any team in the #0 Anthony Harris 29 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 9-1 234-23 semifinals. #1 Leaky Black 30 UNC has more rebounds 17-8 413-88 • UNC is 5-1 as a No. 6 seed. The Tar Heels #2 Caleb Love 31 Opponents have more rebounds 1-1 59-66 reached the finals of the 2018 Tournament in #3 Andrew Platek 32 UNC has more offensive rebounds 15-9 323-106 their only other time as a six seed. #4 RJ Davis 33 #5 Armando Bacot 34 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 1-0 130-44 • Carolina is 5-2 against Florida State. This is UNC has more turnovers 8-8 159-87 #11 Day’Ron Sharpe 35 Opponents have more turnovers 9-1 285-64 the first time the teams have met in the ACC #13 Walker Kessler 36 UNC scores 80 or more points 9-1 316-39 Tournament since UNC defeated the Seminoles #14 Puff Johnson 37 UNC scores less than 80 points 9-8 169-122 in the 2013 quarterfinals in Greensboro. #15 Garrison Brooks 38 UNC scores 90 or more points 4-0 154-6 • Roy Williams is 29-14 as Carolina’s head #24 Kerwin Walton 39 UNC scores 100 or more points 1-0 64-2 Game-by-Game Stats for Miller, Lebo, Smith, 40 coach in the ACC Tournament.