GAME 24: at Syracuse Monday, March 1 Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. 7 p.m. – ESPN 2020-21 SCHEDULE (15-8, 9-5 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (9-1 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 24 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON • Carolina begins the month of March with its 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN UNC SYRACUSE 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN final ACC road game when the Tar Heels visit Record 15-8, 9-5 13-8, 7-7 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS the Carrier Dome to play Syracuse on Monday, Points/Game 74.3 76.3 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN March 1, at 7 p.m. Scoring Defense 69.4 71.6 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN • UNC has remaining regular-season games Scoring Margin +4.9 +4.7 this week at Syracuse and home vs. Duke. FG% .440 .440 JANUARY • The Tar Heels will play nine ACC road games 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN 3FG% .309 .332 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN and only seven at home. UNC is 6-0 in con- 3FGs/Game 5.3 7.8 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN ference play at the Smith Center and 3-5 thus FT% .665 .787 16 at Florida State (-/-) L, 75-82 ESPN far on the road. FG% Defense .424 .421 20 Wake Forest (-/-) W, 80-73 ACCN • Of the five teams ahead of UNC in the ACC 3FG% Defense .354 .318 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.1 8.6 23 NC State (-/-) W, 86-76 ESPN standings, only Virginia is also scheduled to 26 at Pittsburgh (-/-) W, 75-65 ACCN Rebounds/Game 42.6 36.3 play nine ACC road games (Louisville should Offensive Rebs/Game 15.2 10.9 play eight; Florida State, Clemson and Virginia FEBRUARY Rebound Margin +10.4 -1.4 2 at Clemson (-/-) L, 50-63 ACCN Tech are slated to play seven). Assists/Game 15.5 15.0 6 at Duke (-/-) W, 91-87 ESPN • Carolina went 2-0 in November, 3-4 in De- Turnovers/Game 14.8 11.5 13 at Virginia (-/9) L, 48-60 ESPN cember, 6-1 in January and 4-3 in February. Assists/Turnovers 1.0 1.3 16 Northeastern (-/-) W, 82-62 ACCNX • Roy Williams is 95-32 (.748) in March as Turnovers Forced/Game 13.8 14.0 20 Louisville (-/-) W, 99-54 ESPN head coach of the Tar Heels. KenPom.com 24 Marquette (-/-) L, 70-83 ESPN2 • On January 12, UNC defeated the Orange, 27 Florida State (-/11) W, 78-70 ESPN Overall Ranking 34 62 81-75, in Chapel Hill. Notes on that game on Offensive Efficiency 109.6 (67) 112.6 (28) MARCH pages 2 and 14. Defensive Efficiency 91.4 (22) 98.1 (97) 1 at Syracuse (-/-) 7 p.m. ESPN • UNC is 15-8 overall, 9-5 in ACC play. The Effective FG Pct. 48.3 (258) 50.3 (159) 6 Duke (-/-) 6 p.m. ESPN Tar Heels defeated ACC-leading Florida State, Turnover Pct. 20.6 (259) 16.2 (40) 9-13 ACC Tournament * 78-70, on Saturday. Offensive Rebound Pct. 40.1 (1) 29.9 (116) FTA/FGA 34.7 (94) 29.4 (234) • Carolina rallied from 16 down in the first SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY Strength of Schedule 32 64 half and 12 at the break, took its first lead of $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa the second half with 15:20 to play and went ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio ahead for good on an Armando Bacot dunk CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. with 11:45 remaining. • It was Carolina’s largest comeback win 15 Wins 8 Losses All times Eastern since 2011 and marked the first time in UNC Points Per Game 78.5 66.6 history four freshmen were the only Tar Heels Oppt. Points Per Game 66.4 75.1 Carolina has 16 ACC games and 25 regular-season FG% .449 .423 games scheduled. The Jan. 12 home game vs. Clemson, to score in double figures. Walker Kessler led with a season-high 20. Kerwin Walton (13), Oppt. FG% .407 .457 Feb. 8 home game vs. Miami, Feb. 16 home game 3FG% .317 .293 vs. Virginia Tech and Feb. 23 game at Boston College Caleb Love (12) and RJ Davis (12) also scored Oppt. 3FG% .316 .425 were canceled. Playing Northeastern on Feb. 17 and in double figures. UNC got only 13 combined 3FGs Per Game 5.5 4.9 Marquette on Feb. 24 replaced two of the four canceled points from Bacot, Garrison Brooks and Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.2 9.9 games. Day’Ron Sharpe, who rank first, second and FT% .686 .618 fourth on the team in scoring this season. Oppt. FT% .681 .704 • The win was the 900th for Roy Williams, Rebound Margin +11.5 +8.4 Assists/Turnovers 245/214 111/126 TV: ESPN (Sean McDonough, Cory Alexander) making him the fourth to reach 900 wins as Opponent A/TO 176/220 115/97 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Jones Angell, Eric a D-1 head coach. He won his 900th in fewer Montross, Adam Lucas) games (1,161) and seasons (33) than Mike Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 15 Wins NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One (Lance Medow, Steve Krzyzewski, Jim Boeheim and Bob Knight, Armando Bacot 12.9 Lappas) who also have 900-plus wins as a D-1 coach. Caleb Love 11.5 Day’Ron Sharpe 10.5 CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS • The win over Florida State also came in Garrison Brooks 9.5 Internet GoHeels.com Williams’ 500th home game as a college head Kerwin Walton 8.9 Twitter @UNC_Basketball coach (including UNC and Kansas). His teams Instagram @UNC_Basketball are 443-57 at home, winning 88.6 percent of Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 8 Losses Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels the time. Garrison Brooks 12.1 YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics • More notes from UNC-Florida State on pages RJ Davis 9.0 17-18 and Williams’ 900 wins on page 2. Day’Ron Sharpe 8.9 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) Armando Bacot 8.0 O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 • Syracuse is 13-8 overall, 7-7 in the ACC, Caleb Love 7.5 and 10-1 at home this season. The Orange SYRACUSE SID: Pete Moore ([email protected]) has lost its last two games at Duke and at C: 315-952-5011 Georgia Tech. 1 UNC-SYRACUSE UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... • Carolina is 14-5 against the Orange, including TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS 10-2 since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2013-14. • The Tar Heels have won 10 of the last 11. Page(s) 2020-21 TOTALS ACC Standings 5 • Carolina is 11-2 in the Carrier Dome (4-1 Historical Info 5-7 Home 9-1 242-41+ against Syracuse and 7-1 in NCAA Tournament Away 3-6 123-76 Associated Press Rankings 8 Neutral 3-1 117-43 games in 1983, 1991, 1997 and 2005). Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 9 2020-21 Schedule and Results 10 Overtime 11-13 • Carolina has won its last three games vs. the UNC-Syracuse Series 11 Leads at Half 9-1 394-46 Orange in the Carrier Dome in 2016, 2018 and 2020-21 Postgame Notes 12-18 5-7 69-108 Trails at Half 2020. Roy Williams Bio/Charts 19-22 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 • Roy Williams is 11-5 against Syracuse (10-3 as #0 Anthony Harris 23 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 4-0 218-9 head coach of the Tar Heels and 1-2 at Kansas). #1 Leaky Black 24 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 6-6 219-78 #2 Caleb Love 25 UNC shoots under 40% FG 5-2 45-73 JAN. 12, 2021 – @CAROLINA 81, SYRACUSE 75 #3 Andrew Platek 26 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 1-2 27-46 #4 RJ Davis 27 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 6-5 222-91 • Garrison Brooks (16/10) and Armando Bacot #5 Armando Bacot 28 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 8-1 233-23 (15/12) had double-doubles, RJ Davis added two #11 Day’Ron Sharpe 29 UNC has more rebounds 14-7 410-87 three-pointers and 12 points and Leaky Black #13 Walker Kessler 30 Opponents have more rebounds 1-1 59-66 had seven assists, blocked three shots and #14 Puff Johnson 31 UNC has more offensive rebounds 13-8 321-105 helped hold Buddy Boeheim scoreless after he #15 Garrison Brooks 32 #24 Kerwin Walton 33 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 129-44 scored 18 points in the first half. UNC has more turnovers 7-7 158-86 Game-by-Game Stats for Miller, Lebo, Smith, 34 Opponents have more turnovers 8-1 284-64 • The Tar Heels had 24 offensive rebounds, Farris and McAdoo UNC scores 80 or more points 6-1 313-39 three more than Syracuse had defensive, which Career Highs 35 UNC scores less than 80 points 9-7 169-121 led to 24 second-chance points.