NCAA Champions - 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 u NCAA-Record 18 Final Fours u Over 2,100 Wins GoHeels.com u @UNC_Basketball 2015-15 Schedule North Carolina vs. North Carolina Central 2014-15 Carolina 0-0 Friday, November 14, 2014 u 8 p.m. u ESPNU Basketball (0-0 home, 0-0 away, 0-0 neutral) Chapel Hill u Smith Center Game 1 Date Opponent/Event (TV) Time/Result GAME INFORMATION November Site: Smith Center 11/14 NC Central (ESPNU) 8 p.m. TV Talent: Roy Philpott (play-by-play) & 11/16 Robert Morris-1 (ESPNU) 6 p.m. Fran Fraschilla (analyst) 11/22 at Davidson (TWC) 2 p.m. Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, 0-0 0-0 11/26 vs. Butler-2 (ESPN2) Noon On satellite (Sirius 93, XM 193) GoHeels.com NCCUEaglePride.com 11/27 vs. Oklahoma or UCLA-2 (TBA) TBA Radio Talent: Jones Angell (play-by-play) 11/28 vs. TBA-2 (TBA) TBA UNC-NCCU Series: Tar Heels lead, 1-0 Eric Montross (analyst) December Last Meeting: UNC 89, NCCU 42 12/3 Iowa-3 (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. Livestats: GoHeels.com on Nov. 11, 2009, in Chapel Hill 12/7 East Carolina (ESPNU) 3 p.m. Rankings: UNC: No. 6 AP, No. 6 coaches; 12/13 at Kentucky (CBS) Noon NCCU is unranked. 12/16 at UNCG (ESPN2) 7 p.m. More Info: GoHeels.com, @UNC_Basketball 12/20 vs. Ohio State-4 (CBS) 1 p.m. 12/27 UAB (ESPN2) 4 p.m. 12/30 William & Mary (RSN) 7 p.m. January AT A GLANCE days later in the AT&T Center. 1/3 at Clemson (ESPN) 4:30 or 8 p.m. u North Carolina will open the 2014-15 sea- u NC Central returns two starters from last 1/5 Notre Dame (ESPN or ESPN2) 7 p.m. son on Friday against North Carolina Central. Roy year’s squad that went 28-6 overall and 15-1 in 1/10 Louisville (ESPN) 2 p.m. Philpott (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (ana- the MEAC. 1/14 at NC State (ESPN2) 7 p.m. lyst) will be on hand to call the action for ESPNU. u The Eagles’ 2014-15 roster includes trans- 1/18 Virginia Tech (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. The opening tip is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. fers from Marquette, Lamar, James Madison, 1/21 at Wake Forest (ESPN2) 7 p.m. u The Tar Heels enter the season ranked No. Florida Gulf Coast and Mississippi Valley State. 1/24 Florida State (ESPN or ESPN2) 2 p.m. 6 in both national polls. Six players on the NCCU roster are 6-7 in height 1/26 Syracuse (ESPN) 7 p.m. 1/31 at Louisville (ESPN or ESPN2) 4 or 7 p.m. u The North Carolina Central campus is less or taller. February than 15 miles from the Smith Center, but Friday’s 2/2 Virginia (ESPN) 7 p.m. game will be just the second meeting between TAR HEELS IN SEASON OPENERS 2/7 at Boston College (ACC Network) 3 p.m. Carolina and NCCU on the hardwood. u North Carolina is 92-12 all-time in sea- 2/14 at Pitt (ACC Network) Noon u UNC will play a second home game this son-opening games. 2/18 at Duke (ESPN/ACC Network) 9 p.m. weekend when it hosts Robert Morris on Sunday u UNC has won 79 of its last 84 season open- 2/21 Georgia Tech (ACC Network) Noon (Nov. 16) at 6 p.m. That game is part of the Battle ers, including nine in a row. 2/24 NC State (ACC Network) 8 p.m. 2/28 at Miami (CBS) 2 p.m. 4 Atlantis tournament, which will continue in the u Since the 1930-31 season, the Tar Heels March Bahamas later this month. have dropped season-opening games in 1965-66 3/3 at Georgia Tech (ESPNU) 7 p.m. (at Clemson), 1982-83 (vs. St. John’s), 1996-97 3/7 Duke (ESPN) 6 or 9 p.m. ROY WILLIAMS NEEDS ONE WIN FOR 1,000 (vs. Arizona), 2001-02 (Hampton) and 2004-05 3/10-14 ACC Tournament-5 (TBA) TBA AS A COLLEGE HEAD & ASSISTANT COACH (vs. Santa Clara). u North Carolina head coach Roy Williams • Opponent rankings are AP/Coaches polls enters Friday’s game with North Carolina Central CAROLINA IN HOME OPENERS • All times Eastern needing one win to reach 1,000 combined wins u North Carolina is 97-7 all-time in home in his college coaching career (as a head and as- openers, winning 81 of its last 83 and 12 in a row. 1-Battle 4 Atlantis, Chapel Hill 2-Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas sistant coach). u Carolina has lost its home opener just twice u 3-ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Chapel Hill Williams, in his 37th season of college since the 1928-29 season — in 1999-2000 to 4-CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, Ill. coaching, has a combined record of 999-255. Michigan State and in 2001-02 to Hampton. 5-ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. That includes a 724-190 mark as a head coach u UNC is 25-2 in home openers in the Smith and 275-65 in 10 seasons as an assistant to Dean Center. Smith at Carolina from 1979-88. A CAROLINA WIN WOULD... PREVIEWING THE EAGLES u Improve Carolina to 1-0 this season...Im- u ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS North Carolina Central reached the NCAA prove Roy Williams to 12-0 in home openers as u Steve Kirschner Tournament last year in its program’s third sea- the UNC head coach...Give the Tar Heels their Office: (919) 962-7258 son in Division I. 10th win in a row on opening night and their Mobile: (919) 475-2695 Email: [email protected] u The Eagles and Tar Heels both played in 80th in the last 85 years...Improve UNC to 98-7 the 2014 NCAA Tournament East Regional last in home openers, including 26-2 in the Smith u Matt Bowers March, and both teams saw their season come Center...Give UNC its 13th consecutive win in Office: (919) 962-7259 to an end at the hands of Iowa State in San An- its home opener...Give Roy Williams his 1,000th Mobile: (919) 619-7021 tonio. The Cyclones beat NCCU in the second combined win as a college coach (head and as- Email: [email protected] round and the Tar Heels in the third round two sistant). @UNC_Basketball 1 A CAROLINA LOSS WOULD... 2014-15 TAR HEEL HONORS u Drop the Tar Heels to 0-1 in 2014-15...End Marcus Paige 17 TAR HEELS IN THE NBA Player Team Carolina’s nine-game winning streak on opening Preseason 1st-team All-America (AP, Sports Illustrat- Harrison Barnes, 3rd season Golden State night...End UNC’s 12-game win streak in home ed, Sporting News, Athlon, Blue Ribbon Yearbook) Preseason ACC Player of the Year Reggie Bullock, 2nd season L.A. Clippers openers...Be Roy Williams’ first loss in a home Preseason All-ACC Team Vince Carter, 17th season Memphis opener at Carolina. Best Point Guard in the Nation (ESPN.com, Sporting Ed Davis, 5th season L.A. Lakers News) Wayne Ellington, 6th season L.A. Lakers A LOOK AHEAD TO A TOUGH Second-Best Player in the Nation (ESPN.com) Raymond Felton, 10th season Dallas EARLY STRETCH OF THE SCHEDULE ... Danny Green, 5th season San Antonio P.J. Hairston, rookie Charlotte u Friday’s game is the first of two in a row at u Roy Williams has 144 career wins in ACC Tyler Hansbrough, 6th season Toronto home for the Tar Heels on opening weekend, a regular season and ACC Tournament games, Brendan Haywood, 14th season Cleveland three-day span followed by four games in a row ranking sixth in conference history (Bobby Cre- John Henson, 3rd season Milwaukee and seven of nine away from Chapel Hill. mins of Georgia Tech is fifth with 149). Williams’ Ty Lawson, 6th season Denver u After the matchup with Robert Morris on 306 overall wins as an ACC coach are seventh in Kendall Marshall, 3rd season Milwaukee Sunday, Carolina will play a road game against league history (Terry Holland of Virginia is sixth Travis Wear*, rookie New York Davidson in Charlotte on Saturday Nov. 22. The with 326). Marvin Williams, 10th season Charlotte next evening, the team will fly to the Bahamas u Williams’ ACC road game winning percent- Brandan Wright, 8th season Dallas for Thanksgiving week at the Battle 4 Atlantis, age is second-best in conference history at .644 Tyler Zeller, 3rd season Boston *Wear played at UNC in 2009-10 before where UNC will play three games on Nov. 26- (58-32 road record). transferring to UCLA 27-28. u The week after Thanksgiving, the Tar Heels DAVIDSON GAME ON TIME-WARNER CABLE MOST PLAYERS ON u UNC-NC Central Series History will host back-to-back home games against Iowa North Carolina’s game vs. Davidson on 2014-15 NBA OPENING DAY ROSTERS Series Record: UNC leads, 1-0 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 3 and East Saturday November 22 will be televised on 1. Kentucky 19 Last Meeting: UNC 89, NCCU 42 on Carolina on Dec. 7. Time Warner Cable’s Sports Channel Carolinas, 2. Duke 18 Nov. 11, 2009, in Chapel Hill u Then it’s back on the road for three consec- which airs on digital channel 323 in the Triangle.