to replace Saban? The idiots running UNC almost certainly would spend the entire bank to keep Mack.

I am surprised. I thought that Saban would coach 1 or maybe 2 more years. But as in everything else, Saban is MUCH better to have than Mack as 75 fast approaches.

Will Bama get Kiffin? Dabo? Sarkisian? Schumann?

Moving forward the ACC and Big 12 are done…The only way for either to make the playoffs is to run the table and go unbeaten…Look at the final rankings this past year and tell me what you see….

Because of the two missed free throws in the second half, Triangle area Chick-Fil-As are giving away free sandwiches on Thursday only.

You have to open your app, go to the Rewards tab, and claim it BEFORE MIDNIGHT (20 mins from now).

Tomorrow you’ll see it in your Rewards tab. Hit Redeem and add it to your order.

What a rocket ride up that rating on KenPom. Now our defense is rated better than our offense (#15)

CAROLINA 67, NC STATE 54
JANUARY 10, 2024
PNC ARENA
RALEIGH, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 16
UNC Rebound Leader: Harrison Ingram career-high 19 (most ever by UNC vs. NC State)
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 6
Team Records: UNC 12-3, 4-0 ACC, NC State 11-4, 3-1 ACC

• Carolina is 4-0 in ACC play for the first time since 2015-16 (won its first eight ACC games that season).
• Carolina won its third straight road game holding the opponents under 60 points in all three, the first time it did that since 1998-99 (72-54 win at Florida State on 1/6/99, 59-56 win at NC State on 1/16/99 and 52-40 win at Wake Forest on 1/23/99).
• Harrison Ingram grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, most ever by a Tar Heel against NC State (in 245 games). Armando Bacot had 18 twice and Billy Cunningham had 18 in 1965.
• Carolina held the Wolfpack to 54 points, lowest by NC State in the series since a 60-52 Tar Heel victory in Raleigh on 1/28/2001.
• NC State shot 26.9% from the floor (18 of 67), lowest by the Pack against the Tar Heels since at least 1954. The previous low in that stretch was 28.3% in the 1998 ACC Tournament quarterfinals, a 73-46 UNC victory (our records don’t include NC State’s shooting percentages for several games from 1952-54).

• It was the fourth-lowest percentage allowed by the Tar Heels in any ACC regular-season or ACC Tournament game. The only lower percentages were by Virginia Tech in 2008 (25.9%), South Carolina in 1959-60 and Duke in 1954.
• It was the lowest field goal percentage by an opponent since UNCA shot 26.5% on 11/23/2021.
• RJ Davis led UNC in scoring for the 11th time in 15 games this season and 30th time overall.
• Davis became the 29th Tar Heel to score at least 1,600 points.
• Cormac Ryan made his 100th collegiate start.

• Elliot Cadeau had 11 points and six assists. It was his third game scoring in double figures and his most assists since he had 10 against Tennessee on November 29.
• Armando Bacot was 3 for 4 from the free throw line and passed Bobby Lewis for fifth in all-time makes by a Tar Heel.
• Carolina won its third straight road game for the first time since winning five in a row late in the 2021-22 season.
• NC State shot 2 for 21 from three for 9.5%. In the previous game Clemson shot 5.6% from three (1 for 18). It’s the first time consecutive opponents made less than 10% from three since Rutgers (7.1%) and Saint Louis (9.1%) in the 2006-07 season.
• It was Carolina’s fifth quad 1 win of the season. Entering tonight’s action only Purdue and Arizona had at least five Q1 wins.
• Carolina has scored 70 (at Pittsburgh), 65 (at Clemson) and 67 (at NC State) in its last three wins. It is the first time since 2002-03 the Tar Heel scored 70 or fewer points in three consecutive wins. (68-66 win vs. Clemson, 68-65 win vs. UConn and after a five-game losing streak a 61-60 win over Florida State. All three of the wins in 2003 were in Chapel Hill).

Carolina-NC State
• Carolina is 165-80 all-time against NC State, including 69-48 on the road (19-6 in PNC Arena).
• Including four NCAA Tournament games, UNC is 23-6 in PNC Arena.
• The Tar Heels have won 37 of the last 43 games in the series.

Next Game: Saturday, January 13, vs. Syracuse in Chapel Hill, Noon, ESPN

I cannot put a finger on it but something has changed in Armando’s game this last two games and I for one like it a lot. Against both Pittsburgh and Clemson who like to play physical and take no prisoners Bacot never once retreated and treating body blows with body blows of his own.

Armando to me played like he had a chip on his shoulder and he was not going to be denied getting his shot off deep in the blocks, cleaning up the boards, keeping his opponents from doing serious damage against his team and even getting some assists.

My guess would be that Bacot now knows that this is his last rodeo in Carolina Blue and he wants all of those couch coaches who could not hold his jock and continue to say he is soft to enjoy eating a monster bowl of crow…

Wednesday he will get DJ Burns who is tremendous down low and has a mid range game and is big enough to battle Bacot straight up so we will how he handles that battle and more importantly lead by example..

DEFENSIVE teams Carolina has had in a long time. Their effort, defensively is as Good as I can recall, And the really scary part about this team is that they can get better...when they put it all together...they can and will beat anyone. Love this team, it's intensity unselfishness and grit.

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Old games and records do not matter when these two Tobacco Road Opponents meet and I expect no difference tonight. State plays very similar to Miami as they start one big and 4 guards who can all shoot from downtown and they are very careful with the rock.

I expect the game will come down to the bigs in the paint who can score, who can defend the other and who gets into foul trouble. I like D J Burns a lot because he has both an inside game and a nice mid range jumper and can post on anyone. Bacot is taller and probably just as strong as Burns so in the end it might be like Ali vsFrazier 15 round fight…

In the last two games Carolina’s perimeter defense has been great limiting Pittsburgh and Clemson’s bombers and the hope is that the trend will continue tonight.

Both the Panthers and the Tigers made a conscious effort to take R J Davis out of the Tar Heels offense by putting a taller defender on him and at times double teaming him making others step up to score and his teammates did just that. I do not know if State will continue that trend but if they do I expect Ryan and Ingram to step up big time.

I do not remember one time that Carolina was able to run a fast break against Clemson so this might be a good time to speed up the action especially since Burns carries 300 pounds on his frame
give or take and that could really tire him out.

One other thing don’t be surprised if Withers instead of Washington comes in when Armando needs a break because he is more compact and has played in the paint before.

When the smoke clears I feel Carolina will win a close one but more importantly with a high emotional contest against a rival team my biggest hope is that all of the Tar Heel players come out of this battle with no injuries…

Take no prisoners and leave no doubt

Trey, Chelsea and I are here at PNC Arena.

Looking forward to a wild atmosphere, and it will be fun seeing how the Heels play.