Only four teams (Houston, Purdue, Arizona & UConn) have more Quad 1 wins than UNC, which has 6.

Tar Heels are No. 10 today: 6-4 in Q1 games, 4-0 in Q2 games, 4-1 in Q3 games, 5-0 in Q4 games.

CAROLINA 75, MIAMI 72
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
WATSCO CENTER
CORAL GABLES, FLA.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 25
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 15
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 8
Team Records: UNC 19-5, 11-2 ACC; Miami 15-9, 6-7 ACC

• The win clinches Carolina’s 44th winning record on the road in the ACC in 71 seasons.
• Carolina is 6-1 on the road this year, all in conference play.
• Carolina made 11 threes, most in ACC play this season and the most since the Tar Heels made 12 vs. Charleston Southern on December 29. The Tar Heels attempted a season-high 31 threes.
• The Tar Heels committed 16 turnovers that led to 22 Miami points. They were the second-most turnovers in a win this season (17 at Florida State).
• Armando Bacot played in his 156th game, breaking the all-time UNC record. It was his 155th start, also a record.

• Bacot had his 79th career double-double (11th this season). He passed Lew Alcindor, Jerry Lucas and Mel Counts (all had 78) and tied Oscar Robertson and Michael Brooks for eighth all-time in NCAA history with 79.
• UNC is 9-2 this season and 57-22 in the last five seasons when Bacot has a double-double.
• Bacot passed Sam Perkins for third in UNC career scoring. Bacot has 2,149; Perkins scored 2,145.
• Bacot passed Tim Duncan for third place in ACC history in rebounds. Bacot has 1,581 (Duncan had 1,570).

• It was Bacot’s 26th career game with 15 or more rebounds, second most by a Tar Heel.
• It was the third straight game Bacot had four offensive rebounds.
• Bacot blocked two shots. He became the first Tar Heel with 2,000 points, 1,500 rebounds, 200 blocks and 100 steals.
• RJ Davis scored a game-high 25 points. It was his eighth 25-point game this season, his 16th 20-point game and the 18th time he led UNC in scoring this season (UNC 14-4 in those 18 games).
• Davis made five three-pointers, the seventh time in his career he made five or more.

• Davis extended his UNC record for consecutive games making multiple threes to 21, six more than any other Tar Heel ever accomplished.
• Davis passed Joel Berry II for 14th in career scoring. Davis has 1,819 points; Berry scored 1,813.
• Davis passed Shammond Williams for third in UNC three-pointers. Davis has 236, Williams made 233 Bobby Lewis is 13th.
• Elliot Cadeau scored a season-high 19 points (previous was 16 at Florida State).
• Cadeau hit two three-pointers for the first time this season. They were his first threes in ACC play (his last was on December 29 vs. Charleston Southern).

• Cadeau had eight assists, his most in ACC play and most since he had 10 against Tennessee on November 29.
• Cadeau also had a season-high four steals.
• Carolina had a 10-0 run in the first half. It was the 16th time this season UNC at least one 10-point run (13-3 in those games).
• The Tar Heels scored a season-low one bench point (free throw by Zayden High).
• Carolina played its second straight game without Seth Trimble (upper body injury).
• Carolina held Miami to 26.1% from three (6 of 23). It was the 12th time an opponent shot under 30% from three this season (UNC 11-1 in those games).
• The Tar Heels led for 32:30, one game after not leading at all against Clemson.

Carolina-Miami
• The Tar Heels are 27-10 against the Hurricanes, including 20-9 since Miami joined the ACC in the 2004-05 season.
• Carolina is 11-4 at Miami, including 9-4 in the Watsco Center.

Next Game: Tuesday, February 13 at Syracuse (7 p.m., ESPN)

The road gets tougher when people have video of how you play or have played you once previously. To wit, the following to 25 teams went down this weekend, Wicsonsin, Illinios, Tennessee ( crushed ), Kentucky ( 3 straight losses ), Auburn, and Texas Tech. Whole lotta reasons to be squared away every time you take the floor.

to become tOSU OC.

Now that is an even more thought provoking move than O[Brien leaving tOSU OC before coaching a down to become BC HC. UCLA was not left behind in. dead Pac (if it had been, it now would be in the ACC along with Cal and Stanford). So Kelly left being HC at a new BT member to become OC at the most powerful BT football member. Is that just Kelly making a move he thinks best for him to become HC in the NFL or for a major CFB power? Or is the move one that marks the huge gulf between a small number of P2 programs nd the rest of the P2 programs?

I am here flying solo, will post some pics and clips here as we build toward game time.

Posted Jan 19, 2024
UNC or NC State won't be able to leave the ACC without approval from the UNC System president and its board of governors under a proposal to be considered by the board next week. "I think Carolina and State ought to be in the same conference," said House Speaker Tim Moore. "I think you’d have a lot of resistance to them split off in different conferences." (WRAL Sports Fan)

https://northcarolina.rivals.com/news/thi-tv-3-things-from-unc-s-75-72-win-over-miami

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...and that was exactly what I was afraid of.

As I said in the last one of these I was worried about this game. Too much celebration for a mid-season game Saturday and having to get back up for what i consider to be the second best team in the ACC. We came out flat with the sort of blah start we were getting earlier this season. They were stoked and buried us in a hole that for various reasons we never got past.

Not gonna belabor much --- this will be very short with just some general points:
- Mando was all-in but got hampered by fouls. Good on Woj for showing he's a good player, not the scrub some make him out to be

- Clemson was well-prepped for us. They adjusted their Zone to match up with our middle chaser, and I was disappointed we didn't adjust back and attack the short-corners which were open as a result. Also disappointed we couldn't maintain continuity with our spurts of tempo, but there were reasons for that.

- That sawed-off runt Pat Adams has no business coming into the ACC. I have seen him often enough elsewhere to cringe at him being in the Dome. Sure enough, just as we're recovering momentum in the first half, he ignores a f***ing football stiff-arm right in front of him and then invents a call on the victim, costing us momentum as well as our PG.

- Speaking of that, in the second half after getting into transition mode and tying the score, we take out our tempo-setter and, well, so much for that. That just needs to stop if we're not gonna turn this fun season into an anticlimax. Scoff if you want, but it matters, and we just can't have RJ having to work that hard for long stretches.

- Finally, sure we missed Seth, but the big bottom line is we just can't be missing that many good looks --- especially at home, and especially against a hungry team fighting for their post-season.

Anyway, that's all I got for this one --- classic letdown game for us, and Clemson meant business. Got another dangerous trip Saturday, so time for the players and staff to refocus and get their collective heads right....