• The Tar Heels play at home for the first time in 2018 on Tuesday, January 9th, against Boston College. Tipoff is at 8 p.m.
• A complete ACC Network station list for the game is on the final page of the game notes.
• Carolina is 12-4 overall and 1-2 in the ACC. The Eagles are 11-5, 2-2. Both teams played on Jan. 6th. UNC lost, 61-49, at Virginia. BC beat Wake Forest, 77-71, in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles beat No. 1 Duke earlier this season.
• Carolina has lost two games in a row for the first time since February 2016. UNC had won 11 in a row after losses prior to the games at Florida State and Virginia.
• The last time UNC dropped three in a row came in January 2014 when the Tar Heels began ACC play by losing to Wake Forest, Miami and Syracuse.
• Carolina is 20th in the Associated Press poll. This is the 71st straight week UNC is ranked in the AP top 25.
• Two of Carolina’s four losses were to Virginia and Michigan State, ranked third and fourth, respectively in the current AP poll.
• Five other UNC opponents are ranked this week – Duke (7), Miami (18), Clemson (19), Tennessee (23) and Florida State (24).
• Joel Berry II (17.9) and Luke Maye (17.1) lead Carolina in scoring. The last time two Tar Heels averaged 17 points or more in the same season was 1983-84 when Michael Jordan (19.6) and Sam Perkins (17.6) were UNC’s top scoring duo.
• Berry leads the team in scoring for the first time this season. Maye had led the team in scoring average in each previous game.
• Berry is fifth in the ACC in scoring, free throw percentage (.883) and three-pointers per game (2.6). Maye is second in the league in rebounding (10.4) and sixth in scoring.
• Roy Williams has won 828 games, two shy of tying Mt. St. Mary’s Jim Phelan for seventh place in wins by a Division I head coach.
• Berry is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award (Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2009).
GAME 16: VIRGINIA 61, UNC 49
• Carolina scored 49 points, shot 29.6 percent from the floor and committed a season-high 19 turnovers that led to 25 points for the Cavaliers, the most an opponent has scored in three seasons.
• The loss was the fifth in as many games in Charlottesville for the Tar Heels.
• It marked the first time in the ACC era that UNC scored less than 50 points in consecutive games against an ACC opponent. Last year, in the second-to-last game in the regular season, the eventual national champions scored just 43 points in a 53-43 loss to Virginia.
• Carolina had season lows in fastbreak points (0), second-chance points (12), points off turnovers (3) and points in the paint (14) and had its second-fewest bench points (9) this season.
• The 25 points off turnovers were the most by an opponent since Harvard scored 29 in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
• Virginia scored 22 more points off turnovers than UNC (25-3), the largest advantage by an opponent since Harvard out-scored the Tar Heels 29-6 in 2015.
• Carolina made eight two-pointers (fewest in the Roy Williams era), eight three-pointers and nine free throws.
• The Tar Heels trailed by only six points with 7:10 to play, but the Cavaliers out-scored UNC, 7-1 (a Luke Maye free throw) the rest of the game.
• Joel Berry II (17 points) and Kenny Williams (11) scored in double figures for Carolina.
• Berry tied Maye for the team lead in rebounds with a career-high eight. It was also the first time in his career Berry led UNC in rebounds.
• Carolina’s perimeter players made 13 of their 16 field goals.
• Carolina scored 21 points on 37 second-half possessions (.57) and 49 points on 78 possessions for the game (.63). That was the second-lowest points of the possession of the season (.51 vs. Michigan State).
UNC-BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES
• Carolina leads the series with Boston College, 16-5, including 14-4 since the Eagles joined the ACC.
• Carolina is 5-2 against the Eagles at the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 7-1 against BC in Conte Forum.
• The Tar Heels have won the last 10 games and the 14 of the last 16 against the Eagles.
• Roy Williams is 14-4 against Boston College (all while head coach at UNC).
EIGHTH IN THE RPI
• Carolina is No. 8 in the nation in the NCAA’s RPI behind Duke, Virginia, Xavier, Seton Hall, Clemson, Villanova and Oklahoma.
• Carolina’s strength of schedule is No. 7 in the country.
• Carolina’s first 16 opponents have an average RPI of 94, which is the second toughest in the country.
TRENDING...
• Carolina has scored 661 points in the first half and 661 in the second half.
• The Tar Heels are second in the ACC and third in the country in rebounds per game (43.8) and rebound margin (12.1).
• Carolina’s rebound margin is its second highest in school history (set the record last year at 12.3 per game).
• Roy Williams’ teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Carolina is seventh in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels’ opponents are rebounding only 22 percent of their own misses. Only Boise State, Liberty, Creighton, Milwaukee, Penn and Vermont are grabbing a higher percentage of the opposition’s missed shots.
• On the offensive end, Carolina is 13th in the country in rebounding. The Tar Heels are pulling down 36.7 percent of their own missed shots.
• Carolina has scored 11.2 second chance points over the last five games. UNC averaged 16.3 second chance points in the first 11 games.
• Luke Maye is 12th in the country in defensive rebounds (8.1), 16th in rebounding (10.5) and 20th in double-doubles (8).
• Carolina is hitting 7.9 three-pointers per game, which is the second most in school history. The record is 8.3 per game in 2002-03. Last year, UNC made 7.1 per game.
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME
8.3 in 2002-03
7.9 in 2017-18
7.8 in 1994-95
7.6 in 2012-13
7.6 in 2001-02
• Carolina has scored 85 or more points 10 times (all wins), 90 or more points five times, 100 points twice and has averaged just 62.2 points in its four losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor six times. UNC is shooting 45.8 percent for the season. That includes 49.8 percent in its 12 wins and 33.2 percent in the four losses.
• Carolina ranks 26th nationally in KenPom’s adjusted offensive efficiency and 13th in adjusted defensive efficiency ratings.
• Carolina has scored 28.8 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That’s the second-highest percentage in Roy Williams’ 15 seasons as UNC’s head coach.
SCORING FROM THREE-POINT
FGs (last 15 seasons) 29.3 percent – 2012-13
28.8 percent – 2017-18
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17
• The opponents have out-scored UNC in points off turnovers in six of the last nine games, including an 85-55 edge in the last five games. That includes a 24-12 advantage for the Tar Heels in the 81-80 loss at Florida State and a 25-3 margin for Virginia in Charlottesville.
• Berry has attempted 17.7 field goals over the last six games. He averaged 13.1 shots from the floor in his first nine games this year.
• Luke Maye is 22 for 66 from the floor in the last five games (.333). He shot 56.5 percent from the floor in the first 11 games.
• Kenny Williams made seven three-pointers in the last two games (four at Florida State, three at Virginia). He made a total of three in the previous three games.
• The Tar Heels have made 11 more free throws (247) than the opponents have taken.
• Joel Berry II and Kenny Williams lead UNC in defensive player of the game awards with five apiece. Berry has won the award in the last two games after Williams won in four of the previous five games.
IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is 20th in the Associated Press poll and 18th in the USA Today/Coaches poll that were released on 1/8/18.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 71st consecutive week (last four weeks in 2013- 14, all 19 weeks in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the first 10 weeks this season).
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 887th time, most in college basketball history.
• Carolina and Duke have combined for 244 weeks all-time as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That’s 244 of 300 weeks as No. 1 by every current ACC school.
• The 2017-18 season is the 55th (out of 70) in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was No. 9 in this season’s preseason AP poll. It marked the 12th time in Roy Williams’ 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams’ first 14 seasons.
CAROLINA’S WINS vs. LOSSES
12 Wins --- 4 Losses
Points Per Game 89.4 --- 62.2
Oppt. Points Per Game 71.8 --- 71.0
FG% .498 --- .332
Oppt. FG% .401 --- .445
3FG% .427 --- .284
Oppt. 3FG% .377 --- .364
3FGs Per Game 8.3 --- 6.8 Oppt.
3FGs Per Game 10.3 --- 9.0
FT% .724 --- .707
Oppt. FT% .667 --- .710
Rebound Margin 15.8 --- 1.0
Assists/Turnovers 19.3/13.3 --- 11.3/14.0
Boston College at UNC
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill 8 p.m.
TV: ACC Network Tim Brando, Mike Gminski
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network Jones Angell, Eric Montross
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 81
• A complete ACC Network station list for the game is on the final page of the game notes.
• Carolina is 12-4 overall and 1-2 in the ACC. The Eagles are 11-5, 2-2. Both teams played on Jan. 6th. UNC lost, 61-49, at Virginia. BC beat Wake Forest, 77-71, in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles beat No. 1 Duke earlier this season.
• Carolina has lost two games in a row for the first time since February 2016. UNC had won 11 in a row after losses prior to the games at Florida State and Virginia.
• The last time UNC dropped three in a row came in January 2014 when the Tar Heels began ACC play by losing to Wake Forest, Miami and Syracuse.
• Carolina is 20th in the Associated Press poll. This is the 71st straight week UNC is ranked in the AP top 25.
• Two of Carolina’s four losses were to Virginia and Michigan State, ranked third and fourth, respectively in the current AP poll.
• Five other UNC opponents are ranked this week – Duke (7), Miami (18), Clemson (19), Tennessee (23) and Florida State (24).
• Joel Berry II (17.9) and Luke Maye (17.1) lead Carolina in scoring. The last time two Tar Heels averaged 17 points or more in the same season was 1983-84 when Michael Jordan (19.6) and Sam Perkins (17.6) were UNC’s top scoring duo.
• Berry leads the team in scoring for the first time this season. Maye had led the team in scoring average in each previous game.
• Berry is fifth in the ACC in scoring, free throw percentage (.883) and three-pointers per game (2.6). Maye is second in the league in rebounding (10.4) and sixth in scoring.
• Roy Williams has won 828 games, two shy of tying Mt. St. Mary’s Jim Phelan for seventh place in wins by a Division I head coach.
• Berry is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award (Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2009).
GAME 16: VIRGINIA 61, UNC 49
• Carolina scored 49 points, shot 29.6 percent from the floor and committed a season-high 19 turnovers that led to 25 points for the Cavaliers, the most an opponent has scored in three seasons.
• The loss was the fifth in as many games in Charlottesville for the Tar Heels.
• It marked the first time in the ACC era that UNC scored less than 50 points in consecutive games against an ACC opponent. Last year, in the second-to-last game in the regular season, the eventual national champions scored just 43 points in a 53-43 loss to Virginia.
• Carolina had season lows in fastbreak points (0), second-chance points (12), points off turnovers (3) and points in the paint (14) and had its second-fewest bench points (9) this season.
• The 25 points off turnovers were the most by an opponent since Harvard scored 29 in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
• Virginia scored 22 more points off turnovers than UNC (25-3), the largest advantage by an opponent since Harvard out-scored the Tar Heels 29-6 in 2015.
• Carolina made eight two-pointers (fewest in the Roy Williams era), eight three-pointers and nine free throws.
• The Tar Heels trailed by only six points with 7:10 to play, but the Cavaliers out-scored UNC, 7-1 (a Luke Maye free throw) the rest of the game.
• Joel Berry II (17 points) and Kenny Williams (11) scored in double figures for Carolina.
• Berry tied Maye for the team lead in rebounds with a career-high eight. It was also the first time in his career Berry led UNC in rebounds.
• Carolina’s perimeter players made 13 of their 16 field goals.
• Carolina scored 21 points on 37 second-half possessions (.57) and 49 points on 78 possessions for the game (.63). That was the second-lowest points of the possession of the season (.51 vs. Michigan State).
UNC-BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES
• Carolina leads the series with Boston College, 16-5, including 14-4 since the Eagles joined the ACC.
• Carolina is 5-2 against the Eagles at the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 7-1 against BC in Conte Forum.
• The Tar Heels have won the last 10 games and the 14 of the last 16 against the Eagles.
• Roy Williams is 14-4 against Boston College (all while head coach at UNC).
EIGHTH IN THE RPI
• Carolina is No. 8 in the nation in the NCAA’s RPI behind Duke, Virginia, Xavier, Seton Hall, Clemson, Villanova and Oklahoma.
• Carolina’s strength of schedule is No. 7 in the country.
• Carolina’s first 16 opponents have an average RPI of 94, which is the second toughest in the country.
TRENDING...
• Carolina has scored 661 points in the first half and 661 in the second half.
• The Tar Heels are second in the ACC and third in the country in rebounds per game (43.8) and rebound margin (12.1).
• Carolina’s rebound margin is its second highest in school history (set the record last year at 12.3 per game).
• Roy Williams’ teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Carolina is seventh in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels’ opponents are rebounding only 22 percent of their own misses. Only Boise State, Liberty, Creighton, Milwaukee, Penn and Vermont are grabbing a higher percentage of the opposition’s missed shots.
• On the offensive end, Carolina is 13th in the country in rebounding. The Tar Heels are pulling down 36.7 percent of their own missed shots.
• Carolina has scored 11.2 second chance points over the last five games. UNC averaged 16.3 second chance points in the first 11 games.
• Luke Maye is 12th in the country in defensive rebounds (8.1), 16th in rebounding (10.5) and 20th in double-doubles (8).
• Carolina is hitting 7.9 three-pointers per game, which is the second most in school history. The record is 8.3 per game in 2002-03. Last year, UNC made 7.1 per game.
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME
8.3 in 2002-03
7.9 in 2017-18
7.8 in 1994-95
7.6 in 2012-13
7.6 in 2001-02
• Carolina has scored 85 or more points 10 times (all wins), 90 or more points five times, 100 points twice and has averaged just 62.2 points in its four losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor six times. UNC is shooting 45.8 percent for the season. That includes 49.8 percent in its 12 wins and 33.2 percent in the four losses.
• Carolina ranks 26th nationally in KenPom’s adjusted offensive efficiency and 13th in adjusted defensive efficiency ratings.
• Carolina has scored 28.8 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That’s the second-highest percentage in Roy Williams’ 15 seasons as UNC’s head coach.
SCORING FROM THREE-POINT
FGs (last 15 seasons) 29.3 percent – 2012-13
28.8 percent – 2017-18
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17
• The opponents have out-scored UNC in points off turnovers in six of the last nine games, including an 85-55 edge in the last five games. That includes a 24-12 advantage for the Tar Heels in the 81-80 loss at Florida State and a 25-3 margin for Virginia in Charlottesville.
• Berry has attempted 17.7 field goals over the last six games. He averaged 13.1 shots from the floor in his first nine games this year.
• Luke Maye is 22 for 66 from the floor in the last five games (.333). He shot 56.5 percent from the floor in the first 11 games.
• Kenny Williams made seven three-pointers in the last two games (four at Florida State, three at Virginia). He made a total of three in the previous three games.
• The Tar Heels have made 11 more free throws (247) than the opponents have taken.
• Joel Berry II and Kenny Williams lead UNC in defensive player of the game awards with five apiece. Berry has won the award in the last two games after Williams won in four of the previous five games.
IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is 20th in the Associated Press poll and 18th in the USA Today/Coaches poll that were released on 1/8/18.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 71st consecutive week (last four weeks in 2013- 14, all 19 weeks in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the first 10 weeks this season).
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 887th time, most in college basketball history.
• Carolina and Duke have combined for 244 weeks all-time as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That’s 244 of 300 weeks as No. 1 by every current ACC school.
• The 2017-18 season is the 55th (out of 70) in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was No. 9 in this season’s preseason AP poll. It marked the 12th time in Roy Williams’ 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams’ first 14 seasons.
CAROLINA’S WINS vs. LOSSES
12 Wins --- 4 Losses
Points Per Game 89.4 --- 62.2
Oppt. Points Per Game 71.8 --- 71.0
FG% .498 --- .332
Oppt. FG% .401 --- .445
3FG% .427 --- .284
Oppt. 3FG% .377 --- .364
3FGs Per Game 8.3 --- 6.8 Oppt.
3FGs Per Game 10.3 --- 9.0
FT% .724 --- .707
Oppt. FT% .667 --- .710
Rebound Margin 15.8 --- 1.0
Assists/Turnovers 19.3/13.3 --- 11.3/14.0
Boston College at UNC
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill 8 p.m.
TV: ACC Network Tim Brando, Mike Gminski
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network Jones Angell, Eric Montross
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 81
