• The Tar Heels are 22-7 overall, 11-5 in the ACC. Carolina is 12-2 at home and 10-5 away from the Smith Center this season. That includes a 7-4 record in road games and 3-1 at neutral sites.
• Carolina has won six in a row with wins over Pitt, Duke, at NC State, Notre Dame, at Louisville at Syracuse. The six-game win streak is UNC’s longest of the season and longest in one season since winning the six games in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The last time UNC won more than six in a row in a season was a year ago, when the Tar Heels won seven ACC games in a row from Jan. 3-26.
• The Tar Heels had a six-day break since winning at Syracuse, 78-74, on Feb. 21st.
• Carolina has road wins at Stanford, Davidson, Tennessee, Notre Dame, NC State, Louisville and at Syracuse. Those teams have a combined home record of 85-25 (through 2/25).
• UNC (11-5) is in third place in the ACC, one-half game behind Duke (12-5) and one game ahead of Clemson (10-6) and NC State (10-6).
• Miami is 20-8 overall, 9-7 in the ACC. The Hurricanes are tied for seventh place in the ACC with Louisville, two games behind the Tar Heels.
• The Tar Heels will finish with a winning record in ACC regular-season play for the 58th time in 65 seasons (the 13th time in 15 seasons under head coach Roy Williams).
• This is the 42nd time in 65 seasons the Tar Heels have won at least 10 ACC regular-season games.
• UNC has won at least 11 ACC regular-season games for the 34th time (13th time in 15 seasons under Roy Williams, including eight years in a row).
FINAL GAME AT SMITH CENTER
• This is UNC’s final game this season at the Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 12-2 at home this year.
• Seniors Joel Berry II, Kane Ma, Theo Pinson and Aaron Rohlman are playing in the Smith Center for the final time.
• Carolina has a 52-8 record in the Smith Center in Berry and Pinson’s four years (five of those losses came in their freshman season in 2014-15).
SCHEDULE NOTES
• Carolina is No. 5 in the NCAA’s RPI (as of 2/26). UNC’s Carolina’s opponents have an average RPI of 80, which is the fourth highest in the country, and its strength of schedule is the second-most difficult in the nation.
• The top five strength of schedules are: 1- Vanderbilt, 2- North Carolina, 3- Kansas, 4- Kentucky and 5- Ole Miss.
• Carolina has 10 wins over current Quadrant I opponents, the second most in the country behind Kansas (11). Auburn and Virginia are tied for third with eight.
• The Tar Heels’ non-conference strength of schedule is the ninth-most difficult. It is the highest-rated non-conference schedule in the ACC.
RANKINGS
• Carolina is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press and coaches polls
• UNC moved up one spot from last week and up 12 spots in the AP poll in the last three weeks.
• This is the 78th consecutive week and the NCAA-record 894th time overall the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 668th time the Tar Heels are ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina has five wins this season over teams in this week’s AP poll – No. 5 Duke, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Tennessee and No. 18 Clemson. UNC’s losses include the No. 1 and 2 teams – Virginia and Michigan State – and Clemson.
• Carolina is seventh in KenPom’s overall rankings – including fifth in offensive efficiency and 40th in defensive efficiency. Miami is 41st overall in KenPom – 59th in offense and 35th in defense.
• Carolina’s first 29 opponents average the seventh-best offensive efficiency and the No.1 defensive efficiency in the nation.
• Carolina, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt are the only teams whose opponents rank in the top 10 in the country in efficiency on both ends of the court.
• Carolina’s KenPom offensive efficiency of 122.4 is its second highest in the last eight years, trailing only 2015-16 (124.1).
• The Tar Heels have played 10 games against teams who are in the top 20 nationally in defensive efficiency. UNC is 7-3 in those games (wins over Michigan, Tennessee, Clemson, Duke, Louisville; and Syracuse; and losses to Virginia, Michigan State and Clemson).
AWARD LISTS
• Joel Berry II is one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard. UNC is the only school with three Cousy Award winners – Raymond Felton (2005), Ty Lawson (2009) and Kendall Marshall (2012).
• Luke Maye is one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the nation’s top power forward.
• Maye is one of 20 players on the John R. Wooden Award (national player of the year) late-season watch list. Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only ACC players on the list.
• Berry and Maye are among 30 players on the Naismith Trophy late-season list (announced 2/14). Berry, Maye, Bagley and Virginia’s Kyle Guy represent the ACC. UNC is one of four schools (with Arizona, Purdue and Villanova) with two players on the Naismith list.
• Maye and Berry rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in scoring in the ACC. This is the first time UNC has two of the top five scorers in the ACC since 2012 when Harrison Barnes (17.1 ppg) was third and ACC Player of the Year Tyler Zeller (16.3) was fifth.
• Maye was named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District team (for district 3, which includes North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). He is the only ACC player to earn Academic All-District honors this season.
TWENTY WINS AGAIN
• Carolina has won at least 20 games for the 60th time in school history and the 14th time in 15 seasons under Roy Williams.
• Williams’ teams have won 20 or more games in 28 of his 30 seasons as a head coach and 19 or more in all 30.
• This is the 14th consecutive season UNC has won at least 20 games.
UNC-MIAMI SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Miami, 21-7, including a 14-6 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• The Tar Heels have won three of the last four games, including a 78-53 win in the 2017 ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Brooklyn.
• Miami beat Carolina, 77-62, in Coral Gables in the only regular-season meeting a year ago.
• Carolina is 10-3 against Miami in Chapel Hill (all 13 games in the Smith Center).
• Roy Williams is 17-7 against Miami. He was 2-1 as the head coach at Kansas and is 15-6 as Carolina’s head coach.
Miami at UNC
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
9 p.m.
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: ESPN (Rece Davis, Jay Bilas)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross)
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 84 (Drew Bontadelli, Mike Wozniak)
• Carolina has won six in a row with wins over Pitt, Duke, at NC State, Notre Dame, at Louisville at Syracuse. The six-game win streak is UNC’s longest of the season and longest in one season since winning the six games in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The last time UNC won more than six in a row in a season was a year ago, when the Tar Heels won seven ACC games in a row from Jan. 3-26.
• The Tar Heels had a six-day break since winning at Syracuse, 78-74, on Feb. 21st.
• Carolina has road wins at Stanford, Davidson, Tennessee, Notre Dame, NC State, Louisville and at Syracuse. Those teams have a combined home record of 85-25 (through 2/25).
• UNC (11-5) is in third place in the ACC, one-half game behind Duke (12-5) and one game ahead of Clemson (10-6) and NC State (10-6).
• Miami is 20-8 overall, 9-7 in the ACC. The Hurricanes are tied for seventh place in the ACC with Louisville, two games behind the Tar Heels.
• The Tar Heels will finish with a winning record in ACC regular-season play for the 58th time in 65 seasons (the 13th time in 15 seasons under head coach Roy Williams).
• This is the 42nd time in 65 seasons the Tar Heels have won at least 10 ACC regular-season games.
• UNC has won at least 11 ACC regular-season games for the 34th time (13th time in 15 seasons under Roy Williams, including eight years in a row).
FINAL GAME AT SMITH CENTER
• This is UNC’s final game this season at the Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 12-2 at home this year.
• Seniors Joel Berry II, Kane Ma, Theo Pinson and Aaron Rohlman are playing in the Smith Center for the final time.
• Carolina has a 52-8 record in the Smith Center in Berry and Pinson’s four years (five of those losses came in their freshman season in 2014-15).
SCHEDULE NOTES
• Carolina is No. 5 in the NCAA’s RPI (as of 2/26). UNC’s Carolina’s opponents have an average RPI of 80, which is the fourth highest in the country, and its strength of schedule is the second-most difficult in the nation.
• The top five strength of schedules are: 1- Vanderbilt, 2- North Carolina, 3- Kansas, 4- Kentucky and 5- Ole Miss.
• Carolina has 10 wins over current Quadrant I opponents, the second most in the country behind Kansas (11). Auburn and Virginia are tied for third with eight.
• The Tar Heels’ non-conference strength of schedule is the ninth-most difficult. It is the highest-rated non-conference schedule in the ACC.
RANKINGS
• Carolina is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press and coaches polls
• UNC moved up one spot from last week and up 12 spots in the AP poll in the last three weeks.
• This is the 78th consecutive week and the NCAA-record 894th time overall the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 668th time the Tar Heels are ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina has five wins this season over teams in this week’s AP poll – No. 5 Duke, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 15 Michigan, No. 16 Tennessee and No. 18 Clemson. UNC’s losses include the No. 1 and 2 teams – Virginia and Michigan State – and Clemson.
• Carolina is seventh in KenPom’s overall rankings – including fifth in offensive efficiency and 40th in defensive efficiency. Miami is 41st overall in KenPom – 59th in offense and 35th in defense.
• Carolina’s first 29 opponents average the seventh-best offensive efficiency and the No.1 defensive efficiency in the nation.
• Carolina, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt are the only teams whose opponents rank in the top 10 in the country in efficiency on both ends of the court.
• Carolina’s KenPom offensive efficiency of 122.4 is its second highest in the last eight years, trailing only 2015-16 (124.1).
• The Tar Heels have played 10 games against teams who are in the top 20 nationally in defensive efficiency. UNC is 7-3 in those games (wins over Michigan, Tennessee, Clemson, Duke, Louisville; and Syracuse; and losses to Virginia, Michigan State and Clemson).
AWARD LISTS
• Joel Berry II is one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard. UNC is the only school with three Cousy Award winners – Raymond Felton (2005), Ty Lawson (2009) and Kendall Marshall (2012).
• Luke Maye is one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the nation’s top power forward.
• Maye is one of 20 players on the John R. Wooden Award (national player of the year) late-season watch list. Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only ACC players on the list.
• Berry and Maye are among 30 players on the Naismith Trophy late-season list (announced 2/14). Berry, Maye, Bagley and Virginia’s Kyle Guy represent the ACC. UNC is one of four schools (with Arizona, Purdue and Villanova) with two players on the Naismith list.
• Maye and Berry rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in scoring in the ACC. This is the first time UNC has two of the top five scorers in the ACC since 2012 when Harrison Barnes (17.1 ppg) was third and ACC Player of the Year Tyler Zeller (16.3) was fifth.
• Maye was named to CoSIDA’s Academic All-District team (for district 3, which includes North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). He is the only ACC player to earn Academic All-District honors this season.
TWENTY WINS AGAIN
• Carolina has won at least 20 games for the 60th time in school history and the 14th time in 15 seasons under Roy Williams.
• Williams’ teams have won 20 or more games in 28 of his 30 seasons as a head coach and 19 or more in all 30.
• This is the 14th consecutive season UNC has won at least 20 games.
UNC-MIAMI SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Miami, 21-7, including a 14-6 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• The Tar Heels have won three of the last four games, including a 78-53 win in the 2017 ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Brooklyn.
• Miami beat Carolina, 77-62, in Coral Gables in the only regular-season meeting a year ago.
• Carolina is 10-3 against Miami in Chapel Hill (all 13 games in the Smith Center).
• Roy Williams is 17-7 against Miami. He was 2-1 as the head coach at Kansas and is 15-6 as Carolina’s head coach.
Miami at UNC
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
9 p.m.
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: ESPN (Rece Davis, Jay Bilas)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross)
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 84 (Drew Bontadelli, Mike Wozniak)
