• Carolina is 24-9 overall, including 12-6 away from Chapel Hill this season. That includes a 7-5 record in road games and 5-1 at neutral sites.
• This was the 56th time in 65 seasons the Tar Heels finished in the top three in the ACC regular-season standings.
• Carolina is 38-24 in New York City (6-10 in the original Madison Square Garden, 28-13 in the current Garden and 4-1 in Barclays Center).
• UNC’s strength of schedule (NCAA and KenPom) is the most difficult in the nation.
ACC Tournament
• Carolina is 99-45 with 18 championships and 34 appearances in the finals.
• Carolina is 45-13 in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals after its 82-65 win over Miami.
• The Miami game was the eighth time in 58 quarterfinals that UNC was the lower seed. UNC is now 4-4 in those eight games with wins in 1964, 2003, 2015 and 2018.
• Carolina is 34-15 in the semifinals. Duke is second with 32 wins in the semifinals.
• Carolina is 2-0 as a No. 6 seed and 11-6 against the No. 2 seed.
• Roy Williams is 24-11 in the ACC Tournament. He is third in ACC Tourney wins behind Mike Krzyzewski (62) and Dean Smith (58). He came into the 2018 ACC Tournament tied with Vic Bubas.
• Williams is fifth in ACC Tournament winning percentage (.686). The top five winning percentages by coach in ACC Tournament history are either Carolina or Duke coaches (Bubas, Krzyzewski, Smith, UNC’s Bill Guthridge and Williams).
• The 2018 ACC Tournament marks the 22nd consecutive year in which either Carolina or Duke will be playing in the ACC Tournament championship game (the last time was the 1996 final between Wake Forest and Georgia Tech).
• This will be the 56th Tournament in 65 years in which at least one of the two schools in playing in the title game.
Carolina-Duke Series
• Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 136-111.
• This is the 22nd time the teams are playing each other in the ACC Tournament (Duke leads, 13-8, and has won six in a row). This is the fourth time in the last seven matchups in the ACC Tournament the Tar Heels are the lower seed.
• Duke is now UNC’s most frequent matchup in ACC Tournament history (UNC and Wake Forest have played 21 times). Only Duke-NC State have met more times (26).
• Carolina and Duke are playing for the 248th time overall and the 11th consecutive game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 25.
• The 2018 ACC Tournament semifinal is the 82nd game in which both schools are ranked in the AP poll. • This is the 29th time in 33 games in the Williams-Krzyzewski era that both teams are ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 148th consecutive Carolina-Duke game in which at least one of the teams is ranked in the AP poll.
• Head coach Roy Williams is 13-19 against Duke as Carolina’s head coach.
• The Tar Heels have played 247 games against Duke, more than any other opponent.
• Carolina is 43-46 against Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams.
• Carolina and Duke have won 38 of the ACC’s 64 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships, including 20 by Duke and 18 by UNC.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
• Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 31 times. The Blue Devils are second with 19 regular-season crowns.
• Either Carolina or Duke have played in the NCAA Final Four 25 times in the last 37 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017). Both teams reached the 1991 Final Four.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won 10 national championships in the last 36 seasons, five by Carolina and five by Duke.
• Carolina has played in an NCAA-record 20 Final Fours. Duke has played in 16 Final Fours.
Miscellaneous
• Theo Pinson has scored in double figures in a career-high eight straight games (previous was three games earlier this year) and is averaging 10.6 points for the season.
• Pinson is the fifth Tar Heel to average in double figures. This would be the first time since 2008-09 five Tar Heels averaged double figures (has happened in seven seasons prior to this year).
• Pinson is averaging 16.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists in the last eight games. In those games, Pinson is 47 for 78 from the floor (.603), 7 for 11 from three-point range (.636) and 33 of 40 from the line (.825).
• The win over Miami marked the largest comeback of the season for the Tar Heels. UNC trailed 14-0 after seven minutes. The previous largest comeback this season in a Tar Heel victory was from a 12-point deficit at home to Duke.
• Carolina leads the nation in rebounds per game (42.9) and rebound margin (10.6) and is in the top 10 nationally in assists (18.2) and offensive rebounds (14.1).
• Carolina is seventh in the KenPom.com rankings (Duke is third). The Tar Heels have the fourth-best offensive efficiency in KenPom and the 35th best defensive efficiency (Duke is No. 2 on offense and No 10 on defense).
• Duke and Carolina rank one-two nationally in offensive rebound percentage. The Blue Devils retrieve 39.2 percent of their own missed shots, and the Tar Heels grab 38.7 percent.
• Carolina is 20-3 when Kenny Williams scores in double figures.
• Joel Berry II and Luke Maye lead Carolina in scoring at 17.3 and 17.1 points per game, respectively. No Tar Heel pair has averaged 17 points in a season since Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins in 1984.
• Maye is averaging 11.1 points and 8.7 rebounds in the last seven games.
• Berry has scored 20 or more points in six of the last 13 games, but is averaging 8.3 points in his last three. He is 3 for 20 from three-point range in the last three games since he made five threes in his final home game against Miami.
• Cameron Johnson has scored in double figures in 17 of his 22 games as a Tar Heel, including the last four (15.5 per game in the last four).
• Carolina has shot 50 percent or better from the floor nine times in its last 15 halves.
• Luke Maye and Joel Berry II made first-team AllACC, the 23rd time in school history the Tar Heels have placed multiple players on the All-ACC first team.
• Maye is a finalist for the Wooden Award and one fo five finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the top power forward in the country.
• Maye won the Skip Prosser Award as the top men’s basketball scholar-athlete in the ACC. This is the fifth time in the last eight years a Tar Heel has won the Prosser Award (Tyler Zeller in 2011 and 2012 and Marcus Paige in 2015 and 2016).
• Berry is one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s best point guard. Tar Heels Raymond Felton (2005), Ty Lawson (2009) and Kendall Marshall (2012) are previous winners.
• This was the 56th time in 65 seasons the Tar Heels finished in the top three in the ACC regular-season standings.
• Carolina is 38-24 in New York City (6-10 in the original Madison Square Garden, 28-13 in the current Garden and 4-1 in Barclays Center).
• UNC’s strength of schedule (NCAA and KenPom) is the most difficult in the nation.
ACC Tournament
• Carolina is 99-45 with 18 championships and 34 appearances in the finals.
• Carolina is 45-13 in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals after its 82-65 win over Miami.
• The Miami game was the eighth time in 58 quarterfinals that UNC was the lower seed. UNC is now 4-4 in those eight games with wins in 1964, 2003, 2015 and 2018.
• Carolina is 34-15 in the semifinals. Duke is second with 32 wins in the semifinals.
• Carolina is 2-0 as a No. 6 seed and 11-6 against the No. 2 seed.
• Roy Williams is 24-11 in the ACC Tournament. He is third in ACC Tourney wins behind Mike Krzyzewski (62) and Dean Smith (58). He came into the 2018 ACC Tournament tied with Vic Bubas.
• Williams is fifth in ACC Tournament winning percentage (.686). The top five winning percentages by coach in ACC Tournament history are either Carolina or Duke coaches (Bubas, Krzyzewski, Smith, UNC’s Bill Guthridge and Williams).
• The 2018 ACC Tournament marks the 22nd consecutive year in which either Carolina or Duke will be playing in the ACC Tournament championship game (the last time was the 1996 final between Wake Forest and Georgia Tech).
• This will be the 56th Tournament in 65 years in which at least one of the two schools in playing in the title game.
Carolina-Duke Series
• Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 136-111.
• This is the 22nd time the teams are playing each other in the ACC Tournament (Duke leads, 13-8, and has won six in a row). This is the fourth time in the last seven matchups in the ACC Tournament the Tar Heels are the lower seed.
• Duke is now UNC’s most frequent matchup in ACC Tournament history (UNC and Wake Forest have played 21 times). Only Duke-NC State have met more times (26).
• Carolina and Duke are playing for the 248th time overall and the 11th consecutive game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 25.
• The 2018 ACC Tournament semifinal is the 82nd game in which both schools are ranked in the AP poll. • This is the 29th time in 33 games in the Williams-Krzyzewski era that both teams are ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 148th consecutive Carolina-Duke game in which at least one of the teams is ranked in the AP poll.
• Head coach Roy Williams is 13-19 against Duke as Carolina’s head coach.
• The Tar Heels have played 247 games against Duke, more than any other opponent.
• Carolina is 43-46 against Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams.
• Carolina and Duke have won 38 of the ACC’s 64 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships, including 20 by Duke and 18 by UNC.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
• Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 31 times. The Blue Devils are second with 19 regular-season crowns.
• Either Carolina or Duke have played in the NCAA Final Four 25 times in the last 37 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017). Both teams reached the 1991 Final Four.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won 10 national championships in the last 36 seasons, five by Carolina and five by Duke.
• Carolina has played in an NCAA-record 20 Final Fours. Duke has played in 16 Final Fours.
Miscellaneous
• Theo Pinson has scored in double figures in a career-high eight straight games (previous was three games earlier this year) and is averaging 10.6 points for the season.
• Pinson is the fifth Tar Heel to average in double figures. This would be the first time since 2008-09 five Tar Heels averaged double figures (has happened in seven seasons prior to this year).
• Pinson is averaging 16.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists in the last eight games. In those games, Pinson is 47 for 78 from the floor (.603), 7 for 11 from three-point range (.636) and 33 of 40 from the line (.825).
• The win over Miami marked the largest comeback of the season for the Tar Heels. UNC trailed 14-0 after seven minutes. The previous largest comeback this season in a Tar Heel victory was from a 12-point deficit at home to Duke.
• Carolina leads the nation in rebounds per game (42.9) and rebound margin (10.6) and is in the top 10 nationally in assists (18.2) and offensive rebounds (14.1).
• Carolina is seventh in the KenPom.com rankings (Duke is third). The Tar Heels have the fourth-best offensive efficiency in KenPom and the 35th best defensive efficiency (Duke is No. 2 on offense and No 10 on defense).
• Duke and Carolina rank one-two nationally in offensive rebound percentage. The Blue Devils retrieve 39.2 percent of their own missed shots, and the Tar Heels grab 38.7 percent.
• Carolina is 20-3 when Kenny Williams scores in double figures.
• Joel Berry II and Luke Maye lead Carolina in scoring at 17.3 and 17.1 points per game, respectively. No Tar Heel pair has averaged 17 points in a season since Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins in 1984.
• Maye is averaging 11.1 points and 8.7 rebounds in the last seven games.
• Berry has scored 20 or more points in six of the last 13 games, but is averaging 8.3 points in his last three. He is 3 for 20 from three-point range in the last three games since he made five threes in his final home game against Miami.
• Cameron Johnson has scored in double figures in 17 of his 22 games as a Tar Heel, including the last four (15.5 per game in the last four).
• Carolina has shot 50 percent or better from the floor nine times in its last 15 halves.
• Luke Maye and Joel Berry II made first-team AllACC, the 23rd time in school history the Tar Heels have placed multiple players on the All-ACC first team.
• Maye is a finalist for the Wooden Award and one fo five finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the top power forward in the country.
• Maye won the Skip Prosser Award as the top men’s basketball scholar-athlete in the ACC. This is the fifth time in the last eight years a Tar Heel has won the Prosser Award (Tyler Zeller in 2011 and 2012 and Marcus Paige in 2015 and 2016).
• Berry is one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s best point guard. Tar Heels Raymond Felton (2005), Ty Lawson (2009) and Kendall Marshall (2012) are previous winners.
