• Carolina begins a two-game road trip at Louisville on Saturday, Feb. 17th. Tip time is 8:16 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are 20-7 overall, 9-5 in the ACC. Carolina is 12-2 at home and 8-5 away from the Smith Center this season. That includes a 5-4 record in road games and 3-1 at neutral sites.
• Carolina has road wins at Stanford, Davidson, Tennessee, Notre Dame and NC State.
• Louisville is 18-8 overall, 8-5 in the ACC and 14-3 at home.
• The Tar Heels have won four in a row with wins over Pitt, Duke, at NC State, and Notre Dame. Louisville has won its last two games against Georgia Tech and Pitt.
• Carolina and Louisville enter the weekend fourth and fifth, respectively, in the ACC. UNC is one-half game behind Clemson and Duke, who are tied for second. The Cardinals trail UNC by a half-game.
SCHEDULE NOTES
• Carolina is No. 8 in the NCAA’s RPI (as of 2/15). UNC’s Carolina’s opponents have an average RPI of 82, which is the fifth highest in the country, and its strength of schedule is the most difficult in the nation. The Tar Heels’ non-conference strength of schedule is the ninth most difficult.
• Carolina has seven wins over current Quadrant I opponents, the fifth-most Q1 wins in the country (behind Kansas with nine and Villanova, Virginia and Xavier with eight).
• Carolina’s last seven regular-season games include five games against teams in the top 50 in the NCAA’s RPI (No. 7 Duke twice, No. 30 Miami, at No. 40 Louisville and No. 50 Syracuse).
RANKINGS
• Carolina is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll (up seven spots from last week). This is the 76th consecutive week and the 892nd time overall the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll.
• Carolina has five wins this season over teams in this week’s poll – No. 8 Ohio State, No. 11 Clemson, No. 12 Duke, No. 18 Tennessee and No. 22 Michigan. Two of UNC’s losses are against the No. 1 and 2 teams – Virginia and Michigan State.
• Carolina is 10th in KenPom’s overall rankings – including 10th in offensive efficiency and 35th in defensive efficiency. Louisville is 27th overall in KenPom – 55th in offense and 16th in defense.
• Carolina’s first 27 opponents average the eighthbest offensive efficiency and the fourth-best defensive efficiency in the nation.
• Carolina and Oklahoma 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 120.5 is its third highest in the last eight years, trailing only 2015-16 (124.1) and 2016-17 (120.7).
• The Tar Heels have played seven games against teams who are in the top 20 nationally in defensive efficiency. UNC is 4-3 in those games (wins over Tennessee, Ohio State, Clemson and Michigan; 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’S BREAKOUT SEASON
• Luke Maye leads UNC with 18.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
• Maye is the only player in the league to win ACC Player of the Week honors three times this season.
• Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only players in the top five in the ACC in scoring (4th) and rebounding (2nd) and the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage (7th).
• Maye is on pace to become the sixth Tar Heel to average a double-double in the last 40 years with Brice Johnson (2016), John Henson (2011), Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Sean May (2005) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to have two 30-point/15-rebound games in the same season since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. Maye, Kupchak, Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham are the only players to accomplish that multiple times in the same season.
• Maye is seventh in KenPom’s national player of the year statistical rankings.
• Maye also averages 2.4 assists. Since 1968, the only Tar Heels to average more points and assists were Charles Scott (twice), Phil Ford, Jerry Stackhouse and Joseph Forte.
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding 10 times this season, including at NC State when he scored a career high 33 points and had 17 rebounds. UNC is 9-1 when Maye leads in both categories (the lone loss was at Virginia Tech).
• Maye leads UNC in blocked shots with 34. At 6-8, Maye would the shortest Tar Heel to lead the team in blocks since Danny Green (6-5) in 2006.
• Luke Maye has 13 double-doubles this year (and 14 in his career, including against Butler in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16). He is tied for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in the Roy Williams era.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN A SEASON (UNDER ROY WILLIAMS, 10 OR MORE)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07
30-POINT/15-REBOUND GAMES IN A SEASON
Billy Cunningham – 6 times in 1963-64
Billy Cunningham – 5 times in 1964-65
Luke Maye – 2 times in 2017-18
Mitch Kupchak – 2 times in 1975-76
Billy Cunningham – 2 times in 1962-63
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1955-56
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1954-55
Pete Brennan – once in 1957-58
Lennie Rosenbluth – once in 1956-57
Antawn Jamison – once in 1997-98
Antawn Jamison – once in 1996-97
• Maye made 12 field goals in the SECOND HALF of Carolina’s win at NC State, something that UNC players had done in a GAME 15 previous times in the Roy Williams era (including two previous times by Maye).
12 OR MORE FIELD GOALS IN A GAME (last 15 years)
15 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 2/10/18 (12 in 2nd half)
14 – Brice Johnson at Florida State, 1/4/16
13 – Luke Maye vs. Boston College, 1/9/18
13 – Brice Johnson vs. Duke, 2/17/16
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Notre Dame, 11/26/08
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/06
13 – Sean May vs. Wisconsin, 3/27/05
13 – Sean May vs. Florida State, 3/3/05
12 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 1/27/18
12 – John Henson vs. Long Beach State, 12/10/11
12 – Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/11
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. NC State, 1/31/09
12 – Wayne Ellington vs. Maryland, 2/3/09
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Louisville, 3/29/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Duke, 2/6/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Penn, 12/4/07
UNC at Louisville
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018
8 p.m.
KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky.
TV: ESPN (Mark Neely, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross)
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 84
• The Tar Heels are 20-7 overall, 9-5 in the ACC. Carolina is 12-2 at home and 8-5 away from the Smith Center this season. That includes a 5-4 record in road games and 3-1 at neutral sites.
• Carolina has road wins at Stanford, Davidson, Tennessee, Notre Dame and NC State.
• Louisville is 18-8 overall, 8-5 in the ACC and 14-3 at home.
• The Tar Heels have won four in a row with wins over Pitt, Duke, at NC State, and Notre Dame. Louisville has won its last two games against Georgia Tech and Pitt.
• Carolina and Louisville enter the weekend fourth and fifth, respectively, in the ACC. UNC is one-half game behind Clemson and Duke, who are tied for second. The Cardinals trail UNC by a half-game.
SCHEDULE NOTES
• Carolina is No. 8 in the NCAA’s RPI (as of 2/15). UNC’s Carolina’s opponents have an average RPI of 82, which is the fifth highest in the country, and its strength of schedule is the most difficult in the nation. The Tar Heels’ non-conference strength of schedule is the ninth most difficult.
• Carolina has seven wins over current Quadrant I opponents, the fifth-most Q1 wins in the country (behind Kansas with nine and Villanova, Virginia and Xavier with eight).
• Carolina’s last seven regular-season games include five games against teams in the top 50 in the NCAA’s RPI (No. 7 Duke twice, No. 30 Miami, at No. 40 Louisville and No. 50 Syracuse).
RANKINGS
• Carolina is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press poll (up seven spots from last week). This is the 76th consecutive week and the 892nd time overall the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll.
• Carolina has five wins this season over teams in this week’s poll – No. 8 Ohio State, No. 11 Clemson, No. 12 Duke, No. 18 Tennessee and No. 22 Michigan. Two of UNC’s losses are against the No. 1 and 2 teams – Virginia and Michigan State.
• Carolina is 10th in KenPom’s overall rankings – including 10th in offensive efficiency and 35th in defensive efficiency. Louisville is 27th overall in KenPom – 55th in offense and 16th in defense.
• Carolina’s first 27 opponents average the eighthbest offensive efficiency and the fourth-best defensive efficiency in the nation.
• Carolina and Oklahoma 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 120.5 is its third highest in the last eight years, trailing only 2015-16 (124.1) and 2016-17 (120.7).
• The Tar Heels have played seven games against teams who are in the top 20 nationally in defensive efficiency. UNC is 4-3 in those games (wins over Tennessee, Ohio State, Clemson and Michigan; 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’S BREAKOUT SEASON
• Luke Maye leads UNC with 18.3 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
• Maye is the only player in the league to win ACC Player of the Week honors three times this season.
• Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only players in the top five in the ACC in scoring (4th) and rebounding (2nd) and the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage (7th).
• Maye is on pace to become the sixth Tar Heel to average a double-double in the last 40 years with Brice Johnson (2016), John Henson (2011), Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Sean May (2005) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to have two 30-point/15-rebound games in the same season since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. Maye, Kupchak, Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham are the only players to accomplish that multiple times in the same season.
• Maye is seventh in KenPom’s national player of the year statistical rankings.
• Maye also averages 2.4 assists. Since 1968, the only Tar Heels to average more points and assists were Charles Scott (twice), Phil Ford, Jerry Stackhouse and Joseph Forte.
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding 10 times this season, including at NC State when he scored a career high 33 points and had 17 rebounds. UNC is 9-1 when Maye leads in both categories (the lone loss was at Virginia Tech).
• Maye leads UNC in blocked shots with 34. At 6-8, Maye would the shortest Tar Heel to lead the team in blocks since Danny Green (6-5) in 2006.
• Luke Maye has 13 double-doubles this year (and 14 in his career, including against Butler in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16). He is tied for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in the Roy Williams era.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN A SEASON (UNDER ROY WILLIAMS, 10 OR MORE)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07
30-POINT/15-REBOUND GAMES IN A SEASON
Billy Cunningham – 6 times in 1963-64
Billy Cunningham – 5 times in 1964-65
Luke Maye – 2 times in 2017-18
Mitch Kupchak – 2 times in 1975-76
Billy Cunningham – 2 times in 1962-63
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1955-56
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1954-55
Pete Brennan – once in 1957-58
Lennie Rosenbluth – once in 1956-57
Antawn Jamison – once in 1997-98
Antawn Jamison – once in 1996-97
• Maye made 12 field goals in the SECOND HALF of Carolina’s win at NC State, something that UNC players had done in a GAME 15 previous times in the Roy Williams era (including two previous times by Maye).
12 OR MORE FIELD GOALS IN A GAME (last 15 years)
15 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 2/10/18 (12 in 2nd half)
14 – Brice Johnson at Florida State, 1/4/16
13 – Luke Maye vs. Boston College, 1/9/18
13 – Brice Johnson vs. Duke, 2/17/16
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Notre Dame, 11/26/08
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/06
13 – Sean May vs. Wisconsin, 3/27/05
13 – Sean May vs. Florida State, 3/3/05
12 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 1/27/18
12 – John Henson vs. Long Beach State, 12/10/11
12 – Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/11
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. NC State, 1/31/09
12 – Wayne Ellington vs. Maryland, 2/3/09
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Louisville, 3/29/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Duke, 2/6/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Penn, 12/4/07
UNC at Louisville
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018
8 p.m.
KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky.
TV: ESPN (Mark Neely, Robbie Hummel)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross)
Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 84
