• Carolina plays its fourth ACC road game and eighth true road game this year when it visits Coral Gables on Saturday, January 28th, to play the Miami Hurricanes. Game time is 1 p.m.
• Carolina enters the contest with a one-game lead in the ACC. The Tar Heels are 7-1; Florida State, Notre Dame and Virginia are 6-2.
• This is the sixth time in 14 seasons under Roy Williams the Tar Heels are 7-1 or better in their first eight ACC games (2005, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
• Carolina will be without junior swingman Theo Pinson at Miami. Pinson was injured in Thursday night’s win over Virginia Tech. Pinson came down awkwardly while retrieving a rebound and rolled his right ankle. He left the game moments later and did not return. Doctors continue to evaluate his injury. There is no timetable for his return.
• The coaches and basketball staff will be wearing suits and sneakers at Miami for the annual Coaches vs. Cancer awareness week (Jan. 23-29). This is a nationwide event that unites coaches across the country to raise awareness about the American Cancer Society’s lifesaving mission, and promote the American Cancer Society as a place for help and support. UNC’s coaches also wore sneakers in the Virginia Tech game on 1/26.
• This is one of three instances on the ACC schedule this year when the Tar Heels play two games in three days: Jan. 14-16 (home games vs. Florida State and Syracuse); Jan. 26-28(home vs. Virginia Tech and at Miami); and Feb. 25-27 (away games at Pitt and Virginia).
• The Tar Heels are 19-3 overall and 7-1 in the ACC. UNC has won seven consecutive conference games and scored 85 or more points in all seven games, the first time in school history the Tar Heels have scored 85 or more points in seven straight ACC games.
• It’s the fourth-longest streak in ACC history in which a team scored 85 or more points in seven straight ACC games (regular season and Tournament included) and the third-such streak in one season.
• NC State scored 85 or more in nine straight ACC games over a two-year period in 1974 and 1975; Duke did it nine games in a row in 1976, Virginia did it eight games in a row in 1955 and UNC has done it in seven straight this year.
• This is the eighth time in 14 years under Roy Williams the Tar Heels are at least 6-1 in conference play (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
• Carolina started ACC play 7-1 or better in five of Williams’ first 13 seasons (2005, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016). UNC began league play in 2016 with eight wins.
• UNC is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press and No. 6 in the USA Today/Coaches polls.
• Miami is 13-6 overall and 3-4 in the ACC. The Canes are coming off a one-point home win over Boston College.
• Miami is 9-1 at home this year and has won 22 of its last 23 games at the Watsco Center.
UNC-MIAMI SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Miami, 20-6, including a 13-5 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• The Tar Heels have won the last two games in the series. Those wins followed a four-game win streak by the Canes from 2012-14.
• Carolina is 8-2 against the Canes in Miami, including 6-2 in the Watsco Center.
• Roy Williams is 16-6 against Miami. He was 2-1 as the head coach at Kansas and is 14-5 as Carolina’s head coach.
LAST GAME UNC 91, VIRGINIA TECH 72
• Carolina scored 85 or more points for the seventh consecutive ACC game. UNC had never done that in more than five straight ACC games in its history prior to this stretch.
* UNC came into the game No. 1 in the nation in rebounding (45.9 per), offensive rebounds (16.5 per) and rebound margin (+14.2). The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Hokies, 43-22 (+21) and grabbed 19 offensive boards.
• Led by Kennedy Meeks with seven, UNC grabbed 19 offensive rebounds; the Hokies had 18 defensive rebounds.
• The Tar Heels scored 20 second-chance points, the 12th time this year and the sixth time in the last seven games UNC scored at least 20 second-chance points.
• Led by five each from Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson, UNC made a season-high 14 three-pointers in a season-high 30 three-point attempts.
• The 14 three-pointers equal the fifth most in UNC history and the third most in the Roy Williams Era. Most 3FGs, Roy Williams Era 16 vs. Maryland, 2/3/09 15 vs. Mississippi State, 11/19/12 14 vs. Virginia Tech, 1/27/17 14 vs. UNC Asheville, 11/30/08 14 at Virginia, 1/29/05
• It’s the most three-pointers since UNC made 15 against Mississippi State in Maui on 11/19/2012.
• It’s the first time UNC has attempted 30 three-pointers in a game since it shot 31 against East Tennessee State on 12/8/2012. The 30 attempts equal the 13th-most in any game in UNC history.
• UNC shot 46.7 percent from three-point range, tying the third-highest percentage this year (.529 vs. Kentucky, .471 vs. Oklahoma State and .467 vs. Chattanooga).
'• It’s the highest percentage in the dozen games this year in which UNC attempted at least 20 three-pointers.
• It was the 12th time UNC shot 40 percent or better from three-point range; UNC is 11-1 in those games.
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*Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson both made five three-pointers against Virginia Tech. It was the first time two Tar Heels made five or more three-pointers in the same game since 12/2/1996 when Ademola Okulaja and Shammond Williams both made five threes in a 106-62 win over Bethune-Cookman. The All-America candidates combined for 41 points, 10 three-pointers, eight assists and zero turnovers vs. the Hokies.
*Carolina has scored 85 or more points in a school-record seven consecutive ACC games. That’s the fourth-longest streak in ACC history and the third longest in one season.
85 or More Points, Seven of More ACC Games
9 – NC State, last two games 1974, first two in 1975
9 – Duke, 1976
8 – Virginia, 1955
7 – North Carolina, 2017
*Carolina has scored more than one point per possession in each of the last three games and five of the last six: 1.05 vs. NC State, 1.06 vs. Wake Forest, .90 vs. Florida State, 1.02 vs. Syracuse, 1.00 vs. BC and 1.08 vs. Virginia Tech.
*Carolina has won 19 games. UNC has won at least 19 games in all 14 of Roy Williams’ seasons as head coach. UNC has 57 20-win seasons, including 12 in the Roy Williams Era.
*Kennedy Meeks is second in the country in offensive rebounding percentage (17.8 percent).
Rebounding
• Carolina leads the nation in rebound margin (14.5 per game), rebounds per game (45.8) and offensive rebounding (16.6 per game).
Rebounding Margin Per Game
1. North Carolina 14.5
2. Central Florida 11.9
3. SMU 11.0
4. St. Mary’s (Calif.) 10.5
5. Wisconsin 10.2
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 45.8
2. Central Florida 43.9
3. BYU 43.2
4. Rutgers 42.1
5. Louisville 41.8
Offensive Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 16.6
2. Kent State 16.2
3. West Virginia 15.5
4. Rutgers 15.2
5. UC Santa Barbara 15.2
• Carolina’s rebound margin of 14.5 per game not only leads the nation but is the highest in school history.
• Carolina’s rebound margin of 14.5 is the second-highest for any school in the country since 1980. Michigan State’s margin in 2001 was 15.4, the largest since 1980.
Highest Rebound Margin, Any School Since 1980
Michigan State, 2001 15.4
North Carolina, 2017 14.5
Northeastern, 1991 12.9
Kentucky, 2015 12.4
Central Florida, 2017 12.3
• This is the fourth year in which the Tar Heels are out-rebounding their opponents by at least 10 rebounds per game.
• The school record for rebound margin for a season is 11.0 per game by the 2007-08 team that went 36-3, won the ACC Tournament and played in the Final Four.
• Three of the top five rebound margins in UNC history have come in Roy Williams’ 14 years as head coach.
Highest Rebound Margin in UNC History
2016-17 14.5
2007-08 11.0
1956-57 10.8
2011-12 10.4
1960-61 9.8
Highest Rebound Margin, Roy Williams Era
2016-17 14.5
2007-08 11.0
2011-12 10.4
2015-16 8.6
2006-07 8.5
• Carolina has 365 offensive rebounds, while the opponents have 476 defensive rebounds. The Tar Heels are getting 43 percent of their own missed shots. On the defensive end of the floor, UNC is grabbing 75 percent of the missed shots.
• Carolina has shot a higher field goal percentage than its opponents in 13 of 22 games but has more offensive rebounds in 19 games and has scored more second-chance points 20 times.
• Carolina averages 16.6 offensive rebounds per game, its highest average since stats for offensive rebounds were kept beginning in 1995-96.
NORTH CAROLINA AT MIAMI
Saturday, January 28, 2017
1 p.m.
Watsco Center
Coral Gables, Fla.
TV: CBS (Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross, Adam Lucas, Dave Nathan)
Satellite: Sirius 108, XM 194, Internet 956
North Carolina Tar Heels
2016-17 Record: 19-3, 7-1 ACC
Head Coach: Roy Williams (UNC ‘72)
Williams’ Overall Record: 802-212 (29th year)
Williams’ Record at UNC: 384-111 (14th year)
Rankings: #9, Associated Press, #6 USA Today/ Coaches
Miami Hurricanes
2016-17 Record: 13-6, 3-4 ACC
Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga
Overall Record: 601-397 (33 years)
Record at Miami: 131-63 (6 years)
Rankings: not ranked
• Carolina enters the contest with a one-game lead in the ACC. The Tar Heels are 7-1; Florida State, Notre Dame and Virginia are 6-2.
• This is the sixth time in 14 seasons under Roy Williams the Tar Heels are 7-1 or better in their first eight ACC games (2005, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
• Carolina will be without junior swingman Theo Pinson at Miami. Pinson was injured in Thursday night’s win over Virginia Tech. Pinson came down awkwardly while retrieving a rebound and rolled his right ankle. He left the game moments later and did not return. Doctors continue to evaluate his injury. There is no timetable for his return.
• The coaches and basketball staff will be wearing suits and sneakers at Miami for the annual Coaches vs. Cancer awareness week (Jan. 23-29). This is a nationwide event that unites coaches across the country to raise awareness about the American Cancer Society’s lifesaving mission, and promote the American Cancer Society as a place for help and support. UNC’s coaches also wore sneakers in the Virginia Tech game on 1/26.
• This is one of three instances on the ACC schedule this year when the Tar Heels play two games in three days: Jan. 14-16 (home games vs. Florida State and Syracuse); Jan. 26-28(home vs. Virginia Tech and at Miami); and Feb. 25-27 (away games at Pitt and Virginia).
• The Tar Heels are 19-3 overall and 7-1 in the ACC. UNC has won seven consecutive conference games and scored 85 or more points in all seven games, the first time in school history the Tar Heels have scored 85 or more points in seven straight ACC games.
• It’s the fourth-longest streak in ACC history in which a team scored 85 or more points in seven straight ACC games (regular season and Tournament included) and the third-such streak in one season.
• NC State scored 85 or more in nine straight ACC games over a two-year period in 1974 and 1975; Duke did it nine games in a row in 1976, Virginia did it eight games in a row in 1955 and UNC has done it in seven straight this year.
• This is the eighth time in 14 years under Roy Williams the Tar Heels are at least 6-1 in conference play (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
• Carolina started ACC play 7-1 or better in five of Williams’ first 13 seasons (2005, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016). UNC began league play in 2016 with eight wins.
• UNC is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press and No. 6 in the USA Today/Coaches polls.
• Miami is 13-6 overall and 3-4 in the ACC. The Canes are coming off a one-point home win over Boston College.
• Miami is 9-1 at home this year and has won 22 of its last 23 games at the Watsco Center.
UNC-MIAMI SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Miami, 20-6, including a 13-5 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• The Tar Heels have won the last two games in the series. Those wins followed a four-game win streak by the Canes from 2012-14.
• Carolina is 8-2 against the Canes in Miami, including 6-2 in the Watsco Center.
• Roy Williams is 16-6 against Miami. He was 2-1 as the head coach at Kansas and is 14-5 as Carolina’s head coach.
LAST GAME UNC 91, VIRGINIA TECH 72
• Carolina scored 85 or more points for the seventh consecutive ACC game. UNC had never done that in more than five straight ACC games in its history prior to this stretch.
* UNC came into the game No. 1 in the nation in rebounding (45.9 per), offensive rebounds (16.5 per) and rebound margin (+14.2). The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Hokies, 43-22 (+21) and grabbed 19 offensive boards.
• Led by Kennedy Meeks with seven, UNC grabbed 19 offensive rebounds; the Hokies had 18 defensive rebounds.
• The Tar Heels scored 20 second-chance points, the 12th time this year and the sixth time in the last seven games UNC scored at least 20 second-chance points.
• Led by five each from Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson, UNC made a season-high 14 three-pointers in a season-high 30 three-point attempts.
• The 14 three-pointers equal the fifth most in UNC history and the third most in the Roy Williams Era. Most 3FGs, Roy Williams Era 16 vs. Maryland, 2/3/09 15 vs. Mississippi State, 11/19/12 14 vs. Virginia Tech, 1/27/17 14 vs. UNC Asheville, 11/30/08 14 at Virginia, 1/29/05
• It’s the most three-pointers since UNC made 15 against Mississippi State in Maui on 11/19/2012.
• It’s the first time UNC has attempted 30 three-pointers in a game since it shot 31 against East Tennessee State on 12/8/2012. The 30 attempts equal the 13th-most in any game in UNC history.
• UNC shot 46.7 percent from three-point range, tying the third-highest percentage this year (.529 vs. Kentucky, .471 vs. Oklahoma State and .467 vs. Chattanooga).
'• It’s the highest percentage in the dozen games this year in which UNC attempted at least 20 three-pointers.
• It was the 12th time UNC shot 40 percent or better from three-point range; UNC is 11-1 in those games.
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*Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson both made five three-pointers against Virginia Tech. It was the first time two Tar Heels made five or more three-pointers in the same game since 12/2/1996 when Ademola Okulaja and Shammond Williams both made five threes in a 106-62 win over Bethune-Cookman. The All-America candidates combined for 41 points, 10 three-pointers, eight assists and zero turnovers vs. the Hokies.
*Carolina has scored 85 or more points in a school-record seven consecutive ACC games. That’s the fourth-longest streak in ACC history and the third longest in one season.
85 or More Points, Seven of More ACC Games
9 – NC State, last two games 1974, first two in 1975
9 – Duke, 1976
8 – Virginia, 1955
7 – North Carolina, 2017
*Carolina has scored more than one point per possession in each of the last three games and five of the last six: 1.05 vs. NC State, 1.06 vs. Wake Forest, .90 vs. Florida State, 1.02 vs. Syracuse, 1.00 vs. BC and 1.08 vs. Virginia Tech.
*Carolina has won 19 games. UNC has won at least 19 games in all 14 of Roy Williams’ seasons as head coach. UNC has 57 20-win seasons, including 12 in the Roy Williams Era.
*Kennedy Meeks is second in the country in offensive rebounding percentage (17.8 percent).
Rebounding
• Carolina leads the nation in rebound margin (14.5 per game), rebounds per game (45.8) and offensive rebounding (16.6 per game).
Rebounding Margin Per Game
1. North Carolina 14.5
2. Central Florida 11.9
3. SMU 11.0
4. St. Mary’s (Calif.) 10.5
5. Wisconsin 10.2
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 45.8
2. Central Florida 43.9
3. BYU 43.2
4. Rutgers 42.1
5. Louisville 41.8
Offensive Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 16.6
2. Kent State 16.2
3. West Virginia 15.5
4. Rutgers 15.2
5. UC Santa Barbara 15.2
• Carolina’s rebound margin of 14.5 per game not only leads the nation but is the highest in school history.
• Carolina’s rebound margin of 14.5 is the second-highest for any school in the country since 1980. Michigan State’s margin in 2001 was 15.4, the largest since 1980.
Highest Rebound Margin, Any School Since 1980
Michigan State, 2001 15.4
North Carolina, 2017 14.5
Northeastern, 1991 12.9
Kentucky, 2015 12.4
Central Florida, 2017 12.3
• This is the fourth year in which the Tar Heels are out-rebounding their opponents by at least 10 rebounds per game.
• The school record for rebound margin for a season is 11.0 per game by the 2007-08 team that went 36-3, won the ACC Tournament and played in the Final Four.
• Three of the top five rebound margins in UNC history have come in Roy Williams’ 14 years as head coach.
Highest Rebound Margin in UNC History
2016-17 14.5
2007-08 11.0
1956-57 10.8
2011-12 10.4
1960-61 9.8
Highest Rebound Margin, Roy Williams Era
2016-17 14.5
2007-08 11.0
2011-12 10.4
2015-16 8.6
2006-07 8.5
• Carolina has 365 offensive rebounds, while the opponents have 476 defensive rebounds. The Tar Heels are getting 43 percent of their own missed shots. On the defensive end of the floor, UNC is grabbing 75 percent of the missed shots.
• Carolina has shot a higher field goal percentage than its opponents in 13 of 22 games but has more offensive rebounds in 19 games and has scored more second-chance points 20 times.
• Carolina averages 16.6 offensive rebounds per game, its highest average since stats for offensive rebounds were kept beginning in 1995-96.
NORTH CAROLINA AT MIAMI
Saturday, January 28, 2017
1 p.m.
Watsco Center
Coral Gables, Fla.
TV: CBS (Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery)
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, Eric Montross, Adam Lucas, Dave Nathan)
Satellite: Sirius 108, XM 194, Internet 956
North Carolina Tar Heels
2016-17 Record: 19-3, 7-1 ACC
Head Coach: Roy Williams (UNC ‘72)
Williams’ Overall Record: 802-212 (29th year)
Williams’ Record at UNC: 384-111 (14th year)
Rankings: #9, Associated Press, #6 USA Today/ Coaches
Miami Hurricanes
2016-17 Record: 13-6, 3-4 ACC
Head Coach: Jim Larrañaga
Overall Record: 601-397 (33 years)
Record at Miami: 131-63 (6 years)
Rankings: not ranked
