UNC vs. Michigan State
Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
PK80 “Victory” Bracket Championship Game
Sunday, Nov. 26 8:30 p.m. Eastern
TV ESPN Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton Radio
Tar Heel Sports Network Dave Nathan, Eric Montross
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 this year, including 2-0 at the PK80 Invitational.
• Ninth-ranked Carolina plays fourth-ranked Michigan State in the championship game of the “Victory” bracket in the PK80 Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 26th, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern (ESPN).
• The Tar Heels advanced to the finals of PK80 with a 102-78 win over Portland and an 87-68 win over Arkansas.
• Following Sunday’s game, UNC returns to Chapel Hill. The next game is Nov. 29th at home against Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. That game begins a three-game in five-day stretch in which UNC also plays at Davidson (Dec. 1) and hosts Tulane (Dec. 3).
• This is the second consecutive year the Tar Heels will play back-to-back games against Big Ten opponents and the circumstances are similar. Last year, Carolina defeated Wisconsin in the finals of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, then lost at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• The Tar Heels are 8-0 all-time in Portland and 8-0 in the state of Oregon. • Carolina went 3-0 and won the Far West Classic in both 1967-68 and 1976-77.
• Carolina has won six regular-season tournaments under head coach Roy Williams (Maui in 2004-05, 2008-09, 2016-17; the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., in 2015-16; the Hall of Fame Tipoff in Uncasville, Conn., in 2014-15; and the Las Vegas Invitational in 2007-08.
CAROLINA-MICHIGAN STATE SERIES
• The Tar Heels are 12-3 against Michigan State, including 7-0 under head coach Roy Williams.
• This is the first meeting since 12/4/13 when the unranked Tar Heels, coming off a loss at UAB, toppled the No. 1 ranked Spartans in East Lansing in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• This is the sixth time UNC and Michigan State have played when both teams are ranked in the top 10. UNC is 2-3 in those games with wins in the last two.
• The schools have met three times in the Final Four, once in the national championship game, two other times in the NCAA Tournament, five times in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, once in Maui, once in the Dixie Classic in Raleigh and one time on an aircraft carrier in San Diego.
• Roy Williams is 7-1 all-time against the Spartans (0-1 while at Kansas).
LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (21.2), rebounding (10.8), field goals made and attempted (43 for 74), blocks (4) and minutes (31.4).
• Maye leads the ACC in rebounding and is second in scoring.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in four of Carolina’s first five games and has three double-doubles (scoring high was 17 and had two double-doubles in his first two seasons combined).
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 100 points (106) and grab 50 rebounds (54) in the first five games since Antawn Jamison had 103 points and 55 rebounds in 1996-97.
• Maye’s 106 points are the most by a Tar Heel in the first five games since Marcus Paige scored 112 in 2013-14.
• Maye’s 54 rebounds are the most by a Tar Heel in the first five games since John Henson had 59 in 2010-11.
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING
• Carolina is shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor in three games and shot 49.2 percent in their last game against Arkansas.
• UNC has shot 52.8, 55.3 and 50.0 percent from the floor in the second half in its last three games (Stanford, Portland and Arkansas).
• Three starters are shooting better than 50 percent from the floor – Luke Maye (.581), Kenny Williams (.560) and Garrison Brooks (.560). Sterling Manley is shooting 60.9 percent off the bench.
REBOUNDS
• Carolina led the nation in rebounding, offensive rebounds and rebound margin in 2016-17. UNC averaged 43.2 rebounds and 15.8 offensive boards and out-boarded its opponents by 12.3 per game.
• This year, through five games, UNC is averaging 44.6 rebounds and 12.4 offensive rebounds and has a margin of 14.2 per contest.
• Luke Maye leads UNC with 10.8 per game. He has grabbed nine or more in all five games, double figures three times with a career-high 16 against Arkansas.
Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
PK80 “Victory” Bracket Championship Game
Sunday, Nov. 26 8:30 p.m. Eastern
TV ESPN Roxy Bernstein, Bill Walton Radio
Tar Heel Sports Network Dave Nathan, Eric Montross
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 this year, including 2-0 at the PK80 Invitational.
• Ninth-ranked Carolina plays fourth-ranked Michigan State in the championship game of the “Victory” bracket in the PK80 Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 26th, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern (ESPN).
• The Tar Heels advanced to the finals of PK80 with a 102-78 win over Portland and an 87-68 win over Arkansas.
• Following Sunday’s game, UNC returns to Chapel Hill. The next game is Nov. 29th at home against Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. That game begins a three-game in five-day stretch in which UNC also plays at Davidson (Dec. 1) and hosts Tulane (Dec. 3).
• This is the second consecutive year the Tar Heels will play back-to-back games against Big Ten opponents and the circumstances are similar. Last year, Carolina defeated Wisconsin in the finals of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, then lost at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• The Tar Heels are 8-0 all-time in Portland and 8-0 in the state of Oregon. • Carolina went 3-0 and won the Far West Classic in both 1967-68 and 1976-77.
• Carolina has won six regular-season tournaments under head coach Roy Williams (Maui in 2004-05, 2008-09, 2016-17; the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo., in 2015-16; the Hall of Fame Tipoff in Uncasville, Conn., in 2014-15; and the Las Vegas Invitational in 2007-08.
CAROLINA-MICHIGAN STATE SERIES
• The Tar Heels are 12-3 against Michigan State, including 7-0 under head coach Roy Williams.
• This is the first meeting since 12/4/13 when the unranked Tar Heels, coming off a loss at UAB, toppled the No. 1 ranked Spartans in East Lansing in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• This is the sixth time UNC and Michigan State have played when both teams are ranked in the top 10. UNC is 2-3 in those games with wins in the last two.
• The schools have met three times in the Final Four, once in the national championship game, two other times in the NCAA Tournament, five times in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, once in Maui, once in the Dixie Classic in Raleigh and one time on an aircraft carrier in San Diego.
• Roy Williams is 7-1 all-time against the Spartans (0-1 while at Kansas).
LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (21.2), rebounding (10.8), field goals made and attempted (43 for 74), blocks (4) and minutes (31.4).
• Maye leads the ACC in rebounding and is second in scoring.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in four of Carolina’s first five games and has three double-doubles (scoring high was 17 and had two double-doubles in his first two seasons combined).
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 100 points (106) and grab 50 rebounds (54) in the first five games since Antawn Jamison had 103 points and 55 rebounds in 1996-97.
• Maye’s 106 points are the most by a Tar Heel in the first five games since Marcus Paige scored 112 in 2013-14.
• Maye’s 54 rebounds are the most by a Tar Heel in the first five games since John Henson had 59 in 2010-11.
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING
• Carolina is shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor in three games and shot 49.2 percent in their last game against Arkansas.
• UNC has shot 52.8, 55.3 and 50.0 percent from the floor in the second half in its last three games (Stanford, Portland and Arkansas).
• Three starters are shooting better than 50 percent from the floor – Luke Maye (.581), Kenny Williams (.560) and Garrison Brooks (.560). Sterling Manley is shooting 60.9 percent off the bench.
REBOUNDS
• Carolina led the nation in rebounding, offensive rebounds and rebound margin in 2016-17. UNC averaged 43.2 rebounds and 15.8 offensive boards and out-boarded its opponents by 12.3 per game.
• This year, through five games, UNC is averaging 44.6 rebounds and 12.4 offensive rebounds and has a margin of 14.2 per contest.
• Luke Maye leads UNC with 10.8 per game. He has grabbed nine or more in all five games, double figures three times with a career-high 16 against Arkansas.
