• This is the sixth consecutive UNC-Virginia Tech game in which the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP top 25 (and the 32nd time in the last 35 meetings dating back to 1967). This is the first time the Hokies have ever played the Tar Heels when ranked in the AP poll.
• Roy Williams has led UNC to 209 wins in ACC play (regular season and Tournament). Williams is fourth in ACC history, one behind former Maryland head coach Gary Williams, who won 210. Mike Krzyzewski (478) and Dean Smith (422) are one-two in ACC wins.
• Williams is 82-47 in ACC road games, a winning percentage of .636 that is the second-best in ACC history. Only 10 of the league's 82 coaches in history have won at least half of their road games and just four have a winning percentage of .600 or better – Duke's Vic Bubas, Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and UNC/South Carolina's Frank McGuire.
• Williams has won more ACC games on the road (82), than every current ACC coach has won at home, except Krzyzewski (238 home wins) and Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (83).
• Carolina is 4-1 in ACC play for the first time since 2017 when the Tar Heels lost their league opener in Atlanta, then reeled off seven wins in a row.
• Carolina shot 55 percent from the floor against Miami, the first time it made 50 percent or better from the floor since the win over Gonzaga on 12/15. The Tar Heels are 206-7 in 16 seasons under Williams when making at least half of their field goal attempts.
• Carolina's basketball staff, including Williams, are wearing sneakers in Monday's game in coordination with the NABC to raise funds and awareness about the fight against cancer, and promote the American Cancer Society as a source of inspiration and hope for those facing cancer. Coaches wear sneakers with their game attire as a visible reminder about the importance of nutrition and physical activity in reducing one's cancer risk.
• In the last two wins, Brandon Robinson set a career high in three-pointers (three vs. Notre Dame) and tied his career high in assists (four at Miami).
• Cameron has scored more points as a Tar Heel (609) than he did in three seasons playing at Pittsburgh (583).
UNC-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES
• Carolina leads 67-14, including 14-4 since Virginia Tech joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• Carolina is 31-6 in Chapel Hill, including 6-1 in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Roy Williams is 14-4 against the Hokies. All 18 games have come while head coach of the Tar Heels.
• Virginia Tech's 80-69 win in Blacksburg last season snapped a seven-game UNC win streak.
• Carolina has won six in a row over Virginia Tech in the Smith Center. The Hokies lone win in the Smith Center was an 81-80 decision in overtime on 2/13/2007.
• This is the sixth consecutive UNC-Virginia Tech game in which the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP top 25 (and the 32nd time in the last 35 meetings dating back to 1967). This is the first time the Hokies have ever played the Tar Heels when ranked in the AP poll.
MISCELLANEOUS
• Carolina is 5-1 on the road this year, including 3-0 in ACC play. The five road wins are more than any other ACC team has won this season. Virginia has four, Louisville and Syracuse have three, three schools have two, four schools have one and four schools have yet to win a road game this season.
• Freshman point guard Coby White has won UNC's defensive player of the game award in each of the last two wins over Notre Dame and Miami. White is the only Tar Heel to win multiple defensive awards in ACC play this season. He is second on the team (Garrison Brooks leads with five) for the season.
• Carolina is second in the nation in rebounds per game, fifth in scoring, sixth in rebound margin and seventh in assists.
• Carolina is averaging 87.3 points, which is on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach and the highest since 2008-09.
Highest Scoring Average, 2003-present
89.8 in 2008-09
88.6 in 2007-08
88.0 in 2004-05
87.3 in 2018-19
85.7 in 2006-07
• Carolina has a rebound margin of plus 10.6 for the season, which is on pace for the fourth highest in UNC history.
Highest Rebound Margin, UNC All-Time
12.3 in 2016-17
11.0 in 2007-08
10.8 in 1956-57
10.6 in 2018-19
10.4 in 2011-22
• Carolina has more rebounds in 15 of the first 18 games this season and won 13 of those 15 games. UNC is 1-0 when rebounds are even (UCLA) and 0-2 (Kentucky and Louisville) when out-rebounded.
• The Tar Heels have won 85 percent of the games in which they out-rebound the opponents in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of Roy WIlliams' first 15 seasons at UNC, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the last four years.
• The Tar Heels are averaging 19.4 assists per game, 12th in UNC history and the most in a season since 1990-91 (20.0 per game).
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina is averaging 8.2 three-pointers per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
• Cameron Johnson is second in the ACC in three-point percentage at .473. That is on pace for the third highest in a season by a Tar Heel and the highest among Tar Heels who attempted at least five threes per game.
Highest Three-Point Percentage, UNC Season
.496 by Dante Calabria, 1994-95 (66 of 133)
.489 by Hubert Davis, 1990-91 (64 of 131)
.473 by Cameron Johnson, 2018-19 (44 of 93)
.472 by Ty Lawson, 2008-09 (51 of 108)
.464 by Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (78 of 168)
• Luke Maye is second in the ACC in rebounding with 10.0 per game. He averaged 10.1 per game and finished second in the ACC last year behind Duke's Marvin Bagley. Maye could become the first Tar Heel to average a double-double in consecutive seasons since Mitch Kupchak in 1974-75 and 1975-76.
• KenPom ranks the Tar Heels third in the nation behind Savannah State and FIU in shortest average length of offensive possessions (13.9 seconds) and fifth in tempo (possessions per game).
• Carolina is 14th in the country in KenPom's defensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions). The Tar Heels' 18 opponents to date have a combined average offensive efficiency of No. 6 in the country. Michigan State is the only team in the country that is ranked in KenPom's top 10 that has played a schedule whose opponents have a better offensive efficiency.
• Carolina is averaging 14.3 turnovers per game, but the Tar Heels' assist-error ratio of 1.36 is still the 11th best by UNC since turnovers were recorded in 1980. The 14.3 turnovers are the sixth most in the Roy Williams Era (averaged more in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010).
NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,246 games, third most in NCAA history.
• Carolina has won an average of 20.7 games per season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in
all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.
All-Time Rankings - National Rank - Total
Wins - 3rd - 2,246
Winning Percentage - 2nd - .738
NCAA Tournament Titles - 3rd - 6
Final Fours - 1st - 20
NCAA Tournaments - 2nd - 49
NCAA Tournament Games - 2nd - 170
NCAA Tournament Wins - 2nd - 124
NCAA Tournament Win Pct. - 2nd - .729
ACC Regular-Season Titles - 1st - 31
ACC Regular-Season Wins - 1st - 687
ACC Tournament Titles - 2nd - 18
ACC Tournament Finals - 1st - 35
ACC Tournament Wins - T-1st - 100
NBA First-Round Draft Picks - 1st - 49
NBA Draft Picks - 3rd - 112
1,000-Point Scorers - 1st - 77
Olympic Gold Medalists - 1st - 10
• Roy Williams has led UNC to 209 wins in ACC play (regular season and Tournament). Williams is fourth in ACC history, one behind former Maryland head coach Gary Williams, who won 210. Mike Krzyzewski (478) and Dean Smith (422) are one-two in ACC wins.
• Williams is 82-47 in ACC road games, a winning percentage of .636 that is the second-best in ACC history. Only 10 of the league's 82 coaches in history have won at least half of their road games and just four have a winning percentage of .600 or better – Duke's Vic Bubas, Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and UNC/South Carolina's Frank McGuire.
• Williams has won more ACC games on the road (82), than every current ACC coach has won at home, except Krzyzewski (238 home wins) and Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (83).
• Carolina is 4-1 in ACC play for the first time since 2017 when the Tar Heels lost their league opener in Atlanta, then reeled off seven wins in a row.
• Carolina shot 55 percent from the floor against Miami, the first time it made 50 percent or better from the floor since the win over Gonzaga on 12/15. The Tar Heels are 206-7 in 16 seasons under Williams when making at least half of their field goal attempts.
• Carolina's basketball staff, including Williams, are wearing sneakers in Monday's game in coordination with the NABC to raise funds and awareness about the fight against cancer, and promote the American Cancer Society as a source of inspiration and hope for those facing cancer. Coaches wear sneakers with their game attire as a visible reminder about the importance of nutrition and physical activity in reducing one's cancer risk.
• In the last two wins, Brandon Robinson set a career high in three-pointers (three vs. Notre Dame) and tied his career high in assists (four at Miami).
• Cameron has scored more points as a Tar Heel (609) than he did in three seasons playing at Pittsburgh (583).
UNC-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES
• Carolina leads 67-14, including 14-4 since Virginia Tech joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
• Carolina is 31-6 in Chapel Hill, including 6-1 in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Roy Williams is 14-4 against the Hokies. All 18 games have come while head coach of the Tar Heels.
• Virginia Tech's 80-69 win in Blacksburg last season snapped a seven-game UNC win streak.
• Carolina has won six in a row over Virginia Tech in the Smith Center. The Hokies lone win in the Smith Center was an 81-80 decision in overtime on 2/13/2007.
• This is the sixth consecutive UNC-Virginia Tech game in which the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP top 25 (and the 32nd time in the last 35 meetings dating back to 1967). This is the first time the Hokies have ever played the Tar Heels when ranked in the AP poll.
MISCELLANEOUS
• Carolina is 5-1 on the road this year, including 3-0 in ACC play. The five road wins are more than any other ACC team has won this season. Virginia has four, Louisville and Syracuse have three, three schools have two, four schools have one and four schools have yet to win a road game this season.
• Freshman point guard Coby White has won UNC's defensive player of the game award in each of the last two wins over Notre Dame and Miami. White is the only Tar Heel to win multiple defensive awards in ACC play this season. He is second on the team (Garrison Brooks leads with five) for the season.
• Carolina is second in the nation in rebounds per game, fifth in scoring, sixth in rebound margin and seventh in assists.
• Carolina is averaging 87.3 points, which is on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach and the highest since 2008-09.
Highest Scoring Average, 2003-present
89.8 in 2008-09
88.6 in 2007-08
88.0 in 2004-05
87.3 in 2018-19
85.7 in 2006-07
• Carolina has a rebound margin of plus 10.6 for the season, which is on pace for the fourth highest in UNC history.
Highest Rebound Margin, UNC All-Time
12.3 in 2016-17
11.0 in 2007-08
10.8 in 1956-57
10.6 in 2018-19
10.4 in 2011-22
• Carolina has more rebounds in 15 of the first 18 games this season and won 13 of those 15 games. UNC is 1-0 when rebounds are even (UCLA) and 0-2 (Kentucky and Louisville) when out-rebounded.
• The Tar Heels have won 85 percent of the games in which they out-rebound the opponents in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of Roy WIlliams' first 15 seasons at UNC, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the last four years.
• The Tar Heels are averaging 19.4 assists per game, 12th in UNC history and the most in a season since 1990-91 (20.0 per game).
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina is averaging 8.2 three-pointers per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
• Cameron Johnson is second in the ACC in three-point percentage at .473. That is on pace for the third highest in a season by a Tar Heel and the highest among Tar Heels who attempted at least five threes per game.
Highest Three-Point Percentage, UNC Season
.496 by Dante Calabria, 1994-95 (66 of 133)
.489 by Hubert Davis, 1990-91 (64 of 131)
.473 by Cameron Johnson, 2018-19 (44 of 93)
.472 by Ty Lawson, 2008-09 (51 of 108)
.464 by Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (78 of 168)
• Luke Maye is second in the ACC in rebounding with 10.0 per game. He averaged 10.1 per game and finished second in the ACC last year behind Duke's Marvin Bagley. Maye could become the first Tar Heel to average a double-double in consecutive seasons since Mitch Kupchak in 1974-75 and 1975-76.
• KenPom ranks the Tar Heels third in the nation behind Savannah State and FIU in shortest average length of offensive possessions (13.9 seconds) and fifth in tempo (possessions per game).
• Carolina is 14th in the country in KenPom's defensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions). The Tar Heels' 18 opponents to date have a combined average offensive efficiency of No. 6 in the country. Michigan State is the only team in the country that is ranked in KenPom's top 10 that has played a schedule whose opponents have a better offensive efficiency.
• Carolina is averaging 14.3 turnovers per game, but the Tar Heels' assist-error ratio of 1.36 is still the 11th best by UNC since turnovers were recorded in 1980. The 14.3 turnovers are the sixth most in the Roy Williams Era (averaged more in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010).
NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,246 games, third most in NCAA history.
• Carolina has won an average of 20.7 games per season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in
all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.
All-Time Rankings - National Rank - Total
Wins - 3rd - 2,246
Winning Percentage - 2nd - .738
NCAA Tournament Titles - 3rd - 6
Final Fours - 1st - 20
NCAA Tournaments - 2nd - 49
NCAA Tournament Games - 2nd - 170
NCAA Tournament Wins - 2nd - 124
NCAA Tournament Win Pct. - 2nd - .729
ACC Regular-Season Titles - 1st - 31
ACC Regular-Season Wins - 1st - 687
ACC Tournament Titles - 2nd - 18
ACC Tournament Finals - 1st - 35
ACC Tournament Wins - T-1st - 100
NBA First-Round Draft Picks - 1st - 49
NBA Draft Picks - 3rd - 112
1,000-Point Scorers - 1st - 77
Olympic Gold Medalists - 1st - 10
