Tar Heels To Host Michigan In ACC/Big Ten Challenge

• Carolina is 5-1 and plays at home for the first time in five games when it plays host to Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday, Nov. 29th at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Michigan is unranked.
• UNC is coming off a four-game west coast swing on which the Tar Heels went 3-1 with wins at Stanford and over Portland and Arkansas in the PK80 Invitational, and a 63-45 loss to Michigan State in the finals of PK80.
• The Michigan game is one of three games in five days this week (Friday at Davidson, Sunday at home vs. Tulane). The Tulane game will be Carolina's sixth in 11 days.
• Junior forward Luke Maye was named to the PK80 Invitational Victory bracket All-Tournament Team. Maye averaged 18.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in the three games in Portland.

UNC-MICHIGAN SERIES
• The Tar Heels and Wolverines are playing for just the sixth time, the first time since the 1993 NCAA championship game, and the first time ever on either school's campus.
• Carolina is 3-2 against Michigan, including 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament and 0-1 in the finals of the Rainbow Classic.
• Carolina defeated Michigan in the 1987 second round in Charlotte, the 1988 Sweet 16 in Seattle and the 1993 title game in New Orleans. Michigan beat UNC in the 1989 Sweet 16 in Lexington, Ky., and the 1992 Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.
• Roy Williams was 0-1 against Michigan while at Kansas. The Wolverines beat the Jayhawks in the finals of the 1992 Rainbow Classic, one day after UM beat the Tar Heels. All three teams advanced to the Final Four in New Orleans later that season.

25TH ANNIVERSARY
• This is the 25th anniversary season of the 1993 national champions. Due to the number of players on that team who are coaching in the professional, college and high school ranks, the team held a reunion on Sept. 22 and was honored at a UNC football game the following day. Several members of the team are expected to attend Wednesday's game.
• Carolina beat Michigan, 77-71, to win the 1993 title. Donald Williams scored 25 points to match the 25 he scored in the semifinals over a Roy Williams-coached Kansas squad, and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.
• Williams is the last player to score 25 or more points in both the national semifinals and finals in the same year.
• Eric Montross, who now serves as Carolina's radio analyst, scored 16 points. Senior captain George Lynch had 12 points and 10 rebounds, his fourth consecutive double-double in the NCAA Tournament.
• The title was Carolina's third NCAA Tournament championship and the second under Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith.
• It was Carolina's and Coach Smith's second NCAA title won in New Orleans (1982).
• Five members of UNC's 1957 national championship winning team are also scheduled to attend and will be honored at halftime. Plans were to honor '57 team at the Notre Dame game last February in recognition of the 60th anniversary of that title, but the ceremony was put off due to the water crisis that forced postponement of the game to Greensboro the next day.

ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE
• The ACC is 11-5-2 against the Big Ten in Challenge history. The ACC won the event in each of its first 10 years and won nine of 14 games a year ago.
• Carolina is 9-9 in the Challenge, including a 4-4 record at home, a 3-5 record on the road and 2-0 at neutral sites.
• UNC is 3-2 vs. Michigan State, 1-3 vs. Illinois, 1-3 vs. Indiana, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 1-0 vs. Maryland, 1-0 vs. Wisconsin and 0-1 vs. Iowa.
• Carolina has played 14 of its 18 games in the Challenge against teams ranked in the AP top 25 and eight of those games against top-10 teams.
• Carolina is 7-7 vs. ranked opponents and 5-3 vs. top-10 opponents.
Carolina in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge
1999-2000 H Michigan State L 76-86
2000-01 A at Michigan State L 64-77
2001-02 H Indiana L 66-79
2002-03 A at Illinois L 65-92
2003-04 GBO vs. Illinois W 88-81
2004-05 A at Indiana W 70-63
2005-06 H Illinois L 64-68
2006-07 H Ohio State W 98-89
2007-08 A Ohio State W 66-55
2008-09 DET Michigan State W 98-63
2009-10 H Michigan State W 89-82
2010-11 A at Illinois L 67-79
2011-12 H Wisconsin W 60-57
2012-13 A at Indiana L 59-83
2013-14 A at Michigan State W 79-65
2014-15 H Iowa L 55-60
2015-16 H Maryland W 89-81
2016-17 A Indiana L 67-76
2017-18 H Michigan

GAME SIX – MICHIGAN STATE 63, UNC 45
• Carolina set school records for lowest field goal percentage and lowest three-point percentage and lost a defensive struggle with Michigan State, 63-45, in the finals of the "Victory" bracket in the PK80 Invitational in Portland on Sunday evening, Nov. 29.
• The Tar Heels held the fourth-ranked Spartans to 40 percent from the floor and forced 24 MSU turnovers, but UNC was just 15 of 61 from the floor and 1 of 18 from beyond the arc.
• The 15 field goals are the fewest by UNC in the Roy Williams Era and the 45 points match the second-lowest output in the last 15 years.
• Carolina entered the game having made 17 of its last 31 (.548) from three-point range, but managed only a Joel Berry II buzzer-beater just before halftime.

LOWEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
.246 vs. Michigan State, 11/29/17 (15 of 61)
.253 vs. Wake Forest, 3/2/56 (19 of 75)
.253 at Alabama, 1/4/55 (19 of 75)
.257 at NC State, 12/31/55 (19 of 74)
.276 at Georgia Tech, 1/16/11 (16 of 58)

LOWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
(min. 10 three-point attempts)
.056 vs. Michigan State, 11/29/17 (1 of 18)
.063 vs. LSU, 12/18/96 (1 of 16)
.071 vs. Duke, 3/9/13 (1 of 14)
.077 vs. Duke, 2/17/16 (1 of 13)
.083 at UAB, 12/1/13 (1 of 12)
.083 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/9/12 (1 of 12)
.083 vs. Wake Forest, 3/10/00 (1 of 12)

• Michigan State out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 52-36. It was the first time an opponent had 50 rebounds since Butler (57) on 11/26/14 in the Bahamas.
• MSU's rebound margin of 16 was the largest against UNC since Butler out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 57-40.
• It was the first time the Tar Heels forced 20 or more turnovers and lost since Kansas (22) on 3/24/13 in the NCAA Tournament second round.
• MSU's 38 defensive rebounds are the most by an opponent in the Roy Williams Era.
• Theo Pinson led Carolina in scoring with 16 points. It was the first time in his career he was UNC's leading scorer.
• Luke Maye (8) and Kenny Williams (8) both did not score in double figures for the first time this season.
• Williams scored a career-high six points from the free throw line, although Carolina shot a season-low 58.3 percent from the line (14 of 24).
• It was the first time UNC shot under 30 percent from the floor in both halves and for a game since a home loss to Iowa on 12/3/14.
• The 63 points were the fewest allowed by Carolina in six games this season.

GAME FIVE – UNC 87, ARKANSAS 68
• Luke Maye had career highs in points (28), three-pointers (4), rebounds (16) and assists (five). It was the first time a Tar Heel scored 28 points, had 16 rebounds and five assists since Mitch Kupchak had 30/17/5 vs. Mercer on 2/4/76.
• Carolina led 74-58 (+16) with 6:44 to play. Arkansas went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to six with 3:32 to play. From that point, the Tar Heels closed the game on a 13-0 run to win by 19. Joel Berry II's two free throws upped the lead to eight and was followed by a Theo Pinson drive and dunk (10), a steal by Berry and layup by Kenny Williams (12), a three by Luke Maye (15), a layup by Williams (17) and free throws by Sterling Manley (19).
• Carolina's defense held the Razorbacks without a point on its last nine possessions (seven field goal attempts and two turnovers).
• Last year, in the NCAA Tournament second round, the Razorbacks led the Tar Heels by five with 2:57 to play, but UNC ended the game on a 12-0 run to win, 72-65. Arkansas was 0-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and had a turnover in its last seven possessions.
• Arkansas forced five more turnovers than Carolina (UNC committed 14, the Razorbacks turned it over nine times), but the teams both scored 15 points off turnovers and Carolina had an 8-2 advantage in fastbreak points.
• Carolina matched its season-high in turnovers with 14, but the UNC point guards committed none of the turnovers (Berry, Jalek Felton and Seventh Woods combined to play 46 minutes with six assists and no turnovers).
• Carolina missed its first eight field goal attempts and committed three turnovers before Garrison Brooks made UNC's first field goal with 14:43 to play in the first half. That cut Arkansas' lead to 8-4.
• The Razorbacks led 10-4 with 13:00 to play in the first half. UNC then went on a 13-0 run over the next three minutes and 10 seconds to take a 17-10 lead. Four different Tar Heels (Sterling Manley, Kenny Williams, Joel Berry II and Luke Maye) scored during that run.
• Carolina out-rebounded UA, 46-30. The Razorbacks entered the game out-rebounding their opponents by 4.5 per game. Three Tar Heels (Luke Maye 16, Kenny Williams 8 and Brandon Robinson 6) established career highs in rebounds.
• Maye had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. He was the first Tar Heel with a double-double in a half since Kennedy Meeks against Wisconsin in Maui on 11/23/16.
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to lead in scoring, rebounds and assists since Reggie Bullock vs. Maryland in the 2013 ACC Tournament and the first to have 20+ points, 10+ rebounds and five assists since Bullock against Florida State on 3/3/13.
• Kenny Williams scored 19 points. He has compiled three of his four highest scoring games in the three games on this west coast road trip. He had 20 at Stanford, 19 vs. Arkansas and 17 vs. Portland. He had 19 against Radford on 12/4/16.
• Williams grabbed a career-high eight rebounds, all on the defensive glass. His previous high was 7 vs. Monmouth.
• Brandon Robinson came off the bench for five points, a career-high six rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes.

GAME FOUR – UNC 102, PORTLAND 78
• UNC scored a season-high 102 points.
• Carolina made one of its first nine three-point attempts, then sank nine of its next 15 three-point attempts to finish 10 for 24.
• Carolina shot 55.3 percent from the floor in the second half (21 of 38). That was the highest percentage in a half this year.
• Carolina made its first nine field goal attempts over the first five minutes to begin the second half. All five starters made at least one field goal and the Tar Heels out-scored the Pilots, 20-8, during that run.
• Carolina improved to 56-2 under Roy Williams when the Tar Heels score 100 points.
• Carolina scored a season-high 17 fastbreak points.
• Luke Maye led Carolina with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
• Theo Pinson had 11 points, a season-high nine rebounds and a season-high seven assists.
• Joel Berry II made four three-pointers.
• Kenny Williams played a nearly-flawless game with 17 points on 7 of 12 shooting from the floor and added three offensive rebounds, three assists, no turnovers and three steals.
• Freshman Andrew Platek made a season-high two three-pointers and scored a season-best 12 points. It was his first time in double figures as a Tar Heel.

LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (19.0), rebounding (10.0), field goals made and attempted (46 for 87), blocks (6) and minutes (31.5).
• Maye is fourth in the ACC in rebounding and fifth in scoring.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in four of Carolina's first six games and has three double-doubles (scoring high was 17 and had two double-doubles in his first two seasons combined).
• Maye became 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.

FIELD GOAL SHOOTING
• Prior to Sunday's poor shooting game against Michigan State, Carolina was shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
• The Tar Heels shot 50 percent from the floor three times shot 49.2 percent against Arkansas.
• UNC shot 52.8, 55.3 and 50.0 percent from the floor in the second half against Stanford, Portland and Arkansas.

FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II broke a bone in his right hand in mid-October and did not play in the season opener against UNI. He returned to practice on Nov. 12 and played 30 minutes in the win over Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Berry made five three-pointers and scored 29 points (his second-highest career output) in the win at Stanford on Nov. 20.
• Berry has 1,271 points. He passed Vince Carter for 48th in UNC history.

MOST POINTS – UNC CAREER
44. Kevin Madden – 1296, 1985-90
45. George Karl – 1293, 1970-73
46. Joseph Forte – 1290, 1999-01
47. York Larese – 1287, 1958-61
48. Joel Berry II – 1271, 2014-active
49. Vince Carter – 1267, 1995-98
50. Bobby Jones – 1264, 1971-74

• He has 184 career threes, tied with Danny Green for 10th in UNC history.

MOST THREE-POINTERS — UNC career
1. Marcus Paige – 299, 2012-16
2. Shammond Williams – 233, 1994-98
3. Wayne Ellington – 229, 2006-09
4. Rashad McCants – 221, 2002-05
4. Donald Williams – 221, 1991-95
6. Jeff Lebo – 211, 1985-89
7. Hubert Davis – 197, 1988-92
8. Dante Calabria – 193, 1992-96
9. Reggie Bullock – 188, 2010-13
10. Joel Berry II – 184, 2014-active
10. Danny Green – 184, 2005-09

• Berry was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player at the 2016 ACC Tournament. James Worthy and Berry are the only Tar Heels to win both of those awards.
• Berry is a preseason first-team All-America by ESPN.com, second-team All-America by USA Today and Sporting News' third team selection.
• Berry is on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Award (USBWA Player of the Year) and the Naismith Award (all for National Player of the Year) and the Bob Cousy Award (best point guard).
• The Apopka, Fla., native also was a preseason first-team All-ACC selection and received the second-most votes for preseason player of the year (tied with Duke's Grayson Allen behind Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson).
• Berry has scored 827 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster (Theo Pinson is second with 444).
• He is the only Tar Heel in history to earn All-Final Four honors twice (2016 and 2017).
• He became the seventh player overall and the first since UCLA's Bill Walton in 1972-73 to score at least 20 points in consecutive national championship games.

RANKED NO. 13/11
• Carolina is No. 13 in the Nov. 27 Associated Press and No. 11 in the USA Today/coaches polls.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 881st time, most in college basketball history, and the 663rd time in the top 10, second-most behind Kentucky.
• This marks the 55th season (out of 70) the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was ranked No. 9 in the preseason AP poll. This was the 12th time in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons.

ROY WILLIAMS ERA TRENDS
Roy Williams is in his 15th season as Carolina's head coach. Here are a number of stat trends from his tenure at his alma mater.

CAROLINA IS...
• 202-27 at home (includes one home win at Carmichael Arena and one "home" win at the Greensboro Coliseum)
• 332-38 when leading at the half
• 192-5 when shooting 50 percent from the floor
• 34-54 when shooting under 40 percent
• 191-17 when holding the opponents under 40 percent shooting from the floor
• 339-54 when out-rebounding the opponent
• 53-56 when the opponents have more rebounds
• 247-52 when the opponents have more turnovers
• 267-30 when scoring 80 or more points
• 132-4 when scoring 90 or more points
• 56-2 when scoring 100 or more points
• 349-58 when the opponents score under 80 points

JOHNSON OUT
• Cameron Johnson is out four to six weeks after undergoing surgery on Nov. 15 to repair a torn meniscus.
• Johnson suffered the injury in practice on Nov. 13. He did not play in the season opener against Northern Iowa after spraining his neck in practice on 11/7.
• He led UNC with 18 points in 16 minutes in the "jamboree" vs. ECU, UNCG and UNCW on Nov. 5 and had 11 in the exhibition against Barton on Oct. 27.
• Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last year as a Pitt Panther. He shot 44.7 percent from three-point range.
• Johnson matched his career high with 24 points against the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on 1/31/17.

CAROLINA ON THE ALL-TIME WINS LISTS
• Carolina is second all-time in NCAA winning percentage and third in wins.
• Carolina has won 2,211 games, third behind Kentucky and Kansas. Only four schools have won at least 2,000 games.
• Carolina's winning percentage of .739 is second behind Kentucky. Only five schools have a winning percentage of at least .700.
• Carolina is first in Final Fours with 20.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament appearances with 48.
• Carolina is third in NCAA championships with six.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament games with 168.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament winning percentage at .732.
• Carolina is first in ACC regular-season championships with 31.
• Carolina is first in ACC victories with 672.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament wins with 97.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament winning percentage at .683.
• Carolina is first in ACC Tournament championship game appearances with 34 and second in titles with 18.
• Carolina is first in NBA first-round draft picks with 49 and third in overall NBA draft picks with 112.

Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Garrison Brooks

Jalek Felton

Cameron Johnson

Sterling Manley

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Andrew Platek

Brandon Robinson

Kenny Williams

Seventh Woods

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