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March 1, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 1, 2002
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at #3/3 Duke Blue Devils (25-3, 12-3 ACC)
Date: Sunday, March 3, 2002, 3:30 p.m.
Site (capacity): Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314), Durham, N.C.
UNC's Series Record vs. Duke: UNC leads, 122-88
Television: ABC
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play), Mick Mixon (color) and Phil Ford (analysis) provide the call. A live broadcast also is available on Carolina's official athletic website, TarHeelBlue.com
Websites: UNC (TarHeelBlue.com), Duke (GoDuke.com)
TODAY'S GAME: Duke
* The Tar Heels will play their final game of the 2001-02 regular season on Sunday afternoon when they make the short drive to Durham to face Duke at 3:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game will be televised nationally by ABC.
* Senior Jason Capel and his older brother Jeff (Duke, 1994-97) are one of eight brother combinations in ACC history to score more than 1,000 points between them. The Capel brothers (3,013 points entering Sunday's game at Duke) rank third on the ACC's career brother list. Clemson's Mahaffey quartet of Donnie, Randy, Richie and Tom totaled 3,555 points. Maryland's Jay and Tom McMillen scored 3,017 points.
* Jawad Williams ranks third among ACC freshmen in scoring (9.7 ppg) and rebounding (4.4 rpg). Jackie Manuel is second among conference freshmen with 2.1 steals per game and Melvin Scott is third with 2.0 apg. Scott and Manuel are tied for the ACC freshman lead with 1.0 steals per game apiece.
* Capel and Lang are two of only nine four-year starters at Carolina since freshmen became eligible in 1972-73. The others are Phil Ford (1975-78), Mike O'Koren (1976-80), Sam Perkins (1981-84), Brad Daugherty (1983-86), Kenny Smith (1984-87), Jeff Lebo (1986-89) and Ademola Okulaja (1996-99).
* Carolina (8-18 overall in 2001-02) has set a new school record for most losses in a season. UNC lost 15 games in both 1950-51 and 1951-52.
* Carolina (4-11 in the ACC) has set a new school record for ACC losses in a season. UNC went 6-8 in ACC play in 1963-64, Dean Smith's third year as Carolina head coach.
* This year, the Tar Heels are 10 games under .500 in a season for the first time in school history. Prior to this season, UNC had never been six games under .500 at any point.
* Carlyle Cup points will be on the line in Sunday afternoon's game in the latest installment of the second-annual all-sports competition between Carolina and Duke.
The Series with the Blue Devils
* Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 122-88. Carolina is 30-34 against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium and 42-43 overall in Durham. The Tar Heels won, 85-83, at Duke last season. Prior to that win, Duke had beaten Carolina four straight times in Durham.
* Earlier this season, Carolina committed 25 turnovers and forced just six Duke miscues as the No. 1-ranked Blue Devils handed the Tar Heels an 87-58 loss on Jan. 31 in Chapel Hill. The 29-point defeat is UNC's worst-ever in the Smith Center. Mike Dunleavy led all scorers with 23 points for Duke. All five Blue Devil starters scored in double figures as they hit 56.9 percent of their field goal attempts as a team. Duke took 65 shots to Carolina's 44 field goal attempts. The Tar Heels did hit 22 of those shots (50.0 percent).
Brian Morrison was the only Tar Heel to score in double figures in the contest, tallying 12 points. Morrison hit 4 of 8 field goal attempts and had four assists in 27 minutes.
* Last year, Duke won two of three meetings with Carolina. Led by 24 points and 16 rebounds from Joseph Forte, the Tar Heels won the first meeting, 85-83, in Durham. The Blue Devils won, 95-81, in the Smith Center in the final game of the regular season and 79-53 in the ACC Tournament finals at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
More Carolina-Duke Series Notes
* At least one of the two schools has been ranked in the Associated Press national poll in each of the last 111 meetings. The last time Carolina and Duke met when neither team was ranked by the Associated Press was on Feb. 27, 1960. Frank McGuire and Vic Bubas coached the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, respectively, at the time.
* Carolina has been ranked in the Associated Press poll in 93 of the previous 110 games. Duke was ranked in 65 of those last 110 matchups.
* The longest stretch in between being ranked for the Tar Heels was 12 games (the first 12 games Dean Smith was head coach). Duke's longest stretch of not being ranked was 24 games from 1970-1978.
* Matt Doherty, Bill Guthridge and Duke's Bill Foster are the only men to win their first Carolina-Duke game as a head coach since the ACC was formed in 1953.
* Since not being ranked in any of the four matchups in 1994-95 and 1995-96, Duke's average ranking in games against UNC has been No. 3. The Tar Heels are 3-10 against the Blue Devils in the last five seasons. Prior to this five-year period, Carolina had won 13 of 19 games against the Blue Devils.
* Carolina and Duke have accounted for 27 of the ACC's 48 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships.
* Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
* Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 23 times. The Blue Devils are second with 16 regular-season crowns.
* Either Carolina or Duke have played in the NCAA Final Four in 17 of the last 21 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000).
* The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won five national championships in the last 20 seasons (Carolina in 1982 and 1993).
* No other school in the country has won more Wooden Awards as National Player of the Year than Carolina and Duke, who have each won three (Carolina's winners include Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1984 and Antawn Jamison in 1998).
* Carolina has won 15 NCAA Regional championships and played in an NCAA record 15 Final Fours. Duke has played in 13 Final Fours.
LAST GAME: Clemson
Carolina shot better than 50 percent from the floor in both halves, hitting a season-high 55.9 percent of its shots for the game, and cruised to a 96-78 win over Clemson on Feb. 27 in Chapel Hill. The win improved the Tar Heels to 48-0 at home all-time against Clemson, the second-longest such streak in the nation. The game marked the final home appearances for five UNC players - Brian Bersticker, Jason Capel, Joe Everett, Kris Lang and Orlando Melendez.
Capel scored a career-high 28 points in the game, hitting three early three-pointers to get the Smith Center crowd going. Jackie Manuel played his best game as a Tar Heel, scoring a season-high 16 points on 5 of 7 shooting that included 2 of 3 three-pointers. Adam Boone scored 13 points and dished out a career-high eight assists with just one turnover. Jawad Williams hit 6 of 8 shots on the night for 14 points, adding five rebounds.
Tony Stockman scored 28 points (hitting 8 of 10 three-pointers) in the first half, but scored just two points in the second half (on a breakaway layup after a steal) to finish with 30.
Tar Heels Tops in Merchandising - Again
Carolina led over 180 universities nationwide in licensing revenues for the second half of 2001, the Collegiate Licensing Co. announced last week. According to UNC director of auxiliary services Rut Tufts, Carolina's revenues from July to December 2001 were $1.8 million, up 11 percent from $1.6 million for the same period in 2000.
Seventy-five percent of the net revenue is used for general scholarships on campus and 25 percent goes to the athletic department.
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