Tuesday Talking Points

Dec. 20, 2005

By Adam Lucas

Wednesday's game at Southern Cal will mark the first time in almost 20 years that Carolina has played road regular season games in the state of California in back to back years (the Tar Heels were at UCLA during the 1986-87 season and again during the 1987-88 campaign).

Nine Tar Heels are averaging at least 13 minutes per game.

Tyler Hansbrough's current field goal percentage of 64.9 would easily be the highest figure ever for a Carolina freshman, eclipsing the current mark of 62.6% held by Sam Perkins. Bobby Jones shot 66.8% from the field in his first year of varsity competition (1971-72), but it came during the period in which freshmen were ineligible.

Wes Miller is turning the ball over only one time per every 40 minutes of game action. The next-lowest Tar Heel figure among the members of the regular rotation? Byron Sanders, who is turning it over one time per every 23 minutes of game action.

Carolina's current free throw percentage of 65.5% would be the second lowest in program history, trailing only the 62.9% mark of the 1953-54 squad.

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