University of North Carolina Athletics
Second-ranked Tar Heels Host Wolfpack
February 3, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2005
Matchup: North Carolina vs. NC State
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2005
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Smith Center, Chapel Hill
Records: Carolina 17-2, 6-1 ACC; NCSU 13-7, 3-4 ACC
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 2 in the Associated
Press poll and No. 2 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll.
NC State is unranked in both polls.
TV: ESPN -- Mike Patrick (play-by-play) and Len Elmore
(analyst) provide the call.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Radio Network, a division of
Learfield Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play)
and Mick Mixon (analyst) provide the call. A live broadcast is
available on UNC's official website, TarHeelBlue.com
Websites: North Carolina (TarHeelBlue.com); NC State
(GoPack.com)
Series Record: UNC leads, 130-74
Last Meeting: UNC 71, NC State 64 on
Feb. 29, 2004, in Raleigh
Last UNC win: UNC 71, NC State 64 on
Feb. 29, 2004, in Raleigh
Last NCSU win: NC State 75, UNC 67
(OT) on Feb. 25, 2003, in Chapel Hill
Fast Fact: The Tar Heels have more ACC road wins this season (three) than in all of last season (two).
TAR HEELS HOST WOLFPACK
The University of North Carolina men's basketball
team, winner of 17 of its last 18 games,
will host Atlantic Coast Conference foe NC
State on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Smith Center
in Chapel Hill. The game will be televised
nationally by ESPN.
Carolina is 17-2 overall and tied for the Atlantic Coast Conference lead with a 6-1 ACC mark. UNC is ranked No. 2 in both national polls this week, its highest ranking since being No. 1 in both polls for two weeks midway through the 2000-01 season.
The Tar Heels are coming off a four-game stretch that included three ACC road games. They went 3-1 in that four-game span but now face another tough stretch. After Thursday's game with NC State, Carolina will hit the road for three consecutive ACC games away from Chapel Hill. Those three straight road contests will come at Florida State (Sun. Feb. 6), at Duke (Wed. Feb. 9) and at Connecticut (Sun. Feb. 13).
The Tar Heels have won three games in a row -- at Clemson, at home vs. Miami and at Virginia -- after losing at Wake Forest on Jan. 15. Carolina had won 14 in a row prior to the loss on the road vs. the Demon Deacons. NC State is 13-7 and 3-4 in the ACC after last Saturday's win at Clemson.
