Tuesday Talking Points

Dec. 31, 2007

By Adam Lucas

Carolina's 9-week stay at the top of the Associated Press poll is the longest such stretch since the 1985-86 season (13 weeks) and third-longest all time--the longest came during a 15-week stretch during the 1983-84 season.

Since Roy Williams's return to Carolina, the Tar Heels have 24 home wins of at least 30 points. In the ten years prior to Williams's return, Carolina had just 19 such victories.

When Carolina cracked 100 points against UC-Santa Barbara despite making just 14 free throws, it easily marked the fewest made free throws in a 100-point game in the Williams era (a span of 23 century-breaking games).

After turning the ball over 18 times in Carolina's first nine games, Deon Thompson has just two turnovers in his last four games.

After hitting at least one three-pointer in Carolina's first seven games, Wayne Ellington has been held scoreless from beyond the stripe in three of UNC's last six games.

Beware Dec. 27: the last two times Carolina has played on that date, a key Tar Heel has suffered a serious injury (Sean May vs. Iona in 2002, Bobby Frasor vs. Nevada in 2007).

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