Tuesday Talking Points

Jan. 22, 2008

By Adam Lucas

Saturday's loss to Maryland was the first home loss by a top-ranked Carolina team since the 1998 squad suffered an 86-72 loss to NC State on Feb. 21, 1998. When top-ranked, the Tar Heels now have only three home defeats in the past 20 years (the other came in 1994).

Only three times in school history has a top-ranked Carolina team lost to fall out of the nation's number-one ranking and then also lost their next game--the 1959 team lost at Maryland and then at Virginia, the 1983 team lost to Villanova and then at Maryland, and the 1994 team lost to Georgia Tech and then at Clemson.

Since making 21-of-47 (44.7%) three-pointers in Carolina's first 14 games, Danny Green has made just 3-of-18 (16.7%) three-pointers over the last five games.

Maryland was the first opponent in the last six games not to make at least 50 percent of their field goals in at least one half.

Alex Stepheson is averaging 18 minutes per game over the last three games. In those three games, he is averaging 7.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks and is shooting 75.0% from the floor. Stepheson also won his first-ever defensive player of the game award when the coaches reviewed the Maryland game film.

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