Tuesday Talking Points

Nov. 18, 2008

Carolina will put its 13-game true road winning streak (all games on the regular home floor of the opponent) on the line Friday night at UC-Santa Barbara. The longest true road winning streak in modern program history is 14 games, which stretched over three seasons from March 2, 1983 (at Georgia Tech) to January 30, 1985 in a 52-50 loss at Clemson. The Tar Heels also had a 14-game road streak that stretched over the 1975-76 and 76-77 seasons before ending in a 2-point loss at NC State.

The game at UC-Santa Barbara will mark Carolina's third regular season game in the state of California since Roy Williams became the head coach in 2003 (the Tar Heels lost the previous two trips to the Golden State). In the 14 seasons prior to Williams's arrival, the Tar Heels had played just two regular season games in the state of California.

Three of the last four seasons that have included a trip to Hawaii have also included a trip to the Final Four.

Carolina and Kentucky have never played in the month of November. At least one of the two teams has been ranked in each of the last 23 meetings. The Tar Heels won the only two previous meetings when they entered the game as the nation's top-ranked team (the 2007-08 season and the 81-82 season). Surprisingly, Kentucky has never been ranked number-one when the Wildcats faced the Tar Heels.

Roy Williams is 21-3 in November at Carolina. A Williams-coached UNC team has never lost two games in the month of November.

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