Tuesday Talking Points

Dec. 9, 2008

The 98-63 defeat of Michigan State was Carolina's biggest win over a ranked team since a 103-55 thrashing of Florida State on Jan. 24, 1998.

Ty Lawson has 24 steals this season, or 3.0 per game. That's almost double his career average entering this season of 1.6 steals per game. Dudley Bradley holds the UNC single-season record for steals with 97; he averaged 3.3 steals per game that season.

Lawson had seven steals against Michigan State; only three players in school history (Dudley Bradley, Tyler Hansbrough, Derrick Phelps) have ever recorded more steals in a game.

Carolina has just two losses in the month of December (a 31-2 record) in five-plus years under Roy Williams and has won 16 straight games in that month. In December of 2002, the season before Williams's arrival, the Tar Heels lost three games in the month of December.

Carolina is 46-4 over the last 50 games. That ties the best 50-game mark in the modern era. The Tar Heels also had a 46-4 record from Dec. 4, 1956-Feb. 11, 1958 and from Feb. 1, 1997-March 8, 1998. Carolina would be 47-3 over its last 50 games if the Tar Heels win the next three games.

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