Tuesday Talking Points

Feb. 12, 2008

By Adam Lucas

Quentin Thomas has played 116 minutes and scored 25 points in the past three games. He had played 119 minutes total and scored 23 points in 13 games from December 1-February 2.

By scoring 39 points against Clemson, Tyler Hansbrough became one of only two Carolina players in the past 35 years to have at least three 35-point games as a Tar Heel. Antawn Jamison, who had four such games, is the other. Lennie Rosenbluth scored at least 35 points 13 times in his UNC career to lead that category.

In the Roy Williams era, Carolina is 13-1 after a regular season turnaround of two days or less. The Tar Heels will be coming off a two-day turnaround in the road game at Virginia Tuesday night.

Carolina has lost two games at home this season. This marks just the fifth time in 20 years as a head coach that a Roy Williams-coached team has lost two or more home games.

Carolina's 103 points against Clemson on Sunday were the second-most the Tar Heels have ever scored against the Tigers in Chapel Hill. The 1994 team scored 106.

The Tar Heels are playing Virginia and Virginia Tech in back-to-back games for just the fourth time in 35 years--but for the second straight season. Last year UNC beat Virginia 79-69 in Chapel Hill and then lost 94-88 to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Other back-to-back Commonwealth experiences happened during the 1974-75 season (beat Virginia Tech on the road, lost to Virginia on the road) and the 1994-95 campaign (beat Virginia at home, beat Virginia Tech in Greensboro).

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