University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Host Duke On Senior Night
March 4, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| UNC (25-6, 13-4 ACC) vs. Duke (23-7, 11-6 ACC) |
| When: March 4, 2017 - 8:20 p.m. |
| Where: Smith Center, Chapel Hill |
| Tickets: Sold out |
| Watch: ESPN |
| Live Stats: GoHeels.com |
| UNC Notes • Duke Notes |
| Rankings: UNC No. 5/No. 5 (AP/coaches); Duke is No. 17/14, respectively. |
| Series: UNC leads, 134-109 |
• Carolina and Duke close out the 2017 ACC regular season when they play for the 244th time on Saturday, March 4, at 8:20 p.m. in Chapel Hill at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is 25-6 overall and 13-4 in the ACC. The Blue Devils are 23-7 overall, 11-6 in conference play.
• Carolina has clinched at least a share of its 31st ACC regular-season championship, the most in history – Duke is second with 19. The Tar Heels have previously won 20 titles outright and shared 10.
• The Tar Heels lead Notre Dame (12-5) by one game and Duke, Florida State and Louisville by two games (11-6).
• Carolina will win the ACC regular-season title outright for the 21st time with either a win over Duke or a Notre Dame loss at Louisville (Saturday, 2 p.m.).
• Carolina has clinched the No. 1 seed in the 2017 ACC Tournament, which will be played in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 7-11.
• Carolina receives a double-bye and will play its first game in the quarterfinal on Thursday, March 9, at noon against the winner of the second round game between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds.
• This will be the 26th time the Tar Heels have played in the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. Duke and NC State are second and third, respectively, with 17 and six No. 1 seeds in ACC history.
• This will be the eighth time Roy Williams' teams have played in the ACC Tournament as a No. 1 seed (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017).
• Williams has led UNC to the ACC regular-season championship for the eighth time in 14 seasons. No other coach or school has won more than three titles in that time.
• Williams has led Kansas and North Carolina to 17 first-place finishes in conference play in 29 seasons as a head coach.
• The Tar Heels have won 13 or more ACC games 14 times, including eight times under Williams.
• Carolina has played Duke seven previous times under Williams in the final game of the regular season with first place in the ACC at stake for UNC (outright or a share). The Tar Heels are 7-0 in those games (2005, '07, '08, '09, '11, '12 and '16).
• Justin Jackson is averaging 18.4 points per game, the highest scoring average by a Tar Heel since Tyler Hansbrough averaged 20.7 in 2008-09, and the fifth highest in Williams' 14 seasons as UNC's head coach. Jackson has made 2.71 three-pointers per game, a virtual tie for the UNC single-season record with Shammond Williams. Jackson is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Award as the National Player of the Year.
Highest Scoring Average under Roy Williams
22.6 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
20.7 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
20.0 – Rashad McCants, 2003-04
18.9 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
18.4 – Justin Jackson, 2016-17
UNC Single-Season 3FGs Per Game
1. Shammond Williams, 1996-97 2.714
2. Justin Jackson, 2016-17 2.710
3. PJ Hairston, 2012-13 2.62
4. Hubert Davis, 1991-92 2.58
5. Donald Williams, 1994-95 2.56
5. Kenny Smith, 1986-87 2.56
• Carolina has held its last four opponents (Virginia, Louisville, Pitt and Virginia) to 56.0 points and 36.0 percent shooting from the floor.
• Roy Williams is 168-65 in ACC regular-season games. He is fourth all-time in wins (Mike Krzyzewski 399, Dean Smith 364, Gary Williams 192, Roy Williams 168) and third in winning percentage (Vic Bubas .768, Smith .728 and Williams .721) in ACC regular-season games.
• Williams has a homecourt record of 400-44 in 29 seasons as a head coach, including 199-27 at Carolina (197-27 at the Smith Center, 1-0 at Carmichael and 1-0 in a designated home game at the Greensboro Coliseum).
ACC WINS BY A TAR HEEL
• Seniors Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks are tied for third in UNC history in ACC regular season and Tournament wins with 57.
• Britt and Hicks have played in 142 games as Tar Heels. The Duke game will be their 72nd regular-season ACC game; they have been part of 51 regular-season ACC wins. They have also played in eight ACC Tournament games, including six victories.
• Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough hold the UNC record with 58 ACC wins from 2005-09 (50 regular season wins and eight in the ACC Tournament).
• Green and Hansbrough played when the regular season was a 16-game league schedule.
ACC Wins by UNC Players, Career
Regular Season and Tournament
58 – Danny Green, 2006-09
58 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-09
57 – Nate Britt, 2013-present
57 – Isaiah Hicks, 2013-present
56 – Sam Perkins, 1980-84
CAROLINA-DUKE SERIES
• Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke, 134-109.
• The Blue Devils have won 12 of the last 16 meetings in the series (since the start of the 2009-10 season). UNC had won six of seven from 2006-09.
• Carolina is 62-36 in Chapel Hill, including 16-15 in the Smith Center.
• Head coach Roy Williams is 11-17 against Duke as Carolina's head coach, including 5-8 at the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have played 243 games against Duke, more than any other opponent.
• Carolina is 41-44 against Mike Krzyzewski's Duke teams.
• Carolina and Duke have won 37 of the ACC's 63 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships, including 19 by Duke and 18 by UNC.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins and NCAA Tournament wins.
• Carolina has won the ACC regular-season title 31 times. The Blue Devils are second with 19 regular-season crowns.
• Either Carolina or Duke have played in the NCAA Final Four 24 times in the last 36 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2016). Both teams reached the 1991 Final Four.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won nine national championships in the last 35 seasons, four by Carolina and five by Duke.
• Carolina has played in an NCAA-record 19 Final Fours. Duke has played in 16 Final Fours.
• Roy Williams is 12-20 against Duke – 11-17 at Carolina and 1-3 while the head coach at Kansas. During his 10-year tenure as Dean Smith's assistant, Carolina was 16-11 against the Blue Devils.
LAST TIME IN CHAPEL HILL
• Duke beat UNC, 74-73, on 2/17/16 in the previous meeting in the Smith Center behind Grayson Allen's 23 points and Brandon Ingram's 20 points and 10 rebounds.
• Brice Johnson was 13 for 17 from the floor and led UNC with 29 points and 19 rebounds.
• Justin Jackson had 13 points, the only other Tar Heel in double figures, and had six offensive rebounds.
• Nate Britt had a game-high six assists in only 14 minutes.
• The Tar Heels made a season-low one three-pointer in 13 attempts.
UNC VS. DUKE IN THE AP RANKINGS
• This is the first time UNC has been ranked higher than Duke in four consecutive meetings in the series since the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
• The March 4 game is the 159th consecutive meeting in the series when at least one of the two schools was ranked in a national poll. The streak dates to Feb. 25, 1955.
• This is the 144th consecutive meeting in which at least one school has been ranked in the Associated Press top 20 or AP top 25. Of those games, 129 contests have featured a team in the AP top 10.
• Including the March 4 game, UNC has been ranked in the AP poll in 117 of the last 144 games against Duke and the Blue Devils have been ranked 100 times.
• This is the 164th meeting between the two schools since the ACC began play in 1953-54 and the 161st time in that span at least one of those teams was ranked in the AP poll (the only games in which both teams were not ranked were in 1955 and 1960).
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
DUKE 86, UNC 78
• Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard combined for nine three-pointers and 45 points and freshman Jayson Tatum scored all 19 of his points in the second half in an 86-78 Blue Devil win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Justin Jackson led UNC in scoring with 21 points. Joel Berry II was the only other Tar Heel to score in double figures with 15.
• Isaiah Hicks (12.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg) strained his left hamstring in practice the day before the game and was unable to play. Sophomore Luke Maye started at power forward and scored eight points and had two rebounds in 20 minutes.
• Carolina (.525) and Duke (.526) shot almost identical percentages from the floor. Including three pointers, Duke's effective FG percentage was .640 (UNC's was .557); including free throws, Duke's true shooting percentage was .666 (UNC's was .557).
• Carolina shot 52.5 percent from the floor and committed only five turnovers.
• It was the fifth time in 189 instances under Roy Williams the Tar Heels lost a game when shooting 50 percent from the floor (second time this year with Kentucky).
• It was the first time since at least 1979 (turnover records prior to that time are incomplete) the Tar Heels lost a game in which it shot 50 percent from the floor and committed five or fewer turnovers.
• The five turnovers equal the fewest in a game this year (Northern Iowa) and the fifth-fewest in a game on record in UNC history.
• Duke out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 31-30, and offensive rebounds were even at seven apiece. It is one of three times this season the opponents have out-rebounded Carolina and the Tar Heels have lost all three games (Kentucky, at Miami and at Duke).
