Tar Heels To Host Tennessee Tech Friday

GAME FOUR NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is one shy of its 200th non-conference win in the Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 199-16 against non-ACC teams in the Smith Center since beginning play in the arena midway through the 1985-86 season.
• Roy Williams has led the Tar Heels to a 211-30 record in the Smith Center, including a 111-5 record against non-ACC opponents.
• Carolina is ranked No.7 in the nation in the AP poll and is third in KenPom.com's statistical rating. The Tar Heels are ranked in the AP top 25 for the 82nd consecutive week and 898th overall.
• Cameron Johnson is 18th in the country in three-point percentage at .714 on 10 of 14 shooting from behind the arc.
• This is the second in a series of three straight home games, which matches the longest stretch this season (also NC State, Miami and Virginia in ACC play).

CAROLINA VS. TENNESSEE TECH SERIES NOTES
• UNC is 1-0 against the Golden Eagles.
• Carolina defeated Tennessee Tech, 85-59, in the Smith Center on 12/12/1999. The Tar Heels also came into that contest ranked No. 7 in the AP poll.
• Jason Capel led UNC with a game-high 21 points. Capel, Brendan Haywood (16) and Ed Cota (15) combined for 52 points and were 22 of 25 from the floor.
• The Tar Heels shot 75.0 percent from the floor in the second half (18 of 24), which is still Carolina's sixth-highest field goal percentage in a half in Smith Center history.

GAME 3: UNC 90, STANFORD 72
• Cameron Johnson led all scorers with 17 and Luke Maye had 16 points and eight rebounds.
• The Tar Heels shot 60 percent from the floor (21 of 35), turned the ball over only five times and held the Cardinal to 35.5 percent shooting in building a 52-26 advantage at the half.
• The 26-point lead at the half was UNC's largest halftime lead in its first three games (7 at Wofford, 18 at Elon).
• In the first half, Carolina had a points per possession of 1.16 (52 points on 45 possessions), while Stanford's was .67 (23 points on 39 possessions).
• In the second half, UNC's PPP dropped to .79 (38 points on 48 possessions), while the Cardinal's was .92 (46 points on 50 possessions).
• Carolina's 60 percent shooting from the floor in the first half (21 of 35) was a season high for any half.
• UNC's second-half shooting (.389) was its lowest in a half this year.
• Carolina improved to 102-7 in home openers, including 30-2 in the Smith Center.
• UNC has won 86 of its last 88 home openers, including 17 in a row.
• Cameron Johnson led Carolina in scoring for the second game in a row. He was 3 for 4 from three-point range and is 10 for 14 (.714) for the season.
• Luke Maye scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half. That moved him past the 900-point plateau in his career. He has 905 career points.
• Kenny Williams scored nine of his 12 points in the first half. He scored one point in the first two games combined.
• Carolina is 12-0 against Stanford, the second-most wins by UNC against any opponent without a loss (19-0 vs. The Citadel).
• Carolina has won 11 consecutive games against the Pac-12 and is 12-1 against Pac-12 opponents under Roy Williams.

GAME 2: UNC 116, ELON 67
• The 116 points were the most by the Tar Heels since a 116-48 win over UNC Asheville in Chapel Hill on 11/30/2008.
• The 116 points tied the most points in the Roy Williams era.
• It was the 60th time the Tar Heels scored 100 or more points in the Roy Williams era. The Tar Heels are 58-2 when scoring 100 or more points under Williams.
• The 49-point win was the largest road win in the Roy Williams era.
• Carolina held Elon to 16.1 percent shooting from the floor in the second half (5 of 31 field goal attempts). That was the lowest in a half by an opponent in the Roy Williams era (previous low was 16.7 percent by Radford in the second half of an 2009 NCAA Tournament first round game).
• Graduate student Cameron Johnson and freshman Nassir Little led the Tar Heels with 21 points apiece.
• Johnson and Little became the third and fourth Tar Heels in the first two games to score 20 or more points (Luke Maye had 24 and Garrison Brooks 20 at Wofford). That had not been accomplished at UNC in more than 50 years.
• It was the ninth 20-point game in Johnson's college career (fourth as a Tar Heel).
• Little became the first Tar Heel freshman to score 20 points in a game since Justin Jackson had 22 against Virginia in the 2015 ACC Tournament.
• Maye had a game-high 10 rebounds, the 22nd time in his career he pulled down 10 or more boards.
• Carolina point guards Coby White, Seventh Woods and Leaky Black combined for 12 assists and only one turnover.
• Woods had five assists and no turnovers. It was the most assists since he had six against Long Beach in his third game as a freshman and it was the most assists without a turnover in his career.
• Carolina's freshmen – Little (21), White (14) and Black (8) combined to score 43 points.
• Carolina's bench out-scored Elon's starters, 65-51.
• Carolina's 63 points in the first half were its most in a half since 1/4/2016 at Florida State, when UNC scored 65 in the second half.
• The Tar Heels had 106 total possessions, more than any game last season (high of 99 vs. Portland).
• The Tar Heels improved to 30-15 in all non-conference road games in Williams' 16 years as UNC's head coach.

GAME 1: UNC 78, WOFFORD 67
• Luke Maye led all scorers with 24 points, Garrison Brooks scored 13 of his career-high 20 in the opening half and Cameron Johnson added five three-pointers in UNC's 78-67 win at Wofford.
• The win improved UNC to 97-12 in season-opening games, including 15-1 under Roy Williams.
• It was Maye's 14th career 20-point game.
• Brooks made a career-high nine field goals (previous was five). It was the sixth time he scored in double figures. His previous high was 14 against Northern Iowa in the 2017-18 opener.
• Johnson was 5 for 7 from three-point range. It was the seventh time he made at least five threes in a game (third time as a Tar Heel.)
• Johnson broke a 46-all tie with a three, and added two more threes in a 14-5 UNC run that gave the Tar Heels a 60-51 lead.
• Kenny Williams did not score, but led UNC with five assists and played outstanding defense against Southern Conference preseason Player of the Year Fletcher Magee (helping to hold Magee to 7-23 shooting from the floor, 3-16 from three-point range).
• Freshmen Coby White and Nassir Little combined for 15 points and five assists.
• White became the 35th Tar Heel to start his first game as a freshman (the 15th under Roy Williams).

THE 2018-19 TAR HEELS
• Carolina returns 11 players from a year ago and adds six newcomers (including a transfer, Ryan McAdoo, who will red-shirt).
• The 11 returnees include four who combined to make 109 starts last season (Luke Maye 37, Kenny Williams 36, Cameron Johnson 20 and Garrison Brooks 16).
• Entering the Tennessee Tech game, Williams has made 61 career starts, including 22 as a sophomore in UNC's national championship season in 2016-17.
• Johnson has 57 collegiate starts – 34 at Pittsburgh, where he played for three seasons and earned his undergraduate degree in communications. He is a second-year graduate student in sports administration.
• Maye has 41 career starts. He started one game as a sophomore, at Duke, in 2016-17.
• Carolina returns 1,950 of 3,018 points from a year ago (64.6 percent), 1,047 of 1,570 rebounds (66.7 percent) and 334 of 674 assists (49.6 percent).
• Maye (16.9 ppg), Johnson (12.4) and Williams (11.4) were the second-, third- and fourth-leading scorers last year.
• Maye led the team and was second in the ACC in rebounding at 10.1 per game. He was also seventh in the league in scoring and field goal percentage.
• Maye is one of three returning players who ranked among the top 10 in ACC scoring last season with Tyus Battle of Syracuse (third) and Ky Bowman of Boston College (sixth).

AP POLL
• Carolina No. 7 in this week's Associated Press after beginning the season in the eighth spot.
• Carolina is ranked this week in an AP poll for the 898th time, second-most in college basketball history.
• This is the 82nd consecutive AP poll the Tar Heels have been ranked, dating back to mid-conference play in the 2013-14 season.
• This was the 13th time in 16 seasons under Roy Williams UNC was ranked in the preseason Top 10.
• UNC is ranked in the top 10 this week for the 671st time, most in ACC history and second-most all-time behind Kentucky's 686.
• This is the 56th time in 71 seasons of the poll the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10 in at least one week of the poll.
• UNC finished the year in the AP poll top 10 in 10 of Williams' first 15 seasons.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 of the AP poll 37 times, including 26 of the last 38 years.

PRESEASON PICKS
• Carolina was picked to finish third in the conference at ACC Media Day (on Oct. 24) behind Duke and Virginia.
• Other preseason ACC rankings include: No. 2 by Athlon and Lindy's and No. 3 by Blue Ribbon Yearbook and Street & Smith's.
• National predictions include: No, 6 by Lindy's, No. 7 by Athlon and Street & Smith's and No. 12 by Blue Ribbon.
• Senior forward Luke Maye (Huntersville, N.C.) was selected the ACC Preseason Player of the Year at ACC Media Day. He is the first Tar Heel to be named preseason player of the year since Marcus Paige in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
• Maye was named Sports Illustrated's No. 1 candidate for National Player of the Year, the top player in the country by Lindy's and a player of the year candidate for the NABC award. He was ranked the fourth-best player in the country by NBC, the ninth-best player by Athlon and a preseason first-team All-America by the AP, ESPN.com, Sporting News, Blue Ribbon, Lindy's and Street & Smith's.
• Freshman forward Nassir Little (Orange Park, Fla.) was named third-team All-America by Athlon, fourth-team All-America by NBC Sports, first-team All-ACC by Athlon and second-team All-ACC by Lindy's.
• NBC Sports ranked Little the No. 3 wing in the country; Athlon named Little the No. 3 impact freshman and No. 11 overall player in the country.
• Maye is a candidate for the Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Award (power forward) and Little for the Julius Erving Award (small forward).
• Maye and Little are pre-season candidates to watch for the John R. Wooden Award (Los Angeles Athletic Club) and the Citizen Naismith Trophy (Atlanta Tipoff Club) to the National Player of the Year.
• Carolina's front court was ranked No. 4 in the nation by Lindy's.

MILESTONE WATCH
• Cameron Johnson has scored 961 points at Pittsburgh (583) and UNC (378). He needs 39 points to reach 1,000.
• Luke Maye has scored 905 career points and needs 95 for 1,000. Maye needs 29 three-pointers to become the 28th Tar Heel to make at least 100 and needs 110 rebounds to become the 28th Tar Heel with 700 or more.
• Kenny Williams has scored 620 points and needs 380 for 1,000.
• Seventy-six (76) Tar Heels have scored 1,000 or more career points. That's more than any other school in college basketball history. Louisville is second with 68 and Duke is third with 67.
• Carolina has played in 49 NCAA Tournaments. Should UNC advance to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Carolina would become the second school with Kentucky to play in at least 50 NCAA Tournaments.

NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,235 games, third most in NCAA history.
• Carolina has won an average of 20.7 games per season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.

ROY WILLIAMS COURT
• On 8/23/18, Carolina officially dedicated the Tar Heels' home floor as Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• The dedication was part of a two-day Carolina Basketball reunion of more than 300 players, coaches, managers and staff.

NO. 1 SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY
• Carolina's 2018-19 schedule is rated the No. 1 most difficult schedule in the country by NCAA.com.
• Carolina is scheduled to play 10 teams that were ranked in the preseason Top 25 by the Associated Press, including No. 2 Kentucky (in Chicago), No. 3 Gonzaga (home), No. 4 Duke (home and away), No. 5 Virginia (home) and possibly No. 10 Michigan State (in Las Vegas).
• Other opponents in the Top 25 include No. 15 Virginia Tech (home), No. 16 Syracuse (home), No. 17 Florida State (home), No. 19 Michigan (away), No, 21 UCLA (possible opponent in Las Vegas) and No. 22 Clemson (away).
• Carolina and Florida are the only two schools in the country that play six non-conference games against teams that played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament (Texas, Michigan State or UCLA, Michigan, Gonzaga, Kentucky and Davidson).
• UNC also plays eight ACC teams that played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament for a total of 14 opponents (at least 17 games) against last year's NCAA field.

THREE NON-ACC ROAD GAMES
• Carolina opened the season with non-conference road games at Wofford and Elon and plays at Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 28.
• UNC is one of 14 schools in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac 12 that play three or more road games (Stanford is the only one to play four).
• UNC and Georgia Tech are the only ACC schools to play three non-conference road games.
• Including this season, Carolina will have played 42 non-conference, regular season road games in Roy Williams' 16 years as Carolina's head coach. That equals the third most in the ACC behind Georgia Tech (45) and Wake Forest (44). Virginia Tech is tied with UNC with 42.

FOUR IN DECEMBER
• Carolina plays just four times in December – home games against UNCW (12/5), Gonzaga (12/15) and Davidson (12/29) and the CBS Sports Classic game vs. Kentucky in Chicago (12/22).
• This is the first time since 1961-62 the Tar Heels have played this few games in December. That season was Dean Smith's first as UNC's head coach; the Tar Heels played only three times in December 1961.

NEW VIDEO BOARDS
• New at the Smith Center this season are four video boards, one in each corner of the upper deck. Each of the boards measure 1,875 square feet, which is greater than the combined size of the previous four boards (432 sq. ft. each).
• The boards include 8.9 million LEDs, provide more than 7,500 sq. ft. of display space and have a resolution of 1080p.

HALL OF FAMERS SCOTT, PERKINS
• Charlie Scott was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September. Scott became the 10th Tar Heel enshrined in the Naismith Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
• Scott joins Tar Heels Ben Carnevale (inducted in 1970), Frank McGuire (1977), Dean Smith (1983), Billy Cunningham (1986), Bob McAdoo (2000), Larry Brown (2002), James Worthy (2003), Roy Williams (2007) and Michael Jordan (2009).
• Sam Perkins will be inducted in the NABC College Basketball Hall of Fame this Sunday, Nov. 18, in Kansas City.
• Perkins will become the 11th Tar Heel in the College Hall of Fame with Brown, Carnevale, Cunningham, Phil Ford, McAdoo, McGuire, Scott, Smith, Williams and Worthy.

VITALE'S MOUNT RUSHMORE
• ESPN's Dick Vitale is commemorating his 40th year in broadcasting with a book titled "Dick Vitale's Mount Rushmores of College Basketball."
• Vitale's Mount Rushmore includes Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski.
• Co-authored with Hall of Fame writer Dick Weiss, the book will be available in November at DickVitaleOnline.com with all the proceeds going to reaching a goal of $4 million to benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

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Players Mentioned

Leaky Black

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Luke Maye

Ryan McAdoo

Coby White

Kenny Williams

Seventh Woods