Tar Heels To Visit Michigan In ACC/Big Ten Challenge

GAME EIGHT NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is playing at Michigan for the first time. Michigan is one of four current Big Ten schools at which UNC has not previously played (Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Penn State; the Tar Heels also have not played against Wisconsin in Madison, but did play in the NCAA Tournament in Madison).
• The November 26 Associated Press poll is the 900th in which the Tar Heels are ranked. UNC is the first school to be ranked in 900 AP polls.
• Carolina is averaging 96.6 points per game, exactly twice as much as Michigan's defense is allowing its opponents to score (48.3).
• Carolina is No. 3 in the nation in offensive efficiency; the Wolverines are No. 1 in defensive efficiency. The Tar Heels are 32nd in the country in effective field goal percentage (56.2 percent); the Michigan defense is No. 2 (36.9 percent).
• The Tar Heels have scored 676 points and are averaging 96.6 points in their first seven games. That's the most points in the first seven games since 1992-93, when Carolina scored 680 points (97.1 per game) en route to winning the NCAA title.
• Coby White was named the ACC Freshman of the Week for his performances against Saint Francis (16 points), Texas (33 points, seven 3FGs) and UCLA (19 points, eight assists).
• Carolina is 10-9 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including 10-5 under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is playing in the state of Michigan for the first time since 12/14/2013, when it beat No. 1 ranked Michigan State in East Lansing.
• Carolina's all-time roster includes two players from the state of Michigan – Tom LaGarde, a member of the 1976 gold-medal winning Olympic team from Detroit, and Tom Zaliagiris, a forward from 1974-78 from Livonia.

UNC-MICHIGAN SERIES
• The Tar Heels and Wolverines are playing for the seventh time and the first time in Ann Arbor.
• Carolina is 4-2 against Michigan, including a win last season in Chapel Hill, a 3-1 record in the NCAA Tournament and 0-1 in the Rainbow Classic.
• Carolina defeated Michigan in the 1987 second round in Charlotte, the 1988 Sweet 16 in Seattle and the 1993 title game in New Orleans. Michigan beat UNC in the 1989 Sweet 16 in Lexington, Ky., and the 1992 Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.
• Roy Williams is 1-1 against Michigan – 1-0 at Carolina and 0-1 while at Kansas. The Wolverines beat the Jayhawks in the finals of the 1992 Rainbow Classic, one day after Michigan beat the Tar Heels. All three teams advanced to the Final Four in New Orleans later that season.

LAST YEAR IN CHAPEL HILL:
UNC 86, MICHIGAN 71
• Luke Maye made 11 field goals and scored a game-high 27 points.
• Theo Pinson led UNC in rebounds with seven and assists with six, Kenny Williams made three three-pointers and Joel Berry II added 17 points.
• Michigan began the game making its first eight field goal attempts, but led only 20-18. Carolina went on to build a 51-37 advantage at the half.
• Carolina had assists on 17 of its first 21 field goals and finished with 24 assists on 34 baskets.
• Carolina shot 64.5 percent from the floor (20x31) in the first half and 54.8 percent from the floor for the game.
• The 15-point margin of victory was the largest by either school.

ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE
• The ACC is 12-5-2 against the Big Ten in the 19-year history of the Challenge.
• Carolina is 10-9 in the Challenge, including a 5-4 record at home, a 3-5 record on the road and 2-0 at neutral sites.
• UNC is 3-2 vs. Michigan State, 1-3 vs. Illinois, 1-3 vs. Indiana, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 1-0 vs. Maryland, Michigan and Wisconsin and 0-1 vs. Iowa.
• Carolina has played 14 of its 19 games in the Challenge against teams ranked in the AP top 25 and eight of those games against top-10 teams.
• Carolina is 7-7 vs. ranked opponents and 5-3 vs. top-10 opponents.

Carolina in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge
1999-2000 H Michigan State L 76-86
2000-01 A at Michigan State L 64-77
2001-02 H Indiana L 66-79
2002-03 A at Illinois L 65-92
2003-04 GBO vs. Illinois W 88-81
2004-05 A at Indiana W 70-63
2005-06 H Illinois L 64-68
2006-07 H Ohio State W 98-89
2007-08 A Ohio State W 66-55
2008-09 DET vs, Michigan State W 98-63
2009-10 H Michigan State W 89-82
2010-11 A at Illinois L 67-79
2011-12 H Wisconsin W 60-57
2012-13 A at Indiana L 59-83
2013-14 A at Michigan State W 79-65
2014-15 H Iowa L 55-60
2015-16 H Maryland W 89-81
2016-17 A Indiana L 67-76
2017-18 H Michigan W 86-71

33 FOR COBY
• Coby White led all scorers in the UNC-Texas game on Thanksgiving with 33 points, the most by a Tar Heel this season, and the most by a UNC freshman since Harrison Barnes scored 40 against Clemson on 3/12/2011 in the ACC Tournament.
• It was the third most points by any UNC freshman behind 40 by Barnes and Tyler Hansbrough (vs. Georgia Tech in 2006).
• White's 33 are the most by a Tar Heel since Luke Maye had 33 at NC State on 2/10/2018. White's previous scoring high in a game was 16 in the previous contest vs. Saint Francis.
• White made seven three-pointers, which ties the seventh most in a game by a Tar Heel. White's seven three-pointers are the second most by a UNC freshman (Raymond Felton made eight, which equals the school record, against NC State on 1/26/2003).
• Seven threes were the most since Joel Berry II made seven at Clemson in 2017.
• White is the eighth Tar Heel freshman to score 30 or more points (the ninth time it has been accomplished).
• White added a team-high 19 points and eight assists vs. UCLA and made the Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament team.

30-Point Games by a UNC Freshman
40 – Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/2011 in Greensboro (ACC Tournament)
40 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/2006
33 – Coby White vs. Texas, 11/22/2018 in Las Vegas
31 – Antawn Jamison at Maryland, 1/6/1996
31 – J.R. Reid vs. Notre Dame, 3/19/1987 in East Rutherford, N.C. (NCAA Tournament)
31 – J.R. Reid vs. NC State, 1/18/1987
31 – Mike O'Koren vs. UNLV, 3/26/1977 in Atlanta (Final Four)
31 – Walter Davis vs. Duke, 3/2/1974
30 – Sam Perkins vs. Rutgers, 12/22/1980 in Charlotte

AP POLL NOTES
• Carolina is ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press poll.
• Carolina is ranked this week in an AP poll for the 900th time, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• This is the 84th 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.
• This season is the 56th time in 71 seasons 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 37 times, including 26 of the last 38 years.
• UNC is No. 13 in this week's coaches poll.

NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,238 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.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Coby White

Kenny Williams