Tar Heels Head To Louisville For Rematch

Carolina will travel to Louisville for a rematch with the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the KFC Yum! Center. ESPN will televise the game live.

GAME 21 NOTEBOOK
• Carolina's first game in February 2019 is a matchup of two of the top teams in the ACC. The ninth-ranked Tar Heels are 16-4 overall, 6-1 in the ACC and have won four in a row. Louisville is 16-5, ranked 15th and is 7-1 in the ACC. The Cardinals have won six straight, a streak that began three weeks ago in Chapel Hill.
• UNC and Louisville are ranked 12th and 13th, respectively, in KenPom's offensive efficiency. UNC is also 13th in defensive efficiency (UL is 24th).
• Carolina is 6-1 in ACC play for the first time since 2017, when the Tar Heels lost their league opener at Georgia Tech, then won seven in a row.
• Carolina is 4-0 in ACC road games. The Tar Heels have won their first five ACC road games once in the Roy Williams Era, in 2007-08, when UNC went 8-0 on the road in league play.
• Carolina's win in Atlanta was Roy Williams' 211th in ACC play (regular season and Tournament). Williams is third in ACC history behind Mike Krzyzewski (480) and Dean Smith (422).
• Williams is 83-47 in ACC road games, a winning percentage of .638 that is the second-best in ACC history. Only 10 of the league's 82 coaches in history have won at least half of their road games and just four have a winning percentage of .600 or better – Duke's Vic Bubas, Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and UNC/South Carolina's Frank McGuire.
• Carolina has made 38 three-pointers in its last three games (nine at Miami, 16 vs. Virginia Tech and 13 at Georgia Tech). That is three more 3FGs than any other three-game stretch in Carolina Basketball history. UNC made 35 over three games twice in 2001-02 and one time in 2012-13.
• The school record for most three-pointers in four consecutive games is 47, which Carolina has made in its last four games. The previous four-game high was 45 in 2012-13.
• Coby White is 28 for 52 (.538) from the floor, 15 for 31 (.484) from three-point range, has scored 78 points (19.5) and had 23 assists (5.8) in the last four games since he did not make a field goal in the loss to Louisville.

UNC-LOUISVILLE SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Louisville, 13-6, including 4-3 since the Cardinals joined the ACC prior to the 2014-15 season.
• Louisville beat the Tar Heels, 83-62, on 1/12 in Chapel Hill.
• The last team to beat UNC twice in the regular season was Duke in 2015 (the last team other than Duke was Miami in 2013).
• This is the 12th time in 20 meetings that both teams are ranked in the AP poll (UNC is 8-3 in the previous 11 games).
• Roy Williams is 7-4 against Louisville (6-3 at Carolina, 1-1 as Kansas's head coach).

UNC IN THE KFC YUM! CENTER
• The Tar Heels are 1-4 against the Cardinals in Louisville, including 1-2 in the KFC Yum! Center.
Carolina beat Louisville, 93-76, on 2/17/18 in UNC's most recent trip to the Yum! Center.
• The 17-point margin of victory was the largest over Louisville in the KFC Yum! Center (it was Louisville's 148th game in the arena). The largest previous margins of victory by an opponent over Louisville in the Yum! Center were 16 points by Virginia on 1/30/2016 (63-47) and 2/6/2017 (71-55).
• The 93 points were the most scored against Louisville in any game since UNC beat the Cardinals, 93-84, on 11/24/2013, in Uncasville, Conn.
• The 93 points were the most scored by any opponent at Louisville since Charlotte scored 106 at Freedom Hall on 2/11/2001. The previous high for an opponent in the Yum! Center was 90 by Virginia Tech in a 94-90 UL win on 2/18/2017.

EARLIER THIS YEAR
LOUISVILLE 83, UNC 62 (JAN. 12 IN CHAPEL HILL)
• Louisville made its first seven shots from the floor and six of its first nine three-point tries, out-rebounded the Tar Heels by nine and held UNC to under 35 percent shooting from the floor.
The Cardinals made 11 threes for the game.
• Carolina was a season-worst 3 for 22 from three-point range (Johnson 0-4, Maye 1-6, White 0-3, Williams 1-4).
• It was the largest home loss in 16 seasons under Roy Williams. The previous was a 69-53 loss to Duke on 3/9/2013.
• It was the largest home loss since 1/31/2002, an 87-58 loss to Duke.
• It was Carolina's third-largest loss in the Smith Center (29 against Duke and 22 against Wake Forest, both in the 2001-02 season).
• It was the largest home loss by a ranked Tar Heel team (AP) against a non-ranked opponent.
• Carolina had season lows in field goals (20), field goal attempts (58), field goal percentage (.345), field goal percentage in a half (.308 in the second), three-pointers (3), three-point percentage (.136), rebounds (31), assists (tied, 13), points (62) and points in a half (28 in the second).
• The Cardinals out-rebounded UNC, 40-31. The Tar Heels have been out-rebounded two times thus far this season and lost both times (UL and Kentucky).
• Carolina's points per possession was a season-low .73 (62 points on 85 possessions). Its previous low was .82 in losses to Michigan and Kentucky.
• Kenny Williams led UNC in scoring for the first time this season. His 12 points match the dozen scored by Coby White at Michigan for the fewest points by Carolina's leading scorer in any game this season.
• It was Carolina's largest loss to Louisville (previous was a 97-80 loss in Freedom Hall in Louisville on 12/23/1999).

MISCELLANEOUS
• Roy Williams is 627 games over .500 in 31 seasons as a college head coach, including 310 games over .500 in 16 seasons at Carolina.
• Williams has more ACC road wins (83) than 12 of the league's other 14 head coaches have home ACC victories.
• Carolina is second in the nation in assists and rebounds per game, third in scoring and fifth in rebound margin.
• The win over Virginia Tech on 1/21 marked the first time this season, and just the third time in 16 seasons, the Tar Heels attempted more three-point field goals (34) than two-pointers (33). That happened for the first two times under Roy Williams last season (home win over Clemson and again in the ACC Tournament final vs. Virginia).
• Carolina is 6-1 on the road this year, including 4-0 in ACC play. UNC and Virginia are the only teams in the ACC with six road wins. Duke, Louisville and Syracuse each have four road wins, five schools have two, one school has one and four schools have yet to win on the road.
• Carolina is averaging 87.6 points, which is on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach and the highest since 2008-09.
Highest Scoring Average, 2003-present
89.8 in 2008-09
88.6 in 2007-08
88.0 in 2004-05
87.6 in 2018-19
85.7 in 2006-07

• Carolina has more rebounds in 17 of the first 20 games this season and won 15 of those 17 games. UNC is 1-0 when rebounds are even (UCLA) and 0-2 (Kentucky and Louisville) when out-rebounded.
• Carolina leads the ACC and is second in the country in rebounds per game despite having no starter taller than 6'9" (guard Cameron Johnson).
• The Tar Heels have won 85 percent of the games in which they out-rebound the opponents in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of Roy Williams' first 15 seasons at UNC, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the last four years.
• The Tar Heels are averaging 19.8 assists per game, 10th most in UNC history and the most in a season since 1990-91 (20.0 per game).
• Carolina is 11-0 this season when it has 20 or more assists. The Tar Heels have handed out 26, 25 and 21 assists, respectively, in their last three wins over Miami, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina is averaging a school-record 8.8 three-pointers per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
• Cameron Johnson is second in the ACC in three-point percentage at .476. That is on pace for the third highest percentage in a season by a Tar Heel.
Highest Three-Point Percentage, UNC Season
.496 by Dante Calabria, 1994-95 (66 of 133)
.489 by Hubert Davis, 1990-91 (64 of 131)
.472 by Ty Lawson, 2008-09 (51 of 108)
.476 by Cameron Johnson, 2018-19 (50 of 105)
.464 by Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (78 of 168)

SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs
(UNC in the Roy Williams Era)
30.3 percent – 2017-18
30.2 percent – 2018-19
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05

• The Tar Heels have scored 528 of their 1,751 points from three-point range, the second-largest percentage in the Roy Williams Era.
• Carolina is attempting 34.9 percent of its field goals from three-point range. That is the second-highest percentage in the Roy Williams era. The high was 35.1 percent in 2017-18. Prior to last season, the previous high was 31.7 percent in 2005-06.
• KenPom ranks the Tar Heels third in the nation behind Savannah State and FIU in shortest average length of offensive possessions (13.9 seconds) and fifth in tempo (possessions per game).
• Carolina is 13th in the country in KenPom's defensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions). The Tar Heels' 20 opponents to date have a combined average offensive efficiency of No.7 in the country. Michigan State, Purdue and Kansas are the only teams ranked in KenPom's top 50 that have played schedules whose opponents have a better combined offensive efficiency.

AP POLL NOTES
• Carolina returned to the top 10 in the Associated Press poll released on 1/28. It was Carolina's first top-10 ranking since the Dec. 17 poll.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 909th time, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• It is the 93rd consecutive AP poll in which the Tar Heels are ranked, dating back to mid-conference play in the 2013-14 season.
• UNC began the year No. 8 in the preseason AP poll. It 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 has finished the season ranked in the AP poll 50 times.

NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,248 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.

NO. 1 SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY
• Carolina's complete 2018-19 schedule is rated the No. 1 most difficult schedule in the country by NCAA.com.
• Nine of this season's opponents are in the AP top 25 poll that was released on 1/28, including five of the top 10 teams (No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia, No. 4 Gonzaga, No. 5 Michigan, No. 7 Kentucky, No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Louisville, No. 23 NC State and No. 25 Florida State).
• UNC plays eight ACC teams that played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Three of the four ACC teams the Tar Heels play twice played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament (Duke, Miami and NC State) and the fourth (Louisville) won 22 games.
• KenPom has ranked Carolina's final strength of schedule in the top six in the country in each of the last four seasons, including the most difficult in 2014-15 and 2017-18 (No. 6 in 2015-16 and 2016-17).
• KenPom currently ranks Carolina's strength of schedule (teams played thus far) as No. 12 in the country.

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Players Mentioned

Cameron Johnson

Coby White

Kenny Williams