Tar Heels To Host Duke For Senior Night Saturday

GAME 31 NOTEBOOK
• Third-ranked North Carolina will host fourth-ranked Duke on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Smith Center in Chapel Hill in the 2018-19 regular season finale for both teams.
• Carolina and Virginia are tied for first place in the ACC with 15-2 records; Duke is one game behind at 14-3.
• An "ACC seeding scenario" for the Tar Heels is on page 2 of these notes.
• The Tar Heels are 27-22 when playing host to a top-five (AP) opponent (all home sites).
• UNC is 5-3 in previous AP top-5 matchups in the Smith Center (3-2 vs. Duke).
• Carolina has played Duke eight previous times under Roy 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 8-0 in those games (2005, '07, '08, '09, '11, '12 , '16 and '17).
• This is the final game at the Smith Center for seniors Luke Maye and Kenny Williams and graduate student Cameron Johnson. Over the past four years, UNC is 117-30 overall, 54-17 in ACC regular-season play and 56-6 at home (55-6 in the Smith Center). In Johnson's two years as a Tar Heel, UNC is 51-16 overall, 26-9 in regular-season ACC games and 25-5 at the Smith Center. Carolina played in the national championship game in 2016 in Maye's and Williams' freshman year, and won the national title in 2017. The 117 wins tie the fifth most over any four-year period in Carolina Basketball history.
• Carolina leads the ACC scoring, rebounding, rebound margin and assists and is second in the conference in three-pointers and assist-turnover ratio.
• UNC leads the nation in rebounding, is second in assists and rebound margin and third in scoring.
• This is the 19th time in 31 seasons as a head coach that Roy Williams' team is ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in scoring (eighth time at Carolina).
• This is the seventh season in which the ACC has played 18 regular-season conference games. Carolina became the second team to go 9-0 on the road (with Virginia in 2018). This marks the seventh time the Tar Heels have gone undefeated in ACC road games (1957, 1960, 1976, 1984, 1987, 2008 and 2019).
• Carolina is the only team in the Atlantic Coast, American, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 or Southeastern Conferences with 11 road wins.

• This is the ninth AP top-5 matchup in Smith Center history; the Tar Heels are 5-3 in those games, including 3-2 against Duke.

TOP-5 AP GAMES, SMITH CENTER HISTORY
1-18-1986: No. 1 UNC 95, No. 3 Duke 92
1-25-1986: No. 1 UNC 85, No. 4 Georgia Tech 77
12-20-1986: No. 4 UNC 90, No. 5 Illinois 77
2-21-1988: No.1 Temple 83, No. 5 UNC 66
2-3-1994: No. 2 UNC 89, No. 1 Duke 78
2-5-98: No. 2 UNC 97, No. 1 Duke 73
3-4-2001: No. 2 Duke 95, No. 4 UNC 81
2-6-2008: No. 2 Duke 89, No. 3 UNC 78

• Carolina is assured of a top-three finish in the ACC for the 57th time in 65 seasons and a double bye in the 2019 ACC Tournament in Charlotte.
• Carolina has earned a double bye in the ACC Tournament for the fourth time in the six seasons in which the double bye has existed.
• The Tar Heels have won 13 of their last 14 ACC games, their best stretch in conference play since 2013-14, when they won 13 of 14 games. UNC last won 14 out of 15 ACC games (including the ACC Tournament) in 2010-11.
• Carolina went 11-1 on the road this year. That included a 9-0 ACC record and a 2-1 record in non-conference play. UNC won at Wofford and Elon to open the season, and lost at Michigan on 11/28/18 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
• This was the eighth time UNC has won 10 or more road games in a season (12 in 1924, 11 in 1935, 14 in 1946, 11 in 1976, 11 in 1987, 10 in 1993, 13 in 2007 and 11 in 2019).
• Carolina is No. 7 in the NCAA's NET rankings and is 8-5 in Q1 games. All five of UNC's losses are to Quadrant 1 teams. UNC is one of 10 teams in the country whose losses all have come against Q1 teams (with Gonzaga, Houston, Michigan, UNCG, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wofford).
• Carolina has 15 combined Q1 and Q2 wins; only two schools have more (Michigan 17 and LSU 16).

HALL OF FAME HONORS FOR STEVE ROBINSON
• Steve Robinson, in his 16th season as assistant men's basketball coach at Carolina, is one of eight Division I coaches selected to the A STEP UP Assistant Coaches' Hall of Fame.
• A STEP UP is in its 10th year of educating and inspiring collegiate assistant coaches at all NCAA levels. A STEP UP will induct its inaugural Hall of Fame class on May 7 in Atlanta at its annual professional development symposium.
• Robinson came to Chapel Hill with head coach Roy Williams in 2003 and has helped lead the Tar Heels to NCAA championships in 2005, 2009 and 2017, two additional Final Four appearances, three ACC Tournament championships and eight ACC regular-season titles. Robinson also was an assistant on Williams' staff at Kansas for eight seasons, helping the Jayhawks reach the Final Four three times.
• Robinson will enter the assistant coaches' Hall of Fame with seven other D-I coaches: Gonzaga's Donny Daniels, Connecticut's Chris Dailey, Mickie DeMoss, Florida State's Stan Jones, Notre Dame's Carol Owens, Michigan State's Dwayne Stephens and Stanford's Amy Tucker.

MAYE, LITTLE EARN ACADEMIC HONORS
• Senior forward Luke Maye is the 2019 winner of the Skip Prosser Award, given by the ACC to the league's top scholar-athlete in men's basketball.
• Maye also won the Prosser Award in 2018. Tar Heels have won the award six times in the last nine years.
• Freshman forward Nassir Little joined Maye on the 2019 Academic All-ACC team. Little is the fifth UNC freshman to earn a spot on the Academic All-ACC team.
• Maye, a candidate for Academic All-America, is the fourth Tar Heel to earn Academic All-ACC honors four times.

SKIP PROSSER AWARD, ACC'S TOP SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
Luke Maye 2018, 2019
Marcus Paige 2015, 2016
Tyler Zeller 2011, 2012

FOUR-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-ACC
Luke Maye 2016-19
Marcus Paige 2013-16
Tyler Zeller 2009-12
Henrik Rödl 1990-93

ACADEMIC ALL-ACC TEAM, UNC FRESHMEN
Nassir Little 2019
Luke Maye 2016
Marcus Paige 2013
Tyler Zeller 2009
Henrik Rödl 1990

MAYE, WILLIAMS CLIMBING IN ALL-TIME WINS
• Carolina has won 117 games in the last four seasons (including 2018-19). That equals the fifth-most wins in any four-year span in UNC Basketball history.
• Luke Maye has played in 135 of the 147 games over the last four seasons. He didn't play in seven games as a freshman and missed five games as a sophomore due to a sprained ankle.
• Maye has played in 106 wins in his career.
• Kenny Williams has played in 123 games, including 98 victories. He didn't play in seven wins as a freshman and missed the final 12 wins in 2017 due to a knee injury.

MAYE'S WINS IN ACC PLAY
• Luke Maye has played in 57 wins in ACC regular season and ACC Tournament play. That is tied for the seventh-most ACC wins by a Tar Heel.
• Maye has played in 51 ACC regular-season wins and six ACC Tournament victories.

MOST WINS PLAYED IN ACC GAMES
59 Nate Britt, 2013-17
59 Isaiah Hicks, 2013-17
58 Brice Johnson, 2012-16
58 Marcus Paige, 2012-16
58 Danny Green, 2005-09
58 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
57 Luke Maye, 2015-
57 Quentin Thomas, 2004-08

WHITE SWEEPS ACC PLAYER/ROOKIE HONORS
• Coby White won ACC Player (and Rookie) of the Week honors for his play against Syracuse on 2/26 and Clemson on 3/2. White is the third Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Week honors this season (with Cameron Johnson and Luke Maye). UNC is the only school this season with three different players to win ACC Player of the Week honors.
• White is the 25th Tar Heel to win ACC Freshman of the Week multiple times. His four awards equal the fifth most by any UNC freshman.

ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONORS
10 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
6 Brandan Wright, 2006-07
6 Sam Perkins, 1980-81
5 Marvin Williams, 2004-05
4 Coby White
4 Joseph Forte, 1999-2000
4 James Worthy, 1979-80

UNC-DUKE SERIES
• Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 138-111. The Tar Heels have won the last two games and three of the last four.
• The Tar Heels have played 249 games against Duke, more than any other opponent.
• Carolina is 64-36 against Duke in Chapel Hill, including 18-15 at the Smith Center.
• Carolina and Duke are playing for the 250th time and the 13th consecutive game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 25.
• This is the 150th consecutive Carolina-Duke game in which at least one of the teams is ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 84th game in which both schools are ranked in the AP poll. UNC is 41-42 in those games.
• This is the 31st time in 35 games in the Williams-Krzyzewski era that both teams are ranked in the AP poll.
• This is the 47th game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 10. The teams have split (23-23) the previous 46 top-10 games.
• This is the 12th game in which both teams are ranked in the top five in the AP poll (UNC is No. 3, Duke is No. 4). The Tar Heels have won six of those 11 top-five matchups.
• This is the first top-five game in the series since 2/6/2008. No. 2 Duke beat No. 3 Carolina, 89-78, in the Smith Center.
• Carolina's No. 3 ranking is its highest when playing Duke since 3/8/2009 when the second-ranked Tar Heels beat No. 7 Duke on Tyler Hansbrough's, Danny Green's and Bobby's Frasor's Senior Day.
• Head coach Roy Williams is 15-19 against Duke as Carolina's head coach.
• Carolina is 45-46 against Mike Krzyzewski's Duke teams.
• Carolina and Duke have won 38 of the ACC's 64 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships, including 20 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 25 times in the last 38 seasons (Carolina in 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017). Both teams reached the 1991 Final Four.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have won 10 national championships in the last 37 seasons, five by Carolina and five by Duke.
• Carolina has played in an NCAA-record 20 Final Fours. Duke has played in 16 Final Fours.

LAST TIME: UNC 88, DUKE 72
FEB. 20, 2019 AT CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
• Luke Maye had 30 points and 15 rebounds, Cameron Johnson had 26 points, seven rebounds and four assists and Garrison Brooks scored 14.
• It was the 14th time UNC has defeated the No. 1 team in the AP poll, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• It was the eighth time Roy Williams has defeated the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That broke a tie with Gary Williams for the most wins over the AP No. 1 team in college basketball history.
• Carolina improved to 8-10 against Duke when the Blue Devils were ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. It was Carolina's fourth win at Cameron Indoor Stadium against a No. 1-ranked Duke team.
• Carolina shot 50.7 percent from the floor, including 57.1 percent in the second half.
• The Tar Heels made only 2 of 20 three-pointers. The two threes are a season low for the Tar Heels.
• Carolina's three-point percentage (.100) was its lowest in a win since UNC beat Gardner-Webb in the 2012-13 season opener when the Tar Heels made 1 of 12 (.083).
• Carolina scored 62 of its 88 points in the paint. The 62 points were the most by Carolina this season in an ACC game and the second most in any game (64 against Tennessee Tech).
• Carolina never trailed and led for all but 34 seconds.
• It was Maye's third career 30/15 game (vs. Boston College and NC State last year) and just the second by a Tar Heel against Duke. Billy Cunningham had 31 points and 16 rebounds, also at Duke, on Feb. 23, 1963.
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to score 30 or more points in his career at both Duke and NC State.
• Maye became the second player in NCAA history (with Houston's Elvin Hayes against UCLA in 1968) to have 30/15 in a win over the No. 1 ranked team.
• Johnson made a career-high 11 field goals and scored 26 points. It was the first time he scored 20 or more points in a game in which he did not make a three-point field goal (was 0 for 4).
• Brooks had 14 points and eight rebounds. The 14 points were his career high in an ACC game.
• The 16-point win was the second-largest by a Williams-led team at Duke. UNC won by 18 in 2012 (88-70).

BEATING NO. 1
• Carolina's 88-72 win at Duke was the 14th time UNC has knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation in the AP poll. That is more wins over No. 1 than any other school in college basketball history. Only three schools have won 10 or more – UNC, UCLA (12) and Maryland (10).
• Eight of UNC's 14 wins have come against Duke, including four in Cameron Indoor Stadium, three in the Smith Center and one in the Greensboro Coliseum.

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Luke Maye

Coby White

Kenny Williams