Tar Heels Open NCAA Play Thursday Vs. Marquette

GAME 34: NCAA FIRST ROUND
• Carolina is the No. 8 seed in the East Region and plays No. 9 Marquette in the first round on Thursday, March 17 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
• The game is scheduled to tip 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Baylor-Norfolk State game, which begins at 2 p.m. Eastern. The Carolina-Marquette game should begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern (TBS).
• Should Carolina beat Marquette, the Tar Heels would play the winner of No. 1 seed Baylor vs. No. 16 Norfolk State on Saturday, March 19.

2021-22
• Carolina is 24-9 overall.
• The Tar Heels tied Notre Dame for second in the ACC at 15-5, one game behind Duke.
• UNC was the No. 3 seed in Brooklyn in the ACC Tournament, defeated Virginia in the quarterfinal and lost to eventual ACC champion Virginia Tech in the semifinal.
• Carolina went 15-2 at home and 8-3 in road games this season and is 1-4 in neutral-site games. In addition to the ACC Tournament, UNC lost to Tennessee and Purdue in Uncasville, Conn., in November in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic and to Kentucky in Las Vegas in December in the CBS Sports Classic.
• Carolina's neutral-site losses were to the ACC champion (Virginia Tech), a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament (Kentucky) and two No. 3 seeds (Purdue and Tennessee).
• UNC has won 20 or more games for the 62nd time (first time since going 29-7 in 2018-19). A win in the NCAA first round would extend Carolina's NCAA record for 25-win seasons to 39.
• The Tar Heels have won 12 of their last 15 games. The 72-59 loss to Virginia Tech in the ACC semifinals ended UNC's season-long six-game win streak. One of those six wins was at Virginia Tech on February 19, when UNC held the Hokies to 57 points, Tech's low point total at home this season.
• The 15 regular-season ACC wins were Carolina's second most all-time. The Tar Heels went 16-2 in 2018-19.
• With the 94-81 win at Duke on March 5 the Tar Heels went 7-3 (.700) on the road in ACC play this season and 8-3 (.727) in all road games. The national average road winning percentage this college basketball season through the regular season was 42.5%.
• This was Carolina's 43rd winning record on the road in 69 seasons of ACC basketball.

CAROLINA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• This is Carolina's 52nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, which is the second most all-time (Kentucky 59).
• Carolina's six NCAA Tournament championships are the third most all-time.
• The Tar Heels won NCAA titles in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017.
• Carolina's 20 Final Fours are the most in NCAA Tournament history.
• The Tar Heels are the only team to play in the Final Four in each of the last eight decades: 1946, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017.
• Carolina has played in the second-most NCAA Tournament games (174) and has the second-most wins (126) and second-highest winning percentage (.724).
• Roy Williams won three NCAA titles and 79 NCAA Tournament games, second most all-time.
• Dean Smith won two NCAA titles and 65 NCAA Tournament games, third most all-time.

CAROLINA AS AN 8 SEED
• Carolina is a No. 8 seed for the second year in a row and the fifth time overall (1990, 2000, 2013, 2021, 2022).
• The Tar Heels are 7-4 as an eight seed, including 3-1 in the first round.
• In 1990, Carolina beat No. 9 SW Missouri State and No. 1 Oklahoma in Austin before losing to No. 4 Arkansas in Dallas.
• In 2000, Carolina advanced to the Final Four, the lowest seed in its NCAA-record 20 trips to the Final Four (seeding began in 1979; UNC has reached the Final Four 13 times since the field was seeded). The Tar Heels beat Missouri, top-seed and third-ranked Stanford, Tennessee and Tulsa to advance to the Final Four, where it lost to Florida.

HUBERT DAVIS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Hubert Davis is the fourth UNC head coach to lead his team to an NCAA Tournament berth in his first season at the helm, joining Bill Guthridge in 1998, Matt Doherty in 2001 and Roy Williams in 2004.
• Davis was an assistant coach at his alma mater from 2012-21. He was on the bench for two national championship games, the 2017 NCAA title and an 18-7 record in NCAA Tournament games.
• As a player at UNC from 1988-92, Davis played in 12 NCAA Tournament games, including the 1991 Final Four. The Tar Heels were 10-4 in the Tournament in his four seasons, including 9-3 in the dozen games in which he played.
• Davis scored in double figures in each of his last nine NCAA Tournament games, averaging 17.7 points in those games. In 1991, he helped lead the Tar Heels to the Final Four, scoring 16 vs. Northeastern, 18 vs. Villanova and Eastern Michigan, 19 vs. Temple in the East Region final in the Meadowlands and 25 vs. Roy Williams and Kansas in the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis in the national semifinal.

TAR HEELS IN TEXAS
• This is the 10th NCAA Tournament in which Carolina is playing in the state of Texas.
• Fort Worth is the seventh city in Texas in which the Tar Heels will be playing in the NCAA
Tournament.
• The Tar Heels are 7-7 in Texas in the NCAA Tournament.
• in 1978, Carolina lost to Texas A&M in double overtime in Denton;
• in 1981, Carolina defeated Pittsburgh in El Paso;
• in 1986, Carolina lost to Louisville at the Summit in Houston;
• in 1990, Carolina defeated SW Missouri State and No. 1 ranked Oklahoma in Austin and lost to Arkansas in Dallas;
• in 1998, Carolina lost to Utah in the Final Four in the Alamodome in San Antonio;
• in 2000, Carolina defeated Tennessee and Tulsa at the Erwin Center in Austin;
• in 2008, Carolina lost to Kansas in the Final Four in the Alamodome in San Antonio;
• in 2013, Carolina beat Providence and lost on a last-second shot to Iowa State at the AT&T Center in San Antonio;
• and in 2016, Carolina beat Syracuse in the national semifinals and lost on a last-second three-pointer to Villanova in the national championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston.
• Carolina will be playing in Fort Worth for the first time (UNC has never played TCU).

SERIES VS. MARQUETTE
• Carolina is 4-2 against the Golden Eagles, including 1-1 in NCAA Tournament games.
• Last season, the Tar Heels arranged to play Marquette on February 24 after UNC's game at Boston College, originally scheduled for February 23, was postponed due to Covid issues in the BC program. The Golden Eagles had last played on February 17 and was scheduled to be idle until the 27th.
• Marquette defeated the Tar Heels, 83-70, handing UNC its only home loss in 11 games last season.
• Seven of the eight players who played for Marquette in last season's game are not on the roster this season (Greg Elliott made three 3FGs, had four steals and scored 15 points). Five Tar Heels who played in last season's game will play in this game – Armando Bacot (three points, five rebounds in 13 minutes), Leaky Black (three points, two steals in 26 minutes), RJ Davis (11 points, two threes, four turnovers), Caleb Love (one point on 0-6 FG, seven assists) and Kerwin Walton (eight points, two threes).
• Garrison Brooks led UNC with 18 points. Day'Ron Sharpe, currently a Brooklyn Net, had nine points and 11 rebounds.
• Dawson Garcia had a game-high 24 points and 11 rebounds for Marquette. He transferred to UNC and averaged 9.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in 16 games for the Tar Heels before returning home to Minnesota to help with several Covid-related illnesses in his family. More on Garcia later in the notes section.
• Prior to last season's game in Chapel Hill, the teams' most recent game was in 2011 in Newark, N.J., in the Sweet 16. Carolina beat the Golden Eagles, 81-63. Tyler Zeller led UNC with 27 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals; John Henson had 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks; and Harrison Barnes scored 20 and grabbed seven offensive boards.
• The Tar Heels led that 2011 NCAA Tournament game, 40-15, at the half.
• In 1977, Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors defeated Dean Smith's Tar Heels, 67-59, in the national championship game at the Omni in Atlanta. That was the first time the schools had ever met.

ACC AWARDS FOR BACOT, BLACK
• Junior forward/center Armando Bacot was the leading vote-getter on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team and senior forward Leaky Black was selected to the league's All-Defensive team.
• Bacot is the 52nd Tar Heel to win first-team All-ACC honors a total of 79 times, both of which are the most in ACC history.
• Black is the eighth Tar Heel to make the ACC's All-Defensive team and the first since Brice Johnson in 2016.
• Bacot was second in the voting for ACC Player of the Year. Black received the third-highest vote total for the All-Defensive team and third-most votes for Defensive Player of the Year.
• Caleb Love and Brady Manek were honorable mention All-ACC.
• Bacot was named to the All-ACC Tournament second team for his play against Virginia and Virginia Tech. He had 10 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and three steals against the Cavaliers in the quarterfinal and 19 points and 14 rebounds vs. the Hokies in the semifinal.

BACOT'S SEASON RANKS AMONG UNC, ACC BEST
• Armando Bacot leads Carolina in scoring (16.5), rebounding (12.5), field goal percentage (.598) and blocks (56). He also led UNC in those categories last season. No Tar Heel has ever led in those four categories in consecutive seasons and no other Tar Heel has ever reached all four of those numbers in one season.
• He has set UNC single-season records for double-doubles (25) and games with 10 or more rebounds (26).
• Bacot has scored 20 or more points 10 times this season. He has also blocked five or more shots four times and shot 60 percent or better from the floor 19 times.
• No Tar Heel has ever led the ACC in rebounding and field goal percentage in the same season.
• Duncan is the only ACC player ever to have higher scoring and rebound averages and a higher field goal percentage in the same season (1996-97) than Bacot's current numbers.
• Bacot leads the ACC in field goal percentage and rebounding, just the ninth time in 69 seasons one player has led in both categories.
• He also leads the ACC with 25 double-doubles. It's only the sixth time ever a player has led the ACC in field goal percentage, rebounding and double-doubles (with Duke's Marvin Bagley in 2018, Wake Forest's Tim Duncan in 1997, Clemson's Dale Davis in 1990, Clemson's Horace Grant in 1987 and Virginia's Ralph Sampson in 1983).

LED ACC IN FG PCT AND REBOUNDING, SAME SEASON
2021-22 Armando Bacot ##
2017-18 Marvin Bagley III, Duke ##
2008-09 Trevor Booker, Clemson
1996-97 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest ##
1989-90 Dale Davis, Clemson ##
1988-89 Dale Davis, Clemson
1986-87 Horace Grant, Clemson ##
1982-83 Ralph Sampson, Virginia ##
1980-81 Buck Williams, Maryland
## also led the ACC in double-doubles

• Nationally, Bacot is third in rebounding and double-doubles, fifth in offensive boards (3.8) and 13th in field goal percentage.
• Bacot and Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe are the only players in the top five in the country in double-doubles, offensive rebounds and rebounding in the NCAA Tournament field.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES
27 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
27 Fardaws Aimaq, Utah State
25 Armando Bacot
23 Johni Broome, Morehead State
21 Chuba Ohams, Fordham

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING
5.2 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
4.0 Chuba Ohams, Fordham
3.9 Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
3.82 Sukhmail Mathon, Boston University
3.79 Armando Bacot

REBOUNDING
15.1 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
13.6 Fardaws Aimaq, Utah State
12.5 Armando Bacot
12.2 Norcahd Omier, Arkansas State
11.6 Chuba Ohams, Fordham

BACOT FOUR REBOUNDS FROM UNC RECORD
• Armando Bacot is just the second Tar Heel and eighth player in ACC history with 400 rebounds in a season. Bacot has 412 in 33 games, the second most in a season by a Tar Heel. Brice Johnson set the mark with 416 in 40 games in 2015-16.
• He passed Tyler Hansbrough with 14 rebounds in the ACC semifinal vs. Virginia Tech (Bacot grabbed 49 rebounds in three games this season vs. the Hokies).

MOST REBOUNDS – UNC season
416 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (1st-team All-America)
412 Armando Bacot, 2021-22
399 Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08 (NPOY)
397 Sean May, 2004-05 (NPOY)
389 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98 (NPOY)

• Bacot has 10 or more rebounds 26 times this season, a UNC single-season record. Johnson set the previous record with 23 double-figure games in 2015-16, a season in which he earned first-team All-America honors and led UNC to the national championship game.
• Bacot's 12.5 rebounds per game are on pace for the fifth-highest average by a Tar Heel and the highest since Billy Cunningham averaged 14.3 in 1964-65.

Highest rebounding average – UNC season
16.1 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63
15.8 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
14.3 Billy Cunningham, 1964-65
14.0 Doug Moe, 1960-61
12.5 Armando Bacot, 2021-22

• Only one player in the ACC has averaged as many rebounds in the last 24 seasons. Notre Dame's John Mooney led the league with 12.7 per game in 2019-20.
• Bacot averaged 14.1 rebounds in the 20 regular-season ACC games. That was the highest average in league play since Duncan averaged 14.9 in 16 games in 1996-97.
• Bacot's 14.1 rebounds in ACC games were the fourth highest average ever by a Tar Heel. Billy Cunningham averaged 16.6 in 1962-63, 16.0 in 1963-64 and 14.4 in 1964-65.

Most games double-figure REBOUNDS — UNC season
26 Armando Bacot, 2021-22 (in 33 games)
23 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (in 40 games)
22 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
21 John Henson, 2011-12
21 John Henson, 2010-11
21 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
21 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63

• Bacot has 902 career rebounds, 13th most in UNC history. Rusty Clark, who led UNC to three straight Final Fours in 1967-69, is 12th with 933.

REBOUNDS – UNC CAREER
11. 941 Eric Montross, 1990-94
12. 933 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
13. 902 Armando Bacot, 2019-
14. 890 Ademola Okulaja, 1995-99
15. 885 John Henson, 2009-12

• Bacot has the ninth-highest career rebounding average by a Tar Heel at 9.6 per game. He has the highest career average since Sean May, who averaged 10.0 from 2002-05.

Highest rebounding average — UNC career
15.4 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
10.6 Doug Moe, 1958-61
10.5 Pete Brennan, 1955-58
10.4 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57
10.3 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
10.0 Sean May, 2002-05
10.0 Bud Maddie, 1953-54
9.9 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
9.6 Armando Bacot, 2019-
9.2 Larry Miller, 1965-68

• Bacot leads the ACC by 4.3 rebounds per game in all games and by 6.1 per game in ACC play.
• Bacot had a streak of 13 straight games with double-digit rebounds from December 14 through February 1. That was the third-longest streak of games with 10 or more rebounds in UNC history.

Consecutive games/10 OR MORE REBOUNDS
41 Billy Cunningham, 1962-64
15 John Henson, 2010-11
13 Armando Bacot, 2021-22
11 Doug Moe, 1959-61
11 Doug Moe, 1960-61

• Bacot has 20 or more rebounds three times this season – 22 against Virginia on January 8, 20 against Virginia Tech on January 24 and 22 at Louisville on February 1.
• Bacot is the third Tar Heel to have three 20-rebound games in a season. Cunningham had five in 1963-64, four in 1962-63 and three in 1964-65, Rosenbluth had three in 1954-55 and Bacot has three this season (three in 25 days).
• Bacot has the fifth-highest career offensive rebounding average by a Tar Heel since offensive rebounds were recorded beginning in 1986-87.

MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS per game – UNC CAREER
(since 1986-87)
3.61 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
3.47 Sean May, 2002-05
3.39 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
3.34 Day'Ron Sharpe, 2020-21
3.23 Armando Bacot (304 in 94 games)
3.06 George Lynch, 1989-93

BACOT SETS UNC DOUBLE-DOUBLE MARK
• Bacot's 25 double-doubles are the UNC single-season record, breaking Brice Johnson's mark of 23 set in 2015-16.
• Bacot is the seventh player in ACC history with at least 25 double-doubles in a season and only the third in the last 25 seasons.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES – ACC SEASON
29 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest, 1996-97
26 Tom Burleson, NC State, 1973-74
26 Len Chappell, Wake Forest, 1961-62
25 Armando Bacot
25 John Mooney, Notre Dame, 2019-20
25 Jordan Williams, Maryland, 2010-11
25 Ronnie Shavlik, NC State, 1955-56

DOUBLE-DOUBLES – UNC SEASON
25 Armando Bacot, 2021-22 (in 33 games)
23 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (in 40 games)
22 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
21 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
20 Mitch Kupchak, 1974-75
20 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63
20 Doug Moe, 1960-61

• Bacot has seven more double-doubles this season than he had combined in his first two seasons (18).
• Bacot had 10-straight double-doubles from Furman through Virginia Tech on January 22. That was the longest streak by a Tar Heel since Cunningham in 1964-65. Bacot's 10-game streak equaled the fourth-longest by a Tar Heel.
• Bacot has double-doubles in 75.8% of Carolina's games this season, the fourth-highest percentage in UNC history and highest since 1964.

PCT. OF DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES – UNC SEASON
Career 2X-2X Games Pct.
Billy Cunningham, 1962-63 20 21 .952
Billy Cunningham, 1963-64 22 24 .917
Doug Moe, 1960-61 20 23 .870
Armando Bacot, 2021-22 25 33 .758
Billy Cunningham, 1964-65 18 24 .750

• Bacot has 43 career double-doubles, which ties Rusty Clark for the sixth most by a Tar Heel.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES (POINTS & REBOUNDS) – UNC CAREER
60 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
51 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
47 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
47 Sam Perkins, 1980-84
44 Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
43 Armando Bacot, 2019-
43 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
42 Larry Miller, 1965-68
39 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57
37 John Henson, 2009-12

• Bacot has 43 career double-doubles in 94 games. His double-double rate (45.7%) is the seventh highest by a Tar Heel and is the third highest in the last 50 years.

PCT. OF DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES – UNC CAREER
Career 2X-2X Games Pct.
Billy Cunningham, 1962-65 60 69 .870
Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57 39 76 .513
Antawn Jamison, 1995-98 51 104 .490
Doug Moe, 1958-61 29 60 .483
Rusty Clark, 1966-69 43 91 .473
Larry Miller, 1965-68 42 91 .462
Armando Bacot, 2019-active 43 94 .457
Robert McAdoo, 1971-72 14 31 .452
Pete Brennan, 1955-58 35 81 .432
Sean May, 2002-05 33 77 .429

• Bacot became the 79th player to score 1,000 points as a Tar Heel. UNC has more 1,000-point scorers than any other school in NCAA history (Louisville is second with 69).
• Bacot became the first Tar Heel to score 1,000 points in three seasons since Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson, who both hit the 1,000-point mark as juniors in 2017.
• Bacot has 1,208 points. He is 61st all-time at Carolina. UNC assistant coach Sean May is 60th with 1,213.

Scoring – UNC CAREER
57. 1,231 Joe Wolf, 1983-87
58. 1,228 Harrison Barnes, 2010-12
59. 1,219 James Worthy, 1979-82
60. 1,213 Sean May, 2002-05
61. 1,208 Armando Bacot

300-PLUS FOR BRADY
• Brady Manek, a 6-9 power forward, made 235 three-pointers in four seasons at Oklahoma, becoming the tallest player in Big 12 history to make 200 threes.
• Manek leads UNC with 76 threes and in three-point percentage at a career-best 38.6% (previous was 38.3% as a freshman at OU).
• The Harrah, Okla., native made five 3FGs at Duke, his 14th career game with five or more, and three in the first half against Virginia in the ACC Tournament when he out-scored the Cavaliers, 19-13, in the half. He's hit 311 three-pointers in his college career.
• Manek has made at least one three-pointer in 126 of 155 games and multiple threes 82 times (at least one in 30 of 33 games as a Tar Heel with two or more 19 times).
• Manek is averaging 2.30 threes per game this season, the second-most by a Tar Heel who measured 6-9 or taller behind only Cameron Johnson, who averaged 2.67 threes in earning first-team All-ACC honors in 2018-19.
• Johnson (2.67 per game) and current Dallas Maverick Reggie Bullock (2.34) are the only Tar Heels to play significant minutes at power forward (the 4) and average more threes per game than Manek, who plays almost exclusively at the 4. Bullock played the four in 2012-13 when UNC played four perimeter players around James Michael McAdoo. Johnson split time at the 3 and 4 in 2018-19.
• Manek is one of three Tar Heels 6-9 or taller to make 50 threes in a season. Johnson made 96 in 36 games in 2018-19, Ademola Okulaja made 59 in 34 games in 1998-99 and Manek has made 76 in 33 games.

ACC HONOR FOR MANEK
• Brady Manek's 21-point game against Virginia in Brooklyn was his eighth 20-point game this season, the seventh time he led the Tar Heels in scoring and the third straight game he scored at least 20 points.
• Manek was named ACC Player of the Week for his play against Syracuse and Duke in the final week of the regular season, when he scored 22 against the Orange in an overtime win and 20 at Duke.
• Manek is averaging 16.3 points over the last 16 games.

THREE WITH 50 THREES
• Carolina has three players with 50 or more threes this season for the just the fourth time in history.
• Brady Manek leads with 76, Caleb Love has 74 and RJ Davis 57.
• Carolina also had three players make 50 or more threes in 2017-18 (Joel Berry II, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye), 2008-09 (Wayne Ellington, Danny Green and Ty Lawson) and 2002-03 (Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton and Melvin Scott).

DAVIS AND LOVE BACKCOURT ACES
• Sophomores RJ Davis and Caleb Love have started every game together in the backcourt this season except Senior Night, and are both averaging more than 33 minutes per game.
• Davis and Love have combined for 28.7 points and 7.2 assists per game. A year ago as freshmen, they combined for 18.9 points and 5.5 assists.
• They have 131 three-pointers and 237 assists.
• Davis is second on the team in three-point percentage (.385) and free throw shooting (.800); Love leads the team at the FT line (.874) and is third from three (.370).
• Love made a career-high six three-pointers in Carolina's win over Florida State, including five in the first half as UNC built a 38-point lead. He made three 3FGs in the final 2:23 of regulation and overtime against Syracuse.
• Davis hit a career-high six three-pointers in November in a 26-point outing against Brown and hit five on February 28 vs. Syracuse.
• In Carolina's 24 wins, Davis and Love are shooting 42.0% and 41.2%, respectively from three. In the nine losses, Davis has made 27.8% and Love 25.0% from three.
• Love has 17 assists and two turnovers in 145 minutes over the last four games.

BLACK'S PLAY A KEY TO SECOND-HALF SURGE
• Leaky Black is the sixth Tar Heel to amass 500 career points, 400 rebounds, 200 assists, 100 steals and 50 blocks.
• The only other Tar Heels to hit each mark are James Worthy, George Lynch, Jackie Manuel, David Noel and Danny Green.
• Black was third in voting for ACC Defensive Player of the Year and earned his first award for the league's All-Defensive team.
• Black was the primary defender in three games vs. ACC Tournament MVP Hunter Cattoor of Virginia Tech (who scored 31 against Duke in the ACC final) and held Cattoorr to an average of 7.0 points on 5 of 15 threes; vs. Duke's Paolo Banchero, whose shot he blocked three times and scored 13 points; vs. Duke's AJ Griffin, who scored five points in Cameron after scoring 27 in the first game vs. Carolina; vs. Georgia Tech's Michael Devoe, who came in as one of the nation's leading scorers and scored two points; vs. NC State's Dereon Seabron, who scored two points on 1 of 6 shooting; and Syracuse's Buddy Boeheim, who scored 14, five below his ACC-leading average.
• The Concord, N.C., native is shooting career-best percentages from the floor (.479) and the free throw line (.882).
• Black had a season-high seven assists against Syracuse. Carolina is 14-1 this season when the senior has three or more assists and 12-2 in his career when he has five or more.
• Black has 17 assists and five turnovers in the last four games.

FREE THROWS
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC in free throw shooting at 77.2%, their second-best percentage ever (78.3% in 1983-84).
• Last season, UNC shot 66.8%.
• Carolina is 17th in the country at the line.
• Carolina has led the ACC in free throw percentage eight times but not since 1987-88. Current assistant coach Jeff Lebo shot 87.8% as a junior and senior Ranzino Smith shot 89.7% that season.
• Carolina has made 80% or better from the free throw line 16 times this season, including six of the last seven games. UNC shot 80% or better in the final five regular-season ACC games, the first time in UNC history the Tar Heels shot 80.% in five consecutive games.
• UNC made a season-best 91.3% on 21 of 23 shooting at NC State.
• Carolina has made 20 more free throws than the opponents have attempted.

HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE — UNC SEASON
.783 in 1983-84 (551 of 704)
.772 in 2021-22 (461 of 597)
.761 in 1984-85 (569 of 748)
.758 in 1959-60 (542 of 715)
.757 in 2007-08 (738 of 975)

• Senior forward Leaky Black (.882) and sophomore guards Caleb Love (.874) and RJ Davis (.800) lead UNC at the stripe this season.
• Love went 12 for 12 from the free throw line at Duke (which tied the third-best performance at the line by a Duke opponent in Cameron Indoor Stadium history).
• Love is first all-time at UNC in free throw percentage at .850. Shammond Williams (1994-98)is second at .848.

HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE – UNC CAREER
.850 Caleb Love, 2020-
.848 Shammond Williams, 1994-98
.847 Marvin Williams, 2004-05
.845 Danny Green, 2005-09
.844 Marcus Paige, 2012-16

• Love is shooting 87.4% from the line this season, the sixth-best percentage in a season by a Tar Heel.

Highest FT percentage — UNC SEASON (min. 75 made)
.911 Shammond Williams, 1997-98 (133 of 146)
.893 Joel Berry II, 2017-18 (108 of 121)
.878 Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (86 of 98)
.877 Marcus Paige, 2013-14 (128 of 146)
.876 Steve Hale, 1984-85 (85 of 97)
.874 Caleb Love, 2021-22 (118 of 135)

LOVE STREAK ONE SHY OF UNC RECORD
• Caleb Love made 40 consecutive free throws, the second-longest streak in UNC history, until missing his fifth and final attempt of the game vs. Virginia in the ACC quarterfinal.
• His streak ended one shy of tying Jeff Lebo's record, which Lebo set as a senior in 1989.
• Love's streak began against Pittsburgh on February 16, when he made his final three of that game.
• Love made his first four against UVA to pass Bobby Lewis (39 in a row in 1966) for the second-longest streak in UNC history.
• Marcus Paige had made 31 straight in 2013-14, the most recent instance when a Tar Heel made at least 30 in a row.

CONSECUTIVE FREE THROWS — ACC HISTORY
66 Scott Wood, NC State 2011-12
54 J.J. Redick, Duke 2003-04
48 John Gillon, Syracuse 2016-17
48 Jeff Lamp, Virginia 1979-80
45 Roger Mason, Virginia 2000-01
43 J.J. Redick, Duke 2002-03
43 Skip Brown, Wake Forest 1976-77
41 Jeff Lebo, North Carolina 1998-89
41 Jim Brennan, Clemson 1963-64
40 Caleb Love
40 Jon Scheyer, Duke 2006-07
40 Juan Dixon, Maryland 2000-01

SCORING ODDS AND ENDS
• Five Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points in a game this season. Armando Bacot and Caleb Love have both scored 20 or more 10 times, Brady Manek eight, RJ Davis four and Dawson Garcia three.
• Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points 35 times in 33 games, including seven games in which two players scored 20 or more (Loyola, Brown, Charleston, Elon, home vs. Georgia Tech and Syracuse) and the March 5 win at Duke when the Tar Heels set a school recored when four players scored 20 or more.
• Last season, UNC had only seven 20-point performances in 29 games. UNC did not have any games last season when two players scored 20 or more points.
• Carolina is 12-0 over two seasons when Love scores 20 or more (10-0 this season).
• Carolina is 18-0 when leading at the half.
• Carolina is 12-1 when scoring 80 or more points.
• Carolina's 55 second-half points and 94 total points at Duke on March 5 were the most scored against the Blue Devils this season.

THREE-POINTERS
• Carolina made a season-high 15 three-pointers at home against NC State and is averaging 8.3 per game, on pace for the third-highest average in UNC history.
• The Tar Heels made only three in 26 attempts in the ACC semifinal loss to Virginia Tech. That was the fewest made threes with at least 25 attempts in UNC history (previous four in 27 attempts vs. Gonzaga in the 2017 national championship game and 4 for 26 against Duke in a 2019 ACC semifinal).
• Carolina is making 0.3 more threes per game than its opponents. This is the first time the Tar Heels are on pace to make more three-pointers than their opponents since 2012-13 and just the sixth time ever (1982-83, 1986-87, 2002-03, 2005-06 and 2012-13).

CLEANING THE BOARDS
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC and are ninth in the country in rebound margin at plus 7.7 per game. UNC also leads the league and is 18th nationally in rebounds per game (39.8).
• The Tar Heels have averaged 40 or more rebounds for the past seven seasons.
• Carolina has led the ACC in rebound margin in each of the previous six seasons and in 13 of 18 seasons under Roy Williams.
• UNC has won the battle of the boards 30 times in 33 games this season. The Tar Heels are 24-6 when out-rebounding their opponents and 0-3 when getting out-rebounded (Tennessee, Kentucky and Duke in Chapel Hill).

MISCELLANEOUS
• The Tar Heels are 16-1 this season when scoring more points off turnovers and 7-8 when the opponents score more points off turnovers.
• Turnovers and the opponents cashing in on those errors have been a key factor this season. Carolina has turned the ball over 12.2 times per game in its nine losses, which led to 178 points, an average of 19.8 points per game.
• Carolina is 19-0 this season when the opponents shoot at or under 45% from the floor.
• Carolina has won seven times this season when it allowed fewer than 60 points (53 by UNC Asheville, 51 by Michigan, 50 by App State, 58 by Virginia, 47 by Boston College, 57 by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and 43 by Virginia in Brooklyn).
• The Tar Heels have held the opponents to 65 or fewer points in 13 of their 24 wins.
• Carolina is 10-0 this season when shooting at least 50% (under Roy Williams UNC was 220-9 when shooting 50% from the floor).
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 66.3 points in its 24 victories. The opponents are averaging 86.2 points in UNC's eight losses.
• The Tar Heels are minus 7 in assist-turnovers (103 assists/110 turnovers) in the nine losses, while the opponents are plus 73 (157 assists/84 turnovers).

GARCIA OUT REST OF THE SEASON
• Dawson Garcia announced on February 10 he will not return to the team this season to remain home in Minnesota to continue to help with family medical issues.
• Garcia played as a freshman at Marquette before transferring to UNC. He played in 16 games this season for the Tar Heels before returning home Jan. 24 due to illnesses in his family.
• He averaged 9.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in 16 games, scoring in double figures five times with a season-high 26 vs. Purdue in November.
• Garcia said in a statement: "I cannot thank everyone enough for the unbelievable support that has automatically been given to me while I flew home to support my family. Not everyone will understand, but those who know our family are very aware of the circumstances and challenges we are facing. As much as I love this University and basketball, being in the middle of a health crisis is where our family is right now and it's where I need to be. After the loss of several very special family members this past year, I came close to losing my dad in December and my grandma is currently in the ICU. With my dad recovering and my grandma fighting for her life, it's not even a question to me where I need to be right now.
My family is my world and I will always be there for them. The past few months have quickly changed my perspective on life and I have put this into God's hands and trust His guidance.Times like this bring out the beauty in God's people and I thank all of Tar Heel Nation, my coaches and my teammates for all the love and support. I thank you for lifting us up with your powerful prayers. The University, this team and fans are special. Go Tar Heels."

TAR HEEL STAFF
• Hubert Davis is the ninth person to win 20 or more games in his first season as Carolina's head coach. Davis is a Tar Heel alum, and so are each of his assistant coaches and members of the basketball staff.
• Assistant coaches Brad Frederick (1996-99), Jeff Lebo (1985-89) and Sean May (2002-05), Director of Recruiting Pat Sullivan (1990-93, 1994-95) and Director of Team and Player Development Jackie Manuel (2001-05) all played for the Tar Heels. Director of Operations Eric Hoots has been on staff for 18 seasons.
• Frederick played on Final Four teams that won ACC championships in 1997 and 1998.
• Lebo is a 20-year head coaching veteran who set 10 UNC records in his playing career.
• May was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 NCAA Final Four, scoring 26 points in the national championship game vs. Illinois.
• Manuel was twice named Carolina's defensive player of the year and was a starter on the 2005 NCAA champions.
• Sullivan was a key contributor on the 1993 national champions and is one of seven Tar Heels who have played in three Final Fours.
• Davis, Lebo, May and Frederick combined to score 4,441 points as Tar Heels. Syracuse is the only school whose coaches scored more points at their alma mater than UNC (Gerry McNamara, Adrian Autry, Allen Griffin and Jim Boeheim scored 5,189 for the Orange).

PRO HEELS
NBA
Cole Anthony, Orlando
Harrison Barnes, Sacramento
Tony Bradley, Chicago
Reggie Bullock, Dallas
Ed Davis, Cleveland
Wayne Ellington, Los Angeles Laker
Danny Green, Philadelphia
Cameron Johnson, Phoenix
Nassir Little, Portland
Theo Pinson, Dallas
Day'Ron Sharpe, Brooklyn
Coby White, Chicago

G-League
Justin Jackson, Texas

International source: TarHeelInternational.com
Nate Britt, Yoast United, The Netherlands
Isaiah Hicks, Seoul Samsung Thunders, South Korea
Desmond Hubert, Al Arabi, Kuwait
Brice Johnson, Toyama Grouses, Japan
Christian Keeling, BC Rustavi, Georgia
Justin Knox, Neo-Phoenix, Japan
Ty Lawson, US Monastir, Tunisia
Sterling Manley, Sichuan Blue Whales, China
Luke Maye, BAXI Manresa, Spain
James Michael McAdoo, Hitachi Sun Rockers, Japan
Kennedy Meeks, Cholet Basket, France
Marcus Paige, Orleans Loiret, France
Justin Pierce, VfL Kircheim Knights, Germany
Reyshawn Terry, Plateros de Fresnillo, Mexico
Deon Thompson, Leones des Ponce, Puerto Rico
J.P. Tokoto, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel
Jawad Williams, Yamagata Wyverns, Japan
Kenny Williams, Kolossos Rhodes, Greece

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