No. 12 Tar Heels Head To SMU For ACC Road Opener Saturday

Saturday, January 3

Dallas, Texas

2:15 p.m.

North Carolina

SMU

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 2, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 15: AT SMU
• The Tar Heels (13-1, 1-0) play at SMU (11-2, 0-0) on Saturday, January 3, in their first game of the new year and first ACC road game this season.
• Tip time is 2:15 p.m. Eastern. The game will be televised on The CW (Thom Brennaman and Mike Gminski).
• Carolina is ranked No. 12 in the AP poll and is 18th in the NET.
• This is Carolina's first ACC game at SMU. Last year, the Tar Heels defeated the Mustangs, 82-67, in the first-ever ACC matchup between the teams.
• Over the next two weeks, the Tar Heels will play on the road against all three of the league's newest members as UNC travels to Stanford on January 14 and Cal on the 17th.
• The Tar Heels are 13-1 for the first time since 2008-09.
• The SMU game is one of five road games in January for the Tar Heels. Carolina plays only two games in Chapel Hill this month, marking the first time since 1990-91 UNC will play only twice at home in January.
• The Mustangs lead the ACC in fastbreak points (16.5 ppg), are second in scoring (91.1 ppg) and third in field goal percentage (49.9%). The Tar Heels allow only 5.9 fastbreak points per game, lead the ACC and are third in the nation in field goal percentage defense (36.1%) and have not allowed more than 74 points this season, ranking first in the ACC and 17th in the country at 63.7 points per game.
• Carolina began ACC play on December 30 with a 79-66 win over Florida State. Freshman forward Caleb Wilson led UNC with 22 points, 16 rebounds, six assists and two blocks.
• Wilson became the first Tar Heel freshman ever to score 20 or more points in six straight games, the sixth Tar Heel ever with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a game and the first player to lead the Tar Heels outright in points, rebounds, assists and blocks since 1995. His 16 rebounds equaled the second-most ever by a UNC freshman.
• Junior point guard Kyan Evans hit a season-high five three-pointers and tied his season scoring high with 15 points vs. the Seminoles.
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar had 12 points, all in the second half, and added a dozen boards. It was the third game in a row and seventh time in the first 14 games Veesaar and Wilson both had double-doubles.

CAROLINA & THE ACC
• This is the 73rd season of competition in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels were a charter member of the league, which began play in the 1953-54 season.
• Carolina is the only school with 50 or more combined ACC men's basketball championships (33 regular season and 18 Tournament). Duke is second with 44 (21 regular season and 23 Tournament) and NC State is next with 18 (seven regular season and 11 Tournament).
• Hubert Davis is 57-24 in regular-season ACC games. Only one other team has more ACC wins in the last five seasons.
• Davis led the Tar Heels to ACC records of 15-5, 11-9, 17-3 and 13-7 in the previous four seasons. The 2023-24 team won the regular-season title, Carolina's 33rd.
• Carolina is 772-320 (.707) in regular-season ACC games. The 772 wins are the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 677.

UNC-SMU
• Carolina is 3-1 all-time against SMU, including 1-0 in Dallas.
• The Tar Heels defeated the Mustangs, 82-67, in Chapel Hill on 1/7/2025, in the first ACC game between the teams.
• RJ Davis scored a game-high 26 points and freshmen Ian Jackson and Drake Powell combined for 35 points. Powell hit a season-high four three-pointers.
• Seth Trimble played 26 minutes but did not score in his first game back in the lineup after a three-game absence due to injury. None of the six players who combined to score the Tar Heels' 82 points are on the roster this season.
• The Tar Heels led for 39:13 and never trailed.
• The 2025 game was UNC's first against SMU since 12/12/1987, when the teams also played in the Smith Center.
• Fourth-ranked Carolina beat SMU, 88-86, in overtime in Reunion Arena on 12/30/1986, the only other time the Tar Heels and Mustangs have played in Dallas. Jeff Lebo, currently in his fifth season as an assistant coach at UNC, was 6 for 12 from three and led the Tar Heels with 22 points. Kenny Smith had 10 assists.
• Lebo hit two of his six three-pointers in overtime, including the go-ahead bucket with 3:40 to play that gave UNC the lead for good.
• Saturday's game is Carolina's first in Dallas since losing to Arkansas on 3/22/1990, in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Sophomore guard Hubert Davis came off the bench for 11 points in that game.
• Carolina went 2-0 in Reunion Arena in December 1986, beating Purdue and SMU to win the Dallas Morning News Classic.
• Carolina lost to Texas on 12/19/2009, in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
• Davis is one of 17 former Tar Heels who played for the Dallas Mavericks. Davis averaged 8.8 points and made 306 three-pointers in 261 games for the Mavs from 1997-2001. He led the NBA in three-point shooting (49.1%) as a Maverick in 1999-2000.

BIG MEN ON CAMPUS
• Junior center Henri Veesaar and freshman forward Caleb Wilson are on pace to become the first pair in ACC history to average 16 points and nine rebounds and shoot 55% from the floor (research by Jody Zeugner).
• Only four pairs of players in ACC history have both averaged at least 16 points and nine rebounds in a season and none since NC State's Vann Williford and Paul Coder in 1969-70.
• Veesaar and Wilson are combining for 36.3 points and 20.6 rebounds per game. They have blocked 38 shots, have 64 assists, shot 60.0% from the floor and attempted 169 free throws.
• Wilson is averaging 19.8 points and 11.2 rebounds, while Veesaar is averaging 16.5 points and 9.4 rebounds.
• The only other time two Tar Heels averaged at least 16 points and nine rebounds was 1959-60 (18.2 points and 11.2 rebounds by Lee Shaffer and 16.8 points and 11.3 rebounds by Doug Moe).
• Wilson and Veesaar are the first pair of Tar Heels to average 9.0 rebounds in the same season since John Henson (9.9) and Tyler Zeller (9.6) in 2011-12.
• Per BartTorvik.com, Wilson leads the country in dunks with 46, while Veesaar is fourth with 33.
• Either Veesaar or Wilson has led the team in scoring and rebounding in 13 of the first 14 games.
• They account for 44.7% of Carolina's scoring, 48.4% of the rebounds, 46.9% of the field goals made and 50.8% of the free throw attempts.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Caleb Wilson (10) and Henri Veesaar (8) rank third & sixth, respectively, in the nation in double-doubles. No other team has two players in the top 10.
• Veesaar and Wilson both have recorded double-doubles in points and rebounds seven times, including each of the last three games (NC Central, St. Bonaventure, Kentucky, Georgetown, Ohio State, ECU and Florida State).
• Their seven games with double-doubles by both players already equal the third-most in a season by a pair of Tar Heels.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES BY TWO TAR HEELS, SEASON
John Henson & Tyler Zeller 2011-12 9
Rusty Clark & Larry Miller 1966-67 8
Henri Veesaar & Caleb Wilson, 2025-26 7
Pete Brennan & Lennie Rosenbluth 1955-56 7
Phil Ford & Mitch Kupchak 1975-76 6
Lee Dedmon & Charlie Scott 1969-70 6
Brennan & Rosenbluth 1956-57 6
Brennan & Joe Quigg 1956-57

• Since 1960 when game stats are known more completely, the UNC record for the same two players with double-doubles in consecutive games is three by Veesaar and Wilson and Rusty Clark and Larry Miller in 1966-67. Paul Likins and Bud Maddie also had three in a row in 1953-54. Rebounding totals are missing for several games in the mid-1950s for Lennie Rosenbluth, Pete Brennan and Joe Quigg.
• Tyler Zeller and John Henson set the UNC record for games when two players had double-doubles with nine in 2011-12 without ever doing it in consecutive games.

WILSON SETTING RECORDS
• Caleb Wilson has quickly emerged as one of the most productive and engaging freshman in Carolina Basketball history.
• The 6-10 Atlanta native has made an immediate impact on the Tar Heel record book, becoming the first freshman to score 20 or more points in six consecutive games (current). The previous record was five by legendary point guard Phil Ford in 1974-75.
• Wilson has scored 20 or more points 10 times this season, the most by a freshman since Tyler Hansbrough set UNC's single-season rookie record with 14 20-point games in 2005-06.
• Wilson, Hansbrough, Ford and Rashad McCants are the only UNC freshmen with 10 or more 20-point games.

20-Point Games by a UNC Freshman
Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06 14
Rashad McCants, 2002-03 12
Caleb Wilson, 2025-26 10
Phil Ford, 1974-75 10
Cole Anthony, 2019-20 9
Joseph Forte, 1999-2000 9

• Wilson leads the Tar Heels in scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounds, steals, free throws (made and attempted) and blocks.
• His scoring average of 19.8 points per game is on pace to set the UNC freshman record.

SINGLE-SEASON SCORING, UNC FRESHMAN
19.8 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
18.9 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
18.5 Cole Anthony, 2019-20
17.0 Rashad McCants, 2002-03
16.7 Joseph Forte, 1999-2000

• Tyler Hansbrough (in 2005-06) is the only Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding. Hansbrough also led the team as a freshman in steals. No Tar Heel freshman has ever led the team in scoring, rebounding, blocks and steals.
• Joseph Forte (16.7 ppg in 1999-2000), Rashad McCants (17.0 in 2002-03), Hansbrough (18.9 in 2005-06), Harrison Barnes (co-leader at 15.7 in 2010-11) and Cole Anthony (18.5 in 2019-20) are the freshmen who have led UNC in scoring.
• Hansbrough (7.8 rpg in 2005-06), Antawn Jamison (9.7 in 1995-96) and J.R. Reid (7.4 in 1986-87) are the freshmen who have led UNC in rebounding.
• Wilson is averaging 11.2 rebounds per game. The UNC freshman record is 9.6 per game in 1995-96 by Jamison.

SINGLE-SEASON REBOUNDING, UNC FRESHMAN
11.2 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
9.8 Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
8.3 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
7.8 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
7.8 Sam Perkins, 1980-81

• Eighteen Tar Heels have averaged a double-double in points and rebounds in a season, but none of them were a freshman.
• Wilson leads the country with 46 dunks, nine more than any other player (through December 31).
• He has scored in double figures in all 14 games and has 10 double-doubles. He has 12 or more rebounds in nine of his 10 double-doubles, including a season-high 16 vs. Florida State.

Double-Doubles by a UNC Freshman
(all points and rebounds)
13 Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
11 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
10 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
9 J.R. Reid, 1986-87
9 Sam Perkins, 1980-81

• Wilson has the third-longest streak of double-figure scoring games (14) by a UNC freshman to begin a season. Only Rashad McCants (20 in 2002-03) and Brandan Wright (18 in 2006-07) have more.
• Wilson leads the ACC and is third in the country in double-doubles (10) and leads the ACC and is eighth in the nation in rebounds per game (11.2). He leads all freshmen nationally in both categories.
• In Carolina's 79-66 win over Florida State on December 30, Wilson became the sixth Tar Heel ever with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a game.

20 PTS/15 REB/5 ASSISTS BY A TAR HEEL
Caleb Wilson vs. FSU, 12/30/25 (22/16/6)
Luke Maye vs. Arkansas, 11/24/17 (28/16/5)
Joseph Forte at Duke in 2/1/01 (24/16/6)
James Worthy vs. Detroit, 12/15/79 (24/16/6)
Mitch Kupchak vs. Detroit, 2/4/76 (30/17/5)
Billy Cunningham vs. WFU, 2/9/65 (35/19/7)

• Wilson became the first Tar Heel to lead in points (22), rebounds (16), assists (6) and blocks (2) since Armando Bacot vs. Boston College on 1/17/2023. Bacot was the co-leader in assists and blocks.
• Wilson became the third Tar Heel ever to lead UNC outright in points, rebounds, assists and blocks (Jerry Stackhouse vs. Murray State on 3/17/1995 and Mike O'Koren vs. Detroit on 12/4/1978).

LED UNC OUTRIGHT IN PTS/REB/AST/BLKS
Caleb Wilson vs. FSU, 12/30/25 (22/16/6/2)
Jerry Stackhouse vs. Murray State, 3/17/95
(25/11/5/2)
Mike O'Koren vs. Detroit, 12/4/78 (26/10/5/1)

• Wilson set a UNC freshman record with four consecutive double-doubles against Radford, NC Central, Navy and St. Bonaventure. Armando Bacot (twice), Antawn Jamison and Mike O'Koren were the only Tar Heel freshmen with three in a row.
• Wilson made five or more free throws in each of the first 11 games, becoming the fifth Tar Heel in the ACC era (1953-present) to make five or more in 11 consecutive games.
• Wilson is second in the country in free throw attempts (116) and 20th in makes (81).
• Against Navy, he became the first Tar Heel ever to score 23 points, grab 12 rebounds, make three blocks and four steals in any game.
• He netted 22 points vs. UCA and 24 vs. Kansas to become the first Tar Heel freshman ever to score more than 20 points in his first two games.
• Wilson compiled a game-high 24 points with seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win over Kansas. He became just the second Tar Heel freshman (with Coby White against Virginia Tech in 2018-19) and the fourth Tar Heel regardless of class (with Walter Davis and Mike O'Koren) to have at least 24 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in a game.
• His 22 points in the opener vs. Central Arkansas were the fourth-most by a Tar Heel freshman in his debut since first-year players became eligible in 1972-73.

VEESAAR ONE OF THE TOP TRANSFERS
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar, a transfer from Arizona, leads the team in field goal shooting (65.2%) and is second in scoring (16.5), rebounding (9.4) and blocks (16).
• The Estonia native scored the game-winner against Ohio State, had a game-high 17 points in the win at Kentucky and grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds in the win over Georgetown.
• Veesaar has eight double-doubles in 14 games as a Tar Heel, the first eight of his collegiate career. He played in 66 games over two seasons at Arizona.
• He is second in the ACC and sixth nationally in double-doubles, and second in the ACC and 12th in the country in field goal shooting.
• Veesaar has set numerous career bests as a Tar Heel, including points (26 vs. ETSU), rebounds (15 vs. Georgetown), offensive rebounds (six vs. Florida State), blocks (five vs. NC Central), assists (five vs. Ohio State) and three-pointers (four vs. ECU).
• He has established career highs in rebounds four times – 10 vs. Central Arkansas, 11 vs. NC Central, 13 vs. St. Bonaventure and 15 vs. Georgetown.
• He has scored 20 or more points three times – 26 vs. ETSU, 24 vs. the Bonnies and 20 vs. Kansas. He had one 20-point game in his first two seasons at Arizona.
• Veesaar leads UNC in plus/minus at plus 242.

3 x 7 x 13
• Henri Veesaar is Carolina's third 7-footer ever to make a three-point field goal. Prior to this season, the only 7-footers to make a three were Serge Zwikker in the ACC semifinals vs. Tim Duncan's Wake Forest Demon Deacons on 3/8/1997, and Walker Kessler vs. Northeastern on 2/17/2021.
• Vessaar is 17 for 34 from three (50%). He has made 17 threes and blocked 16 shots.

BY THE NUMBERS
• The Tar Heels are third in the country in field goal percentage defense, holding their opponents to a combined 36.1% from the floor. They've held seven opponents below 35% and 10 under 40%, including Georgetown, USC Upstate, ETSU, Ohio State, ECU and Florida State in the last six games.

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE
34.6 Michigan
35.1 Louisiana Tech
36.1 UNC
36.2 Saint Louis
36.3 UNI

• This is the first time Carolina has held six straight opponents below 40% shooting from the floor since 2014-15, when Carolina's defense held the opponents under 40% in the first eight games.
• The opponents' field goal percentage (.361) would be the lowest allowed by Carolina since 1956-57, when the opponents shot 35.2%.
• The last time UNC held the opponents below 40% over a season was 2014-15, when the opponents shot 39.8%.
• UNC is 10-0 this season and 55-4 under head coach Hubert Davis when holding opponents under 40% from the floor.
• The Tar Heel defense is second in the country in effective field goal percentage (41.2%) and is second in two-point field goal percentage defense (40.6%).
• The opponents have shot under 40% from the floor in 18 of 28 halves.
• The Tar Heels have held each of their first 14 opponents to fewer than 75 points. This is the first time no opponent scored 75 or more points in the first 14 games since 1981-82, when the national champion Tar Heels played all 34 games without allowing more than 74 points (Virginia scored 74 in the Cavaliers' 74-58 win on 2/3/1982).
• Carolina is making 8.36 three-pointers per game, which is on pace for the third-most in UNC history (record is 8.67 in 2018-19, when the Tar Heel lineup included Cameron Johnson, Coby White, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye).

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.67 in 2018-19 (312 in 36 games)
8.41 in 2021-22 (328 in 39 games)
8.36 in 2025-26 (117 in 14 games)
8.29 in 2002-03 (290 in 35 games)
8.25 in 1982-83 (132 in 16 games – ACC games only)

• Carolina is attempting 25.4 three-pointers per game, which would break the previous school record for attempts per game of 23.9 in 2018-19.

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME
25.43 in 2025-26 (356 in 14 games)
23.94 in 2018-19 (862 in 36 games)
23.49 in 2021-22 (916 in 39 games)
23.49 in 2002-03 (822 in 35 games)
22.95 in 2017-18 (849 in 37 games)

• The Tar Heels are making 8.4 threes per game, while allowing 6.6. UNC is in on track to make more 3FG than its opponents for the fifth consecutive year. From 2006-07 to 2019-20, Carolina made more 3FG one time (in 2012-13).
• The Tar Heels have won 17 straight games when making more three-pointers than their opponent.
• Carolina has shot 50% or higher from the floor in seven of the first 14 games. The Tar Heels are 42-1 under Davis when they make at least 50% from the floor.
• Michigan State is the only team this season that has outrebounded Carolina. The Tar Heels are 101-24 under Davis when they outrebound their opponents.
• Carolina is averaging 9.9 turnovers, which is on pace to set the school record for fewest per game (10.08 in 2023-24).
• The Tar Heels have committed fewer than 10 turnovers six times and turned it over a season-high 13 times twice.
• Including this season, the four-lowest turnover per game averages (and five of the six-lowest) have come in Hubert Davis' five seasons as head coach.
• Carolina's assist/turnover ratio of 1.74 is the best in UNC history (record is 1.65 in 2015-16).
• Carolina has outscored its opponents by 139 points in the second half, an average margin of 9.9 points over the final 20 minutes.
• The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents in the second half in 12 of their 13 wins this season, including by 29 in the win over NC Central, 25 vs. ECU and 21 vs. Kansas. Michigan State outscored UNC by 11 in the second half in the only loss of the season.
• UNC is plus 10 or better in the second half in seven of the 14 games.

IN-SEASON AWARDS
• Freshman forward Caleb Wilson has earned National Player-of-the-Week honors twice this season. He was one of five players named National Player of the Week by the USBWA for the week of November 3-9 and he won the award from Andy Katz at NCAA March Madness for this play the week of December 15-21.
• Wilson also was named ACC Freshman of the Week twice, following the games against Central Arkansas and Kansas and against ETSU and Ohio State.
• He is the first Tar Heel to win multiple ACC Freshman-of-the-Week awards since Caleb Love was a two-time recipient in 2021.
• Wilson also was the ACC's Co-Player of the Week after the Central Arkansas and Kansas games.
• Wilson was the first Tar Heel freshman to also win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors since Cole Anthony in 2019-20.
• Wilson became the eighth Tar Heel to win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors as a freshman, joining Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Antawn Jamison (1996), Rashad McCants (2003), Tyler Hansbrough (2006), Brandan Wright (2007), Coby White (2019) and Anthony.

PROBABLE STARTERS VS. SMU
(based on previous game vs. Florida State)
0 – Kyan Evans, Junior, Guard
7 – Seth Trimble, Senior, Guard
44 – Luka Bogavac, Junior, Guard
8 – Caleb Wilson, Freshman, Forward
13 – Henri Veesaar, R-Junior, Center

• Seth Trimble started 18 of UNC's 37 games last season. Even with Trimble's return, this is the first season in which UNC did not return a player who started at least half the games in the previous season since 2005-06, when the Tar Heels replaced all five starters from a national championship team.
• Carolina's probable starters against SMU have made a combined 121 college starts. That includes 50 by Kyan Evans, 26 by Trimble, 19 by Henri Veesaar, 14 by freshman Caleb Wilson and 12 by Luka Bogavac.
• UNC has used three different starting lineups in the first 14 games. Evans, Wilson and Veesaar have started all 14 games.

PRESEASON ALL-ACC, POLL
• The Tar Heels were picked to finish third in the 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference by the media at the ACC's preseason media day in Charlotte.
• Caleb Wilson was voted to the league's preseason All-ACC second team and the All-Freshman team.
• UNC was picked No. 25 in the country in the Associated Press preseason poll.
• This is the 69th different season in the 78-year history of the AP poll the Tar Heels have been ranked at any point in the AP poll.

PRESEASON RECOGNITION
• The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame included three Tar Heels on the preseason watch lists for its five positional awards.
• Seth Trimble is a candidate for the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award list, Caleb Wilson for the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and Henri Veesaar for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award.
• Tar Heels have won four Hall of Fame positional awards – three Bob Cousy Point Guard Awards (Raymond Felton in 2005, Ty Lawson in 2009 and Kendall Marshall in 2012) and one Jerry West Award (RJ Davis in 2024).
• Wilson is also on the preseason watch lists for the Naismith and Oscar Robertson (USBWA) Trophies.

HUBERT DAVIS: YEAR FIVE
• The 2025-26 season is Hubert Davis' fifth as head coach at the University of North Carolina and his 14th on the coaching staff at his alma mater. He is the only Tar Heel head coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons.
• Davis, 55 (turns 56 on May 17, 2026), has won National and ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors, led the Tar Heels to a national title game appearance, 114 wins, a 57-24 record and 24 road wins in ACC regular-season play, a regular-season ACC title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Only one other team has won more ACC games in the last four years.
• Two of his players – RJ Davis and Armando Bacot – rank second and third, respectively, in all-time UNC scoring, set numerous records and earned national and All-ACC awards.
• Carolina won its 100th game under Davis in the 2025 ACC Tournament, making him the third-fastest coach in UNC history and the sixth-fastest in ACC history to win 100 games. Only Duke's Vic Bubas, UNC's Roy Williams and Frank McGuire, Wake Forest's Skip Prosser and Maryland's Lefty Driesell reached 100 wins in fewer games than Davis (who won his 100th in 143 games).
• Under Davis, Carolina is 8-3 in NCAA Tournament play, including wins against three national championship-winning coaches (Baylor's Scott Drew, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State's Tom Izzo) and three other coaches who have taken teams to the Final Four (Marquette's Shaka Smart, UCLA's Mick Cronin and San Diego State's Brian Dutcher).
• Davis has led the Tar Heels to 16 wins over nationally-ranked opponents, including eight over top-10 teams (No. 4 Duke, No. 4 Baylor and No. 9 Duke in 2022; No. 6 Virginia in 2023; and No. 10 Tennessee, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 7 Duke and No. 9 Duke in 2024).

2025-26 SCHEDULE NOTES
• In ACC play, the Tar Heels play host to Florida State, Wake Forest (Jan. 10), Notre Dame (Jan. 21), Syracuse (Feb. 2), Duke (Feb. 7), Pitt (Feb. 14), Louisville (Feb. 23), Virginia Tech (Feb. 28) and Clemson (March 3).
• Carolina plays at SMU (Jan. 3), Stanford (Jan.14), Cal (Jan. 17), Virginia (Jan. 24), Georgia Tech (Jan. 31), Miami (Feb. 10), NC State (Feb. 17), Syracuse (Feb. 21) and Duke (March 7).
• UNC is not scheduled to play Boston College.
• This will mark the first season since 1919 the Tar Heels are not playing NC State in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels played Kansas in Chapel Hill for the first time ever. Last year, the Jayhawks defeated UNC in Lawrence. The November 7 game was just the third on-campus matchup in 14 games between the Tar Heels and KU.
• The Tar Heels are making their first trips as ACC opponents to SMU, Stanford and Cal. UNC is 1-0 all-time against the Mustangs in Dallas (12/30/1986), 2-0 vs. the Cardinal in Maples Pavilion (12/3/1983 and 11/20/2017) and 1-0 vs. the Bears in Haas Pavilion (12/22/1972, when its was Harmon Gym).

TAR HEELS IN THE NBA
• Eleven former Tar Heels were on NBA Opening Day rosters, including Cole Anthony (Milwaukee), Harrison Barnes (San Antonio), Tony Bradley (Indiana), Harrison Ingram (San Antonio), Cameron Johnson (Denver), Walker Kessler (Utah), Caleb Love (Portland), Pete Nance (Milwaukee), rookie Drake Powell (Brooklyn), Day'Ron Sharpe (Brooklyn) and Coby White (Chicago).

499 WINS IN THE SMITH CENTER
• This is the 41st season the Tar Heels are playing their home games in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is one win shy of 500 with an overall record (not counting preseason or exhibition games) of 499-90.
• Carolina is 258-71 (.784) in ACC games in the Smith Center.
• When Carolina wins one more home game, the Smith Center will become the ninth current ACC venue in which the host has won 500 or more games.
• The Tar Heels are 241-19 in the Smith Center against non-conference opponents.
• The Tar Heels have played 46.3% of their home games all-time in the Smith Center (589 of 1,273).
• Carolina has played 154 different opponents in regular-season or NIT games in the Smith Center.
• The Smith Center is the fifth home venue for the Tar Heels. Carolina has won 499 games in the Smith Center, 210 in Woollen Gym (1939-65), 170 in Carmichael Auditorium (1965-86, 2010), 130 in the Indoor Athletic Court (1924-38) and 63 in Bynum Gym (1911-23).