MBB Heads To ACC Tournament As No. 4 Seed

Thursday, March 12

Charlotte, N.C.

9:30 p.m.

North Carolina

ACC Tournament Quarterfinal (vs. Clemson or Wake Forest)

Second-team All-ACC pick Henri Veesaar

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

March 11, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 32: ACC QUARTERFINAL
• Carolina is the No. 4 seed in the 2026 ACC Tournament at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
• The Tar Heels play either No. 5 Clemson or No. 13 Wake Forest in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12, at approximately 9:30 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are 24-7 overall and went 12-6 in the ACC to tie Clemson for fourth place. Carolina earned the No. 4 seed based on beating the Tigers, 67-63, in Chapel Hill on March 3.
• Carolina has won 10 of its last 13 games, including 5-2 since mid-February without its leading scorer and rebounder Caleb Wilson, who suffered two injuries that prematurely ended his exhilarating freshman season after 24 games.

CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• The Tar Heels have won 18 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships and played in the championship game a record-tying 36 times.
• The Tar Heels are 110-53 in ACC Tournament play, including 50-14 in the quarterfinals.
• Carolina has the second-most wins and titles.
• The Tar Heels have earned the No. 1 seed 27 times. Duke is second with 20 No. 1 seeds.
• This is the 15th time Charlotte is hosting the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels are 24-9 in ACC Tournament games and have won the title five times (1968, 1969, 1991, 1994 and 2008) in Charlotte.
• Carolina is the No. 4 seed for the eighth time. The Tar Heels are 4-6 all-time as a four seed, winning the title once in 1989 (senior Jeff Lebo and freshman Hubert Davis were ACC champions that season).
• UNC has lost its last three games as a No. 4 seed – losing in 1990 in overtime to Virginia, 2000 to Wake Forest and 2014 to Pitt.
• The Tar Heels are 15-1 in the ACC Tournament vs. Clemson and 14-8 vs. Wake Forest. Carolina and Clemson last played in the 2011 semifinals, a 92-87 overtime win by the Tar Heels, when freshman Harrison Barnes scored 40 points. UNC beat Wake Forest, 68-59, last year in the quarterfinals here in Charlotte.
• Postgame notes from this year's 87-84 win over Wake Forest are on page 34 and the 67-63 win over Clemson are on page 39.
• A Tar Heel has won ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors 19 times – Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1967, 1968), Charlie Scott (1969), Lee Dedmon (1971), Robert McAdoo (1972), Phil Ford (1975), John Kuester (1977), Dudley Bradley (1979), Sam Perkins (1981), James Worthy (1982), J.R. Reid (1989), Rick Fox (1991), Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Shammond Williams (1997), Antawn Jamison (1998), Brandan Wright (2007), Tyler Hansbrough (2008) and Joel Berry II (2016).

RECAPPING THE REGULAR SEASON
• Carolina has won 20 or more games for the 66th time, including 56 times in the 73-year history of the ACC.
• Carolina is second all-time with 66 20-win seasons. Kentucky leads with 69 and Duke is third with 60.
• The Tar Heels are one victory from their 42nd 25-win season. Carolina leads the nation in 25-win seasons. Kentucky is second with 39 and the Blue Devils are third with 37.
• The Tar Heels won 12 regular-season ACC games for the 30th time, including four times in Hubert Davis' five seasons as head coach (17 in 2024, 15 in 2022, 13 in 2025 and 12 in 2026).
• Carolina is ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press poll, 19th in Wins Above Bubble and No. 23 in the NET.
• Carolina has four wins over teams ranked higher in the NET – No. 1 Duke, No. 13 Virginia, No. 14 Louisville and No. 19 Kansas. The Tar Heels also have top-30 NET wins over Kentucky and Ohio State and another over No. 36 Clemson.
• This is the second time UNC has defeated Kansas, Kentucky and Duke in the same season. The other was 1981-82.
• Carolina was responsible for two of Duke and Virginia's four combined losses in ACC play. The Tar Heels' comeback win at Virginia on January 24 was the only win by a visiting team on the Cavaliers' home court this season.
• Carolina split two games with current No. 1 Duke, winning 71-68 in the Smith Center on February 7 and losing by 15 on Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Since SMU shot 56.6% from the floor against the Blue Devils on January 10, Carolina is the only team to shoot better than 42% against Duke. The Tar Heels made 47.3% from the floor in Chapel Hill and 45.3% in Durham.
• At Cameron, Carolina held Duke to its lowest field goal percentage (42.0%) since the Blue Devils' first ACC game vs. Georgia Tech on December 31.
• The Tar Heels have played only 15 of their 31 games when all three of their top scorers were in the lineup (Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar and Seth Trimble). UNC went 11-4 in those 15 games.
• UNC went 8-1 without Trimble, who missed nine games from November 11-December 16, 1-1 against Pitt and NC State without Veesaar and Wilson and are 4-1 without Wilson.
• This is the first time in the ACC era (1953-present) the Tar Heels' top-three scorers have all missed at least two games for any reason. And the only other season when two of the top-three scorers missed at least six games apiece was 2019-20, when Cole Anthony missed 11 and Brandon Robinson sat out nine games as the Tar Heels finished 14-19 overall, 6-14 in the ACC.
• The Pitt and NC State games (February 14 and 17) marked the second time in the ACC era and the first time since 1978 the Tar Heels played back-to-back games without its top two scorers (Wilson and Veesaar). Carolina beat Pitt and lost in Raleigh without its two All-ACC honorees.
• Carolina won all 18 games in the Smith Center, setting records for most home wins and best undefeated home record in UNC history.
• UNC and Saint Louis were the only teams with 18-0 home records this season. Six teams went unbeaten at home with at least 15 wins, including UNC, Saint Louis, St. Mary's (16-0), Gonzaga (15-0), Duke (15-0) and Cal Baptist (15-0).
• Davis has led the Tar Heels to a 68-30 record in regular-season ACC play, the second-most wins by any team in the last five seasons. Duke was first with 81, while Clemson and Virginia were tied for third with 63.

ACC AWARDS
• Caleb Wilson earned first-team All-ACC honors and Henri Veesaar made the second team (both by the ACC and the Associated Press).
• Wilson received the second-most votes for the first team and was also selected to the All-Rookie Team.
• Seth Trimble made honorable mention All-ACC.
• Wilson is the 54th Tar Heel to make first-team All-ACC a total of 83 times. He is the first Tar Heel freshman to earn first-team All-ACC since Tyler Hansbrough in 2006. Wilson, Hansbrough and Antawn Jamison (1996) are the only UNC freshmen to make the first team.
• Veesaar joins Robert McAdoo (first team in 1972), Cameron Johnson (first team in 2019) and Harrison Ingram (third team in 2024) as the fourth Tar Heel to make an All-ACC team after transferring to Carolina from another team.
• UNC and Miami were the only teams with multiple players on the first and second teams.

TRIMBLE'S SENIORITY
• It's been a memorable senior season for Seth Trimble, one of only three current scholarship players to spend four seasons at ACC schools.
• He scored 17 points and was credited by Kansas head coach Bill Self for his outstanding defensive effort against Darryn Peterson in Carolina's win over the Jayhawks on November 7.
• Two days later, he broke his left arm, an injury that caused him to miss the next nine games.
• He returned for the Ohio State game on December 20 and had a key basket with 34 seconds to play in the Tar Heels' 71-70 win over the Buckeyes.
• He tied career highs in assists, three-pointers and steals in his first four games back in the lineup.
• For the first time in his career, he scored 20 points in consecutive games against Florida State (20) and SMU (22).
• He scored 16 points, including the game-winning three-pointer, in the 71-68 win over Duke.
• In the second-to-last week of the regular season, Trimble scored a career-high 30 points in a 77-74 win over Louisville and 20 points in the 89-82 win over Virginia Tech.
• The Menomonee Falls, Wis., native was named ACC Player of the Week and one of the USBWA's National Players of the Week following the Louisville and Virginia Tech games. He made 18 of 28 field goals, totaled 50 points and had eight assists. It was Trimble's first career ACC Player-of-the-Week award.
• Trimble is averaging a career-high 14.0 points this season, an increase of 2.4 per game from last season. He averaged 1.8 as a freshman, 5.2 as a sophomore and 11.6 as a junior.
• The Tar Heels' captain is a finalist for CollegeInsider.com's Nolan Richardson Award, which is presented to a player who is the heart and soul of his team and a leader on and off the court.
• Trimble has played in eight ACC Tournament games over the previous three seasons, scoring in double figures three times (12 vs. Florida State in 2024, 10 vs. Wake Forest and 14 vs. Duke in 2025).

OTHERS IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS
• Jarin Stevenson scored 16 points vs. Kentucky and 10 vs. Florida in the 2025 SEC Tournament.
• Henri Veesaar averaged 12.3 points in three Big 12 Tournament games last season with a high of 19 against Kansas.
• Kyan Evans went 4 for 5 from three and scored 14 points vs. Utah State in the 2025 Mountain West Tournament.
• Jaydon Young had 12 points in 45 minutes last season for Virginia Tech against Cal.
• Jonathan Powell scored eight points for West Virginia vs. Colorado last year in the Big 12 Tournament.
• Zayden High scored four points vs. Florida State in the 2024 quarterfinals.

WITHOUT CALEB
• Carolina's fabulous freshman Caleb Wilson led the Tar Heels to 19 wins in 24 games before a pair of hand injuries derailed his record-breaking season.
• With Wilson, the Tar Heels averaged 81.9 points (82.5 in ACC play), shot 47.7% from the floor, were a plus 5.1 in rebound margin and shot 68.8% from the line (Wilson attempted 32.4% of the team's free throws and was shooting 71.3%).
• The Tar Heels are 5-2 without Wilson. In those games, Carolina is averaging 72.6 points, shooting 45.8% from the floor and has been outrebounded by 1.1 per game.
• In the first 24 games, three Tar Heels were averaging double figures – Wilson (19.8), Henri Veesaar (16.4) and Seth Trimble (13.5). In the last seven games, four Tar Heels are averaging double figures, led by Veesaar (16.2) and Trimble (15.0), and five are averaging 8.9 or more points.
• In Wilson's last seven games (UNC went 5-2), the Tar Heels were 22nd in the nation in offensive efficiency and 80th defensively. In the last seven games, Carolina is 58th in offensive efficiency and 43rd defensively.
• The last time Carolina's leading scorer missed six or more games was Cole Anthony, also a freshman, in 2019-20. Anthony averaged 18.5 points but missed 11 games with a knee injury.

HUBERT THE FIRST WITH FIVE
• With 24 wins this season, Carolina has won 20 or more games an ACC-record 66 times (Duke is second with 60).
• Nationally, Kentucky is first with 69 20-win seasons. UNC is second and Duke is third.
• Hubert Davis is the first men's basketball coach in ACC history to win 20 or more games in each of his first five seasons.
• Only three other ACC coaches ever won 20 or more in their first four seasons (Duke's Jon Scheyer, NC State's Mark Gottfried and Wake Forest's Skip Prosser).
• Bill Guthridge won 20 or more in his only three seasons as head coach of the Tar Heels.
• Davis has led the Tar Heels to 20 wins over nationally-ranked opponents, including nine 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 and No. 4 Duke in 2026).

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 45 (22 regular season and 23 Tournament) and NC State is next with 18 (seven regular season and 11 Tournament).
• Hubert Davis has led the Tar Heels to ACC records of 15-5, 11-9, 17-3, 13-7 and 12-6. The 2023-24 team won the regular-season title, Carolina's 33rd.
• Carolina is 783-326 (.706) in regular-season ACC games. The 783 wins are the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 754.

WILSON'S FABULOUS FRESHMAN SEASON
• Caleb Wilson made the Late-Season Watch Lists for the John R. Wooden National Player of the Year and Naismith Trophy. He was a mid-season candidate for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year, USBWA's Oscar Robertson Trophy and Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Year awards.
• Wilson has already earned second-team All-America honors from CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein and the Field of 68. Wilson is the first Tar Heel freshman to earn at least second-team All-America honors since Tyler Hansbrough was a first-team selection by the Sporting News in 2006.
• He made the All-ACC first team and All-Freshman team.
• Wilson rewrote the Tar Heel record book for scoring, rebounding, 20-point games and double-doubles by a freshman.
• He became the first UNC freshman to score 20 or more points in six consecutive games (from Georgetown through Florida State). The previous record was five by Phil Ford in 1974-75.
• The 6-10 Atlanta native had another five-game streak of 20-point games ended in the loss at Miami. He is the only UNC freshman with two streaks of five or more 20-point games.
• Wilson scored 20 or more points 17 times, including a season-high 26 at Stanford. His 17 20-point games surpassed Hansbrough's rookie record. Hansbrough scored 20 or more 14 times in earning first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honors in 2005-06.
• Wilson, Hansbrough, Rashad McCants and Ford are the only UNC freshmen with 10 or more 20-point games.

20-Point Games by a UNC Freshman
Caleb Wilson, 2025-26 17
Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06 14
Rashad McCants, 2002-03 12
Phil Ford, 1974-75 10

• Wilson leads the Tar Heels in scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounds, assists per game, steals and free throws (made and attempted), is second in field goal percentage and blocks and is fourth in assists.
• He is currently the first Tar Heel ever to lead the team in points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game in the same season.
• His scoring average of 19.8 points per game 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

• Hansbrough (in 2005-06) was the only other Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in both scoring, rebounding and steals.
• Despite missing seven games, Wilson has still scored more points than any other Tar Heel.
• The list of freshmen to lead UNC in scoring includes Joseph Forte (16.7 ppg in 1999-2000), McCants (17.0 in 2002-03), Hansbrough (18.9 in 2005-06), Harrison Barnes (co-leader at 15.7 in 2010-11), Cole Anthony (18.5 in 2019-20) and Wilson.
• Wilson, Hansbrough (7.8 rpg in 2005-06), Antawn Jamison (9.7 in 1995-96) and J.R. Reid (7.4 in 1986-87) have led UNC in rebounding as freshmen.
• Wilson's 9.4 rebounds are the second-most by a UNC freshman behind Jamison.

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

• Wilson scored in double figures in the first 24 games and had 11 double-doubles, the second-most by a Carolina freshman. He had 12 or more rebounds in 10 of his 11 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 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
11 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
9 J.R. Reid, 1986-87
9 Sam Perkins, 1980-81

• Wilson is third in the ACC in rebounding and double-doubles and fourth in scoring and field goal percentage.
• Wilson and Duke's Cameron Boozer are the only players in the top five in the ACC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and double-doubles.

VEESAAR MAKING ACC HISTORY
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar, a transfer from Arizona, leads the team in field goal shooting (61.4%), three-point accuracy (41.5%), and blocks (35) and is second in scoring (16.3) and rebounding (8.4).
• He was the eighth-leading vote-getter for All-ACC and made the second team.
• Veesaar could become the first player in ACC history with 30 blocks and 30 three-pointers and shoot 60% from the floor in a season.
• Veesaar is averaging 1.2 three-pointers per game. He is on pace to also become the first ACC player to average 1.0 threes and shoot 60% from the floor in the same season.
• Veesaar is converting 68.6% of his two-point field goal attempts.
• Veesaar is one of only seven Tar Heels to make 30 three-pointers and block 30 shots in the same season. The list includes Jerry Stackhouse in 1994-95, Vince Carter in 1997-98, Jawad Williams in 2002-03, Danny Green in 2007-08 and 2008-09, Luke Maye in 2017-18, Pete Nance in 2022-23 and Veesaar.
• Veesaar is 17th in the country with 55 dunks. He is the only player in the country with 50 or more dunks and 30 or more three-pointers.
• The Estonia native nearly had a double-double in the second half in the win over Duke. In the first half, Duke built a 41-29 lead as Veesaar was 0 for 2 from the floor, scoreless, had two rebounds and was minus 20. However, in the second half, he made six of seven shots from the floor, scored 13 points, pulled down nine rebounds, hit the game-tying three-pointer with 1:40 to play and was a plus 15.
• Veesaar is second in the ACC and 21st in the country with 13 double-doubles, the first 13 of his collegiate career. He played in 66 games over two seasons at Arizona.
• He is also second in the ACC and 20th nationally in field goal percentage, fifth in the ACC in rebounding and 11th in points per game.
• He has scored in double figures in 28 of his 29 games (except Virginia, when he scored seven).
• Veesaar has set numerous career bests as a Tar Heel, including points (26 vs. ETSU, Stanford and Virginia Tech), field goals (11 vs. VT), 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 scored 20 or more points seven times – 26 vs. ETSU, Stanford and Virginia Tech, 25 vs. Wake Forest, 24 vs. the Bonnies, 20 vs. Kansas and 20 at Georgia Tech. He had one 20-point game in his first two seasons at Arizona.
• Veesaar leads UNC in plus/minus at plus 324 and has led the Tar Heels in plus/minus eight times, the most on the team.

HENRI FROM 3
• Henri Veesaar is Carolina's first 7-footer ever to make multiple three-pointers.
• Veesaar is 34 for 82 from three and leads the team in three-point percentage (.415).
• He is fourth on the team in three-pointers.
• Prior to this season, two seven-footers made one three apiece. Serge Zwikker made a three in the ACC semifinals vs. Tim Duncan's Wake Forest Demon Deacons on 3/8/1997 and Walker Kessler made one vs. Northeastern on 2/17/2021.
• Veesaar has made two or more three-pointers nine times this season, including a career-high four vs. ECU.

THREES
• Carolina is making 8.55 three-pointers per game, the second-highest average in a season behind only 2018-19, when the Tar Heel lineup included Cameron Johnson, Coby White, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye.
• Five different Tar Heels have made at least 30 three-pointers – Luka Bogavac (51), Derek Dixon (43), Jonathan Powell (37), Henri Veesaar (34) and Kyan Evans (32).
• Carolina made 12 threes on March 3 against Clemson, the most it made since a season-high 13 against Notre Dame on January 21.
• The Tar Heels are 7-1 this season when they make 10 or more three-pointers (made 12 in the loss at SMU as the Mustangs made 14).

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.67 in 2018-19 (312 in 36 games)
8.55 in 2025-26 (265 in 31 games)
8.41 in 2021-22 (328 in 39 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 24.9 three-pointers per game, which would break the previous school record of 23.9 in 2018-19.
• UNC is on pace to attempt more three-pointers than free throws for the second time ever. The Tar Heels have launched 771 threes and attempted 692 free throws. This would be the first season since 2001-02 when UNC will have taken more threes than free throws.
• UNC is 20-6 when it attempts 20 or more three-pointers and 4-1 when it attempts fewer than 20. One of those four wins was over Duke (19 attempts) although the game-winning field goal was a three.

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME
24.87 in 2025-26 (771 in 31 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 8.55 threes per game while allowing 8.00. 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 3FGs one time (in 2012-13).

TURNOVERS
• Carolina has committed 299 turnovers and forced 293 turnovers.
• UNC is averaging 9.65 turnovers, its fewest ever in a season (previous low is 10.08 in 2023-24).
• The Tar Heels are 23rd in the nation in turnovers and turnover percentage.
• The Tar Heels have committed fewer than five turnovers three times this season (four at Virginia, two at Georgia Tech and four vs. Pitt). This is the first time UNC ever had three games in one season with four or fewer turnovers. The 2014-15 Tar Heels had two games with four or fewer; in no other season did UNC have more than one.
• Carolina has fewer than 10 turnovers 13 times (the Tar Heels have won 12 straight and are 12-1 in those 13 games).
• Including the loss at Duke when Carolina equaled its season high with 14 turnovers, UNC has committed 10 or more turnovers in each of its last six losses.
• UNC averages 9.3 turnovers in the 24 wins and 11.0 in the seven losses.
• Carolina went 8-1 in ACC play when it committed fewer than 10 turnovers and 4-6 when it committed 10 or more.
• Including this season, Hubert Davis' teams have produced the four-lowest turnover per game averages and five of the six-lowest in UNC history.
• The Tar Heels force only 9.45 turnovers per game, the fewest forced by UNC in a season (previous 9.7 in 2021-22). Carolina is 341st in the nation in forced turnovers.

ASSISTS/TURNOVERS
• Carolina's assist/turnover ratio of 1.57 is the second-best in UNC history (record 1.65 in 2015-16).
• Every player on the team who plays at least 10 minutes a game has more assists than turnovers.
• This would be the first season that every player who averages double-figure minutes has more assists than turnovers since turnovers were officially recorded beginning in 1979-80.
• Among the eight players who average 10 or more minutes, Derek Dixon (2.34) has the best assist/turnover ratio. He is followed by Kyan Evans (2.28) and Jonathan Powell (2.09).
• Caleb Wilson had 64 assists and 47 turnovers (1.36). He is the first Tar Heel to average 9.0 or more rebounds and have more assists than turnovers since Luke Maye in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Maye is the only Tar Heel to accomplish that.

WINS VS. LOSSES
• Notable statistical comparisons between Carolina's 24 wins and seven losses:
• UNC averages 82.5 points in the wins and 70.6 in the losses.
• The Tar Heels allow 67.5 points in the wins and 83.3 points in the losses.
• The opponents are shooting 50.6% from the floor, including 45.5% from three, in the seven losses and 39.1/31.0 in Carolina's 24 wins.
• The Tar Heels have a rebound margin of 5.2 in the wins, while the opponents are grabbing 1.9 more rebounds per game in the losses.
• Carolina makes 1.4 more three-pointers than the opponents in the wins, while the opponents have averaged 2.5 more in the losses. The Tar Heels have been outscored by a total of 54 points from three in the seven losses.

IN-SEASON AWARDS
• Senior guard Seth Trimble became the second Tar Heel to win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors this season. Trimble scored a career-high 30 points vs. Louisville, followed that with 20 points against Virginia Tech and led UNC with four assists in both games.
• Trimble also was one of the USBWA's National Players of the Week.
• Caleb Wilson has earned National Player-of-the-Week honors three times this season. He was one of five players named National Player of the Week by the USBWA for the week of November 3-9, he won the award from Andy Katz at NCAA March Madness for this play the week of December 15-21 and the Naismith Trophy tabbed him for his play against Syracuse and Duke.
• Wilson was named ACC Freshman of the Week three times, following the games against Central Arkansas/Kansas, ETSU/Ohio State and Syracuse/Duke.
• He was the first Tar Heel to win three ACC Freshman-of-the-Week awards since Coby White was a five-time recipient in 2018-19.
• Wilson also was the ACC's Co-Player of the Week after Central Arkansas and Kansas.
• 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), White (2019) and Anthony.

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 head coach in ACC men's basketball history to win 20 or more games in each of his first five 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, 120 wins, a 68-30 record and 27 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 five 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 20 wins over nationally-ranked opponents, including nine 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, No. 9 Duke in 2024 and No. 4 Duke in 2026).

TAR HEELS IN THE NBA
• Thirteen former Tar Heels were on NBA rosters this season, including Cole Anthony (Phoenix), Harrison Barnes (San Antonio), Leaky Black (Washington), Tony Bradley (Indiana), Harrison Ingram (San Antonio), Cameron Johnson (Denver), Walker Kessler (Utah), Caleb Love (Portland), Pete Nance (Milwaukee), Drake Powell (Brooklyn), Cormac Ryan (Milwaukee), Day'Ron Sharpe (Brooklyn) and Coby White (Chicago/Charlotte).
• Black (Capital City), Garrison Brooks (Birmingham), RJ Davis (South Bay), Ingram (Austin) and Ryan (Wisconsin) have played in the G League.
• At least a dozen Tar Heels are playing internationally, including Armando Bacot (Turkey), Ty Claude (Serbia), Isaiah Hicks (South Korea), Brice Johnson (Dominican Republic), Christian Keeling (Finland), Nassir Little (Japan), Brady Manek (China), Luke Maye (Japan), James Michael McAdoo (Japan), Kennedy Meeks (Taiwan), J.P. Tokoto (Poland) and Jae'Lyn Withers (The Netherlands).

UNBEATEN AT HOME
• Carolina went 18-0 in the Smith Center this season. The 18 wins are the most home wins in any of the 116 seasons of Carolina Basketball.
• This is the 24th time Carolina has gone undefeated at home, including 12 seasons with 10 or more wins.
• The previous record for most home wins without a loss was 16 in 2016-17, when the Tar Heels went 15-0 in the Smith Center and beat Notre Dame in Greensboro in a game the NCAA determined a home game (unlike previous games UNC hosted in the Greensboro Coliseum).
• Carolina has won 18 consecutive home games, all this season. The 18-game winning streak is the longest in the Smith Center since a 22-game streak that began with a win over Miami 2/20/2016 and ended with a loss to Wofford on 12/20/2017.

CAROLINA'S Undefeated Home Records
18-0 – 2025-26
16-0 – 2016-17 (15-0 at Smith Center, 1-0 at Greensboro Coliseum)
15-0 – 2004-05, 2010-11
13-0 – 1986-87
12-0 – 1992-93
11-0 – 1937-38
10-0 – 1923-24, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1955-56, 1977-78
9-0 – 1934-35, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1978-79, 1983-84
8-0 – 1956-57
7-0 – 1917-18, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1960-61
6-0 – 1958-59

500+ WINS IN THE SMITH CENTER
• This is the 41st season the Tar Heels played in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• The win over Wake Forest on January 10 was UNC's 500th in the Smith Center.
• Carolina is 507-90 in regular-season and NIT games in the Smith Center.
• Carolina has won 84.9% of its games in the Smith Center. Duke is the only ACC team with 500 or more wins in its current venue that has a higher winning percentage.
• Carolina is 266-71 (.789) in ACC games in the Smith Center.
• UNC has played 46.6% of its home games in the Smith Center (597 of 1,281).
• Carolina has played 154 different opponents in regular-season or NIT games in the Smith Center.