No. 12 Tar Heels Headvert To SMU For ACC Street Opener Saturday

GAME 15: AT SMU
• The Tar Heels (13-1, 1-0) play at SMU (11-2, 0-0) on Saturday, January 3, of their first recreation of the brand new yr and first ACC highway recreation this season.
• Tip time is 2:15 p.m. Eastern. The recreation can be televised on The CW (Thom Brennaman and Mike Gminski).
• Carolina is ranked No. 12 within the AP ballot and is 18th within the NET.
• This is Carolina’s first ACC recreation at SMU. Last yr, the Tar Heels defeated the Mustangs, 82-67, within the first-ever ACC matchup between the groups.
• Over the following two weeks, the Tar Heels will play on the highway in opposition to all three of the league’s latest members as UNC travels to Stanford on January 14 and Cal on the seventeenth.
• The Tar Heels are 13-1 for the primary time since 2008-09.
• The SMU recreation is certainly one of 5 highway video games in January for the Tar Heels. Carolina performs solely two video games in Chapel Hill this month, marking the primary time since 1990-91 UNC will play solely twice at dwelling in January.
• The Mustangs lead the ACC in fastbreak factors (16.5 ppg), are second in scoring (91.1 ppg) and third in discipline objective share (49.9%). The Tar Heels permit solely 5.9 fastbreak factors per recreation, lead the ACC and are third within the nation in discipline objective share protection (36.1%) and haven’t allowed greater than 74 factors this season, rating first within the ACC and seventeenth within the nation at 63.7 factors per recreation.
• Carolina started ACC play on December 30 with a 79-66 win over Florida State. Freshman ahead Caleb Wilson led UNC with 22 factors, 16 rebounds, six assists and two blocks.
• Wilson turned the primary Tar Heel freshman ever to attain 20 or extra factors in six straight video games, the sixth Tar Heel ever with at the least 20 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in a recreation and the primary participant to steer the Tar Heels outright in factors, rebounds, assists and blocks since 1995. His 16 rebounds equaled the second-most ever by a UNC freshman.
• Junior level guard Kyan Evans hit a season-high 5 three-pointers and tied his season scoring excessive with 15 factors vs. the Seminoles.
• Red-shirt junior heart Henri Veesaar had 12 factors, all within the second half, and added a dozen boards. It was the third recreation in a row and seventh time within the first 14 video games Veesaar and Wilson each had double-doubles.

CAROLINA & THE ACC

• This is the 73rd season of competitors within the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels had been a constitution member of the league, which started play within the 1953-54 season.

• Carolina is the one faculty with 50 or extra mixed ACC males’s basketball championships (33 common season and 18 Tournament). Duke is second with 44 (21 common season and 23 Tournament) and NC State is subsequent with 18 (seven common season and 11 Tournament).

• Hubert Davis is 57-24 in regular-season ACC video games. Only one different group has extra ACC wins within the final 5 seasons.

• Davis led the Tar Heels to ACC data of 15-5, 11-9, 17-3 and 13-7 within the earlier 4 seasons. The 2023-24 group gained the regular-season title, Carolina’s thirty third.

• Carolina is 772-320 (.707) in regular-season ACC video games. The 772 wins are probably the most in ACC historical past. Duke is second with 677.

UNC-SMU

• Carolina is 3-1 all-time in opposition to SMU, together with 1-0 in Dallas.

• The Tar Heels defeated the Mustangs, 82-67, in Chapel Hill on 1/7/2025, within the first ACC recreation between the groups.

• RJ Davis scored a game-high 26 factors and freshmen Ian Jackson and Drake Powell mixed for 35 factors. Powell hit a season-high 4 three-pointers.

• Seth Trimble performed 26 minutes however didn’t rating in his first recreation again within the lineup after a three-game absence as a consequence of damage. None of the six gamers who mixed to attain the Tar Heels’ 82 factors are on the roster this season.

• The Tar Heels led for 39:13 and by no means trailed.

• The 2025 recreation was UNC’s first in opposition to SMU since 12/12/1987, when the groups additionally performed within the Smith Center.

• Fourth-ranked Carolina beat SMU, 88-86, in time beyond regulation in Reunion Arena on 12/30/1986, the one different time the Tar Heels and Mustangs have performed in Dallas. Jeff Lebo, at present in his fifth season as an assistant coach at UNC, was 6 for 12 from three and led the Tar Heels with 22 factors. Kenny Smith had 10 assists.

• Lebo hit two of his six three-pointers in time beyond regulation, together with the go-ahead bucket with 3:40 to play that gave UNC the lead for good.

• Saturday’s recreation is Carolina’s first in Dallas since dropping to Arkansas on 3/22/1990, within the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Sophomore guard Hubert Davis got here off the bench for 11 factors in that recreation.

• Carolina went 2-0 in Reunion Arena in December 1986, beating Purdue and SMU to win the Dallas Morning News Classic.

• Carolina misplaced to Texas on 12/19/2009, in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

• Davis is certainly one of 17 former Tar Heels who performed for the Dallas Mavericks. Davis averaged 8.8 factors and made 306 three-pointers in 261 video games for the Mavs from 1997-2001. He led the NBA in three-point capturing (49.1%) as a Maverick in 1999-2000.

BIG MEN ON CAMPUS

• Junior heart Henri Veesaar and freshman ahead Caleb Wilson are on tempo to develop into the primary pair in ACC historical past to common 16 factors and 9 rebounds and shoot 55% from the ground (analysis by Jody Zeugner).

• Only 4 pairs of gamers in ACC historical past have each averaged at the least 16 factors and 9 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 factors and 20.6 rebounds per recreation. They have blocked 38 photographs, have 64 assists, shot 60.0% from the ground and tried 169 free throws.

• Wilson is averaging 19.8 factors and 11.2 rebounds, whereas Veesaar is averaging 16.5 factors and 9.4 rebounds.

• The solely different time two Tar Heels averaged at the least 16 factors and 9 rebounds was 1959-60 (18.2 factors and 11.2 rebounds by Lee Shaffer and 16.8 factors and 11.3 rebounds by Doug Moe).

• Wilson and Veesaar are the primary pair of Tar Heels to common 9.0 rebounds in the identical season since John Henson (9.9) and Tyler Zeller (9.6) in 2011-12.

• Per BartTorvik.com, Wilson leads the nation in dunks with 46, whereas Veesaar is fourth with 33.

• Either Veesaar or Wilson has led the group in scoring and rebounding in 13 of the primary 14 video games.

• They account for 44.7% of Carolina’s scoring, 48.4% of the rebounds, 46.9% of the sphere objectives made and 50.8% of the free throw makes an attempt.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

• Caleb Wilson (10) and Henri Veesaar (8) rank third & sixth, respectively, within the nation in double-doubles. No different group has two gamers within the prime 10.

• Veesaar and Wilson each have recorded double-doubles in factors and rebounds seven occasions, together with every of the final three video games (NC Central, St. Bonaventure, Kentucky, Georgetown, Ohio State, ECU and Florida State).

• Their seven video games with double-doubles by each gamers 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 recreation stats are recognized extra utterly, the UNC report for a similar two gamers with double-doubles in consecutive video games is three by Veesaar and Wilson and Rusty Clark and Larry Miller in 1966-67. Paul Likins and Bud Maddie additionally had three in a row in 1953-54. Rebounding totals are lacking for a number of video games within the mid-Fifties for Lennie Rosenbluth, Pete Brennan and Joe Quigg.

• Tyler Zeller and John Henson set the UNC report for video games when two gamers had double-doubles with 9 in 2011-12 with out ever doing it in consecutive video games.

WILSON SETTING RECORDS

• Caleb Wilson has shortly emerged as probably the most productive and fascinating freshman in Carolina Basketball historical past.

• The 6-10 Atlanta native has made a direct affect on the Tar Heel report e-book, turning into the primary freshman to attain 20 or extra factors in six consecutive video games (present). The earlier report was 5 by legendary level guard Phil Ford in 1974-75.

• Wilson has scored 20 or extra factors 10 occasions this season, probably the most by a freshman since Tyler Hansbrough set UNC’s single-season rookie report with 14 20-point video games in 2005-06.

• Wilson, Hansbrough, Ford and Rashad McCants are the one UNC freshmen with 10 or extra 20-point video 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 tried) and blocks.

• His scoring common of 19.8 factors per recreation is on tempo to set the UNC freshman report.

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 one Tar Heel freshman to steer the group in each scoring and rebounding. Hansbrough additionally led the group as a freshman in steals. No Tar Heel freshman has ever led the group 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’ve 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’ve led UNC in rebounding.

• Wilson is averaging 11.2 rebounds per recreation. The UNC freshman report is 9.6 per recreation 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 factors and rebounds in a season, however none of them had been a freshman.

• Wilson leads the nation with 46 dunks, 9 greater than another participant (by December 31).

• He has scored in double figures in all 14 video games and has 10 double-doubles. He has 12 or extra rebounds in 9 of his 10 double-doubles, together with a season-high 16 vs. Florida State.

Double-Doubles by a UNC Freshman

(all factors 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 video games (14) by a UNC freshman to start a season. Only Rashad McCants (20 in 2002-03) and Brandan Wright (18 in 2006-07) have extra.

• Wilson leads the ACC and is third within the nation in double-doubles (10) and leads the ACC and is eighth within the nation in rebounds per recreation (11.2). He leads all freshmen nationally in each classes.

• In Carolina’s 79-66 win over Florida State on December 30, Wilson turned the sixth Tar Heel ever with at the least 20 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in a recreation.

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 turned the primary Tar Heel to steer in factors (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 turned the third Tar Heel ever to steer UNC outright in factors, 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 report with 4 consecutive double-doubles in opposition to Radford, NC Central, Navy and St. Bonaventure. Armando Bacot (twice), Antawn Jamison and Mike O’Koren had been the one Tar Heel freshmen with three in a row.

• Wilson made 5 or extra free throws in every of the primary 11 video games, turning into the fifth Tar Heel within the ACC period (1953-present) to make 5 or extra in 11 consecutive video games.

• Wilson is second within the nation in free throw makes an attempt (116) and twentieth in makes (81).

• Against Navy, he turned the primary Tar Heel ever to attain 23 factors, seize 12 rebounds, make three blocks and 4 steals in any recreation.

• He netted 22 factors vs. UCA and 24 vs. Kansas to develop into the primary Tar Heel freshman ever to attain greater than 20 factors in his first two video games.

• Wilson compiled a game-high 24 factors with seven rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals within the win over Kansas. He turned simply the second Tar Heel freshman (with Coby White in opposition to Virginia Tech in 2018-19) and the fourth Tar Heel no matter class (with Walter Davis and Mike O’Koren) to have at the least 24 factors, seven rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in a recreation.

• His 22 factors within the opener vs. Central Arkansas had been the fourth-most by a Tar Heel freshman in his debut since first-year gamers turned eligible in 1972-73.

VEESAAR ONE OF THE TOP TRANSFERS

• Red-shirt junior heart Henri Veesaar, a switch from Arizona, leads the group in discipline objective capturing (65.2%) and is second in scoring (16.5), rebounding (9.4) and blocks (16).

• The Estonia native scored the game-winner in opposition to Ohio State, had a game-high 17 factors within the win at Kentucky and grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds within the win over Georgetown.

• Veesaar has eight double-doubles in 14 video games as a Tar Heel, the primary eight of his collegiate profession. He performed in 66 video games over two seasons at Arizona.

• He is second within the ACC and sixth nationally in double-doubles, and second within the ACC and twelfth within the nation in discipline objective capturing.

• Veesaar has set quite a few profession bests as a Tar Heel, together with factors (26 vs. ETSU), rebounds (15 vs. Georgetown), offensive rebounds (six vs. Florida State), blocks (5 vs. NC Central), assists (5 vs. Ohio State) and three-pointers (4 vs. ECU).

• He has established profession highs in rebounds 4 occasions – 10 vs. Central Arkansas, 11 vs. NC Central, 13 vs. St. Bonaventure and 15 vs. Georgetown.

• He has scored 20 or extra factors 3 times – 26 vs. ETSU, 24 vs. the Bonnies and 20 vs. Kansas. He had one 20-point recreation 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 discipline objective. Prior to this season, the one 7-footers to make a 3 had been Serge Zwikker within 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 photographs.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Tar Heels are third within the nation in discipline objective share protection, holding their opponents to a mixed 36.1% from the ground. They’ve held seven opponents beneath 35% and 10 beneath 40%, together with Georgetown, USC Upstate, ETSU, Ohio State, ECU and Florida State within the final six video 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 primary time Carolina has held six straight opponents beneath 40% capturing from the ground since 2014-15, when Carolina’s protection held the opponents beneath 40% within the first eight video games.

• The opponents’ discipline objective share (.361) can be the bottom allowed by Carolina since 1956-57, when the opponents shot 35.2%.

• The final time UNC held the opponents beneath 40% over a season was 2014-15, when the opponents shot 39.8%.

• UNC is 10-0 this season and 55-4 beneath head coach Hubert Davis when holding opponents beneath 40% from the ground.

• The Tar Heel protection is second within the nation in efficient discipline objective share (41.2%) and is second in two-point discipline objective share protection (40.6%).

•  The opponents have shot beneath 40% from the ground in 18 of 28 halves.

• The Tar Heels have held every of their first 14 opponents to fewer than 75 factors. This is the primary time no opponent scored 75 or extra factors within the first 14 video games since 1981-82, when the nationwide champion Tar Heels performed all 34 video games with out permitting greater than 74 factors (Virginia scored 74 within the Cavaliers’ 74-58 win on 2/3/1982).

• Carolina is making 8.36 three-pointers per recreation, which is on tempo for the third-most in UNC historical past (report 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 video games)

8.41 in 2021-22 (328 in 39 video games)

8.36 in 2025-26 (117 in 14 video games)

8.29 in 2002-03 (290 in 35 video games)

8.25 in 1982-83 (132 in 16 video games – ACC video games solely)

• Carolina is making an attempt 25.4 three-pointers per recreation, which might break the earlier faculty report for makes an attempt per recreation of 23.9 in 2018-19.

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME

25.43 in 2025-26 (356 in 14 video games)

23.94 in 2018-19 (862 in 36 video games)

23.49 in 2021-22 (916 in 39 video games)

23.49 in 2002-03 (822 in 35 video games)

22.95 in 2017-18 (849 in 37 video games)

• The Tar Heels are making 8.4 threes per recreation, whereas permitting 6.6. UNC is in on monitor to make extra 3FG than its opponents for the fifth consecutive yr. From 2006-07 to 2019-20, Carolina made extra 3FG one time (in 2012-13).

• The Tar Heels have gained 17 straight video games when making extra three-pointers than their opponent.

• Carolina has shot 50% or increased from the ground in seven of the primary 14 video games. The Tar Heels are 42-1 beneath Davis after they make at the least 50% from the ground.

• Michigan State is the one group this season that has outrebounded Carolina. The Tar Heels are 101-24 beneath Davis after they outrebound their opponents.

• Carolina is averaging 9.9 turnovers, which is on tempo to set the varsity report for fewest per recreation  (10.08 in 2023-24).

• The Tar Heels have dedicated fewer than 10 turnovers six occasions and turned it over a season-high 13 occasions twice.

• Including this season, the four-lowest turnover per recreation averages (and 5 of the six-lowest) have are available in Hubert Davis‘ 5 seasons as head coach.

• Carolina’s help/turnover ratio of 1.74 is one of the best in UNC historical past (report is 1.65 in 2015-16).

• Carolina has outscored its opponents by 139 factors within the second half, a mean margin of 9.9 factors over the ultimate 20 minutes.

• The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents within the second half in 12 of their 13 wins this season, together with by 29 within the win over NC Central, 25 vs. ECU and 21 vs. Kansas. Michigan State outscored UNC by 11 within the second half in the one lack of the season.

• UNC is plus 10 or higher within the second half in seven of the 14 video games.

IN-SEASON AWARDS

• Freshman ahead Caleb Wilson has earned National Player-of-the-Week honors twice this season. He was certainly one of 5 gamers named National Player of the Week by the USBWA for the week of November 3-9 and he gained the award from Andy Katz at NCAA March Madness for this play the week of December 15-21.

• Wilson additionally was named ACC Freshman of the Week twice, following the video games in opposition to Central Arkansas and Kansas and in opposition to ETSU and Ohio State.

• He is the primary Tar Heel to win a number of ACC Freshman-of-the-Week awards since Caleb Love was a two-time recipient in 2021.

• Wilson additionally was the ACC’s Co-Player of the Week after the Central Arkansas and Kansas video games.

• Wilson was the primary Tar Heel freshman to additionally win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors since Cole Anthony in 2019-20.

• Wilson turned the eighth Tar Heel to win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors as a freshman, becoming a member of Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Antawn Jamison (1996), Rashad McCants (2003), Tyler Hansbrough (2006), Brandan Wright (2007), Coby White (2019) and Anthony.

PROBABLE STARTERS VS. SMU

(primarily based on earlier recreation 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 began 18 of UNC’s 37 video games final season. Even with Trimble’s return, that is the primary season through which UNC didn’t return a participant who began at the least half the video games within the earlier season since 2005-06, when the Tar Heels changed all 5 starters from a nationwide championship group.

• Carolina’s possible starters in opposition to SMU have made a mixed 121 faculty begins. That consists of 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 completely different beginning lineups within the first 14 video games. Evans, Wilson and Veesaar have began all 14 video games.

PRESEASON ALL-ACC, POLL

• The Tar Heels had been picked to complete third within the 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference by the media on the ACC’s preseason media day in Charlotte.

• Caleb Wilson was voted to the league’s preseason All-ACC second group and the All-Freshman group.

• UNC was picked No. 25 within the nation within the Associated Press preseason ballot.

• This is the 69th completely different season within the 78-year historical past of the AP ballot the Tar Heels have been ranked at any level within the AP ballot.

PRESEASON RECOGNITION

• The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame included three Tar Heels on the preseason watch lists for its 5 positional awards.

• Seth Trimble is a candidate for the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award listing, Caleb Wilson for the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and Henri Veesaar for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award.

• Tar Heels have gained 4 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 can also be 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 on the University of North Carolina and his 14th on the teaching workers at his alma mater. He is the one Tar Heel head coach to win 20 or extra video games in every of his first 4 seasons.

• Davis, 55 (turns 56 on May 17, 2026), has gained National and ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors, led the Tar Heels to a nationwide title recreation look, 114 wins, a 57-24 report and 24 highway wins in ACC regular-season play, a regular-season ACC title and a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Tournament. Only one different group has gained extra ACC video games within the final 4 years.

• Two of his gamers – RJ Davis and Armando Bacot – rank second and third, respectively, in all-time UNC scoring, set quite a few data and earned nationwide and All-ACC awards.

• Carolina gained its one centesimal recreation beneath Davis within the 2025 ACC Tournament, making him the third-fastest coach in UNC historical past and the sixth-fastest in ACC historical past to win 100 video 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 video games than Davis (who gained his one centesimal in 143 video games).

• Under Davis, Carolina is 8-3 in NCAA Tournament play, together with wins in opposition to three nationwide championship-winning coaches (Baylor’s Scott Drew, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo) and three different coaches who’ve taken groups 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, together with eight over top-10 groups (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 performs 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 will not be scheduled to play Boston College.

• This will mark the primary season since 1919 the Tar Heels will not be taking part in NC State in Chapel Hill.

• The Tar Heels performed Kansas in Chapel Hill for the primary time ever. Last yr, the Jayhawks defeated UNC in Lawrence. The November 7 recreation was simply the third on-campus matchup in 14 video games between the Tar Heels and KU.

• The Tar Heels are making their first journeys as ACC opponents to SMU, Stanford and Cal. UNC is 1-0 all-time in opposition to 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 had been on NBA Opening Day rosters, together with 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 forty first season the Tar Heels are taking part in their dwelling video games within the Dean E. Smith Center.

• Carolina is one win shy of 500 with an general report (not counting preseason or exhibition video games) of 499-90.

• Carolina is 258-71 (.784) in ACC video games within the Smith Center.

• When Carolina wins yet another dwelling recreation, the Smith Center will develop into the ninth present ACC venue through which the host has gained 500 or extra video games.

• The Tar Heels are 241-19 within the Smith Center in opposition to non-conference opponents.

• The Tar Heels have performed 46.3% of their dwelling video games all-time within the Smith Center (589 of 1,273).

• Carolina has performed 154 completely different opponents in regular-season or NIT video games within the Smith Center.

• The Smith Center is the fifth dwelling venue for the Tar Heels. Carolina has gained 499 video games within the Smith Center, 210 in Woollen Gym (1939-65), 170 in Carmichael Auditorium (1965-86, 2010), 130 within the Indoor Athletic Court (1924-38) and 63 in Bynum Gym (1911-23).