Tar Heels Set For Duke On Saturday

Saturday, February 7

Chapel Hill

6:30 p.m.

North Carolina

Duke

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February 6, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 23: DUKE
• The Tar Heels host Duke on Saturday, February 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the 266th game between the two teams.
• Saturday's game is the 88th UNC-Duke game in which both teams are ranked in the Associated Press poll.
• Carolina has won its last four games and is 18-4 overall this season, 6-3 in the ACC.
• The Blue Devils enter on a 10-game winning streak. Duke is 21-1 (lost to Texas Tech on December 20), 10-0 in league play.
• The Tar Heels are 13-0 at home this season, with an average margin of 21.3 points. That includes an 87-77 win over Syracuse on Roy Williams Court on Monday, a game the Tar Heels led by 32 midway through the second half.
• Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Kris Budden (sideline) will call the game for ESPN.
• UNC is hosting ESPN's Gameday in the Smith Center on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.
• Saturday's game against Duke begins the second half of the Tar Heels' ACC schedule. Including a pair of games against the Blue Devils, UNC's nine remaining scheduled opponents enter Saturday's action with a 60-29 record (67.4%).

LAST TIME OUT
• Caleb Wilson scored 20 or more points for the fourth straight game and Henri Veesaar registered his ACC-best 12th double-double as Carolina raced out to a 72-40 lead before holding on for a 10-point home win over Syracuse on February 2.
• Jonathan Powell (12) and Luka Bogavac (10) also scored in double figures for the Tar Heels, who led by 14 at the break and outscored the Orange, 26-8, over the first 10:00 of the second half.
• It was Carolina's eighth win over Syracuse in as many games in Chapel Hill, and UNC improved to 15-4 against the Orange since they joined the ACC.

UNC-DUKE
• Carolina is 145-120 against Duke, including 66-40 at home and 21-19 in the Smith Center.
• The Blue Devils won all three times the teams played last season, including 87-70 in Cameron Indoor Stadium, 82-69 in the Smith Center and 74-71 in Charlotte in the ACC Tournament semifinals.
• Hubert Davis is 4-6 as head coach against Duke.
• This is the 88th time both teams are ranked in the AP poll, the first since the 3/9/24 game, an 84-79 Tar Heel victory in Durham.
• Carolina and Duke are No. 1 and 2 all-time in the ACC in wins, ACC regular-season wins, ACC Tournament wins, NCAA Tournament wins, Final Fours and NCAA championships.
• Carolina and Duke have played in the Final Four a combined 28 times in the last 45 seasons.
• The Tar Heels and Blue Devils have combined to win 11 NCAA championships, including six by Carolina (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017) and five by Duke (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015).
• Senior guard Seth Trimble has played seven times against Duke. He has scored in double figures three times with a high of 14 last season in the ACC Tournament.
• Henri Veesaar's Arizona Wildcats played a pair of games last season vs. the Blue Devils. He had five rebounds in an early-season game in Tucson and had 13 points and six rebounds in a Sweet 16 loss in Newark, N.J.
• Jarin Stevenson played 15 minutes against Duke in the 2025 Elite Eight in Newark.
• Jaydon Young scored six points at Duke last season while playing for Virginia Tech.

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 62-27 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.
• The Syracuse game on February 2 was Carolina's 1,100th regular-season ACC game.
• Carolina is 777-323 (.706) in regular-season ACC games. The 777 wins are the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 747.

FRONTCOURT FORCE
• Junior center Henri Veesaar and freshman forward Caleb Wilson are combining for 36.8 points and 18.8 rebounds per game. They have blocked 57 shots, have 107 assists, shot 60.0% from the floor and attempted 264 free throws.
• Veesaar and Wilson were both named this week by the Naismith Hall of Fame to the Midseason Top 10 lists for their respective positional awards (Veesaar for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award and Wilson for the Karl Malone Power Forward Award).
• Wilson is averaging 20.0 points and 9.8 rebounds, while Veesaar is averaging 16.8 points and 9.0 rebounds.
• The last pair of Tar Heels to average 16 points and nine rebounds in a season was Doug Moe and Lee Shaffer in 1959-60.
• The last UNC tandem to average nine rebounds was Tyler Zeller and John Henson on 2011-12.
• Combined, they have 23 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points 22 times.
• Per BartTorvik.com, Wilson leads the country in dunks with 66, while Veesaar is seventh with 45.
• Either Veesaar or Wilson has led the team in scoring 20 times and in rebounds 20 times.
• They account for 44.3% of Carolina's scoring, 47.1% of the rebounds and 47.0% of the field goals made.

WILSON: MIDSEASON AWARDS CANDIDATE
• Caleb Wilson is one of the most productive and engaging freshman in Carolina Basketball history.
• Wilson is on the midseason watch lists for numerous awards, including the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Award, USBWA's Oscar Robertson Trophy and Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Year.
• The 6-10 Atlanta native made an immediate impact on the Tar Heel record book, becoming the first freshman to score 20 or more points in six consecutive games (from Georgetown through Florida State). The previous record was five by College Basketball Hall of Famer Phil Ford in 1974-75.
• Wilson has scored 20 or more in each of the last four games.
• Wilson has scored 20 or more points 16 times, including a season-high 26-point performance at Stanford. His 16 20-point games have already surpassed Tyler Hansbrough's previous UNC single-season 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 16
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, steals, free throws (made and attempted) and blocks and is second in assists (four off the lead) and field goal percentage.
• His scoring average of 20.0 points per game is on pace to set the UNC freshman record.
• In nine ACC games, Wilson is averaging 20.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists

SINGLE-SEASON SCORING, UNC FRESHMAN
20.0 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) is the only Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding. He 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), 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 led UNC in rebounding.
• Wilson is averaging 9.8 rebounds per game. The UNC freshman record is 9.6 per game in 1995-96 by Jamison.

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

• He has scored in double figures in all 22 games and has 11 double-doubles, the second-most by a Carolina freshman. He has 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 second in the ACC in double-doubles, third in rebounding, fourth in scoring and fifth in field goal percentage.
• Wilson and Duke's Cameron Boozer are the only players in the top five in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and double-doubles.
• In Carolina's 79-66 win over Florida State, Wilson became the sixth Tar Heel ever with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a game, joining an illustrious list of Tar Heels that includes Billy Cunningham, Mitch Kupchak, James Worthy, Forte and Luke Maye.
• Against the Seminoles, Wilson became the third Tar Heel ever to lead UNC outright in a game in points, rebounds, assists and blocks (joining Jerry Stackhouse vs. Murray State on 3/17/1995 and Mike O'Koren vs. Detroit on 12/4/1978).
• Wilson set a UNC freshman record with four consecutive double-doubles against Radford, NC Central, Navy and St. Bonaventure. Bacot (twice), Jamison and O'Koren were the only Tar Heel freshmen with three in a row.
• Against Navy, he became the first Tar Heel ever to score 23 points, grab 12 rebounds, make three blocks and have four steals in any game.
• He netted 22 points vs. Central Arkansas 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 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 A DUAL THREAT
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar, a transfer from Arizona, leads the team in field goal shooting (62.4%) and three-point accuracy (45.9%), and is second in scoring (16.8), rebounding (9.0) and blocks (28).
• 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 leads the ACC with 12 double-doubles, the first dozen of his collegiate career. He played in 66 games over two seasons at Arizona.
• He is second in the ACC and 15th nationally in field goal percentage. He's also fifth in the ACC in rebounding and 10th in points per game.
• He has scored in double figures in 21 games (all except Virginia, where he had seven).
• Veesaar has set numerous career bests as a Tar Heel, including points (26 vs. ETSU and Stanford), 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 six times – 26 vs. ETSU and Stanford, 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 300 and has led the Tar Heels in plus/minus seven times, which also leads the team.
• Veesaar has eight games where he was plus 20 or higher.

HENRI THE FIRST
• Henri Veesaar is Carolina's first 7-footer ever to make multiple three-pointers.
• Veesaar is 28 for 61 from three and leads the team in three-point percentage (.459).
• He is tied for second on the team in three-pointers, five behind Luka Bogavac's 33.
• Prior to this season, two 7-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 eight times this season, including a career-high four vs. ECU.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Henri Veesaar (12) and Caleb Wilson (11) rank one-two in the ACC in double-doubles. Veesaar is 10th in the country and Wilson ranks 14th, tied for the second-most among freshmen.
• Veesaar and Wilson both have recorded double-doubles in points and rebounds seven times (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 6

TRENDING TOPICS
• Offensively, the Tar Heels are 11th in the country in assist/turnover ratio, 19th in offensive efficiency, 19th in turnovers, 38th in assists per game, 45th in field goal percentage and 49th in effective field goal percentage.
• The Tar Heels are 33rd in the country in field goal percentage defense, holding their opponents to a combined 40.3% from the floor. They've held seven opponents below 35% and 11 under 40%.
• In ACC play, Carolina has held two opponents under 40% shooting from the floor (Florida State and Notre Dame).
• UNC is 11-0 this season and 56-4 under head coach Hubert Davis when holding opponents under 40% from the floor and 0-4 this season and 6-19 under Davis when the opponents make 50%.
• The Tar Heel defense is fifth in the country in two-point field goal percentage defense (44.0%) and 22nd in effective field goal percentage (46.7%).
• Carolina is making 8.73 three-pointers per game, which would be the all-time single-season UNC record, edging the 8.67 made per game in 2018-19, when the Tar Heel lineup included Cameron Johnson, Coby White, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye.
• In ACC play, both the Tar Heels and their opponents are making threes at a higher rate than all season. Carolina is averaging 9.1 threes in the nine ACC games, including 10 or more three times. The ACC opponents are hitting 11.0 three-pointers per game, including a five-game stretch from SMU to Cal when they made 70, the most UNC ever allowed over five games.
• Five different Tar Heels have made at least 26 three-pointers – Luka Bogavac (33), Derek Dixon (28), Henri Veesaar (28), Kyan Evans (27) and Jonathan Powell (26).

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.73 in 2025-26 (192 in 22 games)
8.67 in 2018-19 (312 in 36 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 25.4 three-pointers per game, which would break the previous school record of 23.9 in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels attempted a season-high 34 threes against Notre Dame and made a season-best 13 vs. the Irish on January 21.

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME
25.36 in 2025-26 (558 in 22 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 8.7 threes per game while allowing 8.1. 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).
• The Tar Heels have won 21 straight games when making more three-pointers than their opponent. However, the opponents have made more threes in all four of UNC's losses this season (by a combined 18 in the four games).
• Carolina has made 50% or better of its field goal attempts in 10 of the first 22 games. The Tar Heels are 44-2 under Davis when they make at least 50% from the floor.
• Michigan State and Virginia are the only teams this season to outrebound Carolina. The Tar Heels are 105-26 under Davis when they outrebound their opponents.
• UNC is averaging 9.55 turnovers, the fewest in UNC history (previous low is 10.08 in 2023-24).
• The Tar Heels committed two turnovers in the win at Georgia Tech. The two turnovers equaled UNC's all-time single-game record (vs. Fairfield in the 1997 NCAA first round in Winston-Salem and Duke on 2/8/2018).
• The Tar Heels have set a school record for fewest turnovers in consecutive games with six (four at Virginia and two at Georgia Tech) and the fewest turnovers in three consecutive games with 14 (eight vs. Notre Dame, four at Virginia and two at Georgia Tech).
• Carolina has committed fewer than 10 turnovers in eight of the last 14 games.
• Including this season, Davis' teams have produced the four-lowest turnover per game averages and five of the six-lowest in UNC history.
• Carolina's assist/turnover ratio of 1.80 is the best in UNC history (1.65 in 2015-16).
• The Tar Heels force 9.7 turnovers per game. Carolina is 335th in the nation in forced turnovers. The 9.7 turnovers equal the fewest forced in a season by the Tar Heels (previous was 9.7 in 2021-22).

500+ WINS IN THE SMITH CENTER
• This is the 41st season the Tar Heels are playing in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• The win over Wake Forest on January 10 was UNC's 500th in the Smith Center.
• Carolina is 502-90 in regular-season and NIT games in the Smith Center.
• UNC became the ninth current ACC team with 500 or more wins in their respective home venues.
• Carolina has won 84.8% of its games in the Smith Center. Only one team in the ACC that has 500 or more wins in its current venue has a higher winning percentage.
• Carolina is 261-71 (.786) in ACC games in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have won 13 straight games in the Smith Center, all this season.
• UNC has played 46.4% of its home games in the Smith Center (592 of 1,276).
• 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 502 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).

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. DUKE
(based on the previous game vs. Syracuse)
3 – Derek Dixon, Freshman, Guard
7 – Seth Trimble, Senior, Guard
4 – Jaydon Young, Junior, Guard
8 – Caleb Wilson, Freshman, Forward
13 – Henri Veesaar, R-Junior, Center

• Carolina's probable starters against Duke have made a combined 102 college starts. That includes 34 by Trimble, 27 by Henri Veesaar, 22 by freshman Caleb Wilson, 14 by Jaydon Young and five by freshman Derek Dixon.
• UNC has used five different starting lineups in the first 22 games. Veesaar and Wilson have started all 22 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.

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, 119 wins, a 62-27 record and 26 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 17 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
• The Tar Heels played 10 home games prior to New Year's Day for the first time since 2009-10.
• Carolina went 4-3 in January, playing just twice at home (2-0) and five games on the road (2-3).
• It was the first January with only two home games since 1991.
• In ACC play, the Tar Heels play host to Florida State, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Duke (Feb. 7), Pitt (Feb. 14), Louisville (Feb. 23), Virginia Tech (Feb. 28) and Clemson (March 3).
• Carolina plays at SMU, Stanford, Cal, Virginia, Georgia Tech, 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 made their first trips as ACC opponents to SMU, Stanford and Cal.

CBS SPORTS CLASSIC EXTENSION
• UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio State will compete in the CBS Sports Classic the next four seasons.
• The Tar Heels are 8-4 in the event since the annual doubleheader was first played in December 2014.
• Next season, Carolina will play Kentucky on December 19, 2026, in Madison Square Garden.
• The Tar Heels will play Kansas in 2027-28, Ohio State in 2028-29 and Kentucky again in 2029-30.

TAR HEELS IN THE NBA
• Eleven former Tar Heels were on NBA Opening Day rosters, including Cole Anthony (Phoenix), 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 (Charlotte).
• Five Carolina alumni are playing in the G League: Leaky Black (Capital City), Garrison Brooks (Birmingham), RJ Davis (South Bay), Harrison Ingram (Austin) and Cormac Ryan (Wisconsin).
• 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).