No. 11 MBB Visits Miami Tuesday Night

Tuesday, February 10

Coral Gables, Fla.

7 p.m.

North Carolina

Miami

Henri Veesaar leads the ACC with 13 double-doubles.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

February 9, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 24: AT MIAMI
• The Tar Heels look to win on the road for the third straight time when they travel to Coral Gables, Fla., to play the Miami Hurricanes on Tuesday, February 10, at 7 p.m.
• Wes Durham, Dennis Scott and Debbie Antonelli have the TV call on ESPN.
• Carolina (19-4, 7-3 ACC) has won five games in a row, including road wins at Virginia on January 24 and Georgia Tech on the 31st.
• The Tar Heels are up three spots to No. 11 in this week's Associated Press poll. Eleven is UNC's highest ranking this season (highest since No. 10 in week three last season).
• Carolina has four wins over Top-25 teams this season (Kansas, at Kentucky, at Virginia and Duke) and five Quad 1 wins.
• The Tar Heels went 2-0 in the Smith Center last week with an 87-77 win over Syracuse, in a game UNC led by as many as 32 points, and a 71-68 win over fourth-ranked Duke.
• Seth Trimble's three-pointer with 0.4 seconds to play gave the Tar Heels the 71-68 win over Duke. It was the only lead of the game for UNC.
• Head coach Hubert Davis has led the Tar Heels to 18 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).
• It was the latest game-winner for UNC since Luke Maye's jumper with 0.3 seconds left beat Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Elite Eight.
• Miami is 18-5, 7-3. The Hurricanes have won three of their last four games, including a 74-68 win at Boston College on Saturday.
• Carolina is 3-3 on the road this season, while the Hurricanes are 12-2 at the Watsco Center. Miami's two home losses were by two points to Florida State and one to Cal in its most recent home game on January 31.
• Carolina beat Kansas on November 7 in Chapel Hill and won at Kentucky on December 2. This season is just the second in which UNC has defeated the Jayhawks, Wildcats and Blue Devils in the same season. The other was 1981-82.
• The Tar Heels have 19 wins. One more win will mark UNC's 66th 20-win season. The Tar Heels have won 20 or more games 55 times in 72 previous seasons as a member of the ACC.
• Hubert Davis is the only Carolina head coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons.
• Carolina has played 10 of its 18 regular-season ACC games. The eight remaining opponents have a combined 54-33 record (.621), including two teams that are 10-1 (Clemson and Duke), one that is 9-2 (NC State) and two with seven wins apiece (Miami and Louisville).
• Carolina was named the National Team of the Week by Dick Vitale following the wins over Syracuse and Duke. Caleb Wilson was named National Player of the Week by the Naismith Award and earned his third ACC Freshman-of-the-Week award (co-winner with Stanford's Ebuka Okorie).
• Wilson is the first Tar Heel to win ACC Freshman-of-the-Week honors three times since Coby White was a five-time recipient in 2018-19.

LAST TIME OUT
• Carolina held Duke scoreless over the final 2:50 and the Tar Heels scored the final nine points of the game to beat the Blue Devils, 71-68.
• The three-point margin was Carolina's closest in a win over Duke since a 75-73 win on 3/5/2005, when Sean May had 26 points and 24 rebounds and Marvin Williams converted a three-point play with 17 seconds remaining.
• Seth Trimble's three from the right corner with 0.4 seconds to play to beat Duke was the latest field goal in a win over the Blue Devils since Bobby Jones made a steal and layup as time expired in 1974.
• It was Hubert Davis' fifth win over a top-10 Duke team.
• Caleb Wilson scored 17 of his 23 points in the first half and led UNC in scoring for the 17th time. It was his 17th 20-point game.
• Henri Veesaar had his ACC-leading 13th double-double, scoring all 13 of his points and grabbing nine of his 11 rebounds in the second half. His three-pointer with 1:40 to play tied the game at 68, the first tie since it was 2-2.
• Trimble's 16 points were his career high against the Blue Devils (in his eighth game).
• Freshman Derek Dixon hit two threes in the final 5:53 and had the assist on Trimble's game-winner.
• It was the 88th game both Carolina and Duke were ranked in the AP poll. UNC is 45-43 against Duke when both were ranked in the AP poll. UNC was No. 14 and the Blue Devils were No. 4.
• The Tar Heels trailed for 37:39 and didn't take their first lead until Trimble's game-winner.
• Carolina trailed by 12 at the half (29-41) and by as many as 13 in the first half. It was the largest comeback from a halftime deficit this season and the largest halftime rally since overcoming an 18-point deficit in a win over Dayton last season.
• Caleb Wilson scored 17 of Carolina's 29 first-half points, while Cameron Boozer scored 15 of the Blue Devils' 27 second-half points.
• Carolina defeated an AP top-five opponent for first time since beating fourth-ranked Baylor in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on 3/19/2022.

UNC-MIAMI
• Carolina is 29-10 all-time against Miami, including 11-4 in the Watsco Center.
• The Tar Heels have won the last three games over the previous two seasons.
• That includes a 75-72 win in UNC's previous trip to Coral Gables on 2/10/2024.
• Seth Trimble scored 10 points and had three assists in last season's 92-73 win in the Smith Center.
• Jayden Young scored a career-high 27 points last season at Miami while playing for Virginia Tech. He was 9 for 15 from the floor, including five three-pointers, and had three assists and two steals.

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 63-27 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 778-323 (.706) in regular-season ACC games. The 778 wins are the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 747.

FRONTCOURT FORCES
• Junior center Henri Veesaar and freshman forward Caleb Wilson are combining for 36.8 points and 18.7 rebounds per game. They have blocked 59 shots, have 110 assists, shot 60.3% from the floor and attempted 270 free throws.
• The Naismith Hall of Fame named Veesaar and Wilson 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 20.2 points and 9.6 rebounds, while Veesaar is averaging 16.6 points and 9.1 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 24 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points 23 times.
• Per BartTorvik.com, Wilson leads the country in dunks with 66, while Veesaar is eighth with 45.
• Either Veesaar or Wilson has led the team in scoring 21 times and in rebounds 21 times.
• They account for 44.5% of Carolina's scoring, 47.4% of the rebounds and 47.3% 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 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 (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 five games. He is the only UNC freshman with two streaks of five or more 20-point games.
• Wilson has scored 20 or more points 17 times, including a season-high 26-point performance at Stanford. His 17 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 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, 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 20.2 points per game is on pace to set the UNC freshman record.
• In 10 ACC games, Wilson is averaging 20.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists

SINGLE-SEASON SCORING, UNC FRESHMAN
20.2 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 9.6 rebounds per game, which equals the UNC freshman record, set by Jamison in 1995-96.

SINGLE-SEASON REBOUNDING, UNC FRESHMAN
9.6 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 23 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 third in the ACC in double-doubles and rebounding and fourth in scoring and field goal shooting.
• 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.

VEESAAR A DUAL THREAT
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar, a transfer from Arizona, leads the team in field goal shooting (62.6%) and three-point accuracy (46%) and is second in scoring (16.6), rebounding (9.1) and blocks (29).
• He nearly had a double-double in the second half alone 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 ninth in the country and leads the ACC with 13 double-doubles, the first 13 of his collegiate career. He played in 66 games over two seasons at Arizona.
• He is second in the ACC and 17th nationally in field goal percentage. He's also fifth in the ACC in rebounding and 10th in points per game.
• 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.
• He has scored in double figures in 22 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 295 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 29 for 63 from three and leads the team in three-point percentage (.460).
• He is third on the team in three-pointers, five behind Luka Bogavac's 34.
• 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 (13) and Caleb Wilson (11) rank one-three in the ACC in double-doubles.
• 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, 18th in offensive efficiency, 15th in turnovers, 45th in assists per game, 47th in field goal percentage and 53rd in effective field goal percentage.
• The Tar Heels are 34th in the country in field goal percentage defense, holding their opponents to a combined 40.5% from the floor. They've held seven opponents below 35% and 11 under 40%.
• Since ACC play began January 2, the Tar Heels are fourth in the country in offensive efficiency behind Illinois, Houston and Florida, and 113th in defensive efficiency.
• In the four-game stretch that included SMU, Wake Forest, Stanford and Cal during which Carolina went 1-3, the Tar Heels were sixth nationally in offensive efficiency and 284th in defense.
• In the last five games (wins over Notre Dame, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Syracuse and Duke) the Tar Heels are No. 5 nationally in offensive efficiency and 61st in defensive efficiency.
• 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 (44.3%) and 25th in effective field goal percentage (46.9%).
• Carolina is making 8.70 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 9.0 threes in ACC games, including 10 or more three times. The ACC opponents are hitting 10.9 three-pointers per game, including a five-game stretch from Florida State to Cal when they made 70, the most UNC ever allowed over five games.
• Over the last five games, Carolina has made 47 threes and allowed 36.
• Five different Tar Heels have made at least 27 three-pointers – Luka Bogavac (34), Derek Dixon (30), Henri Veesaar (29), Kyan Evans (27) and Jonathan Powell (27).

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.70 in 2025-26 (200 in 23 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 25.1 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
25.09 in 2025-26 (577 in 23 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 22 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 23 games. The Tar Heels are 44-2 under Davis when they make at least 50% from the floor.
• Michigan State, Virginia and Duke have outrebound Carolina. The Tar Heels are 105-26 under Davis when they outrebound their opponents.
• UNC is averaging 9.43 turnovers, its fewest ever (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 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 nine of the last 15 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 1.78 is the best in UNC history (previous 1.65 in 2015-16).
• The Tar Heels force 9.7 turnovers per game. Carolina is 336th 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 503-90 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 262-71 (.787) in ACC games in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have won 14 straight games in the Smith Center, all this season.
• UNC has played 46.4% of its home games in the Smith Center (593 of 1,277).
• 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 503 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 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 also was named ACC Freshman of the Week three times, following the games against Central Arkansas/Kansas, ETSU/Ohio State and Syracuse/Duke.
• He is the first Tar Heel to win three ACC Freshman-of-the-Week awards Coby White was a five-time recipient in 2018-19.
• 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), White (2019) and Anthony.

PROBABLE STARTERS VS. MIAMI
(based on the previous game vs. Duke)
3 – Derek Dixon, Freshman, Guard
7 – Seth Trimble, Senior, Guard
15 – Jarin Stevenson, Junior, Forward
8 – Caleb Wilson, Freshman, Forward
13 – Henri Veesaar, R-Junior, Center

• Carolina's probable starters against Miami have made a combined 134 college starts. That includes 42 by Jarin Stevenson, 35 by Seth Trimble, 28 by Henri Veesaar, 23 by freshman Caleb Wilson and six by freshman Derek Dixon.
• UNC has used five different starting lineups in the first 23 games. Veesaar and Wilson have started all 23 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, 120 wins, a 63-27 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 18 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 2025).

2025-26 SCHEDULE NOTES
• The Tar Heels played 10 home games prior to New Year's Day for the first time since 2009-10.
• In ACC play, the Tar Heels play host to Florida State, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Duke, 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.

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).