Tar Heel Men Set For VCU In NCAA First Round Thursday

Thursday, March 19

Greenville, S.C.

6:50 p.m.

North Carolina

VCU (first round)

Henri Veesaar

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 17, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 33: VCU
NCAA SOUTH FIRST ROUND, GREENVILLE, S.C.
• Carolina is playing in the NCAA Tournament for the 55th time, the second-most appearances all-time.
• The Tar Heels are the sixth seed in the South Regional. They begin play vs. No. 11 VCU on Thursday, March 19, at 6:50 p.m., in Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.
• Carolina is the No. 22 overall seed.
• TNT will broadcast the UNC-VCU game. Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson are on the call. Noah Eagle and LaPhonso Ellis will call the action for Westwood One radio.
• The UNC-VCU winner will play the winner of No. 3 Illinois and No. 14 Penn on Saturday, March 21.
• The Tar Heels are 4-4 all-time against Illinois (1-0 in the NCAA Tournament in the 2005 NCAA title game) and 6-2 all-time vs. Penn (2-1 in NCAA Tournament play).
• The Tar Heels are 24-8 having lost back-to-back games at Duke to finish the regular season and vs. Clemson in the ACC quarterfinal on March 12.
• VCU is 27-7. The Rams have won 16 of their last 17, including three wins in Pittsburgh March 13-15 to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have never played VCU in men's basketball.
• The last time UNC played an opponent in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever was the 2024 first round, when the Tar Heels beat Wagner in Charlotte.
• UNC is 1-0 against the Atlantic 10 this season. The Tar Heels defeated St. Bonaventure, 85-70, in Naples, Fla., on 11/25/2025. The Rams also beat the Bonnies, 89-82, in Richmond on New Year's Eve.
• This is the first time UNC is playing a current member of the Atlantic 10 in the NCAA Tournament since 2006, when George Mason edged the Tar Heels, 65-60, in round two in Dayton.
• Carolina is playing in BSW Arena for the first time since defeating Texas Southern and Arkansas in the first and second rounds in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels went on to win their next four games to claim their sixth NCAA Tournament title.
• Carolina has played 13 games this season against teams in the 68-team NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels went 7-6, splitting a pair of games against Clemson and Duke; beating Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State and Virginia; and losing to Miami (Fla.), Michigan State, NC State and SMU.

CAROLINA & THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Carolina has the most wins (134) and Final Four appearances (21) in NCAA Tournament history.
• The Tar Heels are second all-time in NCAA Tournament appearances (55) and games (185) behind Kentucky and winning percentage (.724) behind Duke.
• Carolina's six NCAA Tournament titles (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017) are tied for the third most. UCLA is first with 10, Kentucky has eight and the Tar Heels are tied for third with UConn (6).
• Carolina is 33-3 in the first round, going 2-2 in the last four first-round games. Last year, the Tar Heels defeated San Diego State in the First Four and lost to Ole Miss in the first round.
• This is the second time the Tar Heels have ever played NCAA Tournament games in the state of South Carolina (2017 in Greenville).
• VCU is the 109th different team to play Carolina in the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels have wins over 92 different teams in NCAA play.
• Carolina is 3-3 as a No. 6 seed. The Tar Heels went 1-1 in 1996 in Richmond, 1-1 in 2004 in Denver and 1-1 in 2014 in San Antonio.
• This is the 12th time the Tar Heels were sent to the Southeast or South Region. Carolina has advanced to Final Fours from the Southeast or South Regions four times (1995, 2000, 2009 and 2017), eventually winning national championships in 2009 and 2017.

NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE
• Jarin Stevenson played in nine NCAA Tournament games for Alabama over the previous two seasons, including the 2024 national semifinal vs. Connecticut. He totaled 28 points in the Crimson Tide's five games in 2024, including 19 in Los Angeles against Clemson in the West Region final. He made a career-high five three-pointers in the Elite Eight win over the Tigers to send the Tide to their first-ever Final Four.
• Seth Trimble has averaged 8.0 points in five NCAA Tournament games, playing in three games in 2024 and two in 2025. He is 13 for 27 from the floor and 11 for 11 from the free throw line. He scored 16 points vs. San Diego State last season in the First Four, nine vs. Ole Miss in the first round and eight vs. Alabama in the 2024 Sweet 16.
• Henri Veesaar played for Arizona against Princeton in 2023 and vs. Akron, Oregon and Duke in 2025. He averaged 8.0 rebounds and 5.0 rebounds in the three games last year. He had eight points, seven rebounds and three assists vs. Akron and 13 points and six rebounds against the Blue Devils.
• Kyan Evans played in four games (two in 2024 and two in 2025) while at Colorado State. He hit six three-pointers and scored 23 points, both career highs, in the first round last season in a win over Memphis and scored 10 points vs. Maryland in the second round. He went 8 for 13 with five assists in 71 minutes in the two games a year ago.
• Zayden High had one rebound in two games against Wagner and Michigan State in 2024.

HUBERT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Hubert Davis has led Carolina to an 8-3 record 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).
• In 2022, the Tar Heels won the East Regional as the No. 8 seed, knocked off the defending national champion Baylor in Texas, beat Duke in the Final Four in Krzyzewski's final game as the Blue Devils' head coach and played in the national championship game against Kansas. In 2024, the Tar Heels were the No. 1 seed in the West, ousted Izzo's Spartans in the second round and lost, 89-87, to Alabama in the Sweet 16.
• Carolina's six coaches played in a combined 70 NCAA Tournament games. Hubert Davis averaged 13.6 points in 12 games; Brad Frederick was a member of the 1997 and 1998 Final Four teams; Jeff Lebo averaged 11.1 points in 14 games and played in three Elite Eights; Sean May was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 Final Four as UNC won the national title; Pat Sullivan played in a school-record 19 NCAA Tournament games and record 16 wins, including the 1993 national championship; and Marcus Paige averaged 15.2 points in 13 games. Paige holds the UNC record for NCAA Tournament three-pointers with 39 and led UNC to the national title game in 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 defeated four teams ranked higher in the final NET – No. 1 Duke, No. 12 Virginia, No. 16 Louisville and No. 21 Kansas. The Tar Heels also have top-30 NET wins over Kentucky (28) and Ohio State (29) and another over No. 34 Clemson.
• This was the second time UNC defeated Kansas, Kentucky and Duke in the same season. The other was 1981-82.
• Carolina was responsible for two of Duke and Virginia's five 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 March 7 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• The Tar Heels have played only 15 of their 32 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 4-2 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.

SENIOR SETH
• 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.

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 5-3 without Wilson. In those games, Carolina is averaging 73.4 points, shooting 46% from the floor and has one more rebound than its opponents.
• 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 eight games, four Tar Heels are averaging double figures, led by Veesaar (18.2) and Trimble (14.8), and six players are averaging 8.0 or more points.
• In Wilson's last eight games (UNC went 5-3), the Tar Heels were 14th in the nation in offensive efficiency and 93rd defensively. In the last eight games, Carolina is 50th in offensive efficiency and 47th 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.
• This is the first time ever UNC's leading scorer missed this many games to finish a season.

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).

WILSON'S FABULOUS FRESHMAN SEASON
• Caleb Wilson has already earned second-team All-America honors from CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein and the Field of 68 and third-team honors from the Sporting News.
• He is one of 15 players on the final ballot for the Wooden Award and is a finalist for the Lute Olson Award, both National Player-of-the-Year awards.
• 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 scoring, rebounding and steals.
• Despite missing eight games, Wilson has still scored the second-most points (476) for the Tar Heels. Only Henri Veesaar (502) has more.
• 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 all of his 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 second in the ACC in rebounds per game, third in field goal percentage and double-doubles and fourth in points per game.
• 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 (42.0%), and blocks (37) and is second in scoring (16.7) and rebounding (8.7).
• He was the eighth-leading vote-getter for All-ACC and made the second team.
• Veesaar is on pace to 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 20th in the country with 55 dunks. He is the only player in the country with 55 or more dunks and 35 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 17th in the country with 14 double-doubles, the first 14 of his collegiate career.
• He is also second in the ACC and 20th nationally in field goal percentage, fifth in the ACC in rebounding and 10th in points per game.
• He has scored in double figures in 29 of his 30 games (except Virginia, when he scored seven).
• Veesaar has set numerous career bests as a Tar Heel, including points (28 vs. Clemson), field goals (11 vs. VT), rebounds (17 vs. Clemson), 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 eight times – 28 vs. Clemson, 26 vs. ETSU, Stanford and Virginia Tech, 25 vs. Wake Forest, 24 vs. St. Bonaventure, 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 331 and has led the Tar Heels in plus/minus eight times, tied for the most on the team.

HENRI FROM 3
• Henri Veesaar is Carolina's first 7-footer ever to make multiple three-pointers. He is 37 for 88 from three, leads the team in three-point percentage (.420) and is fourth in made threes.
• 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 10 times this season, including a career-high four vs. ECU.

MORE THREES
• Carolina is making 8.63 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 (52), Derek Dixon (47), Jonathan Powell (38), Henri Veesaar (37) and Kyan Evans (32).
• Carolina made 11 threes in the ACC Tournament loss to Clemson, just the second time in nine games the Tar Heels lost when they made 10 or more three-pointers.

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.67 in 2018-19 (312 in 36 games)
8.63 in 2025-26 (276 in 32 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 only)

• Carolina is attempting 25.0 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 801 threes and attempted 709 free throws. This would be the first time since 2001-02 UNC will have taken more threes than free throws.
• UNC is 20-7 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.
• UNC went 11 for 30 from three-point range in the loss to Clemson. It was the fifth game this season the Tar Heels hoisted 30 or more threes (wins over Radford, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech and losses against NC State and Clemson).

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME
25.03 in 2025-26 (801 in 32 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 309 turnovers and forced 300.
• UNC is averaging 9.66 turnovers, its fewest ever in a season (previous low is 10.08 in 2023-24).
• The Tar Heels are 24th in the nation in turnover percentage and 27th turnovers per game.
• 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 season UNC ever committed four or fewer turnovers three times.
• Carolina has made fewer than 10 turnovers 13 times (the Tar Heels have won 12 straight and are 12-1 in those 13 games).
• Including the losses at Duke (when Carolina equaled its season high with 14 turnovers) and Clemson, UNC has committed 10 or more turnovers in each of its last seven losses.
• UNC averages 9.3 turnovers in the 24 wins and 10.9 in the eight losses.
• Carolina went 8-1 in ACC play (including the ACC Tournament) when it committed fewer than 10 turnovers and 4-7 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 9.38 turnovers per game, the fewest forced by UNC in a season (previous 9.7 in 2021-22). Carolina is 347th in the nation in forced turnovers.

ASSISTS/TURNOVERS
• Carolina's assist/turnover ratio of 1.65 equals the best in UNC history (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 (2.33) has the best assist/turnover ratio. He is followed by Kyan Evans (2.22), Jonathan Powell (2.18), Seth Trimble (2.03) and Luka Bogavac (1.92).
• 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 eight losses:
• UNC averages 82.5 points in the wins and 71.6 in the losses.
• The Tar Heels allow 67.5 points in the wins and 82.9 points in the losses.
• The opponents are shooting 50.4% from the floor, including 45.7% from three, in the eight 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 half a rebound more per game in the losses.
• Carolina makes 1.4 more three-pointers than the opponents in the wins, while the opponents have averaged 2.0 more in the losses. The Tar Heels have been outscored by a total of 48 points from three in the eight losses.

IN-SEASON AWARDS
• Caleb Wilson and Seth Trimble earned ACC Player-of-the-Week honors this season.
• Wilson was the ACC's Co-Player of the Week after wins over Central Arkansas and Kansas. He 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 Cole Anthony (2020).
• 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.
• Wilson earned National Player-of-the-Week honors three times. He was a USBWA winner for the week of November 3-9, he won the award from NCAA March Madness for his play the week of December 15-21 and the Naismith Trophy selected 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 White was a five-time recipient in 2018-19.

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.
• He has led UNC to NCAA Tournament berths in four of his 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, 125 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.
• 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 (Milwaukee/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.