• Fifth-seeded Carolina (21-12) plays No. 4 seed Wake Forest (21-10) in the second quarterfinal in the ACC Tournament on Thursday at approximately 2:30 p.m. on ESPN. • The Tar Heels and Demon Deacons were tied for fourth place in the ACC standings (with SMU) at 13-7. The teams played in Winston-Salem on January 21 with the Deacs winning, 67-66. • The winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal advances to the 7 p.m. semifinal Friday against the winner of Duke-Georgia Tech. • Carolina advanced with a 76-56 win over Notre Dame in the second round. • Carolina has won seven of its last eight games, winning six of the seven by double digits.

• Charlotte native Jae’Lyn Withers made a career-high seven three-pointers, the most ever by a Tar Heel in an ACC Tournament game, and scored a career-high 21 points in the Tar Heels’ 20-point win over the Irish on Wednesday.

• Carolina made 13 three-pointers and shot 46.4% from three, handed out 22 assists (11 by Elliot Cadeau) and held the Irish to 32.3% shooting. • The 13 three-pointers equaled the second most by UNC in an ACC Tournament game. The Tar Heels made 14 in 1983 vs. Clemson with the experimental line that was only 17 feet, nine inches and hit 13 against Miami in the 2013 championship game. • Carolina has 21 wins. This is the 55th time in 72 years of competing as a member of the ACC the Tar Heels have won 20 or more games.

• Hubert Davis is the first Carolina coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons.

CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT

• Carolina has won 18 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championships and played in the championship game a record 36 times. • The Tar Heels have a 109-52 record in ACC Tournament history. • Carolina has the second-most wins and titles. • Carolina is 13-8 against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament. This is the first time they are playing in the ACC Tournament since the 1990 quarterfinals in the Charlotte Coliseum. • UNC is 49-14 in the quarterfinals. That’s four more wins than any other team has in the quarterfinals. • This is the sixth time Carolina is the No. 5 seed (first time since 2015 in Greensboro, when the Tar Heels advanced to the championship game against Notre Dame). • Carolina is 23-8 in the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, winning the title in 1968, 1969, 1991, 1994 and 2008. The only city where UNC won more ACC championships is Greensboro, where the Tar Heels have won the Tournament eight times. • The Tar Heels have earned the No. 1 seed a record 27 times. Duke is second with 19. • A Tar Heel has won the Most Valuable Player award 19 times – Lennie Rosenbluth (1957), Larry Miller (1967, 1968), Charlie Scott (1969), Lee Dedmon (1971), Robert McAdoo (1972), Phil Ford (1975), John Kuester (1977), Dudley Bradley (1979), Sam Perkins (1981), James Worthy (1982), J.R. Reid (1989), Rick Fox (1991), Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Shammond Williams (1997), Antawn Jamison (1998), Brandan Wright (2007), Tyler Hansbrough (2008) and Joel Berry II (2016).

UNC IN CHARLOTTE

• The Tar Heels are 169-28 in Charlotte. • That includes an 19-3 record in the Spectrum Center from 2006-25.

• Charlotte native Jae’Lyn Withers has two of his four-highest scoring games as a Tar Heel in the five games he’s played for Carolina in his hometown. He had 16 points and a double-double in the 2024 NCAA first round vs. Wagner and a career-high 21 points vs. Notre Dame on Wednesday.

CAROLINA-WAKE FOREST

• Carolina is 165-70 all-time vs. the Demon Deacons, including 13-8 in the ACC Tournament. • The last time the Tar Heels beat Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament was in 1997 in the semifinals in Greensboro, when Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison led the Tar Heels past Tim Duncan’s Demon Deacons. The teams have played just once (2000) in the ACC Tournament since then. • The Tar Heels and Deacons have split the last eight games, including Wake Forest’s one-point win in January. • Carolina has won 14 of the last 19 games – all five of its losses have come in Winston-Salem. • The Tar Heels have won the last nine in Chapel Hill and the Deacons have won the last four in Winston-Salem. • The last time either team won on the other’s home court was 2019, when Cameron Johnson hit seven threes in a 95-57 Tar Heel win in Joel Coliseum.

JANUARY 21 AT WAKE FOREST

• It was UNC’s fourth straight loss at Wake Forest, the first time the Tar Heels have dropped four in a row in Winston-Salem since 1962-65. • Carolina led early, 16-7, and 31-29 at the half. The nine-point lead was UNC’s largest in a loss this season. • The Tar Heels led for more than half the game (22:16). • Wake Forest’s 67 points ended a 25-game streak in which the Tar Heels won when allowing fewer than 70 points. • Wake Forest outscored Carolina, 21-6 from the free throw line and outrebounded UNC by eight. • UNC attempted a season-high 32 three-pointers and made just eight (25%). • Wake Forest shot 29.6% from the floor and had no assists in the first half but made 13 of 16 free throws. The Deacs shot 50% from the floor in the second half and made their only two three-pointers in the midst of a 12-0 run that gave Wake Forest a 49-39 lead. • The two 3FGs were the fewest by any opponent in a win over UNC since Wake Forest went 2 for 12 in a 73-67 win on 1/5/2014.

• Elliot Cadeau had 14 points and a career-high 13 assists.

• Cadeau made or assisted on 18 of Carolina’s 26 field goals (69.2%). That was the second-highest percentage of field goals scored and assisted ever by a Tar Heel. Phil Ford (11 FGs, 10 assists) accounted for 72.4% against Seton Hall on 12/4/1975. • Cadeau’s 13 assists equaled the most by a Tar Heel vs. Wake Forest (Ed Cota had 13 on 2/12/2000).

• RJ Davis led UNC in scoring with 21 points, his sixth straight double-figure scoring game against the Deacons.

• Davis has scored 13, 18, 27, 16, 36 and 21 points during his career vs. Wake Forest (21.8 per game).

NOTEBOOK

• Hubert Davis has led UNC to 56 regular-season ACC wins in the last four seasons. Only one other school (Duke with 64) has more regular-season ACC wins in the last four seasons.

• RJ Davis and Ian Jackson earned All-ACC honors. Davis was voted to the All-ACC second team, receiving the sixth-most votes among the 81 individuals who selected the award winners. Jackson was voted to the All-Freshman Team. He was the third-leading vote getter for the rookie team also finished third in the balloting for the Sixth Man Award.

High-Scoring Heels: Carolina is third in the ACC and 23rd in the country in scoring at 81.5 points per game.

• The Tar Heels have scored 690 points in the last eight games, an average of 86.3 points per game. From the Syracuse game through Virginia Tech, UNC scored 80 or more in six straight ACC games for the first time since a seven-game stretch from January 3-26, 2017. • UNC scored 96 at Florida State, 97 vs. Miami and 91 at Virginia Tech (94.7 ppg), the first time it scored 90 or more points in three straight ACC games since January 8-14, 2017.

• Four different Tar Heels have led or co-led in scoring over the last eight games (Ian Jackson vs. Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech; RJ Davis vs. NC State, Florida State and Duke; Jae’Lyn Withers vs. Virginia and Notre Dame; and Ven-Allen Lubin vs. Miami).

Lead Time: The Tar Heels never trailed in beating Notre Dame in their second-round victory. Drake Powell made a three 24 seconds into the game and Carolina led for the rest of the game, a season-high 39:36.

• It was the sixth time this season UNC has led wire to wire. • The Tar Heels have led for more than 30 minutes in six of the last seven games and for more than 38 minutes in four of those games.

Halftime Leads: Carolina led at the half in 17 of 21 games against ACC opponents this season and won 14 of the 17 (the three losses when leading at the half were to Stanford, at Wake Forest and at Pitt, games UNC lost by one, one and eight points).

• In all games, the Tar Heels are 19-3 when leading at the break and 2-9 when trailing. • The Tar Heels have scored 42, 54, 46, 49, 46, 46, 42 and 43 points in the first half in the last eight games, an average of 46.0 points.

Owning the Glass: The Tar Heels are plus 65 on the glass in the last seven games, outrebounding their opponents in six of the seven (all except Duke).

• Carolina is 16-4 this season when it has more rebounds and 5-8 when it gets beaten on the boards. • UNC is 11-2 this season when it scores more second-chance points and 9-9 when the opponents score more.

• Ven-Allen Lubin leads UNC in offensive rebounds with 59, 30 of which have come in the last 11 games.

• Lubin has scored in double figures in each of the last seven games, a career-high. He had a six-game double-figure scoring streak last season while playing at Vanderbilt. • Lubin has two double-doubles in the last three games. He totaled 10 points and 11 rebounds at Virginia Tech and 17 points/10 boards vs. Notre Dame.

Three-Point Barrage: The Tar Heels have made 57 three-pointers in the last five games, the most in any five-game span in Carolina Basketball history. That includes 10 at Florida State, 10 vs. Miami, 15 at Virginia Tech, 9 vs. Duke and 13 vs. Notre Dame.

• The previous high for a five-game stretch was 56 twice, once in 2021-22 and once in 2018-19.

• Carolina has made 87 of 191 three-pointers over its last eight games, converting 45.5%.

• Through the Feb. 10 game at Clemson, the Tar Heels were shooting 32.3% from three, the fourth-lowest percentage in UNC history. • The Tar Heels have made 13, 8, 9, 10, 10, 15, 9 and 13 threes in the last eight games since tying their season low with four in the loss at Clemson on February 10. • Carolina made 10 or more three-pointers in five of its first 25 games. It has made 10 or more in five of the last eight games. • Carolina is 8-3 this season when it makes more three-pointers than its opponents, something the Tar Heels did only two times in their first 15 games and nine times in their last 18 games. • They made 13 threes vs. Notre Dame, Carolina’s most in an ACC Tournament game since it made 13 against Miami in the 2013 finals.

• The Carolina sank 15 threes at Virginia Tech on March 4, equaling the most in a game in Hubert Davis‘ four seasons as head coach. It was the seventh time ever Carolina made 15 or more threes in a game.

• Not only did seven different Tar Heels make threes, Carolina shot 53.6% from three in outscoring the Hokies by 24 points from beyond the arc. It was the second-largest margin for UNC from three-point range this season (plus 27 the win at Syracuse that began the six-game win streak).

• Jae’Lyn Withers’ seven 3FGs against Notre Dame were the most by a Tar Heel this season (most since RJ Davis made seven against Miami last year). Withers hit 7 of 10, also the highest percentage (.700) in a game this season.

• Withers is shooting 47.2% from three this season and has made multiple threes seven times this season – in each of the first two games and in five of the last eight games. • Davis has made three or more 3FGs in each of the last five games.

• Ian Jackson made five three-pointers at Virginia Tech, the third time he made five in a game, and all three were on the road (also at NC State and Syracuse).

• Jackson is shooting 40.6% from three this season, the fifth-highest percentage in the ACC among players who have made 50 or more. Only one other freshman in the ACC has made 50 or more threes at a higher percentage (Duke’s Isaiah Evans). • Including the 76-56 win over Notre Dame when Carolina went 13 of 28 from three, the Tar Heels are 19-5 this season when they make 30% or better from three-point range and 2-7 when they make less than 30% of its three-point attempts (wins over Georgia Tech and Notre Dame). • The Tar Heels have shot better than 40% from three-point range in seven of the last 10 games, something they had done only three times in their first 23 games. • The Tar Heels are 9-1 this season when shooting 40% from three. UNC beat Elon (40.6%), lost to Michigan State in overtime (47.8), and defeated SMU (50.0), Pitt (46.7), Syracuse (46.4), NC State (40.0), Virginia (56.3), Miami (55.6), Virginia Tech (53.6) and Notre Dame (46.4%). • Carolina has made 50% or better of its threes in four games this season, including three of the last six games (wins over SMU, Virginia, Miami and Virginia Tech). • Conversely, the Tar Heels have shot 40 for 141 (28.4%) from three-point range in their last six losses. That includes 9 of 27 at home last Saturday against Duke. • Overall, Carolina is shooting 39.9% from three in its 21 wins and 28.6% in the 12 losses. • For the season, UNC is up to 35.7% from three, slightly lower than its percentage last season (35.9%). • The Tar Heels are averaging 8.0 made 3FGs, the sixth-most per game in UNC history.

Big Leads, Close Games: Carolina has led by at least 11 points in seven of the last eight games and had a seven-point lead in the second half vs. Duke. UNC’s largest leads in its most recent seven wins were 11 at Syracuse, 32 vs. NC State, 20 vs. Virginia, 16 at Florida State, 21 vs. Miami, 36 at Virginia Tech and 24 vs. Notre Dame.

• UNC has led by double digits in 17 of 33 games (nine of the last 11 games) and trailed by 10 or more 12 times. • In a season that was notable for playing numerous close games, the average margin in the last nine games was 17.8 points. The last game Carolina played that was decided by fewer than 10 points was its 88-82 win at Syracuse on February 15. • The Tar Heels have played 12 games this season in which the margin was within five points with 5:00 to play. • UNC has led by five or fewer points with 5:00 remaining three times (beat Georgia Tech and lost to Kansas and Stanford) and trailed by five or fewer points eight times (beat Dayton, UCLA, Notre Dame, Boston College and Pitt and lost at Louisville, at Wake Forest and at Pitt). The score was tied once (in the loss to Florida). • The Tar Heels have played 10 one-possession games (decided by one, two or three points) this season. Those are the most played by the Tar Heels in a season in the three-point era, which began in 1986-87. The 2010-11 team played nine one-possession games and won eight. • The 10 one-possession games don’t include the overtime win against Boston College, which UNC won, 102-96. They also don’t include the win at Syracuse, which UNC led by two points with less than a minute to play. • The Tar Heels’ six one-possession wins this season are the second most in the three-point era. UNC won eight in 2010-11, six this season and five in 1998-99 (5-3), 2002-03 (5-2) and 2016-17 (5-1). • The losses to Stanford and Wake Forest were just the fourth time ever Carolina lost by a point in back-to-back games. The other instances include the 1929-30 season (Loyola Chicago and Duke), 1940-41 (Fordham and St. Joseph’s) and 1967-68 (South Carolina and Duke).

Hot Shooting Heels: Including the win over Notre Dame when UNC shot 48.3% from the floor, the Tar Heels have shot 48% or better in eight of the last 10 games (won all eight times when they shot 48% or better).

• Carolina has shot at least 50% from the floor in 11 of the last 15 halves, including both halves vs. NC State, Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech. • The Tar Heels have shot 50% in at least one half in 11 of the last 13 games. • Carolina is 11-1 this season when it shoots 50% or better and 9-11 when it makes less than 50% from the floor. • Carolina shot 58.9% from the floor in beating Miami and Virginia Tech. It was the first time the Tar Heels shot that well in consecutive games since the 2008 NCAA Tournament, when UNC shot 60.6% vs. Mt. St. Mary’s and 67.7% vs. Arkansas.

• Carolina is shooting 48.0% from the floor this season, its highest field goal percentage since 2015-16, when it shot 48.2%, won the ACC Tournament and played in the national championship game.

Strength of Schedule: Carolina’s non-conference schedule is ranked the fifth-toughest in the country (NET) and No. 6 by KenPom.

• The Tar Heels have played four of the top five, five of the top seven and seven of the top 13 teams in the March 10 Associated Press poll. • Carolina has already played No. 1 Duke twice, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Alabama, No. 7 Michigan State, No. 10 Clemson and No. 13 Louisville. • Kansas was No. 1 in the nation when UNC played the Jayhawks in Lawrence.

• Not only was UNC’s non-conference schedule one of the most challenging in the country, the Tar Heels also played the second-most away games against the top-six teams in the ACC standings (Duke, Louisville, Clemson, Wake Forest, Carolina and SMU), a product of the unbalanced schedule in an 18-team league.

• Duke played each of the other five teams on the road, while UNC and Wake Forest played four of the other five on the road. By contrast, Clemson played only two road games and Louisville and SMU played only once on the road against the other teams in the top six. • As of today, Carolina is 35th in KenPom, 36th in the NET and Torvik and 44th in Wins Against Bubble. • The average NET of Carolina’s losses is the 25th-highest in the country. • Carolina went 6-6 on the road this season, including 5-5 in the ACC.

• Carolina is 24-16 in ACC road games under head coach Hubert Davis.

Scoring Efficiency: The Tar Heels are 19th in the country in offensive efficiency, 26th in scoring 32nd in field goal percentage and 41st in fastbreak points.

• This is the third time in Hubert Davis‘ four seasons as head coach the Tar Heels rank in the top 25 in the country (out of 364 teams) in offensive efficiency (18th in 2021-22, 51st in 2022-23, 15th in 2023-24 and 19th in 2024-25). • Carolina has produced four of its top five games in offensive efficiency in ACC play in its last seven games. • The Tar Heels are 15-1 this season when holding opponents at or below 105 points per 100 possessions. Wake Forest (92.0 ppp) is the only team to beat UNC despite scoring 105 or fewer points per 100 possessions. • Carolina dished out 22 assists on its 28 field goals against Notre Dame, the second time in the last three games the Tar Heels had 20 or more assists. UNC has 20 or more five times this season (24 at Virginia Tech, 22 vs. Notre Dame, 22 vs. Elon, 22 vs. La Salle and 20 vs. Campbell).

• The Tar Heels average 10.70 turnovers, the second-lowest average in Carolina history. The three lowest averages and four of the five lowest have come in Hubert Davis‘ four season as head coach.

• Carolina has outscored its last five opponents, 268-194, in the paint. UNC is 20-7 when it has equal or more paint points and 1-5 when the opponents have more (including last Saturday’s loss to Duke, when the Blue Devils outscored Carolina, 40-28, in the paint). • Carolina is shooting 55.3% from two-point range, its highest two-point percentage since the 1997-98 ACC champion and NCAA East Regional champion Tar Heels shot 56.5% from two-point range.

• RJ Davis leads Carolina in plus/minus for the season at plus 189 with Ven-Allen Lubin and Drake Powell next at plus 160 and 151, respectively.

• Over the last eight games, Powell leads at plus 131 (+13 at Syracuse, +15 vs. both NC State and Virginia, +13 at Florida State, +22 vs. Miami, +30 at Virginia Tech, +2 vs. Duke and +21 vs. Notre Dame). • Powell has led UNC in plus/minus 10 times this season, most on the team. Eight of the 10 games he led UNC were ACC games. • Lubin has UNC in plus/minus four times, all in the last 14 games.

Wins & Losses: Carolina is shooting 50.8% from the floor in its 21 wins, which is 10% better than its opponents. However, in the losses, the opponents are out-shooting the Tar Heels 47.7 to 43.4%.

• Carolina is 11-1 this season and 231-10 in the last 22 seasons when it shoots 50% from the floor. • UNC is 18-4 this season when it shoots 45% or better from the floor. • The opponents average 83.7 points in UNC’s losses and just 70.8 when the Tar Heels win. • The Notre Dame win was the 26th straight when UNC holds an opponent below 60 points and the 14th in a row when the opponent shoots below 40% • Carolina has held ACC opponents below 75 points 15 times, going 12-3 in those games (one-point losses to Stanford and Wake Forest and the loss at Pitt). • There is a nine-rebound swing in Carolina’s wins and losses. The Tar Heels are plus 7.0 rebounds per game in its wins and minus 3.9 per game on the boards in the losses. The opponents have out-rebounded the Tar Heels in eight of the 12 losses. • Carolina is 14-4 when it makes the same number or more three-pointers and is 7-8 when the opponents make more 3FGs. • The Tar Heels are 14-4 when they attempt 20 or more free throws and 7-8 when attempting fewer than 20. • UNC is 13-2 when it makes more free throws (losses to Kansas and Stanford) and 8-10 when making an equal amount or fewer free throws.

Carolina Basketball: This is the 115th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won seven national championships (six NCAA Tournament titles), played in a record 21 Final Fours, won a record 133 NCAA Tournament games, played in the NCAA Tournament 53 times, been a No. 1 seed a record 18 times, won a record 33 regular-season ACC titles, won 18 ACC Tournament championships and have had 10 former players inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame.

• Carolina has the second-highest winning percentage (.733) and third-most wins (2,393) in college basketball history.

• The Tar Heels are led by Hubert Davis, in his fourth season as head coach at his alma mater. The 2022 National Coach-of-the-Year winner and 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year has led UNC to a 99-43 record.

• Carolina is the only major program in the country whose six coaches all played at their alma mater. Davis played for Hall of Famer Dean Smith from 1988-92. Jeff Lebo (1985-89) and Pat Sullivan (1990-95) also played at UNC for Smith, Brad Frederick played for Smith and Bill Guthridge (1996-99) and Sean May (2002-05) and Marcus Paige (2012-16) played for Hall of Famer Roy Williams. • Vince Carter and Water Davis were inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., in October. They are the 13th and 14th Tar Heels inducted, the second most among all college basketball programs (Kansas). • They were the seventh and eighth inducted as players, which is more than any other college’s alumni in the Hall’s history. • They were the ninth and 10th individuals who played collegiately for Dean Smith. No other coach has more former players inducted in the Naismith Hall of Fame. • Lennie Rosenbluth is one of eight honorees in the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Rosenbluth, star forward on the 1957 undefeated NCAA championship team, will become the 15th Tar Heel player or coach inducted in the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Tar Heels and the ACC: Carolina is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. This is the 72nd season of ACC men’s basketball.

• UNC has won the regular-season championship 33 times, including the 2023-24 season, when the Tar Heels went 17-3 to win the title outright for the 22nd time. Duke is second with 21 regular-season titles. • The Tar Heels are 771-320 all-time in ACC regular-season play. The 771 wins are the most by any team.

RJ Third in ACC Scoring: RJ Davis is Carolina’s second-leading scorer all-time with 2,653 points and is third in ACC career scoring.

• Davis has played in 171 games as a Tar Heel, surpassing former teammate Armando Bacot (169) for the all-time ACC and UNC records. Entering this season the NCAA record was 178 by Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon. • The White Plains, N.Y., native is averaging a career-high 3.8 assists this season. His previous season bests were 3.6 per game in 2021-22 and 3.5 last season. • Davis, Duke’s Cooper Flagg and Pitt’s Jaland Lowe are the only players in the top 10 in the ACC in both scoring and assists. • Davis leads Carolina and is seventh in the ACC in scoring at 17.1 points per game and is 10th in the league in assists. • Davis is Carolina’s all-time leader and fifth in ACC history with 347 three-pointers. Georgia Tech’s Dennis Scott is fourth with 351. • Davis has the highest free throw percentage ever by a Tar Heel (86.4%), ninth best in ACC history. The ACC leader in free throw shooting in 2023, he is second this season at 88.4%. • Davis’ career scoring average is 15.5, the eighth-highest by a Tar Heel guard. • Last year, Davis became the 19th Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. Those 19 players have won consensus first-team All-America honors a total of 28 times.

Tar Heels Add General Manager: Carolina has named Jim Tanner, founder and president of Tandem Sports + Entertainment the executive director and general manager of the men’s basketball team.

• Tanner has represented more than 70 NBA players over a 28-year career. The High Point, N.C., native will, among other things, help manage the construction of the roster, negotiate contracts, identify and hire new scouting and analytics staff and spearhead player development programs. • A 1990 Carolina graduate, Tanner has represented 40 first-round NBA Draft picks, including 12 top-five selections, and six inductees in the Naismith Hall of Fame (UNC’s Vince Carter, Ray Allen, Tamika Catchings, Tim Duncan, Grant Hill and Dominique Wilkins) and has negotiated more than a billion dollars in contracts for his clients.

• He has represented 17 former Tar Heels in their professional careers, including Carter; Final Four Most Outstanding Players Joel Berry II, Wayne Ellington and Sean May; All-Americas Raymond Felton, Tyler Hansbrough, John Henson, Justin Jackson and Luke Maye; and top-10 first-round draft picks Marvin Williams and Brandan Wright.