Date: Saturday, January 9, 2021

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Arena: Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)

Time/TV: 7:00 pm/ESPN

Live Audio: Tar Heel Sports Network, GoHeelsTV; Sirius (371), XM (371), SiriusXM Online (371)

Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads 133-22

Last Meeting: Clemson 79 Carolina 76 (1/11/20)

Series Note: Carolina had never lost to the Tigers in Chapel Hill until the 79-76 loss last January.

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Head Coach: Brad Brunell (194-143 at CU, 361-228 overall)

Rankings: #19 AP, #18 Coaches, #24 ESPN BPI, #30 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #41

Strength of Record: #5

Offense (Per Game): 68.3 points, 42.7 FG%, 33.9 3-pt FG%, 72.3 FT%, 34.5 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 12.9 turnovers, 1.0 A/T ratio, 8.0 steals, 3.0 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 57.6 points, 39.1 FG%, 29.9 3-pt FG%, 65.9 FT%, 34.1 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 17.9 turnovers, 0.5 A/T ratio, 6.5 steals, 3.5 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#0 Clyde Trapp, G, 6-0, 203, Sr. (25.5 mpg, 7.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.9 apg)

#2 Al-Amir Dawes, G, 6-2, 180, So. (27.8 mpg, 9.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.3 apg)

#12 Alex Hemenway, G, 6-3, 185, So. (12.4 mpg, 4.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.1 apg)

#1 Jonathan Baehre, F, 6-10, 214, Sr. (20.7 mpg, 5.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.1 apg)

#25 Aamir Simms, F, 6-8, 245, Sr. (25.9 mpg, 12.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.2 apg)

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Head Coach: Roy Williams (474-156 at UNC, 892-257 overall)

Rankings: NR AP, NR Coaches, #23 ESPN BPI, #32 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #25

Strength of Record: #42

Offense (Per Game): 72.3 points, 41.9 FG%, 30.4 3-pt FG%, 67.6 FT%, 44.8 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 15.8 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 6.3 steals, 4.6 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 67.9 points, 41.8 FG%, 34.7 3-pt FG%, 62.0 FT%, 32.2 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 13.5 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 9.1 steals, 4.1 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#4 R.J. Davis, G, 6-0, 160, Fr. (26.8 mpg, 8.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.4 apg)

#24 Kerwin Walton, G, 6-5, 205, Fr. (14.5 mpg, 5.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 2.0 apg)

#1 Leaky Black, G, 6-8, 195, Jr. (29.8 mpg, 7.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.9 apg)

#11 Day'Ron Sharpe, F, 6-11, 265, Fr. (19.9 mpg, 9.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.5 apg)

#5 Armando Bacot, F/C, 6-10, 240, So. (22.6 mpg, 11.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 0.8 blks)

*Projected starters based on previous game; Stats & rankings through 1/7/21*

January 16 at Florida State Noon ESPN

January 20 vs Wake Forest 9:00 pm ACC Network

January 23 vs N.C. State 2:00 pm ESPN/ESPN2

January 26 at Pittsburgh 7:00 pm ACC Network

January 30 vs Notre Dame 8:00 pm ACC Network