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Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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

Time/TV: 9:15 pm/ESPN

Live Audio: Tar Heel Sports Network, GoHeelsTV; Sirius (84), XM (84), SiriusXM Online (84)

Series vs. UNC: Series tied 4-4

Last Meeting: Michigan 73 Carolina 64 (11/28/2019)

Streak: Carolina led the series with Michigan 4-2 before the Wolverines came back and won the last two meetings in 2018 and 2019.

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Head Coach: Juwan Howard (46-19 at UM, 46-19 overall)

Conference: Big Ten

Rankings: #24 AP, #24 Coaches, #19 ESPN BPI, #16 Sagarin, #9 KenPom

Strength of Schedule: #103

Strength of Record: #85

Offense (Per Game): 71.8 points, 48.1 FG%, 29.1 3-pt FG%, 66.9 FT%, 38.2 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 14.8 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 4.7 steals, 3.7 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 64.5 points, 38.8 FG%, 25.4 3-pt FG%, 73.8 FT%, 30.2 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 11.0 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 6.0 steals, 2.8 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#55 Eli Brooks, G, 6-1, 185, Sr (34.8 mpg, 15.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.5 apg)

#12 DeVante' Jones, G, 6-1, 200, Sr (27.0 mpg, 7.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 4.0 apg)

#1 Hunter Dickinson, C, 7-1, 260, So (29.8 mpg, 14.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.2 apg)

#22 Caleb Houstan, F, 6-8, 205, Fr (33.0 mpg, 8.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.8 apg)

#23 Brandon Johns Jr, F, 6-8, 240, Sr (19.0 mpg, 5.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0.5 apg)

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Head Coach: Hubert Davis (4-2 at UNC, 4-2 overall)

Rankings: #35 AP, NR Coaches, #47 ESPN BPI, #40 Sagarin, #49 KenPom

Strength of Schedule: #74

Strength of Record: #87

Offense (Per Game): 83.2 points, 48.7 FG%, 41.4 3-pt FG%, 74.1 FT%, 40.5 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 13.5 turnovers, 1.1 A/T ratio, 4.3 steals, 4.5 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 78.7 points, 44.3 FG%, 33.1 3-pt FG%, 67.0 FT%, 32.3 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 8.7 turnovers, 1.9 A/T ratio, 8.0 steals, 3.8 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#2 Caleb Love, G, 6-4, 195, So. (33.6 mpg, 17.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.3 apg)

#4 RJ Davis, G, 6-0, 190, So. (30.2 mpg, 14.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.8 apg)

#1 Leaky Black, G, 6-8, 200, Sr. (23.0 mpg, 3.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.3 apg)

#5 Armando Bacot, F/C, 6-10, 240, Jr. (25.2 mpg, 14.4 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 1.3 apg)

#13 Dawson Garcia, F, 6-11, 235, So. (24.0 mpg, 11.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.0 apg)

*Projected starters based on previous game; Stats & rankings through 11/30/21*

December 5 - at Georgia Tech 3:00 PM (ESPN)

December 11 - Elon 8:00 pm (ACCN)

December 14 - Furman 7:00 pm (ESPN2)

December 18 - UCLA 3:00 pm (CBS)

December 21 - Appalachian State 7:00 pm (ACCN)