Date: Saturday, January 2, 2021

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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

Time/TV: 4:00 pm/ACC Network

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

Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads 25-8

Last Meeting: Notre Dame 77 Carolina 76 (2/17/20)

Series Note: Carolina had won seven in a row before the one-point loss at Notre Dame in February.

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Head Coach: Mike Brey (440-238 at ND, 539-290 overall)

Rankings: NR AP, NR Coaches, #83 ESPN BPI, #95 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #22

Strength of Record: #146

Offense (Per Game): 72.3 points, 44.9 FG%, 39.3 3-pt FG%, 81.3 FT%, 33.3 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 11.1 turnovers, 1.3 A/T ratio, 3.3 steals, 3.4 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 75.3 points, 45.8 FG%, 38.9 3-pt FG%, 77.8 FT%, 34.0 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 8.0 turnovers, 2.0 A/T ratio, 6.0 steals, 3.8 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#3 Prentiss Hubb, G, 6-3, 175, Jr. (37.6 mpg, 14.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.5 apg)

#23 Dane Goodwin, G, 6-6, 200, Jr. (36.9 mpg, 14.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.0 apg)

#5 Cormac Ryan, G, 6-5, 195, Jr. (33.8 mpg, 9.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.1 apg)

#2 Trey Wertz, G, 6-5, 195, Sr. (22.3 mpg, 9.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.8 apg)

#14 Nate Laszewski, F, 6-10, 227, Jr. (33.9 mpg, 16.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 0.5 apg)

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Head Coach: Roy Williams (472-156 at UNC, 890-257 overall)

Rankings: #28 AP, #28 Coaches, #23 ESPN BPI, #26 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #20

Strength of Record: #76

Offense (Per Game): 73.6 points, 43.6 FG%, 27.7 3-pt FG%, 66.8 FT%, 44.4 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 16.2 turnovers, 0.8 A/T ratio, 6.2 steals, 4.8 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 68.6 points, 42.1 FG%, 35.7 3-pt FG%, 60.3 FT%, 32.0 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 13.9 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 9.0 steals, 3.9 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#3 Andrew Platek, G, 6-4, 205, Sr. (15.4 mpg, 6.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 0.7 apg)

#4 RJ Davis, G, 6-0, 160, Fr. (28.7 mpg, 9.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.7 apg)

#24 Kerwin Walton, G, 6-5, 205, Fr. (12.3 mpg, 3.4 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 1.7 apg)

#11 Day'Ron Sharpe, F, 6-11, 265, Fr. (18.1 mpg, 7.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 apg)

#5 Armando Bacot, F/C, 6-10, 240, So. (23.4 mpg, 12.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.0 blks)

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

January 5 at Miami 8:00 pm ESPN

January 9 vs. Clemson 1pm, 3pm or 7 pm ESPN/ESPN2

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