• Carolina rides a season-best five-game win streak into Tuesday’s game at Virginia Tech, the Tar Heels’ final road game of the season on ESPNU.

• Carolina is one win from securing its 65th 20-win season and fourth in as many seasons under head coach Hubert Davis. • The Tar Heels are 19-11 overall, 12-6 in the ACC after beating Miami, 92-73, on Saturday in the Smith Center. Carolina has won five in a row for the first time since an eight-game streak last February 17-March 15. • Carolina is tied for fourth in the ACC with SMU (who the Tar Heels beat in their only regular-season game) at 12-6.

• The win over Miami was Carolina’s 55th ACC regular-season win under Hubert Davis (55-23). Only one other school (Duke with 62) has more wins over the last four seasons. Following Duke and UNC are Clemson 49, Virginia 47, Wake Forest 46, Pitt 39, Miami 37, Syracuse 36, Virginia Tech 37, Florida State 34, Notre Dame 31, NC State 29, Boston College 27, Georgia Tech 27 and Louisville 27.

• Ven-Allen Lubin led six Tar Heels in double figures with a season-high 19 points vs. Miami. It was the second consecutive game six Tar Heels scored in double figures, the first time Carolina ever did that in consecutive ACC games.

• It was the first time six Tar Heels scored in double figures in back-to-back games in any games since doing that in three straight non-conference wins in 1988-89, Jeff Lebo‘s senior year and Hubert Davis‘ freshman season (vs. Towson State, San Diego State and Pepperdine). • The 1988-89 season is the only one in which six Tar Heels, including Lebo, averaged 10 or more points. • Carolina shot 58.9% from the floor, its best in an ACC game this season, made 10 of 18 threes (one of three games this season it made 50% or better from three) and posted an offensive efficiency of 131.7 in the win over Miami. It was its fifth consecutive game with an offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions) of 124.0 or better and Carolina’s fourth-highest in an ACC game; three of those four came in the last four games. • The Tar Heels head to Blacksburg 5-6 on the road this season, including 4-5 in the ACC with wins at Notre Dame, NC State, Syracuse and Florida State.

• Carolina is 23-16 in ACC road games under head coach Hubert Davis.

• The Hokies are 13-16 overall, 8-10 in the ACC. That includes an 8-8 record at Cassell Coliseum this season, 3-6 in conference games.

• The Virginia Tech game will be RJ Davis’ 169th as a Tar Heel, which ties former teammate Armando Bacot for the all-time UNC and ACC records.

• Davis leads Carolina in scoring at 17.2 points per game, the second straight season he leads the Tar Heels and the fourth straight season he is averaging double figures. • Davis is tied for the ACC lead in free throw percentage, is fifth in assist/turnover ratio, seventh in scoring and ninth in assists.

CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH

• The Tar Heels and Hokies will be playing for the 91st time and the 28th since Virginia Tech entered the ACC ranks in 20024-05. • Carolina is 73-17 all-time, 20-7 since the Hokies joined the ACC. • The Tar Heels are 22-8 on the road, including 9-5 in Cassell Coliseum.

• The teams played once last season, a 96-81 Carolina victory in Chapel Hill. Armando Bacot (25 points, 12 rebounds) and Harrison Ingram (12/17) combined for 37 points and 29 rebounds, RJ Davis scored 20 and had five assists, and Cormac Ryan made four 3FGs. Elliot Cadeau was a plus 20 in the first half as the Tar Heels scored 50 points in building an 11-point lead.

NOTEBOOK

High-Scoring Heels: The Tar Heels have scored 454 points in the last five games, an average of 90.8 points per game. This is the first time UNC has scored 80 or more in five straight ACC games since a five-game stretch from February 3-17, 2018. • Carolina has a margin of victory of 15.0 points over the last five games. • Prior to this five-game run of 80-plus point games, the Tar Heels had scored more than 75 points just once (102 in an overtime win over Boston College) in seven games from January 18-February 10. • UNC is second in the ACC in scoring at 81.8 points per game, trailing only Duke in scoring average. In ACC play, the Tar Heels are fourth in the conference in scoring offense (77.6 ppg) and fifth in scoring margin (+3.8 ppg). • The Tar Heels averaged 81.9 points last season, just 0.1 more than this season.

Lead Time: The Tar Heels have led for more than 30 minutes in each of the last five games and for more than 38 minutes in three of those games. Prior to the last five games, Carolina led for 30 minutes in seven of its first 25 games.

• Carolina has led for 182 minutes and one second out of a possible 200 minutes beginning with the win at Syracuse on February 15. • The Tar Heels have not trailed in the second half in any of the last five games, nor have they been tied in the second half in the last four (Syracuse and UNC were tied twice for 49 seconds in the second half).

Halftime Leads: Including Saturday’s 46-31 lead over Miami after 20 minutes, Carolina has led at the half in 15 of its 18 ACC games this season and won 12 of the 15, including the last five games (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 this season, the Tar Heels are 17-3 when leading at the break and 2-8 when trailing.

Crashing & Converting: The Tar Heels are plus 59 on the glass in the last four games, outrebounding NC State, Virginia, Florida State, the second-tallest team in the country, and Miami, 148-89.

• Carolina is 14-4 this season when it has more rebounds and just 5-7 when it gets beaten on the boards. • Through the first 26 games, Carolina scored more than 15 second-chance points twice – 22 in the season opener vs. Elon and 18 vs. Dayton on November 25 – and averaged 10.0 second-chance points per game. • In the last four games, the Tar Heels have scored 21, 17, 24 and 18 second-chance points, an average of 20.0 per game. • The Tar Heels have 61 offensive rebounds in the last five games (12.2 per game), more than two better than their season average (10.0). • UNC is 10-2 this season when it scores more second-chance points and 8-8 when the opponents score more.

• Ven-Allen Lubin leads Carolina in offensive rebounds with 49, 20 of which have come in the last eight games. Lubin has three offensive boards in three of the last four games and leads the Tar Heels with six games with three or more.

• Lubin has scored in double figures in each of the last four games, the first time he has done that in his first season as a Tar Heel.

• Seth Trimble, a 6-3 guard, continues to lead UNC in rebounding at 5.3 per game. He is on pace to become the shortest player to lead the Tar Heels in rebounding average since at least 1950. Bud Maddie (1952-53) and Larry Miller (1965-66) were both listed at 6-4.

• In the last six games since Jae’Lyn Withers entered the starting lineup at the 4, Trimble is still averaging 5.0 rebounds per game. • Withers grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds against Miami, registering his second-double in the last three games (16 & 11 vs. Virginia), third of the season, fifth as a Tar Heel and 10th as a collegian. • Trimble has three point/rebound double-doubles this season (27 points and 10 rebounds vs. Dayton, 18 and 12 vs. Boston College and 10 and 12 at Pitt). • The Tar Heels are fourth in the ACC in league play (and fifth in all games) in rebound margin.

Three-Point Improvement: RJ Davis hit three 3FGs and was one of five Tar Heels who made three-pointers vs. Miami as Carolina went 10 for 18 from beyond the arc.

• Carolina has made 50 of 108 three-pointers over its last five games, converting 46.3%.

• In the last five games, Jae’Lyn Withers has shot 66.7% from three (12 of 18), Ian Jackson is 12 of 20 (60.%), Drake Powell is 4 for 9 (44.4%), Seth Trimble is 4 for 10 (40%) and RJ Davis is 10 of 32 (31.3%).

• Overall, UNC shoots 34.6% for the season. Through 25 games, the Tar Heels had made 32.3% from three-point range. • The Tar Heels have made 13, 8, 9, 10 and 10 threes in the last five games since tying their season low with four in the loss at Clemson. • Including the win over Miami the Tar Heels are 17-4 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 five of the last seven games, something they had done only three times in their first 23 games. UNC shot 46.7% from three in beating Pitt, 46.4% at Syracuse, 40.0% against the Wolfpack, a season-best 56.3% vs. Virginia and 55.6% against Miami.

• The UVA and Miami games are the Tar Heels’ second- and third-best (tied) three-point performances in Hubert Davis‘ four years as head coach (58.8% vs. Georgia Tech and 55.6% vs. NC State in 2022).

• The Tar Heels are 7-1 this season when shooting 40% from three. UNC beat Elon (40.6%), lost to Michigan State in overtime (47.8%), and defeated SMU (50%), Pitt, Syracuse, NC State, Virginia and Miami. Carolina made 40% or better 10 times last season. • Carolina has made 50% or better of its threes in three games this season (wins over SMU, Virginia and Miami). • Conversely, the Tar Heels have shot 31 for 114 (27.2%) from three-point range in their last five losses. • Overall, Carolina is shooting 38.5% from three in its 19 wins and 28.0% in the 11 losses.

Big Leads, Close Games: Carolina has led by at least 11 points in each of the last five games. UNC’s largest leads in those games were 11 at Syracuse, 32 vs. NC State, 20 vs. Virginia, 16 at Florida State and 21 vs. Miami.

• UNC has led by double digits in 15 of 30 games (seven of the last nine games) and trailed by 10 or more 11 times (twice in the last 10 games). • In a season that was notable for playing numerous close games, the average margin in the last six games (five wins and a 20-point loss at Clemson) was 15.8 points. • 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: Carolina shot 58.9% from the floor against Miami, its best shooting game in ACC play this season and just a decimal off the season high of 59.0% vs. American on November 15. The Tar Heels blistered the nets in the second half vs. the Canes, making 17 of 25 field goal attempts for 68%, the highest percentage in any half this season.

• Carolina is shooting 48.0% from the floor this season, its highest field goal percentage since 2015-16, when it shot 48.2% and played in the national championship game. • The Tar Heels have shot 48% or better from the floor in five straight games and six of the last seven (won all six times shooting 48% or better). • Carolina has shot at least 50% from the floor in eight of the last nine halves, including both halves vs. NC State, Florida State and Miami. • The Tar Heels have shot 50% in at least one half in nine of the last 10 games. • Carolina is 10-1 this season when it shoots 50% or better and 9-10 when it makes less than 50% from the floor.

Strength of Schedule: The Tar Heels will play the second-most away games against the top-six teams in the current ACC standings (Duke, Clemson, Louisville, SMU, Carolina and Wake Forest), a product of the unbalanced schedule in the 18-team league.

• Duke will play each of the other five teams on the road, while UNC and Wake Forest will play four of the other five on the road. By contrast, Clemson plays only two road games and Louisville and SMU play only once on the road against the other teams currently in the top six in the standings. • As of Monday, March 3, Carolina is 39th in KenPom, 42nd in the NET, 44th in Wins Against Bubble. • The average NET of Carolina’s 11 losses is 27th in the country. • The Tar Heels have played the top two teams, three of the top five, five of the top eight and seven of the top 14 teams in the March 3 Associated Press poll. • Carolina has already played No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Duke, No. 5 Florida, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Michigan State, No. 11 Clemson and No. 14 Louisville. • Kansas was No. 1 in the nation when UNC played the Jayhawks in Lawrence.

Scoring Efficiency: The Tar Heels are 23rd in the country in scoring at 81.8 points per game and 298th in scoring defense (76.5).

• Factoring in pace of play and the number of possessions, Carolina is 22nd in the country in offensive efficiency and 78th in defensive efficiency.

• 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 and 15th in 2023-24).

• The Tar Heels are 13-1 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 has outscored its last four opponents, 176-100, in the paint. UNC is 18-7 when it has equal or more paint points and 1-4 when the opponents have more. • Carolina is shooting 55.6% 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 152 with Elliot Cadeau second at plus 112.

• Over the last five games, freshman Drake Powell leads at plus 78 (+13 at Syracuse, +15 vs. both NC State and Virginia, +13 at Florida State and +22 vs. Miami).

• Davis has the second-best plus/minus over the last five games at plus 75. Ven-Allen Lubin was plus 47 and Jae’Lyn Withers was plus 41. • Powell has led UNC in plus/minus eight times this season, most on the team. Six of the eight games he led UNC were ACC games.

Wins & Losses: Carolina is shooting 50.6% from the floor in its 19 wins, which is 9.2% better than its opponents. However, in the losses, the opponents are out-shooting the Tar Heels 47.0 to 43.8%.

• Carolina is 10-1 this season and 230-10 in the last 22 seasons when it shoots 50% from the floor. • UNC is 16-4 when it shoots 45% or better from the floor. • The opponents average 83.8 points in UNC’s losses and just 72.2 in the Tar Heels’ wins. • Carolina has held ACC opponents below 75 points 13 times and is 10-3 in those games (includes one-point losses to Stanford and Wake Forest and the loss at Pitt). • Carolina is plus 6.7 rebounds per game in its wins and minus 3.1 per game on the boards in the losses. The opponents have out-rebounded the Tar Heels in seven of the 11 losses.

• RJ Davis averages 17.3 points in Carolina’s victories and 17.2 in the losses. In ACC play, Davis is the Tar Heels’ leading scorer at 16.0 per game.

• Carolina is 12-3 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 5-7 when attempting fewer than 20. • UNC is 12-2 when it makes more free throws (losses to Kansas and Stanford) and 7-9 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 (2,391) 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 97-42 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 20 regular-season titles. • The Tar Heels are 770-319 all-time in ACC regular-season play. The 770 wins are the most by any team.

• RJ Davis was the 2024 ACC Player of the Year and Hubert Davis was the Coach of the Year.

• Davis is the first Player of the Year to return the following season since UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2008 and came back for his senior season in 2009, when he led the Tar Heels to an NCAA title.

RJ To Tie the ACC Record: Grad student RJ Davis has played in 168 games over five seasons. By playing against Virginia Tech, he will tie Armando Bacot’s ACC-record of 169 games. Davis and Bacot played five seasons due to Covid-19.

• The White Plains, N.Y., native is averaging a career-high 3.9 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 17.2 points per game and is ninth in the league in assists at 3.9 per game. • Davis is Carolina’s all-time leader and sixth in ACC history with 337 three-pointers. Trajan Langdon (Duke) is fifth with 342. • Davis is UNC’s second-leading scorer with 2,605 points and is third in ACC career scoring.

POINTS – CAREER, UNC

Player Years Points Tyler Hansbrough 2005-09 2,872

RJ Davis 2020- 2,605

Armando Bacot 2019-24 2,347 Phil Ford 1974-78 2,290 Sam Perkins 1980-84 2,145 • Davis is tied with Pitt’s Lowe for the ACC lead this season in free throw shooting at 87.8%. He has the highest free throw percentage ever by a Tar Heel (86.2%), ninth best in ACC history. • Davis led the ACC in free throw percentage in 2022-23 and was third last season. No Tar Heel has ever led the ACC in free throw shooting twice. • 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. • Davis joined Lennie Rosenbluth in 1957, Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1983 and 1984, Kenny Smith in 1987, Jerry Stackhouse in 1995, Antawn Jamison in 1998, Joseph Forte in 2001 and Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 and 2009 as the only Tar Heels to make first-team All-America on each of the teams the NCAA recognizes to determine consensus first-team All-America.

Smith Center: Carolina is 12-2 in the Smith Center this season and 489-89 (.846) in 40 seasons.

• The Tar Heels are 257-70 against ACC opponents in the Smith Center.

• Carolina is averaging 86.1 points and allowing 71.7 per game this season at home. RJ Davis leads UNC at 17.5 points per game.

• The Tar Heels are plus 80 in assist/turnovers at home (220 assists, 140 turnovers).

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.

November Signees: Isaiah Denis of Concord, N.C., and Derek Dixon of Vienna, Va.

• Denis is a 6-5 guard at Davidson Day HS in Davidson, N.C. His parents are Nancy Denis and Frantz Denis, and he plays AAU for CP3. • Dixon, the son of John and Kari Dixon, is a 6-3 guard at Gonzaga College HS in Washington, D.C. He also plays AAU for Team Takeover.