• The Tar Heels, winners of nine of their last 11 games, play No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA South Regional at 4:05 p.m. on Friday, March 21, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on TNT. • Eleventh-seeded Carolina is 23-13, while the Rebels are 22-11.

• RJ Davis made six of Carolina’s record-setting 14 three-pointers, Elliot Cadeau had 12 assists, the Tar Heel offense scored the most points and shot the highest percentage of the season by a San Diego State opponent and the UNC defense held the Aztecs to 23 first-half points in a 95-68 First Four win Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio.

• Carolina shot 52.6% from the floor, 58.3% from three and 87.5% from the free throw line in becoming the first team in NCAA Tournament history to shoot that well 50/50/85 at all three levels and score 95 or more points. • Davis tied UNC’s record for NCAA Tournament games with a season-high six threes and set Carolina’s single-game NCAA Tournament record by making six triples without a miss. That 6 for 6 performance from beyond the arc equaled the best in any game by a Tar Heel and was part of Carolina’s 14 threes, the most ever by UNC in an NCAA Tournament game. • Carolina led, 13-11, before embarking on a 20-2 run to take a 20-point lead with 6:48 to play in the first half. The Tar Heels made their first five three-pointers, built their lead to 47-23 at the half and eventually grew the lead to 82-42 with seven and a half minutes to play. • Carolina is playing in the state of Wisconsin for the third time. • In 1941, the Tar Heels played in and lost their first two of 184 NCAA Tournament games, losing to Pitt and Dartmouth at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

• On 1/19/1986, No. 1-ranked Carolina, a day after opening the Dean E. Smith Center with a win over Duke, traveled to Milwaukee and defeated Marquette, 66-64, in the Mecca Arena (at the time the NBA home of the Bucks). Brad Daugherty led the Tar Heels with 20 points. Current UNC assistant coach Jeff Lebo scored six points off the bench as a freshman.

CAROLINA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

• This is the 54th season the Tar Heels are competing in the NCAA Tournament, including three of four seasons under Hubert Davis. • The Tar Heels have played in the NCAA Tournament the second-most times behind Kentucky’s 62. • Carolina is first with 134 NCAA Tournament victories. Kentucky is second with 130 followed by Duke (122), Kansas (113) and UCLA (110). • The Tar Heels have played in 21 Final Fours, the all-time NCAA record. UNC last played in the Final Four in 2022, Davis’ first season as head coach. • UNC is the only team to play in a Final Four in each of the last nine decades. • Carolina has won six NCAA Tournament championships (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2017). • The Tar Heels are 34-2 in the round of 64, which began in 1985. The only losses in 36 round of 64 games were in 1999 (Weber State) and 2021 (Wisconsin). • Carolina is 6-1 vs. No. 6 seeds. The last time UNC played a 6 seed was 2016, a win over Indiana in the Sweet 16 in Philadelphia. • Carolina’s No. 11 seed is its lowest since the Tournament began seeding the field in 1979. The previous low was No. 8 five times (1990, 2000, 2013, 2021 and 2022). Carolina was 12-5 as an eight seed and advanced to the Final Four in 2000 and 2022.

• Carolina is 8-2 in NCAA Tournament play under Hubert Davis. That includes wins against three national championship-winning coaches (Baylor’s Scott Drew, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo) and three other coaches who have taken teams to the Final Four (Marquette’s Shaka Smart, UCLA’s Mick Cronin and San Diego State’s Brian Dutcher).

• In 2022, Davis led the Tar Heels to the East Region title with wins over Marquette, defending national champion Baylor, UCLA, St. Peter’s and Duke. Kansas edged Carolina, 72-69, in the national championship game in New Orleans. • Last season, Davis led UNC to a No. 1 seed in the West Region, beat Wagner and Michigan State and lost to Alabama, 89-87, in the Sweet 16 in Los Angeles.

• RJ Davis has played in 11 NCAA Tournament games, winning eight. He has averaged 16.1 points and scored in double figures eight times (six in a row) with a high of 30 against Baylor in the 2022 second round. He also scored 26 on Tuesday in the First Four vs. San Diego State, 22 and 20 last season vs. Wagner and Michigan State, respectively, and 18 in the 2022 Final Four win over Duke.

• Davis has made 23 three-pointers (six vs. SDSU, five vs. Baylor and four vs. Wagner) and has 44 assists in NCAA play, including 12 vs. Marquette in 2022. • Davis is the only Tar Heel ever to record 10 or more assists in one NCAA Tournament game (12 vs. Marquette) and score 30 in the next (Baylor). • Davis is UNC’s all-time leader in free throw percentage in NCAA Tournament play among players with 50 or more attempts (90.2%).

• Davis is one of five current Tar Heels who previously played in the NCAA Tournament. Elliot Cadeau, Seth Trimble, Jalen Washington and Jae’Lyn Withers all played in the three games last season.

• Trimble scored 16 points vs. San Diego State after totaling 15 points in three games last season, including eight vs. Alabama. • Withers (10 points, nine boards vs. SDSU) totaled 24 points last season in the NCAA Tournament. He had 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Wagner.

• Carolina’s six coaches played in a combined 70 NCAA Tournament games, including a school-record 19 games and school-record 16 wins by Pat Sullivan, a member of the 1993 national champions.

• Hubert Davis averaged 13.6 points in 12 games; Brad Frederick was a member of the 1997 and 1998 Final Four teams; Jeff Lebo averaged 11.1 points in 14 games; Sean May was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 Final Four as UNC won the national title; and Marcus Paige averaged 15.2 points in 13 games, holds the UNC record for NCAA Tournament three-pointers with 39 and led UNC to the national title game in 2016.

CAROLINA-OLE MISS

• The Tar Heels and Rebels are playing for the first time in nearly 100 years. • This is the third-ever game between the teams with each having won a game. • Carolina won 38-23, on 3/1/1926, in Atlanta in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament. • Center Artie Newcombe of Brooklyn led UNC with eight points in the 1926 win. Carolina beat Mississippi A&M (State) the following day to win the SoCon Tournament. • Ole Miss edged UNC, 34-32, in Atlanta in the Southern Conference Tournament on 2/28/1923. • The Rebels are the fourth SEC opponent for Carolina this season. The Tar Heels lost to Auburn in Maui, to Alabama in Chapel Hill and to Florida in Charlotte.

SEASON REVIEW

• Carolina has 23 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. • Overall, this is the 65th time the Tar Heels have won 20 or more games. • Carolina tied Wake Forest and SMU for fourth place in the 18-team ACC at 13-7. This was the 62nd time in 72 seasons the Tar Heels finished in the top four in the ACC. • Carolina is 10-6 in non-conference games, 13-7 in regular-season ACC play and went 2-1 in the ACC Tournament. • The Tar Heels entered the NCAA Tournament having played one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country (No. 5 by the NET, second-hardest in a major conference behind only Memphis, and No. 6 by KenPom). • Seven of Carolina’s 13 losses have come against No. 1 seed Duke (three times), No. 1 seed Auburn, No. 1 seed Florida, No. 2 seed Alabama and No. 2 seed Michigan State. • In addition to those seven losses to top-two seeds, UNC also lost at Clemson, Kansas (at the time ranked No. 1) and Louisville. • The Tar Heels played three of the top five, five of the top eight and seven of the top 12 teams in the March 17 Associated Press poll. • Carolina has already played No. 1 Duke three times, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Michigan State, No. 10 Louisville and No. 12 Clemson.

• 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. • 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.

• Through the Clemson game on February 10, a 20-point loss (which equaled the largest ever by the Tigers vs. Carolina), the Tar Heels were 14-11 overall, 7-6 in the ACC, 48th in the country in KenPom, 50th in the NET and 52nd in offensive efficiency. • Since February 10, the Tar Heels are 9-2 with losses only to Duke, have won seven times by double figures and twice more by nine points, improved to 18th in offensive efficiency, 30th in KenPom and 36th in the NET. • As of March 19, Carolina is No. 30 in KenPom, its highest rating since it was 28th prior to the Stanford game on January 18. • Bart Torvik ranks Carolina the seventh-best team in the country over the last 11 games. • Carolina’s 74-71 loss to Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals was its 11th one-possession game this season (games decided by one, two or three points). Those are the most played by the Tar Heels in the three-point era, which began in 1986-87. The 2010-11 team played nine one-possession games and won eight. • The 11 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 Tar Heels rallied three times for wins after falling behind by double digits. On November 25 in Maui, Dayton led the Tar Heels by 21 points in the second half, but UNC forced overtime and won, 92-90; UNC trailed UCLA by 16 points with 12:35 to play on December 16 in New York but RJ Davis hit the go-ahead and game-winning free throws with 13 seconds to play in a 76-74 victory; and Wake Forest led, 14-3, in the ACC quarterfinals but the Tar Heels eventually pulled away for a nine-point win last Thursday in Charlotte.

100 WINS FOR HUBERT

• The ACC Tournament quarterfinal win over Wake Forest was the Hubert Davis‘ 100th in 143 games as Carolina’s head coach (now 101-44 through the First Four win over San Diego State). • Davis became the third fastest to 100 wins in UNC history and the sixth fastest in ACC history. • Only Roy Williams (129 games) and Frank McGuire (139) reached 100 wins in fewer games for the Tar Heels. Duke’s Vic Bubas (128 games), Williams, Wake Forest’s Skip Prosser (136), McGuire and Maryland’s Lefty Driesell (142) are the only ACC coaches to win 100 in fewer games. • Davis is the first Carolina coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons. • 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.

2024-25 NOTEBOOK

• 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.

• Ven-Allen Lubin, a 6-8 junior forward who has started 19 times, was named second-team All-ACC Tournament. Lubin, who played his first two seasons at Notre Dame and Vanderbilt, led Carolina in scoring (15.7), rebounding (11.0) and blocks (6) in the three games. He had double-doubles in all three, becoming just the fifth Tar Heel with three double-doubles in a single ACC Tournament.

Big Leads, Close Games: Carolina has led by at least 10 points in nine of the last 11 games and had a seven-point lead in the second half at home vs. Duke in another. UNC’s largest leads in its most recent nine wins were 11 at Syracuse, 32 vs. NC State, 20 vs. Virginia, 16 at Florida State, 21 vs. Miami, 36 at Virginia Tech, 24 vs. Notre Dame, 10 vs. Wake Forest and 40 vs. San Diego State.

• Carolina’s 40-point lead in the First Four vs. the Aztecs was its second largest of the season, trailing only the 52-point final margin in the November 15 win over American (who is playing in the 2025 NCAA Tournament). • UNC has led by double digits in 19 of 36 games (11 of the last 14) and trailed by 10 or more 14 times (including three of the last five games vs. Duke, Wake Forest and Duke). • In a season that was notable for playing numerous close games, the average margin in the last 13 games is 15.3 points. • The three-point loss to Duke on March 14 was the first one-possession game since Carolina edged Pitt, 67-66, on February 8. • 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 nine times (beat Dayton, UCLA, Notre Dame, Boston College, Pitt and Wake Forest and lost at Louisville, at Wake Forest and at Pitt). The score was tied once (in the loss to Florida). • Carolina is 6-3 when trailing by five or fewer with 5:00 to play. • The losses to Stanford and Wake Forest in January 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).

It’s a Make or Miss Game: The Tar Heels have shot 47% or better in 10 of the last 13 games (won nine of those 10, all except the ACC semifinal vs. Duke).

• Including 60.9% percent shooting in the first half against San Diego State, Carolina has shot at least 50% from the floor in 13 of the last 21 halves. • Carolina is 12-1 this season when it shoots 50% or better from the floor and 11-0 when holding the opponents below 40%, both benchmarks it hit in the win over SDSU. • The Tar Heels have shot 50% in at least one half in 13 of the last 16 games. • Carolina is 12-1 this season when it shoots 50% or better and 11-12 when it makes less than 50% from the floor. • Carolina shot 58.9% from the floor in beating Miami (March 1) and Virginia Tech (March 4). 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 47.8% 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.

Late Season Scoring Surge: Carolina is third in the ACC and 26th in the country in scoring at 81.2 points per game.

• The Tar Heels have scored 924 points in the last 11 games, an average of 84.0 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. • Carolina went on an 11-0 run as part of a 20-2 breakout in the first half against San Diego State. That marked the 18th game this season in which UNC had at least one 10-0 run. The Tar Heels have gone on a 10-0 run in seven of the last 10 games and scored nine straight against Duke in the ACC semifinal as part of a 43-20 run that cut the Blue Devils’ lead from 24 to one. • Carolina outscored the Blue Devils, 35-13, over a 12 and half minute stretch midway through the March 8 game in Chapel Hill.

Controlling the Boards is Key: Carolina is 18-4 this season when it has more rebounds and 5-9 when it gets beaten on the boards.

• The Tar Heels are 13-4 when limiting opponents to fewer than 10 second-chance points (losses to Kansas, Alabama and Duke twice). • There is an 11-rebound swing in Carolina’s wins and losses. The Tar Heels are plus 7.2 rebounds per game in its wins and minus 3.8 per game on the boards in the losses. Conversely, the opponents have out-rebounded the Tar Heels in nine of the 13 losses. • Not only did the Tar Heels shoot well against San Diego State, UNC was a plus 10 in second-chance points (16-6). Carolina is 13-3 this season when it scores more second-chance points and 9-9 when the opponents score more (teams were even in the win over SMU and loss to Auburn). • The only losses when Carolina had more second-chance points were a three-point loss at Kansas, the loss to Alabama and the three-point loss in the ACC semifinals to Duke last week. • Carolina is plus 81 on the glass in the last 10 games, outrebounding its opponents in eight of the 10 (all except the two Duke games).

• Ven-Allen Lubin leads UNC in offensive rebounds with 69, 40 of which have come in the last 14 games.

• Lubin has scored in double figures in each of the last 10 games, a career-high. He had a six-game double-figure scoring streak last season while playing at Vanderbilt. • Lubin has four double-doubles this season, all of which have come in the last five games. He totaled 10 points and 11 rebounds at Virginia Tech, 17/10 vs. Notre Dame, 10/13 vs. Wake Forest and 20/10 vs. Duke.

Three-Point Barometer: Carolina made its first five three-point attempts and went on to make seven in each half in setting a UNC record in NCAA Tournament play with 14 threes vs. San Diego State.

• Carolina made 10 or more three-pointers in five of its first 25 games. It has made 10 or more in six of the last 11 games. • Carolina is 10-3 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 11 times in their last 21. • 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.

• Carolina made 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.

• The Tar Heels shot a season-high 58.3% from three against the Aztecs. Carolina is 21-5 this season when it makes 30% or better from three-point range and 2-8 when it makes fewer than 30% of their three-point attempts (wins over Georgia Tech and Notre Dame). • Overall, Carolina is shooting 40.6% from three in its 23 wins and 27.9% in the 13 losses.

• The Tar Heels have shot 43 for 158 (27.2%) from three-point range in their last seven losses. That includes the ACC Tournament loss, when Carolina made just 3 of 17 (all three by Elliot Cadeau) for 17.6%. The Tar Heels have also shot 21.1% in the loss at Clemson, 25.2% at Pitt, 25.0% at Wake Forest, 27.8% vs. Stanford, 25.0% at Louisville, 17.9% vs. Florida and 17.9% vs. Alabama.

• The Tar Heels are 10-1 when shooting at least 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), Notre Dame (46.4) and SDSU (58.3). • The Tar Heels have shot better than 40% from three-point range in eight of the last 13 games, something they had done only three times in their first 23 games. • Carolina has made 50% or better of its threes five times, including four of the last nine games (wins over SMU, Virginia, Miami, Virginia Tech and San Diego State). • Carolina has made 112 of 254 three-pointers over its last 11 games, converting 44.1%. • Through the Feb. 10 game at Clemson, the Tar Heels were shooting 32.3% from three, the fourth-lowest percentage in UNC history. • For the season, UNC is up to 36.0% from three, just ahead of its percentage from a season ago (35.9%). • The Tar Heels are averaging 8.1 made 3FGs, which equals the fifth-most per game in UNC history.

• From Florida State on February 24 through the Notre Dame game on March 12, the Tar Heels made 57 three-pointers, more than any five-game span in Carolina Basketball history. That included 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.

• RJ Davis began the season 35 for 125 (28%) from three-point range through January 15. Over the last 18 games, Davis is 49 for 107 from three (46%). That would be well above his previous season best, which was 39.8% a year ago when he won the Jerry West Award as the top shooting guard in the country.

• Davis made three or more 3FGs in six straight games from Florida State on February 24 to Wake Forest on March 13. He hit five in the ACC quarterfinals vs. Wake Forest and six vs. San Diego State. It was the 11th time in his career he made five or more and third time he made at least six.

• 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 44.2% from three this season and has made multiple threes nine times this season – in each of the first two games and in seven of the last 11 games.

Scoring Efficiency: The Tar Heels are 18th in the country in offensive efficiency, 26th in scoring 37th in field goal percentage and 40th 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 18th in 2024-25). • Carolina produced four of its top five games in offensive efficiency in ACC play in its last nine games. • The Tar Heels are 17-1 this season when holding opponents at or below 105 points per 100 possessions. Wake Forest’s win in Winston-Salem in January (92.0 ppp) was the only time a team beat UNC despite scoring 105 or fewer points per 100 possessions.

• The Tar Heels average 10.78 turnovers, the third-lowest average in Carolina history. The three lowest averages and four of the five lowest have come in Hubert Davis‘ four seasons as head coach.

• Carolina has outscored its last seven opponents, 360-288, in the paint. UNC is 21-8 when it has equal or more paint points and 2-5 when the opponents have more. • The wins over Wake Forest and Syracuse were the only games UNC won when getting outscored in the paint. In those two wins, the Tar Heels outscored Syracuse and Wake Forest from three-point range by 27 and 18 points, respectively. • Carolina is shooting 54.7% 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 at plus 222 with Ven-Allen Lubin and Elliot Cadeau are next at 193 and 189, respectively.

• Cadeau has led UNC in plus/minus six times, including the last two games. He was plus 35 27 minutes vs. San Diego State.

• Drake 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.

More From Wins & Losses: Carolina is shooting 50.2% from the floor in its 23 wins, which is nearly 10% better than its opponents. However, in the losses, the opponents are out-shooting the Tar Heels 47.8 to 43.3%.

• Carolina is 12-1 this season and 232-10 in the last 22 seasons when it shoots 50% from the floor. • UNC is 19-5 this season when it shoots 45% or better from the floor. • The opponents average 82.9 points in UNC’s losses and just 70.2 when the Tar Heels win. • The win over San Diego State was UNC’s 16th in a row when opponents shoots below 40%. • Carolina is 16-4 when it makes the same number or more three-pointers and is 7-9 when the opponents make more 3FGs. • The Tar Heels are 16-5 when they attempt 20 or more free throws and 7-8 when attempting fewer than 20. • UNC is 15-3 when it makes more free throws (losses to Kansas, Stanford and Duke in the ACC Tournament) 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 134 NCAA Tournament games, played in the NCAA Tournament 54 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 (2,395) 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 101-44 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.

RJ Third in ACC Scoring: RJ Davis is Carolina’s second-leading scorer all-time with 2,710 points and is third in ACC career scoring.

• Davis has played in 174 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. • Davis has never missed a game in five seasons. • The White Plains, N.Y., native is averaging a career-high 3.7 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 ninth in the ACC in scoring at 17.3 points per game and is 10th in the league in assists. • Davis is Carolina’s all-time leader and fourth in ACC history with 358 three-pointers. Joe Girard (Syracuse/Clemson) is third with 402. • 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 third this season at a career-high 88.2%. • Davis’ career scoring average is 15.6, 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.