2026–27 season9Projected 9 seed, SouthModel projection
North Carolina
Tar Heels · ACC
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- 9
- South · at-large
- Hero rating
- +8.7
- No. 35 in Division I
- Home
- Chapel Hill, NC
- 494 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 6
- 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017…
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthBig, tall lineupAverage height: 6′7.0″97th
- StrengthProtects the ballTurnover rate: 12.0%94th
- WeaknessWeak defensive reboundingDefensive rebound %: 61.1%9th
- StrengthTough interior defenseOpponent FG %: 34.7%90th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Terrence Brown
- 16.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Sayon Keita
- 7′1″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- John Holbrook
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Terrence BrownGuard · Minneapolis, MN | 6′3″ | 180 | 1 | 3 | 26.3 | 16.3 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 20.0 | 76.2 | 30.8 |
| 15Jarin StevensonForward · Chapel Hill, NC | 6′10″ | 220 | 2 | 3 | 24.3 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 50.0 | 17.4 |
| 17Neo AvdalasGuard · Kalamata, Greece | 6′9″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 24.0 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 28.6 | 40.0 | 19.8 |
| 3Matt AbleGuard · Baltimore, MD | 6′5″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 23.0 | 11.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 41.7 | 66.7 | 18.7 |
| 25Maximo Adams · Los Angeles, CA | 6′7″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 21.7 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 45.5 | 83.3 | 21.3 |
| 21Sayon Keita · Bamako, Mali | 7′1″ | 205 | 1 | 3 | 20.3 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14.5 |
| 2Isaiah DenisGuard · Charlotte, NC | 6′4″ | 185 | 2 | 3 | 16.3 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 36.4 | 83.3 | 24.3 |
| 4Jaydon YoungGuard · Goldsboro, NC | 6′4″ | 200 | 2 | 3 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 46.7 | 75.0 | 20.2 |
| 22Alex Samodurov · Evosmos, Greece | 6′11″ | 225 | 1 | 3 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 10.9 |
| 14Angelo BrizziGuard · Warrenton, VA | 6′3″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 66.7 | 62.5 | 19.5 |
| 5Kevin Thomas · Fort Lauderdale, FL | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 15.4 |
| 99John HolbrookForward · Hickory, NC | 6′8″ | 230 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 32Evan SmithGuard · Charlotte, NC | 6′1″ | 200 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.2 |
| 35Cade BennermanForward · Nashville, TN | 7′0″ | 205 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 54Cameron FensCenter · Dubuque, IA | 7′0″ | 255 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30Malloy Smith · Newport Beach, CA | 6′5″ | 180 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
1–2
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsW CWestern Carolina | W80–72 | -22.25 | 157.75 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 6 | vsWOFWofford | W109–70 | -20.5 | 155.5 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 10 | vsWYOWyoming | W76–63 | -13.25 | 155.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 13 | vsGEOGeorgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vsMARMarshall | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsMONMonmouth | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | NWESWest Virginia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1 | vsARK#19Arkansas9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 6 | vsBUTButler | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @GEOGeorgetown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | NNCSTNC State10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | NUKKentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | vsTHEThe Citadel | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vsCALCalifornia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @BOSBoston College | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | @LOU#10Louisville3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsNCSTNC State10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @FLOFlorida State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsSTAStanford | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | vsVIR#6Virginia3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @SYRSyracuse | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | vsSMUSMU | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | NILL#3Illinois1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 2 | @NOTNotre Dame | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsGEOGeorgia Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 8 | vsLOU#10Louisville3 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @DUKE#2Duke1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @WAKWake Forest | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 22 | vsMIA#17Miami (FL)10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @VIRVirginia Tech11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @PITTPittsburgh | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsDUKE#2Duke1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |