Kerwin Walton and Day'Ron Sharpe led the flourishing freshmen as UNC put up its best two scoring halves of the season and rolled to a 99–54 victory over a rusty Louisville team that was playing its first game in 19 days. It tied the second-largest margin of victory in an ACC game in the Roy Williams era and it was the fourth-largest in program history. (Tar Heel Tribune) North Carolina vs. Louisville Postgame Notes
The 45-point margin of victory tied UNC's fourth largest in an ACC game.