GAME 27 NOTEBOOK
• North Carolina will host Syracuse on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. in the Smith Center. Raycom will televise the game reginoally.
• Carolina is No. 5 in the AP poll, the Tar Heels' highest ranking this season. Carolina was ranked as high as No. 5 one time last season (week seven) and in the final poll heading into the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels have won 10 of their last 11 ACC games, their best stretch in conference play since 2013-14, when UNC won 13 of 14 games.