• Carolina and Duke meet for the 246th time overall and the ninth consecutive game in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 25.
• This is the 146th consecutive Carolina-Duke game in which at least one of the teams is ranked in the AP poll.
• Carolina's game against Duke on Thursday, Feb. 8th, begins a three-game stretch in five-days in which UNC also plays at NC State (Feb. 10) and Notre Dame (Feb. 12).
• This is the first time UNC has played three regular-season ACC games in a span of five or fewer days since February 1991, when the Tar Heels played at NC State (2/6), NC State (2/7) and Virginia (2/9) in a span of four days.
Tar Heels Host Duke Thursday
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