GAME ONE NOTEBOOK
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,232 games, an average of 20.7 wins per season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.
• Carolina is 96-12 in season openers with wins in 83 of its last 88 games. Roy Williams is 14-1 as Carolina's head coach in opening games (lone loss vs. Santa Clara in Oakland in the 2004-05 season).
• Carolina begins regular-season play with a pair of road games – at Wofford on Nov.