GAME 1 NOTEBOOK
• Regular-season play begins on Wednesday, Nov. 6, for Carolina at home against Notre Dame. Game time is 7:01 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the ACC Network and streamed online.
• Carolina scrimmaged Villanova in the Smith Center on Oct. 27 and defeated Winston-Salem State, 96-61, in an exhibition game on Nov. 1.
• This is Carolina's first ACC game in a regular-season opener since playing Clemson to start the 1966-67 season. UNC is 54-12 in ACC openers, including 11-5 under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is 97-12 in season-opening games, including 15-1 under Williams.