UNC Opens ACC Play with 79-66 Victory Over Florida State

"...Caleb Wilson, Caleb Wilson, Caleb Wilson...."

"...That was one of his best games as a Tar Heel...."

"...And if anything, it was more spectacular than it sounds...."

"...The Heels did enough to win...but they also did enough to make Hubert Davis light into them at the under-4:00 timeout about failures on the defensive glass among other shortcomings...."

"...That's a season highlight reel for some players; he did it in about ten minutes...."

"...Another positive execution point: FSU has been great at forcing turnovers this year, but UNC committed just eight...."

"...The only Tar Heel pairs with as many or more such games are John Henson and Tyler Zeller (9), Rusty Clark and Larry Miller (8) and Pete Brennan and Lennie Rosenbluth (7)...."

"...That makes six straight opponents who have been sub-40 from the field and is the first time the Heels have done that in six straight games since the 2014-15 season...."

"...He's Carolina's best guard at getting to the rim--teams will eventually force him to find a teammate, but until then he's a weapon either scoring or getting to the line...."

"...Another brewing battle to watch: Jonathan Powell is making a push for minutes...."

"...He also had one rebound and the same number of assists as Wanda...."

"...Tuesday's contest was the Happy Blue Year game...."

"...It marked the fifth time in the last 35 seasons UNC has worn blue uniforms at home...."

"...The others are against UConn on 12/6/91 (due to the odd ACC/Big East Challenge format), against UNCW in the original Happy Blue Year game on 12/31/13, against Duke on 2/8/20 (special Nike promotion), and against UC Riverside on 11/17/24 (the road uniforms for the Highlanders hadn't arrived from the manufacturer)...."

"...Carolina has now won seven in a row over Florida State and is 55-16 all-time against the 'Noles...."

"...They're 25-4 against FSU in Chapel Hill, including the last nine in a row...."

"...We're about to find out much more about this year's Tar Heel team...."

"...Through 14 games, the Heels have played four games against opponents ranked in the top 90 of the Ken Pomeroy ratings (and have gone 3-1)...."

"...All of the next six games are against foes in the top 90, and four of those are on the road...."

"...Carolina goes to SMU (40) on Saturday, then hosts Wake Forest (59)...."

"...Then the California trip includes games at Stanford (87) and Cal (61), then it's a home date with Notre Dame (65) before a big trip to Virginia (24)...."