Tar Heels vs Cardinals
Tip9:00 PM ET
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KFC Yum! Center · Louisville, KY
Win probability
1912 blend33% UNCLOU 67%
Adj. efficiency30%
70%
SRS33%
67%
Elo37%
63%
LOU +4.4
Proj. margin
150.6
Proj. total
68.3
Proj. pace
Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.
Returning starters · 2025-26 stats
PPG
15J.StevensonF · 4.4 RPG8.1
4J.YoungG · 0.3 APG1.7
2I.DenisG · 0.1 APG1.9
99J.HolbrookF · 0.6 RPG0.2
32E.SmithG · 0.6 APG1.4
Louisville: no starters to list yet.
Ratings
CBBD · 2025-26+23.3Adj. net rating+27.4
27thAdj. net rank17th
121.7Adj. offense124.1
98.5Adj. defense96.7
68.3Pace—
11.4SRS13.3
1958Elo2054
24–9Record—
Season per game
2025-26 · 33 games79.7Points—
71.6Opp points—
54.3%eFG%—
14.0%TO%—
28.2%OREB%—
.37FT rate—
42%3PA rate—
57%Assisted FG%—
Last five games
North Carolina
L78-82vs VCU
L79-80vs CLEM
L61-76@ DUKE
W67-63vs CLEM
W89-82vs VT
Louisville
L69-77@ MSU
W83-79vs USF
L73-78@ MIA
W62-58vs SMU
W92-89@ MIA
Head to head
Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-2725-26LOU 74 · UNC 77Mon, 2/23
24-25UNC 70 · LOU 83Wed, 1/1
23-24LOU 70 · UNC 86Wed, 1/17
22-23UNC 80 · LOU 59Sat, 1/14
21-22LOU 63 · UNC 70Mon, 2/21
21-22UNC 90 · LOU 83Tue, 2/1
20-21LOU 54 · UNC 99Sat, 2/20
19-20UNC 55 · LOU 72Sat, 2/22
18-19LOU 70 · UNC 83Thu, 3/14
18-19UNC 79 · LOU 69Sat, 2/2
Game information
TipTuesday, Jan 5 · 9:00 PM ET
VenueKFC Yum! Center · Louisville, KY
Abbreviations
Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense
SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule
EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong
PacePossessions per 40 minutes
PPGPoints per game
eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals
TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions
OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds
FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted
3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three
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