The Official #10 @ #17 North Carolina Game Thread, 7:15 PM ET, ESPN

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#10 Tennessee Volunteers: 4-2 (0-0 SEC)
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GAME 7 | TENNESSEE at NORTH CAROLINA - Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 | 7:15 p.m. ET | Chapel Hill, N.C. | Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)


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O/U: 143.5

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THE MATCHUP
• The series between the two sides dates back to 2/21/1911, when Tennessee played at North Carolina in just the 35th game in program history during its third season (1910-11).
• After dropping each of the first eight non-home contests in the series, #17 Tennessee, in the most recent meeting between the two teams, logged an 89-72 victory over #18/20 North Carolina, the eventual NCAA runner-up, on 11/21/2021 in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament in Uncasville, Conn., behind 18 points from Zakai Zeigler in his fourth collegiate game.
• Rick Barnes is 7-3 in his last 10 games against North Carolina, as he went 5-1 during his Texas tenure.
After a 20-13 (11-9) showing in 2022-23, North Carolina placed third in the ACC preseason poll.
• The Tar Heels are led in scoring by senior guard R.J. Davis' 18.2 ppg, while two-time First Team All-ACC honoree Armando Bacot, a graduate forward/center, is averaging 15.8 ppg and 11.7 rpg.
 
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CAROLINA CONNECTIONS
• Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes hails from Hickory, N.C., approximately 150 miles west of the Dean E. Smith Center, and was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in April 2023.
• Two Volunteer players—forward Jonas Aidoo (Durham) and guard Freddie Dilione V (Fayetteville)— are Tar Heel State natives, as are both UT associate head coach Justin Gainey (High Point) and class of 2024 UT signee Bishop Boswell (Charlotte).
• Tennessee and North Carolina play in two of the three largest on-campus arenas in the country.
• Armando Bacot is the third consecutive AP Preseason First Team All-American big man the Volunteers will face, following Purdue's Zach Edey and Kansas' Hunter Dicksinson.
• The Vols are 115-100 all-time against current ACC schools and Rick Barnes is 76-75 versus such foes. Tennessee, under Barnes, has won three in a row over ACC foes (Syracuse, Duke and North Carolina), all at neutral sites.
 
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NEWS & NOTES
• This is the first time Tennessee is ever playing three straight ranked teams in non-conference play in a single season. It did play three in a row across the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons, going 1-2. After a 73-67 loss to #5 Notre Dame on 3/11/79 in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) to end the season, it opened the next year with a 97- 80 home win over #9 St. John's on 12/4/79, followed by a 77-75 home loss to #14 Louisville on 12/8/79 in the next game.
• The Volunteers last played three straight ranked foes in Jan. 2012, posting a 1-2 record. The Volunteers won (67-56) against #13/14 Florida on 1/7/12, then lost (62-58) at #20 Mississippi State on 1/12/12 and lost (65-62) to #2 Kentucky on 1/14/12.
• The 2011-12 season is also the last time Tennessee played four straight regular season games away from home. Like this one, that stretch featured three contests in the Maui Invitational (11/21-23) followed by a road outing (11/28/11 at Oakland).
 
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WINNING WAYS
• Over the last seven seasons, dating back to the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Tennessee leads all SEC programs in total victories (148) and postseason wins (15), while placing a close second in winning percentage (.715). During that span, the Vols have captured a pair of SEC championships, winning the regular season in 2018 and the tournament in 2022.
• In that same seven-year stretch, the Vols are one of only three SEC teams with an overall winning percentage above .700, alongside Auburn (.717) and Kentucky (.708).
• In regular season SEC play over the same six-year period, the Vols own a league-best .706 winning percentage and stand alongside Kentucky as the only programs to log at least 70 league victories.
• Over the last three seasons only, 2021-24, UT owns a 56-21 (.727) record. No SEC team has a better winning percentage during that span, while only Texas A&M (58) has more victories.
 
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Need a nice marquee win.....love for that to be tonight. Keep building the boys confidence and helping them gel even more.
 
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Gonna be 5 on 8 for the Vols tonight, I’m afraid. I hope not, but it seems like opposing teams get off the bus with a foul apiece, especially big games.
Hopefully, they’ll start strong and leave no doubt
 
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We really need this win from a resume perspective after dropping the last two games. If we want to do that we've got to hone in on what we are doing well, which is playing good defense and letting our high percentage perimeter shooters shoot. Knehct, Gainey, and JJJ are all 37% or better from 3 right now. I trust Santiago as well though he is only 28% on the year.

As for everyone else, this isn't the game to try and get right. Team over individuals today. We have all December to work things out. That means none to very limited 3 point shooting for ZZZ, Mashack, and Aidoo who are a combined 5 for 31 (16%) from there. Those guys need to work on creating high percentage shots in the paint. We don't need them to try and play hero from outside tonight. Last time we beat Carolina by our ability to cut in the paint anyways. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with any 7'2 or 7'4 Trees tonight.
 
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vavolfan6 said:
We really need this win from a resume perspective after dropping the last two games. If we want to do that we've got to hone in on what we are doing well, which is playing good defense and letting our high percentage perimeter shooters shoot. Knehct, Gainey, and JJJ are all 37% or better from 3 right now. I trust Santiago as well though he is only 28% on the year.

As for everyone else, this isn't the game to try and get right. Team over individuals today. We have all December to work things out. That means none to very limited 3 point shooting for ZZZ, Mashack, and Aidoo who are a combined 5 for 31 (16%) from there. Those guys need to work on creating high percentage shots in the paint. We don't need them to try and play hero from outside tonight. Last time we beat Carolina by our ability to cut in the paint anyways. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with any 7'2 or 7'4 Trees tonight.
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I cringe up every single time I see Aidoo shoot the ball tbh. I wish he wouldn't.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
As “nice”as it looks he’s a career 22% 3pt shooter, and 49% 2pt shooter which if you eliminate dunks and layups he’s likely around 35% from long 2’s….none of those are good numbers that suggest him shooting anything other than a dunk is a good idea.
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He hasn't shot often enough
 
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i hope the long layoff doesn't hurt us shooting... maybe it was needed, who knows. But typically we don't shoot well after a long layoff
 
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