Postgame notes from North Carolina’s 81-77 NCAA Final Four win against Duke.

UNC Scoring Leader: Caleb Love 28

UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 21

UNC Assist Leader: RJ Davis 4

Team Records: UNC 29-9, Duke 32-7

Carolina Notes

  • The Tar Heels advance to the national championship game for the 12th time and third time in six seasons (2016, 2017, 2022).
  • Carolina is now 12-9 in national semifinals and has won four straight semifinals (2009, 2016, 2017, 2022).
  • Carolina is 1-0 against Duke in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Carolina has won 11 of its last 12 games and 17 of its last 20.
  • Love led UNC with 28 points. It was the fourth time in five games against Duke he has scored 20 or more points.
  • Love made two of his first nine field goal attempts from the floor, then made nine of his last 11.
  • Carolina is 8-1 this season when Love, RJ Davis and Brady Manek each make multiple threes in a game (Love made three, Davis and Manek each made two).
  • Love tied his career high with 11 field goals (also vs. UCLA).
  • Carolina is 13-0 this season and 15-0 in two seasons when Love scores 20 or more points.
  • It was the second time in the 2022 NCAA Tournament Love scored 20 or more points in the second half. He scored 22 of his 28 tonight in the second half; he scored 27 of his 30 against UCLA in the Sweet 16 in the second half.
  • Armando Bacot had 11 points and 21 rebounds for his 30th double-double, which sets the all-time ACC single-season record. Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan had 29 in 1996-97.
  • Bacot has tied the second-most double-doubles in a season in NCAA history with 30. Navy’s David Robinson had 31 in 1985-86. West Virginia’s Jerry West (1960), Wichita State’s Xavier McDaniel (1985), Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin (2009) and LaSalle’s Tom Gola (1954 and 1955 also had 30.
  • Bacot became the first Tar Heel ever with two NCAA Tournament games with 20 or more rebounds. He had 22 against Saint Peter’s in the regional final. Tyler Zeller is the only other Tar Heel with at least 20 in an NCAA Tourney game (had 22 against Ohio in 2012).
  • This was Bacot’s fifth 20-rebound game of the season.
  • Bacot broke the UNC record for rebounds in an NCAA Tournament. He has 84 in the five games (previous was 69 by Kennedy Meeks in six games in 2017).
  • Bacot has 496 rebounds this season, 80 more than any other Tar Heel in a season.
  • RJ Davis scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half.
  • Leaky Black made two threes, his first multi-three game since he hit two against Syracuse in the home finale on Feb. 28.
  • Carolina is 5-9 this season when trailing at the half, including two straight wins over Duke.
  • Carolina has three wins as an unranked team over an AP top-10 ranked team this year, all in the last eight games (No. 4 Duke in Durham on March 5, No. 4 Baylor in the NCAA second round on March 19 and No. 9 Duke tonight).
  • UNC is 9-1 in the Superdome.

Series Notes

  • Carolina is 143-115 all-time against Duke.
  • UNC is 28-22 against Duke at neutral sites, including 4-3 outside the state of North Carolina.
  • The Tar Heels finished 50-50 against Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams.

NCAA Tournament

  • Carolina is 131-48 in the NCAA Tournament. The 131 wins are the most in the history of the Tournament.
  • UNC is 12-4 as a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
  • UNC is 15-1 in New Orleans, including 6-1 in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Hubert Davis is 5-0 in NCAA Tournament games as a head coach.

Next Game: National championship vs. Kansas, Monday, April 4, 9:20 p.m. Eastern

Postgame notes provided by UNC Sports Information & Media Relations

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