Overview
- UNC enters at 13-2 (1-1 ACC) following a 97-83 loss at SMU, while Wake Forest is 10-6 (1-2) after an 81-77 home defeat to Miami.
- Rebounding projects as a mismatch with UNC averaging 41.8 boards per game (23rd nationally) and Wake at 35.1 (249th), as Steve Forbes questioned his team’s physicality.
- The Tar Heels’ frontcourt features Caleb Wilson at 19.3 points and 10.9 rebounds per game alongside Henri Veesaar at 16.3 and 9.2.
- Wake relies on scorer Juke Harris, who averages 19.9 points per game and is coming off a 28-point performance against Miami.
- At the Dean Smith Center, UNC has won nine straight home meetings with Wake and can secure the program’s 500th victory in the building.