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GoHeels Exclusive: Sweet 16 Notebook

Having made 305 3-pointers through 35 games, North Carolina enters Friday's Sweet 16 matchup against Auburn needing only one more to establish a new school record for made 3-pointers in a season.

That, Roy Williams said, is "pretty impressive." Yet, the Tigers have made 421, the fourth most in NCAA Division I history and 116 more than the Tar Heels.

"So 305 is not quite as impressive as it was," Williams joked with reporters during Tuesday's pre-Auburn press conference at the Smith Center. "They're probably the hottest team in the country right now and shooting the ball in the basket, making threes.