Tar Heels Host Pitt Saturday Night

• Carolina returns to the Smith Center for the first game of a two-game homestand against Pitt and Duke when the Tar Heels play host to the Panthers on Saturday, Feb. 3rd at 8 p.m.

• The Tar Heels are 16-7 overall, 5-5 in the ACC. Pitt is 8-15, 0-10 in the ACC.

• Carolina has lost three in a row for the first time since 2014 (losses at Wake Forest, to Miami and at Syracuse).

• UNC has not lost four in a row since Jan.-Feb. 2010, the only four-game losing streak in the Roy Williams era.

• Carolina is 10th in the NCAA's RPI. UNC's Carolina's opponents have an average RPI of 80, which is the second-highest in the country, and its strength of schedule is ranked the second-most difficult in the…