Carolina will play at Syracuse on Saturday at 4 p.m. ESPN will televise the game.
GAME 29
• Carolina (11-17, 4-13) plays at Syracuse (16-12, 9-8) on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 4 p.m.
• Carolina is 8-4 when playing on Feb. 29, including wins in 1984, 2004, 2012 and 2016 (over Syracuse in Chapel Hill).
• Both teams are coming off mid-week wins. The Tar Heels defeated NC State, 85-79, at the Smith Center on 2/25, while the Orange won at Pitt on 2/26.
• Carolina's victory over the Wolfpack ended the Tar Heels' seven-game losing streak, the second-longest streak in UNC history.