One of UNC’s main downfalls last season was weak three-point defense. Overall, Carolina allowed opponents to make 357 of 940 attempts from deep for a 38.0% mark, all of which were the worst figures of any ACC team in at least the last nine years (122 individual team seasons). Given the game’s sharp turn towards heavy three-point shooting over the last decade, we can safely assume the 17-18 Heels’ gross numbers were the worst in ACC history.
This is part of a larger pattern that does not appear to be trending the right way. Only one ACC team besides Carolina has ever allowed 300 three-point makes in a season - Boston College last year - and the Heels have done so in each of the last three campaigns (308/850 (36.