Harrison Barnes is taking 35.3 percent of his shots from 10-20 feet, where he shoots just 31.3 percent.

Tar Heels coach Roy Williams disagrees with the notion that Barnes is settling for too many jumpers.

"I don't think that was valid at all,” Williams said. “Because for us, I want him to take the open shot. And we talked in the preseason, and last ... spring about what we wanted him to work on over the summer, and that was to get to the free throw line more. I think he was passing up open shots to penetrate and take more contested shots."

Barnes’ free throw rate (which is the percentage of free throws to field goal attempts) has increased from 24.9 percent as a freshman to 35.5 this season.