By R.L. Bynum
ABC will televise two North Carolina games as part of its college basketball package, one each for the men’s and women’s teams.
When Coach Courtney Banghart’s women’s team plays at Duke at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, that will air on ABC.
ABC will televise the game for Coach Hubert Davis’ men’s team when it plays at Syracuse at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21.
The UNC women play an exhibition game in Atlanta at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, against South Carolina and open the season at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, against N.C. Central at Carmichael Arena.
The Carolina men play a Blue-White scrimmage at the Smith Center 60 minutes after Saturday’s UNC-Clemson football game. The Tar Heels also have a scrimmage in Cherokee on Oct. 18, an exhibition game in Salt Lake City on Oct. 24 against BYU and an exhibition game against Winston-Salem State on Oct. 29 before opening the season Nov. 3 against Central Arkansas at home.
Rankings are from ESPN’s way-too-early Top 25 lists.
DateTime GameSunday, Dec. 141 p.m.Women: No. 16 Baylor vs. No. 4 TexasSunday, Feb. 11 p.m.Men: No. 17 Alabama at No. 2 Florida3 p.m.Women: No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 4 TexasSun, Feb. 83 p.m.Women: No. 7 Tennessee at No. 1 South CarolinaSaturday, Feb. 141 p.m.Men:No. 21 Kansas at No. 18 Iowa State3 p.m.Men: No. 9 Kentucky at No. 2 Florida8:30 p.m.Women: No. 1 South Carolina at No. 5 LSUSunday, Feb. 151 p.m.Women: No. 10 North Carolina at No. 8 Duke3 p.m.Women: No. 4 Texas at No. 7 TennesseeSaturday, Feb. 211 p.m.Men: No. 25 North Carolina at Syracuse3 p.m.Men: No. 13 Arizona at No. 3 Houston
DateMonth/dayTime,
TVOpponent/eventOctober4Saturday60 minutes
after conclusion
of UNC-Clemson
football gameBlue-White scrimmage
(No TV or streaming
broadcast)18SaturdayAfter 10:30 a.m.
autograph sessionScrimmage at Cherokee High School’s
Charles George Memorial Arena24Friday9 p.m.vs. BYU in Salt Lake City
(exhibition)29WednesdayTBAvs. Winston-Salem
State (exhibition)November3MondayTBAvs. Central Arkansas7FridayTBAvs. Kansas11TuesdayTBAvs. Radford14FridayTBAvs. N.C. Central18TuesdayTBAvs. NavyFort Myers Tip-Off25Tuesday6 p.m., FS1vs. St. Bonaventure27Thursday4:30 p.m., Foxvs. Michigan StateDecemberACC/SEC
Men’s Challenge2Tuesday9:30, ESPNat Kentucky—————————7SundayTBAvs. Georgetown13SaturdayTBAvs. USC Upstate16TuesdayTBAvs. East Tennessee
StateCBS Sports Classic
in Atlanta20Saturday3 p.m., CBSvs. Ohio State—————————22MondayTBAvs. East Carolina30TuesdayTBAvs. Florida StateJanuary3SaturdayTBAat SMU10SaturdayTBAvs. Wake Forest14WednesdayTBAAt Stanford17SaturdayTBAAt California21WednesdayTBAvs. Notre Dame24SaturdayTBAat Virginia31SaturdayTBAat Georgia TechFebruary2Monday7 p.m.,
ESPNvs. Syracuse7SaturdayTBAvs. Duke10TuesdayTBAat Miami14SaturdayTBAvs. Pittsburgh17TuesdayTBAat N.C. State21Saturday1 p.m., ABCat Syracuse23Monday7 p.m.,
ESPNvs. Louisville28SaturdayTBAvs. Virginia TechMarch3TuesdayTBAvs. Clemson7SaturdayTBAat Duke10–14Tues.-Sat.ACC
tournamentSpectrum Center,
Charlotte
DateDay/monthTimeOpponent/eventTVOctober30Thursday6 p.m.South Carolina
(exhibition in Atlanta)November3Monday11 a.m.vs. N.C. Central6ThursdayTBAvs. ElonWBCA Challenge
Las Vegas13Thursday9 p.m.vs. UCLA15Sunday6 p.m.vs. Fairfield———————————20Thursday7 p.m.at N.C. A&T23SundayTBAvs. UNCGCancun Challenge
Cancun, Mexico27Thursday11 a.m.vs. South Dakota St.FloCollege28Friday11 a.m.vs. Kansas StateFloCollege29Saturday1:30vs. ColumbiaFloCollegeDecemberACC/SEC
Women’s Challenge4Thursday7 p.m.at TexasESPN2———————————7SundayTBAvs. Boston Univ.14SundayTBAvs. Louisville17WednesdayTBAvs. UNCW21SundayTBAvs. Charleston Southern29MondayTBAat Boston CollegeJanuary1ThursdayTBAvs. California4SundayTBAvs. Stanford11SundayTBAat Notre Dame15ThursdayTBAvs. Miami18SundayTBAat Florida State22ThursdayTBAat Georgia Tech25SundayTBAvs. SyracuseFebruary2MondayTBAat N.C. State5ThursdayTBAvs. Clemson8SundayTBAvs. Wake Forest12ThursdayTBAvs. SMU15Sunday1 p.m.at DukeABC19ThursdayTBAat Virginia Tech22SundayTBAvs. Pittsburgh26ThursdayTBAat VirginiaMarch1SundayTBAvs. DukeACC tournament4–8Wed.-SunGas South Arena,
Duluth, Ga.NCAA tournament20–24Fri.-Mon.First, second rounds27–30Fri.-Mon.Regionals
Fort Worth, Texas,
and Sacramento, Calif.April3, 5Fri., SunFinal Four
Phoenix, Ariz.
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Communications