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Art Chansky\u2019s Sports Notebook is presented by The Casual Pint. YOUR place for delicious pub food paired with local beer. Choose among 35 rotating taps and 200+ beers in the cooler.<\/p>\n Written by Michael Koh<\/p>\n The ACC-SEC Challenge is bringing back what basketball fans have been craving for years.<\/p>\n The matchups for the 2025 iteration of the challenge were revealed Thursday, and Carolina will travel to Rupp Arena to face Mark Pope\u2019s Kentucky Wildcats. While the matchup certainly isn\u2019t new, the venue is: it will be the first time the two schools have played each other in an on-campus facility in more than a decade.<\/p>\n This is because of the CBS Sports Classic, one of a number of multi-team, non-tournament events which take place on neutral courts across the country. UNC and Kentucky are two of the four teams in the field and play each other based on the event\u2019s rotation. Because they won\u2019t face off in the Classic this year, that paved the way for the matchup in Lexington.<\/p>\n But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. UNC and Kentucky formerly were engaged in an annual home-and-home series before the advent of the CBS Sports Classic. The Wildcats in the Dean Dome or the Tar Heels in Rupp was always appointment television. I have no doubt this season\u2019s matchup will get a nice spot in prime time.<\/p>\n College basketball\u2019s obsession with neutral-site games in randomly-selected arenas has sadly made these games few and far between. Instead of raucous student sections and lines around the block, we\u2019re presented with sanitized, made-for-TV events with courtside seats given to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n UNC\u2019s schedule features a few such matchups. The Tar Heels will travel down to Fort Myers, FL for two games against St. Bonaventure and Michigan State during the Thanksgiving holiday. I\u2019m sure you can feel the excitement.<\/p>\n Then, of course, there\u2019s the CBS Sports Classic, which will see Carolina play Ohio State at State Farm Arena, home of the NBA\u2019s Atlanta Hawks. That cavernous stadium will surely provide a better environment than Columbus or Chapel Hill could have.<\/p>\n The Tar Heels have reportedly agreed to a home-and-home with Georgetown<\/a> for the next two seasons and will be hosting Kansas in an historic matchup at the Smith Center in November, so perhaps the pendulum is swinging back the other way. Could we finally realize that college basketball is better when it\u2019s played in\u2026 college basketball arenas? In an era when the Final Four is now annually played in football stadiums with sightlines that require opera glasses, it may be foolish to believe in the triumph of logic over the almighty dollar.<\/p>\n But UNC will be playing in Rupp Arena this December. And for a college basketball purist, that\u2019s about as good as it gets. <\/p>\n So let me dream, just for a little while.<\/p>\n https:\/\/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/2025\/06%20-%20June\/13\/Sports%20Notebook%20061325%20FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured image via Associated Press\/Brynn Anderson<\/p>\n Chapelboro.com<\/a>\u00a0does not charge subscription fees, and you can\u00a0directly support our efforts in local journalism\u00a0here<\/a>. Want more of what you see on Chapelboro? Let us bring free local news and community information to you by\u00a0signing up for our newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \u2039<\/p>\n The Translational Research Building and Bernard Street Chiller Plant designs earned unanimous approval by the UNC trustees Thursday morning, while the board approved $13 million in advanced planning spending for two other major projects.<\/p>\n <\/a> For the third time in a year, the UNC Police Department is investigating an uptick in electric scooter thefts around campus.<\/p>\n <\/a> The UNC Police Department is investigating a suicide at Granville Towers.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a> The UNC Police Department recently warned the campus community about an \u201cinappropriate touching\u201d incident near students housing on Thursday. The Alert Carolina system, which sends out emergency notifications, said UNC Police and Chapel Hill Police are investigating a report from the night of April 29 in the parking lot of Granville Towers. According to the [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> Granville Towers is one of the UNC residence hall communities experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19. On Friday, students learned the extent of the cases. According to an email sent to Granville Towers residents, Carolina Housing said the two apartment towers have totaled 102 positive coronavirus cases as of Thursday. The Daily Tar Heel, which obtained [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> UNC alerted the campus community of four identified clusters of COVID-19 cases within dorms and a fraternity house over the weekend. An AlertCarolina message posted at 2:40 p.m. on Friday said positive clusters have been recorded in Granville Towers and the Ehringhaus Community. The message did not specify the total number of students who tested [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> A recent profile of UNC\u2019s return of students for the fall semester revealed the university has revoked housing privileges of some students who failed to follow public health guidelines. A report from the Washington Post published Tuesday revealed three students are no longer in on-campus housing after violating the standards agreed to by all students [\u2026]<\/p>\n <\/a> UNC star freshman Chloe Humphrey has been named the 2025 winner of the Honda Sport Award for lacrosse. The Honda Sport Award honors the national players of the year in all collegiate women\u2019s sports. Honda Humphrey \ud83e\udd0c Chloe Humphrey is this year\u2019s winner of the Honda Sport Award for Lacrosse! pic.twitter.com\/VctEuZGEEB \u2014 UNC Women’s Lacrosse [\u2026]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Casual-Pint-updated-728.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Trustees Approve Designs for New Research Building, Advance Planning Efforts for New Dorms and Student Gym<\/p>\nLatest String of Electric Scooter Thefts Reported on UNC’s Campus<\/p>\nPolice Investigating Possible Suicide at Granville Towers; UNC Cancels Tuesday Classes<\/p>\nUNC Alerts Community of ‘Inappropriate Touching’ Incident at Granville Towers<\/p>\n102 COVID-19 Cases Among UNC’s Granville Towers Residents, Cluster in Carmichael Residence Hall<\/p>\n4 COVID-19 Clusters Identified at UNC Residence Halls, Fraternity House<\/p>\nReport: 3 UNC Students Kicked Out of Dorms for Violating Health Standards<\/p>\nUNC’s Chloe Humphrey Wins Honda Sport Award for Lacrosse<\/p>\n