UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (Eastern) TV Wed. Nov. 25 College of Charleston Chapel Hill
Maui Invitational (Harrah’s Cherokee Center) Mon. Nov. 30 vs. UNLV Asheville, N.C. 7 p.m. Tue. Dec. 1 vs. Alabama or Stanford Asheville, N.C. Wed. Dec. 2 vs. Davidson, Indiana, Providence or Texas Asheville, N.C.
ACC-Big Ten Challenge (Carver-Hawkeye Arena) Tue. Dec. 8 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Sat. Dec. 12 Elon Chapel Hill
CBS Sports Classic (Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) Sat. Dec. 19 vs. Ohio State Cleveland, Ohio 2 p.m. CBS
Tue. Dec. 22 at NC State Raleigh, N.C. Tue./Wed. Dec. 29/30 at Georgia Tech (McCamish Pavilion) Atlanta, Ga. Sat. Jan. 2 Syracuse Chapel Hill Tue./Wed. Jan. 5/6 at Miami (Watsco Center) Coral Gables, Fla. Sat. Jan. 9 Clemson Chapel Hill Sat. Jan. 16 at Florida State (Tucker Center) Tallahassee, Fla. Tue./Wed. Jan. 19/20 Wake Forest Chapel Hill Sat. Jan. 23 NC State Chapel Hill Tue./Wed. Jan. 26/27 at Pittsburgh (Petersen Events Center) Pittsburgh, Pa. Sat. Jan. 30 Notre Dame Chapel Hill Tue./Wed. Feb. 2/3 at Clemson (Littlejohn Coliseum) Clemson, S.C. Sat. Feb. 6 at Duke (Cameron Indoor Stadium) Durham, N.C. Mon. Feb. 8 Miami Chapel Hill Sat. Feb. 13 at Virginia (John Paul Jones Arena) Charlottesville, Va. Tue./Wed. Feb. 16/17 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill Sat. Feb. 20 Louisville Chapel Hill Tue./Wed. Feb. 23/24 at Boston College (Conte Forum) Chestnut Hill, Mass. Sat. Feb. 27 Florida State Chapel Hill Mon. March 1 at Syracuse (Carrier Dome) Syracuse, N.Y. Sat. March 6 Duke Chapel Hill
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament (Capital One Arena) Tue. March 9 First Round Washington, D.C. Wed. March 10 Second Round Washington, D.C. Thu. March 11 Quarterfinals Washington, D.C. Fri. March 12 Semifinals Washington, D.C. Sat. March 13 Championship Washington, D.C.
NCAA Tournament Sites First Four: March 16 and 17– Dayton, Ohio First & Second Rounds: March 18 and 20– Boise, Idaho; Detroit, Mich.; Providence, R.I.; Dallas, Texas; March 19 and 21– San Jose, Calif.; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; Raleigh, N.C. Regionals: March 25 and 27– Denver, Colo. (West); Minneapolis, Minn. (Midwest); March 26 and 28– Brooklyn, N.Y. (East); Memphis, Tenn. (South) Final Four: April 3 and 5– Indianapolis, Ind.
Home games at the Dean E. Smith Center
SCHEDULE NOTES
• The November 25 opener vs. the College of Charleston is the latest season opener since UNC beat Texas in Chapel Hill on Nov. 26, 1994. • Carolina is 20-3 in the Maui Invitational, including 2-0 in games played in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels have won four Maui titles. • Carolina is playing in Asheville for the first time since Nov. 13, 2011 when it defeated UNC Asheville in the first game in UNCA’s Kimmel Arena. • The Tar Heels play at Iowa for the first time since 1989. UNC is 10-11 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (10-7 under head coach Roy Williams). • Carolina is 4-2 in the CBS Sports Classic. This is the first time the Classic is being played in Cleveland. UNC is 2-0 vs. Ohio State in this event. • This is Carolina’s first game in Cleveland since defeating Cleveland State on Nov. 29, 2003, and its first game ever in Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. • Carolina opens ACC play vs. NC State for the first time since 2005-06. It is the first time UNC and NC State are scheduled to play in November or December since meeting in the Big Four Tournament in Greensboro on Nov. 30, 1979. • Carolina plays two ACC road games to start league play for the third time in the last five seasons (2016-17, 2018-19 and 2020-21). • The Tar Heels are 4-1 in ACC Tournament games in Washington, D.C. (3-0 and won the championship in 2016; 1-1 in 2005).
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