North Carolina basketball schedule 2023-24: UConn, Kentucky among Tar Heels’ top nonconference opponents

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North Carolina opens up its 2023-24 basketball season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Nov. 6 against Radford and plays two more games at home before departing for the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Tar Heels’ first opponent in the Battle 4 Atlantis is Northern Iowa on Nov. 22 before facing either Villanova or Texas Tech and possibly Arkansas, Memphis, Michigan or Stanford in the championship if they reach that point.

The Tar Heels’ first marquee nonconference home game is the ACC/SEC Challenge against Tennessee on Nov. 29. Following that game, UNC faces reigning national champion UConn at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5.

UNC is coming off one of the most disappointing seasons in program history. The Tar Heels started the season ranked as the No. 1 team in the country and failed to make the NCAA Tournament entirely but there’s reason for optimism heading into the third season of the Hubert Davis era. UNC returns RJ Davis and Armando Bacot from the starting lineup and added former five-star Harrison Ingram from Stanford and forward Cormac Ryan from Notre Dame via the transfer portal. 

The Tar Heels also have one of the top incoming freshmen in the nation joining the program in Elliot Cadeau, who ranked as the No. 11 overall prospect in the 247Sports 2023 recruiting rankings.

Here are the top five nonconference games for the North Carolina Tar Heels this season.

1. UConn

When: Dec. 5, 2023 Where: Madison Square Garden (New York)

The Huskies’ nonconference slate is loaded. The reigning national champs have games against Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina and Goznaga before starting Big East play against Seton Hall on Dec. 20. The Huskies lost three key players to the NBA Draft but Donovan Clingan is expected to take a massive jump this season into a potential player of the year candidate to replace some of the production lost. UConn also returns Tristen Newton and Alex Karaban and the key transfer portal…

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2023-09-27 00:25:18

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