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UNC Basketball: 2023 CBS Sports Classic details announced

By Nick Delahanty

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 17: R.J. Davis #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels in action against Sean McNeil #4 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during a game in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden on December 17, 2022 in New York City. North Carolina defeated Ohio State 89-84 in overtime. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 17: R.J. Davis #4 of the North Carolina Tar Heels in action against Sean McNeil #4 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during a game in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden on December 17, 2022 in New York City. North Carolina defeated Ohio State 89-84 in overtime. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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More UNC basketball 2023-2024 schedule information has been released, as details for the 2023 CBS Sports Classic are now available. 

UPDATE: Wednesday, May 3:

After initial reports stated that the UNC basketball program would take on UCLA in this year’s CBS Sports Classic, two sources (both of which are heavily involved with the program) stated otherwise:

Adam Lucas got the ball rolling with the above tweet, leading to the likelihood that the UNC basketball program would match up with Kentucky. Given that Ohio State was the matchup last season, it was very unlikely that the two would square off in consecutive seasons.

North Carolina star big man Armando Bacot confirmed that it is the Wildcats who the Tar Heels will take on in this year’s event.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Fans of the UNC basketball program should remember last season’s CBS Sports Classic quite well.

Trailing by two with 1.2 seconds left to go in regulation, Pete Nance hit a turnaround jumper to send the game into overtime. North Carolina would prevail, securing an 89-84 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes.

As we look forward to next season’s event, we learned some new information that Tar Heels fans can add to their calendars.

The 10th annual CBS Sports Classic will be played on December 16, 2023. It will be held in Atlanta, as Hubert Davis and the UNC basketball program are slated to take on the UCLA Bruins.

North Carolina and UCLA were originally scheduled to match up in 2021, but the Bruins had to back out due to COVID-19 issues with their team.  The Tar Heels are 2-0 against UCLA in this event, with their last win coming in 74-64 fashion on December 21, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Although we’re still a few months away from the start of the 2023-2024 season, expect more schedule information to come our way over the next couple of weeks.

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