Defending National Champion North Carolina Schedule Announced For 2017-2018

North Carolina finished last season at the top as Roy Williams team cut down the nets in Phoenix at the University Of Phoenix Stadium home of the National Football League NFC West member the Arizona Cardinals after defeating Gonzaga by a score of 71-65. 

Defending national champion North Carolina opens the 2017-18 college basketball season on Nov. 10 at home against Northern Iowa and begins Atlantic Coast Conference play on Dec. 30 at the Smith Center against Wake Forest. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
The Tar Heels have posted 33-7 overall records, gone 14-4 in ACC regular-season action and played in the NCAA championship game in each of the last two seasons. UNC won the 2017 NCAA title with a 71-65 win over Gonzaga in Phoenix last April. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Seniors Joel Berry II, the 2017 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and versatile swingman Theo Pinson lead the Tar Heels. Junior forward Luke Maye, the 2017 NCAA South Regional MVP, and junior guard Kenny Williams, who started 22 games before suffering a season-ending injury, also return. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Roy Williams begins his 15th season as UNC's head coach and 30th year overall as a college head coach. Williams is 816-216 in 29 seasons, including 398-115 at Carolina. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Late Night with Roy, the annual start to the basketball season, is Friday, Oct. 13. UNC hosts Barton College in an exhibition game on Oct. 27th before regular-season play begins against UNI on Nov. 10. This is the third consecutive year the Tar Heels play the Panthers – the teams have split the first two matchups. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
The Tar Heels also host non-conference games against Bucknell, Michigan, Tulane, Western Carolina and Wofford, and travel to Stanford, Davidson (in Charlotte) and Tennessee. UNC plays three games in Portland in PK80, a 16-team event hosted by Nike, opening with the University of Portland on Thanksgiving at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. UNC plays either Arkansas or Oklahoma on Nov. 24 and either Connecticut, DePaul, Michigan State or Oregon on Nov. 26. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
UNC is 6-0 in two previous trips to Portland, sweeping three games and winning the Far West Classic in both 1967-68 and 1976-77. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Carolina's game at Stanford on Nov. 20 is UNC's first meeting against the Cardinal in Palo Alto since Dec. 3, 1983. It marks the fourth time the Tar Heels have squared off against their former assistant coach Jerod Haase, who is in his second year at Stanford. UNC played three games against Haase when he was the head coach at UAB. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
On Nov. 29, Carolina plays host to Michigan in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. This is the first time the schools have met since the Tar Heels beat the Wolverines in New Orleans on April 5, 1993, in the national championship game. This is the 25thanniversary of that national championship season. Due to the fact, several members of the 1992-93 UNC team are currently coaching across the country, the team is holding a reunion and will be honored at Kenan Stadium at the Sept. 23 football game against Duke. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
UNC caps its non-ACC schedule on Dec. 23 against Ohio State in New Orleans in year four of the CBS Sports Classic. The Tar Heels beat Ohio State in Chicago in 2014 and are 2-1 in the event. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
This is the first time since the ACC began in 1953-54 the Tar Heels do not have a regular-season non-conference game scheduled after Christmas. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Carolina plays Clemson, Duke, NC State and Notre Dame twice apiece, hosts Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami, Pitt and Wake Forest, and travels to Florida State, Louisville, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech in ACC play. The Tar Heels conclude the regular season with three of their last four and four of their final six ACC games on the road. 
The ACC Tournament is March 6-10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx
 
Carolina's schedule includes at least a dozen games against teams that played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-seven of Carolina's 32 scheduled games will be broadcast on either an ESPN channel or CBS. "according to http://goheels.com/news/2017/9/7/mens-basketball-tar-heels-release-2017-18-schedule.aspx