North Carolina To Visit Michigan For The ACC/ Big Ten Challenge

In the 2018 ACC/ Big Ten Challenge North Carolina will visit Michigan who was the national title runner up to Villanova in April.

The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will make its first-ever trip to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan in the 2018 ACC-Big Ten Challenge. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
The Tar Heels and Wolverines will play on Wednesday, Nov. 28th. Tip times and ESPN network assignments will be announced at a later date. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
UNC defeated Michigan, 86-71, in the Challenge in the Dean E. Smith Center on Nov. 29, 2017. The Wolverines later advanced to the national title game, where they lost to Villanova. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
Carolina is 4-2 all-time against Michigan. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
This will be the second time in as many years the schools will play on each other's campus. Prior to last season, the initial five games in the series were played at neutral sites: Charlotte (1987 NCAA East Regional second round), Seattle (1988 NCAA West Regional Sweet 16), Lexington, Ky. (1989 Southeast Regional Sweet 16), Honolulu (1992 Rainbow Classic) and New Orleans (1993 NCAA championship game). "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
Carolina is 10-9 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge: 5-4 at home, 3-5 on the road and 2-0 at neutral sites. The Tar Heels are 3-2 vs. Michigan State, 1-3 vs. Illinois, 1-3 vs. Indiana, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 1-0 vs. Maryland, 1-0 vs. Michigan, 1-0 vs. Wisconsin and 0-1 vs. Iowa. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
Carolina's 2018-19 non-conference schedule includes: Nov. 6 at Wofford, Nov. 9 at Elon, Nov. 12 vs. Stanford, Nov. 16 vs. Tennessee Tech, Nov. 19 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), Nov. 22-23 in Las Vegas in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Nov. 28 at Michigan, Dec. 5 vs. UNCW, Dec. 15 vs. Gonzaga, Dec. 22 vs. Kentucky in Chicago in the CBS Sports Classic, Dec. 29 vs. Davidson and Jan. 2 vs. Harvard. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
The four-team field for the games in Las Vegas includes the Tar Heels, Michigan State, Texas and UCLA. The Tennessee Tech and St. Francis games are on-campus games in Chapel Hill that are part of the Las Vegas Invitational. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
 
Carolina's 2018-19 non-conference opponents (and possible opponents) include four teams who finished last season in KenPom.com's top 20 (Michigan State 6, Michigan 7, Gonzaga 10, Kentucky 17), two more that ranked in the top 50 (Texas 36, Davidson 43) and two others in the top 100 (UCLA 56, Stanford 87). The Tar Heels were eighth in KenPom's final 2017-18 rankings. "according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/6/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-visit-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx