Facing ACC Foe In Opener Has Forced Some Tweaking For UNC Basketball
Posted Nov 6, 2019
North Carolina opens up the basketball season Wednesday night against an ACC opponent, something the program hasn’t done in 53 years. The Tar Heels host Notre Dame at the Smith Center in the first of a 20-game league schedule the ACC implemented in 2016 to coincide with the launch of the ACC Network, which debuted August 22.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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