UNC’s game at BC moved a day later

By R.L. Bynum

The good news is that Carolina’s men’s basketball team still has a game scheduled for this weekend at Boston College. That game, though, will be played at 1 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2) instead of the originally scheduled time of noon on Saturday.

The change will only give the Tar Heels (9–3, 1–0) two days of rest before they visit Notre Dame on Wednesday for a 9 p.m. game (ESPN2).

It will be the first game in 20 days for Boston College (6–5, 1–0 ACC). The Eagles beat Notre Dame on Dec. 3 then lost non-conference games to Saint Louis 79–68 on Dec. 11 and to Albany 61–57 on Dec. 13.

COVID-19 issues in the BC program led to the postponements of the Dec. 22 home game against Wake Forest and the Dec. 29 road game with Florida State.

The Tar Heels’ home game with Virginia Tech that was scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed because of COVID-19 issues in the Hokies program.

Carolina is 18–6 all-time against the Eagles. They haven’t met since Feb. 1, 2000, when BC won at the Smith Center 71–70 to snap a 12-game losing streak in the series.

UNC is 8–1 at the Conte Forum, with the only loss a 71–67 setback on Jan. 20, 2010.

Date	Score, record/ day, time, TV	Location	Opponent (current rank)
	November (4–2)
5	83–55 exhibition win	Home	Elizabeth City State
9	83–67 win, 1–0	Home	Loyola Maryland
12	94–87 win, 2–0	Home	Brown
16	94–83 win, 3–0	Road	College of Charleston
20	93–84 loss, 3–1	Uncasville, Conn.	Y — No. 3 Purdue
21	89–72 loss, 3–2	Uncasville, Conn.	Y — No. 14 Tennessee
23	72–53 win, 4–2	Home	UNC Asheville
	December (5–1, 1-0 ACC)
1	72–51 win, 5–2	Home	X — Michigan
5	79–62 win, 6–2, 1-0 ACC	Road	Georgia Tech
11	80–63 win, 7–2	Home	Elon
14	74–61 win, 8–2	Home	Furman
18	98–69 loss, 8–3	Las Vegas	Z — No. 18 Kentucky
21	70–50 win, 9–3	Home	Appalachian State
29	Postponed	Home	Virginia Tech
	January
2	Sunday, 1 p.m., ESPN2	Road	Boston College
5	Wednesday, 9, ESPN2	Road	Notre Dame
8	Saturday, 1, ESPN	Home	Virginia
15	Saturday, 8, ACCN	Home	Georgia Tech
18	Tuesday, TBA, ESPN	Road	Miami
22	Saturday, 8, ACCN	Road	Wake Forest
26	Wednesday, RSN	Home	Boston College
29	Saturday, 2, ACCN	Home	N.C. State
31	Monday, 7, ESPN	Road	Louisville
	February
5	Saturday, 6, ESPN	Home	No. 2 Duke
8	Tuesday, 9, ESPN or ESPN2	Road	Clemson
12	Saturday, 2, ESPN or ESPN2	Home	Florida State
16	Wednesday, 8, ACCN	Home	Pittsburgh
19	Saturday, 4, ESPN or ESPN2	Road	Virginia Tech
21	Monday, 7, ESPN	Home	Louisville
26	Saturday, 2 or 4, ESPN or ESPN2	Road	N.C. State
28	Monday, 7, ESPN	Home	Syracuse
	March
5	Saturday, 6, ESPN	Road	No. 2 Duke
8– 12	ACC Tournament	Brooklyn