By R.L. Bynum

There was a lot of bad news for Tar Heels fans who hate late games with the announcement Wednesday of all Carolina men’s basketball starting times. But there also is a game that starts late on a Saturday morning.

Six games will start at 9 p.m. or later, starting with the 9 p.m. Nov. 7 opener against UNC Wilmington.

The number of late games probably has something to do with the Tar Heels’ likely high preseason ranking and expectations. There were only three games that started at 9 p.m. or later last season.

The game against the Seahawks is the second part of an opening-night ACC Network doubleheader that begins with the Jacksonville at Duke game that airs at 7 p.m.

The other late starts are the 9:15 ACC/Big Ten Challenge game at Indiana on Nov. 30, the 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4 home game against Wake Forest, the 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 game at Virginia, the 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 game at Syracuse and the 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 game at Notre Dame.

In a first, the Saturday, Jan. 7 home game against Notre Dame will start at 11:30 a.m.

The first game against Duke in Durham on Feb. 5 will start at 6:30 p.m.

Carolina’s other November home games are against College of Charleston at 7 p.m. (regional sports networks) on Friday, Nov. 11, against Gardner-Webb at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 (ACC Network), and vs. James Madison at noon Sunday, Nov. 20 (ACC Network).

Carolina’s ACC opener at Virginia Tech on Sunday, Dec. 4, will start at 3 p.m. (ACC Network).

The only game that doesn’t have at least a possible start time is the visit to Pittsburgh on Dec. 30 or Dec. 31.

You can see the complete ACC composite schedule here.

UNC has added 6–9 junior forward Beau Maye of Huntersville, one of Luke’s brothers, to the roster as a walk-on. He nearly headed to play for Emory & Henry after his freshman year at Carolina before deciding to stay in Chapel Hill after suffering a knee injury.

Carolina schedule

Date	Month/day	Time/score	Opponent/event (current ranking)	Location	Record
	October
28	Friday	W, 101–40	Johnson C. Smith	Home	Exhibition
	November
7	Monday	W, 69–56	UNCW	Home	1–0
11	Friday	W, 102–86	College of Charleston	Home	2–0
15	Tuesday	W, 72–66	Gardner-Webb	Home	3–0
20	Sunday	W, 80–64	James Madison	Home	4–0
			Phil Knight Invitational
24	Thursday	W, 89–81	First round: Portland	Portland	5–0
25	Friday	L, 70–65	Semifinals: Iowa State	Portland	5–1
27	Sunday	L, 103–101, 4 OTs	Consolation: No. 1 Alabama	Portland	5–2
			ACC/Big Ten Challenge
30	Wednesday	L, 77–65	No. 21 Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	5–3
	December
4	Sunday	L, 80–72	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	5–4, 0–1 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–59	Georgia Tech	Home	6–4, 1–1 ACC
13	Tuesday	W, 100–67	The Citadel	Home	7–4
			*CBS Sports Classic*
17	Saturday	W, 89–84, OT	Ohio State	New York	8–4
			*Jumpman Invitational*
21	Wednesday	W, 80–76	Michigan	Charlotte	9–4
30	Friday	L, 76–74	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	9–5, 1–2 ACC
	January
4	Wednesday	W, 88–79	Wake Forest	Home	10–5, 2–2 ACC
7	Saturday	W, 81–64	Notre Dame	Home	11–5, 3–2 ACC
10	Tuesday	L, 65–58	No. 14 Virginia	Charlottesville	11–6, 3–3 ACC
14	Saturday	W, 80–59	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	12–6, 4–3 ACC
17	Tuesday	W, 72–64	Boston College	Home	13–6, 5–3 ACC
21	Saturday	W, 80–69	N.C. State	Home	14–6, 6–3 ACC
24	Tuesday	W, 72–68	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	15–6, 7–3 ACC
	February
1	Wednesday	L, 65–64	Pittsburgh	Home	15–7, 7–4 ACC
4	Saturday	L, 63–57	No. 12 Duke	Durham	15–8, 7–5 ACC
7	Tuesday	L, 92–85	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem	15–9, 7–6 ACC
11	Saturday	W, 91–71	Clemson	Home	16–9, 8–6 ACC
13	Monday	L, 80–72	No. 16 Miami	Home	16–10, 8–7 ACC
19	Sunday	L, 77–69	N.C. State	Raleigh	16–11, 8–8 ACC
22	Wednesday	W, 63–59	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	17–11, 9–8 ACC
25	Saturday	W, 71–63	No. 14 Virginia	Home	18–11, 10–8 ACC
27	Monday	W, 77–66	Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	19–11, 11–8 ACC
	March
4	Saturday	L, 62–57	No. 12 Duke	Home	19–12, 11–9 ACC
			*ACC tournament*
8	Wednesday	W, 85–61	Boston College	Greensboro	20–12
9	Thursday	L, 68–59	No. 14 Virginia	Greensboro	20–13