By R.L. Bynum

Depending on where you live and your television provider, it may be a challenge to watch top-ranked Carolina’s game Friday night against College of Charleston.

The 7:04 p.m. game will be one of only two UNC men’s games all season that will air on regional sports networks, which aren’t wide availability. Your regional sports network depends on where you live, with the possibilities including Bally Sports regional networks, MASN, NESN and Yes Network.

In North Carolina, most viewers can watch the game on Bally Sports Southeast (available on Spectrum Cable and DirecTV, among others) and MASN (available on DirecTV, among others). In New England, the best bet is NESN, with Yes Network as the best option in the New York City area and Marquee Sports Network as the place to watch in the Chicago area.

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If you live outside of the ACC’s geographic footprint, you can stream the game on ESPN3. People living in ACC markets will be blacked out from watching on ESPN3.

If you live in the ACC region and subscribe to Dish Network or other services that don’t offer regional sports networks, you can stream the game using Bally Sports+. That service costs $19.99 a month (or $189.99 a year), but you can get a free seven-day trial subscription if you are a new customer of the service.

Bally Sports+ also offers access to the pro sports in your region, with North Carolina viewers getting Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Hurricanes games.

UNC’s home game on Jan. 17 against Boston College will also air on regional sports networks.

Carolina women’s basketball games that air on RSNs are home games on Dec. 29 against Florida State, Feb. 2 against Virginia, Feb. 23 against Virginia Tech and the Feb. 26 game at Duke.

The UNC-Charleston game is a battle of teams coming off home Monday opening-game wins, with the Tar Heels beating UNCW 69–56 and the Cougars topping Chattanooga 85–78.

Last season, Armando Bacot led UNC with 24 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in a 94–83 win at Charleston. Carolina leads the all-time series 6–3 and has won three in a row since an 82–79 overtime loss on Jan. 4, 2010, in Charleston. The Cougars won the first meeting 66–64 on Dec. 5, 1998, in Charlotte.

This will be a good game to attend in person, though, because Carolina will honor at halftime the legendary Lenny Rosenbluth, who died in June.

UNC vs. College of Charleston

UNC leads series 6–3
Dec. 5, 1998 — L, 66–53 at Charlotte Coliseum under Coach Bill Guthridge
Dec. 3, 1999 — W, 72–54 at Charlotte Coliseum under Guthridge
Dec. 30, 2000 — W, 64–60 at Charlotte Coliseum under Coach Matt Doherty
Dec. 21, 2001 — L, 66–60 at Charlotte Coliseum under Doherty
Jan. 7, 2009 — W, 108–70 at Smith Center under Coach Roy Williams
Jan. 4, 2010 — L, 82–79 (OT) at Charleston under Williams
Nov. 28, 2010 — W, 74–69 at Smith Center under Williams
Nov. 25, 2020 — W, 79–60 at Smith Center under Williams
Nov. 16, 2021 — W, 94–83 at Charleston under Coach Hubert Davis

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

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