By R.L. Bynum

The CBS Sports Classic is reportedly headed south for the 10th edition next season.

According to Rocco Miller of The Bracketeer website, Carolina will face UCLA on Saturday, Dec. 16 in Atlanta, the closest city to Chapel Hill in the event’s history. Presumably, the Atlanta Hawks’ downtown arena will host the event.

According to the report, Kentucky will face Ohio State in the other game.

That is the weekend after the first part of the Holiday Hoopsgiving event in Atlanta, featuring four games on Dec. 10 (Loyola Chicago vs. Clemson, Memphis vs. Auburn, Wake Forest vs. LSU and Tulane vs. Buffalo). That event includes Georgia facing Notre Dame on Dec. 18.

The Tar Heels are 2–0 against UCLA in the event, winning 89–76 in Brooklyn in 2015 and 74–64 in Las Vegas in 2019. The teams were supposed to play in Las Vegas in 2021 but UCLA could not participate because of COVID-19, and the Tar Heels lost to Kentucky 98–69. UNC also beat UCLA 73–66 in a 2022 Eastern Regional semifinal game in Philadelphia.

Carolina has the best record of the four teams in the event at 6–3 and is the only team with a winning record. Ohio State is 4–4, Kentucky is 5–5 and UCLA is 3–5. All three of the Tar Heels’ losses in the event have come against Kentucky.

Last season, at Madison Square Garden in New York, a Pete Nance bucket sent the game into overtime before UNC beat Ohio State 89–84.

The only other year the event was in the South was 2017, when the Tar Heels knocked off Ohio State 86–72 in the New Orleans Pelicans’ arena.

As the scheduling tidbits have trickled in, here are the other parts of the schedule that we know:

— The season opener is Nov. 6 against Radford.
— UNC faces UC Riverside at home on Nov. 17.
— Carolina will play Nov. 23–26 in the Bahamas at the Battle 4 Atlantis. The other teams in the field are Arkansas, Memphis, Michigan, Northern Iowa, Stanford, Texas Tech and Villanova.
— Carolina will meet Oklahoma in Charlotte at the second Jumpman Invitational, but the date hasn’t been announced

UNC in CBS Sports Classic

2014 — No. 24 Carolina 82, No. 2 Ohio State 74 in Chicago
2015 — No. 11 Carolina 89, No. 22 UCLA 76 in Brooklyn
2016 — No. 6 Kentucky 103, No. 7 Carolina 100 in Las Vegas
2017 — No. 5 Carolina 86, Ohio State 72 in New Orleans
2018 — No. 19 Kentucky 80, Carolina 72 in Chicago
2019 — Carolina 74, UCLA 64 in Las Vegas
2020 — No. 22 Carolina, 75, Kentucky 63 in Cleveland
2021 — No. 21 Kentucky 98, Carolina 69 in Las Vegas
2022 — Carolina 89, No. 23 Ohio State 64, OT, in New York

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Date	Month/day	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
27	Friday	W, 117–53	vs. St. Augustine’s	Exhibition
	November
6	Monday	W, 86–70	vs. Radford	1–0
12	Sunday	W, 90–68	vs. Lehigh	2–0
17	Friday	W, 77–52	vs. UC Riverside	3–0
			Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas
22	Wednesday	W, 91–69	Northern Iowa	4–0
23	Thursday	L, 83–81, OT	Villanova	4–1
24	Friday	W, 87–72	Arkansas	5–1
			ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
29	Wednesday	W, 100–92	vs. No. 6 Tennessee	6–1
	December
2	Saturday	W, 78–70	vs. Florida State	7–1, 1–0 ACC
			Jimmy V Classic in New York
5	Tuesday	L, 87–67	No. 1 Connecticut	7–2
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
16	Saturday	L, 87–83	No. 12 Kentucky	7–3
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
20	Wednesday	W, 81–69	Oklahoma	8–3
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29	Friday	W, 105–60	vs. Charleston Southern	9–3
	January
2	Tuesday	W, 70–57	at Pittsburgh	10–3, 2–0 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 65–55	at Clemson	11–3, 3–0 ACC
10	Wednesday	W, 67–54	at N.C. State	12–3, 4–0 ACC
13	Saturday	W, 103–67	vs. Syracuse	13–3, 5–0 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 86–70	vs. Louisville	14–3, 6–0 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 76–66	vs. Boston College	15–3, 7–0 ACC
22	Monday	W, 85–64	vs. Wake Forest	16–3, 8–0 ACC
27	Saturday	W, 75–68	at Florida State	17–3, 9–0 ACC
30	Tuesday	L, 74–73	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 9–1 ACC
	February
3	Saturday	W, 93–84	vs. No. 13 Duke	18–4, 10–1 ACC
6	Tuesday	L, 80–76	vs. Clemson	18–5, 10–2 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–72	at Miami	19–5, 11–2 ACC
13	Tuesday	L, 86–79	at Syracuse	19–6, 11–3 ACC
17	Saturday	W, 96–81	vs. Virginia Tech	20–6, 12–3 ACC
24	Saturday	W, 54–44	at Virginia	21–6, 13–3 ACC
26	Monday	W, 75–71	vs. Miami	22–6, 14–3 ACC
	March
2	Saturday	W, 79–70	vs. N.C. State	23–6, 15–3 ACC
5	Tuesday	W, 84–51	vs. Notre Dame	24–6, 16–3 ACC
9	Saturday	W, 84–79	at No. 13 Duke	25–6, 17–3 ACC
			ACC tournament Washington
14	Thursday	W, 92–67	Quarterfinals: Florida State	26–6
15	Friday	W, 72–65	Semifinals: Pittsburgh	27–6
16	Saturday	L, 84–76	Final: N.C. State	27–7
			NCAA tournament
21	Thursday	W, 90–62	First round in Charlotte: Wagner	28–7
23	Saturday	W, 85–69	Second round in Charlotte: Michigan State	29–7
28	Thursday	L, 89–87	Sweet 16 in Los Angeles: No. 19 Alabama	29–8

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Key events, dates

April 27 (at 11:59 p.m. ET) — Deadline for players to submit their names to the NBA draft
May 1 — Transfer portal closes
May 11–12 — NBA G League Elite Camp in Chicago
May 12–19 — NBA Combine in Chicago
May 17–19 — Evaluation for high school players at NCAA-certified events (EYBL in Indianapolis is on those)

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Potential 2024-25 UNC men’s roster

No.	Class	Player	Pos.	Hgt	Wgt
—	Freshman	James Brown (4 star)	5	6–8	225
—	Freshman	Ian Jackson (5 star)	2	6–4	180
—	Freshman	Drake Powell (5 star)	2	6–5	185
2	Soph.	Elliot Cadeau	PG	6–1	180
1	Soph.	Zayden High	4	6–9	225
13	Junior	Jalen Washington	5	6–10	230
55	Senior	Harrison Ingram	4	6–7	235
		Eligible for fifth season
5	Graduate	RJ Davis	PG	6–0	180
24	Graduate	Jae’Lyn Withers	4	6–9	215
		Walk-ons eligible for 5th season
14	Graduate	Creighton Lebo	PG	6–1	180
22	Graduate	Rob Landry	2	6–4	190

2023–24 UNC players to enter transfer portal

Class	Player	Date entered	Pos.	Hgt.	Next school
Senior	James Okonkwo	April 5	F	6–8	Akron
Junior	Seth Trimble	April 9	G	6–3	TBA

Photo via @UNC_Basketball