By R.L. Bynum

Carolina fans will get a chance to watch the Tar Heels men’s basketball players play in a Blue-White scrimmage in Cherokee, N.C.

The NIL event will be on Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center, two days before the Tar Heels head farther west for a 7 p.m. ET exhibition game scrimmage at Memphis in the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic.

Details and pricing have yet to be announced, but an official announcement is expected soon. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The link suggests the scrimmage starts at 1 p.m.

The arena is an hour’s drive from Asheville and a nearly 4½-hour drive from Chapel Hill.

There was a similar event on Aug. 27, 2022, in the Smith Center (top photo) when RJ Davis scored 24 points as Davis’ White team won 80–69, with Caleb Love scoring 22 for the Blue team.

Before last season, a similar event was planned on Sept. 9 in the Smith Center but was canceled.

UNC faces Johnson C. Smith in a Smith Center exhibition at 2 p.m. on Oct. 27. The Tar Heels open the season at home on Nov. 4 against Elon before visiting Kansas on Nov. 8.

UNC nonconference schedule

Oct. 13 — Blue-White scrimmage at Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center in Cherokee, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15 — Charity exhibition game at Memphis (No. 90 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 75), 7 p.m. ET, ESPNU
Oct. 27 — Exhibition game vs. Johnson C. Smith, 2 p.m.
Nov. 4 — vs. Elon (No. 309 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 310)
Nov. 8 — at Kansas (No. 21 preseason Bart Torvik; final AP rank No. 20; final NET ranking No. 19)
Nov. 15 — vs. American (No. 301 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 287)
Nov. 22 — at Hawaii (No. 175 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 172)
Maui Invitational:
Monday, Nov. 25 vs. Dayton (No. 47 preseason Bart Torvik; final AP rank No. 24; final NET ranking No. 23), 11:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Tuesday, Nov. 26 vs. Auburn (No. 4; No. 18; No. 5) or Iowa State (11 p.m. ET with a win over Dayton, 8:30 p.m. ET with a loss)
Wednesday, Nov. 27 vs. UConn (No. 1; No. 1; No. 2), Memphis (No. 90, unranked; No. 75), Michigan State (No. 18, unranked; No. 24) or Colorado (No. 23; unranked; No. 25)
Dec. 4 — vs. Alabama (No. 14 preseason Bart Torvik; No. 3 final AP rank, No. 9 final NET ranking) in ACC/SEC Challenge
Dec. 14 — vs. La Salle (No. 174 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 195)
Dec. 17 — vs. Florida (No. 22 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 29) in Jumpman Invitational at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center, 7 p.m., ESPN
Dec. 21 — vs. UCLA (No. 88 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 107) in CBS Sports Classic, at Madison Square Garden, 3 p.m.
Dec. 29 — vs. Campbell (No. 305 preseason Bart Torvik; final NET ranking No. 304)
— Games home and away against Duke, N.C. State and Pittsburgh
— Home games vs. Boston College, California, Georgia Tech, Miami, SMU, Stanford and Virginia
— Road games vs. Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest
Note: 2024 NCAA tournament teams are in bold.

2024-25 UNC roster

No.	Class	Player	Pos.	Hgt	Wgt
2	Freshman	James Brown (4 star)	5	6–8	225
11	Freshman	Ian Jackson (5 star)	2	6–5	185
9	Freshman	Drake Powell (5 star)	2	6–6	195
3	Soph.	Elliot Cadeau	PG	6–1	180
22	Junior	Ven-Allen Lubin	4	6–8	230
5	Junior	Cade Tyson	3	6–7	205
13	Junior	Jalen Washington	5	6–10	230
7	Junior	Seth Trimble	2	6–3	195
0	Senior	Tyzhaun Claude	4	6–8	226
4	Graduate	RJ Davis	PG	6–0	180
24	Graduate	Jae’Lyn Withers	4	6–9	215
		Walk-ons
15	Freshman	John Holbrook	4	6–8	23p
14	Sophomore	Russell Hawkins	2	6–1	175
6	Senior	Elijah Davis	2	6–4	197