By R.L. Bynum

The long wait for the basketball schedules for the new 18-team ACC is almost over.

The schedules will be revealed Tuesday on ACC Network on “Nothing But Net” specials. The women’s schedule will be unveiled from 7 to 8 p.m., and the men’s schedule will be released from 8 to 9 p.m., complete with times and TV designations.

On Monday on “ACC PM,” which airs at 4 p.m., host Mark Packer will reveal each team’s first league game. UNC has already revealed that both teams will open the season at home on Nov. 4, with the women taking on Charleston Southern at 11 a.m. and the men facing Elon.

Analysts Kelly Gramlich and Muffet McGraw will join host Justin Walters for the women’s show. Analysts Luke Hancock, Seth Greenberg and Randolph Childress will be alongside host Taylor Tannebaum for the men’s show.

Analysts will offer predictions on the teams and players to watch during the upcoming season.

Six women’s teams enter the season ranked in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Women’s Basketball Top 25, including reigning champion Notre Dame (No. 4), Final Four participant N.C. State (No. 8), Duke (No. 11), Louisville (No. 12), North Carolina (No. 17) and Florida State (No. 18).

Two men’s teams are ranked in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Men’s Basketball Top 25 — Duke, led by freshman Cooper Flagg, (No. 8) and North Carolina (No. 10), led by reigning ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis.

Nonconference women’s schedule

Monday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m. — vs. Charleston Southern
Thursday, Nov. 7 — vs. UNCW
Tuesday, Nov. 12 — at N.C. A&T
Friday, Nov. 15 — vs. UConn at Greensboro Coliseum
Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas —
Nov. 23, first round vs. Ball State, FloHoops
Nov. 24 vs. Texas A&M or Villanova, 1:30 (with first-round win) or 6:30, FloHoops
Nov. 25 vs. Baylor, Southern Mississippi, Indiana or Columbia, noon, ESPN (if championship game); 2:30 p.m. ESPNU (if consolation game), 5 p.m., FloHoops (if fifth-place game) or 7:30, FloHoops (if seventh-place game)
Friday, Nov. 29 — vs. N.C. Central
Thursday, Dec. 5 — vs. Kentucky in ACC/SEC Challenge
Sunday, Dec. 8 — vs. Coppin State
Wednesday, Dec. 11 — vs. UNCG, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU — vs. Florida in Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
Saturday, Dec. 21 — vs. Norfolk State
Playing Duke home and away
ACC home opponents: Florida State, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and Boston College
ACC road opponents: Cal, Stanford, SMU, Pittsburgh, Miami, Clemson, Louisville and Syracuse

Nonconference men’s schedule

Oct. 13 — Blue-White scrimmage at Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center in Cherokee, noon
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.