By R.L. Bynum

The new 18-school ACC will mean a women’s basketball schedule unlike any in North Carolina program history, and doesn’t conclude with a game against Duke.

Games against UConn in Greensboro at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15 and Kentucky in Carmichael Arena at 5 p.m. on Dec. 5 highlight the non-conference schedule ahead of UNC’s ACC opener at home against Georgia Tech at 2 p.m. on Dec. 15.

Carolina, which went 20–13 last season and made the NCAA tournament, may play the first college basketball game of the season — men or women — when it plays Charleston Southern in its opener at 11 a.m. on Nov. 4.

Twice during the ACC season, UNC will play three consecutive road games, but they also play three straight home games during the league schedule, and four of the first five ACC games are at home.

With the ACC continuing a 20-game women’s schedule, Duke will be the only conference opponent that UNC will play home and away (Jan. 9 in Chapel Hill and Feb. 27 in Durham). For the first time in years, UNC won’t finish the regular season with a game against Duke. Instead, the Tar Heels host Virginia at 4 p.m. on March 2.

For the first time in program history, UNC won’t play N.C. State — or any other ACC team besides Duke — twice. The Tar Heels have played the Wolfpack at least twice every season, including the first official UNC season in 1975 when the Tar Heels won at N.C. State 74–47 in the program’s first official game.

Carolina’s only meeting with the Wolfpack will be in Carmichael Arena at 2 p.m. on Feb. 16.

While UNC’s men’s team doesn’t have to make the long trips to face the first-year ACC members. the women’s team plays all three on the road: SMU (Jan. 16), Cal (Jan. 30) and Stanford (Feb. 2). Other road opponents are Miami (Dec. 29), Pittsburgh (Jan. 19), Clemson (Feb. 9), Syracuse (Feb. 20) and Louisville (Feb. 23).

Other home opponents in addition to Georgia Tech and Virginia are Notre Dame (Jan. 5), Boston College (Jan. 12), Wake Forest (Jan. 23), Florida State (Jan. 26) and Virginia Tech (Feb. 13).

2024–25 schedule

Date	Day/month	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
30	Thursday	L, 91–82	No. 3 South Carolina in Atlanta	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 90–42	vs. N.C. Central	1–0
6	Thursday	W, 71–37	vs. Elon	2–0
			WBCA Challenge Las Vegas
13	Thursday	L, 78–60	vs. No. 4 UCLA	2–1
15	Saturday	W, 82–68	vs. Fairfield	3–1
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20	Thursday	W, 85–50	at N.C. A&T	4–1
23	Sunday	W, 94–48	vs. UNCG	5–1
			Cancun Challenge Cancun, Mexico
27	Thursday	W, 83–48	vs. South Dakota St.	6–1
28	Friday	W, 85–73	vs. Kansas State	7–1
29	Saturday	W, 80–63	vs. Columbia	8–1
	December		ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge
4	Thursday	W, 79–64	at No. 2 Texas	8–2
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7	Sunday	W, 82–40	vs. Boston Univ.	9–2
14	Sunday	L, 76–66, OT	vs. No. 13 Louisville	9–3, 0–1 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 84–34	vs. UNCW	10–3
21	Sunday	W, 93–74	vs. Charleston Southern	11–3
29	Monday	8 p.m.	at Boston College	ACCN
	January
1	Thursday	Noon	vs. California	ACCN
4	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Stanford	ESPN
11	Sunday	1 p.m.	at No. 18 Notre Dame	ESPN
15	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Miami	ACCN Extra
18	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Florida State	The CW
22	Thursday	8 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
25	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	The CW
	February
2	Monday	6 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN2
5	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Clemson	ACCN
8	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
12	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. SMU	ACCN
15	Sunday	1 p.m.	at Duke	ABC
19	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	ACCN
22	Sunday	Noon	vs. Pittsburgh	ACCN
26	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Virginia	ACCN Extra
	March
1	Sunday	Noon	vs. Duke	ESPN
			ACC tournament
4–8	Wed.-Sun		Gas South Arena, Duluth, Ga.
			NCAA tournament
20–24	Fri.-Mon.		First, second rounds
27–30	Fri.-Mon.		Regionals Fort Worth, Texas, and Sacramento, Calif.
	April
3, 5	Fri., Sun		Final Four Phoenix