By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina will play Michigan State as part of the four-team Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida during Thanksgiving week in the 2025–26 season.

Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported the news on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday evening. Norlander reports that the game will air on Fox after the Detroit Lions’ game and that the rest of the field for the event hasn’t been determined.

Michigan, Xavier, Virginia Tech and South Carolina play in the 2024 event Nov. 25–27 at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena, concluding the day before Thanksgiving.

Carolina leads the series with Michigan State 6–3, including the Tar Heels’ 85–69 victory on March 23 last season in Charlotte in the second round of the NCAA tournament (top photo). UNC beat the Spartans 89–72 on April 6, 2009, in Detroit to win the national championship.

This Thanksgiving week, UNC plays three games on Nov. 25–27 at the Maui Invitational, but Coach Hubert Davis has said that he doesn’t like in-season tournaments in which the Tar Heels play on three consecutive days.

UNC schedule

Date	Month/day	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV
	October
10	Sunday	Noon	Blue-White in Cherokee
15	Tuesday	7 p.m. ET	at Memphis (exhibition)	ESPNU
27	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Johnson C. Smith (exhibition)	ESPN3
	November
4	Monday	9 p.m.	vs. Elon	ACCN
8	Friday	TBA	at Kansas	TBA
15	Friday	8 p.m.	vs. American	ACCN
22	Friday	TBA	at Hawaii	TBA
			Maui Invitational
25	Monday	11:30 p.m.	Dayton	ESPN2
26	Tuesday	8:30 or 11	Auburn or Iowa State	ESPN or ESPNU
27	Wednesday	2:30, 5 p.m., 9:30 or midnight	Memphis, UConn, Colorado or Michigan State	ESPN or ESPN2
	December		ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
4	Wednesday	7:15	vs. Alabama	ESPN
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7	Saturday	2 p.m.	vs. Georgia Tech	ACCN
14	Saturday	4 p.m.	vs. LaSalle	The CW
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
17	Tuesday	7 p.m.	Florida	ESPN
			CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden
21	Saturday	3 p.m.	UCLA	CBS
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29	Sunday	8 p.m.	vs. Campbell	ACCN
	January
1	Wednesday	TBA	at Louisville	ACCN
4	Saturday	Noon	at Notre Dame	CBS
7	Tuesday	9 p.m.	vs. SMU	ACCN
11	Saturday	4 p.m.	at N.C. State	ACCN
15	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. Cal	ACCN
18	Saturday	2:15	vs. Stanford	The CW
21	Tuesday	9 p.m.	at Wake Forest	ESPN
25	Saturday	2:15 p.m.	vs. Boston College	The W
28	Tuesday	9 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	ESPN
	February
1	Saturday	6:30 p.m.	at Duke	ESPN
8	Saturday	TBA	vs. Pittsburgh	TBA
10	Monday	7 p.m.	at Clemson	ESPN
15	Saturday	6 p.m.	at Syracuse	ESPN
19	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. N.C. State	ESPN or ESPN2
22	Saturday	4 p.m.	vs. Virginia	ESPN
24	Monday	7 p.m.	at Florida State	ESPN
	March
1	Saturday	TBA	vs. Miami	ES{M
4	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	ESPN, ESPN2 orESPNU
8	Saturday	6:30	vs. Duke	ESPN
11– 15	Tues.–Sat.		ACC tournament Spectum Center, Charlotte

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