The North Carolina Tar Heels (3-0) host the Georgia Bulldogs(2-0) on Friday, Nov. 13 in a battle between the ACC and SEC. Both Georgia and North Carolina made the NCAA Tournament a season ago, but both teams failed to win a game in March Madness.
The Georgia-North Carolina game will be the first true test of the season for both teams. The North Carolina game will be the first road game for Georgia. The Bulldogs have a veteran team, but the Dean E. Smith Center is not an easy place to play. UNC has not lost at home since March 8, 2025. The Tar Heels went undefeated at home last season.
"It did not finish the way we wanted to finish, but our mantra in this program is growth every single day," Georgia basketball coach Mike White said after UGA beat
Florida Gulf Coast 80-72 at home this week. "We have got to get better tomorrow, and we have got to learn from this, but I know we only won by eight. We got better tonight because we showed good glimpses."
North Carolina has had a bit of an inconsistent start to the season with the Tar Heels having close games against Western Carolina and Wyoming. Utah transfer guard Terrence Brown leads North Carolina in scoring at 16.3 points per game. Georgia will try to limit Brown as the Bulldogs look to get a major road upset.
ESPN's matchup predictor gives North Carolina a 74.9% chance to beat Georgia. The Dawgs have a 25.1% chance of shocking the Tar Heels.
TV channel, tipoff time for Georgia at UNC basketball
- Date: Friday, Nov. 13
- Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN2
- Location: Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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