UNC will face NC State in a non-conference matchup at Greensboro’s First Horizon Coliseum Tuesday, Dec. 15. The coliseum confirmed the game, dubbed the “Old Dominion Freight Line Tobacco Road Classic,” with an announcement Wednesday. A tip-off time is yet to be announced, and tickets will go on sale Sep. 10 on the coliseum website.
Prior to Wednesday’s announcement, the Tar Heels and Wolfpack were only scheduled to play once during the 2026-27 season. Due to the ACC’s 18-game basketball schedule format introduced prior to the 2025-26 season, schools play two opponents twice, 16 opponents once and will not play one other school in the conference. UNC played NC State once in 2025-26 in Raleigh and will host the Wolfpack in the Smith Center this season as part of the ACC schedule. While that game in Chapel Hill will count in the ACC standings, the game in Greensboro will not.
The 2026-27 season will be the first for both NC State and Carolina under the leadership of new head coaches. While UNC is debuting Michael Malone, the Wolfpack are also forging new ground with Justin Gainey, a former NC State player who most recently served on the coaching staff at Tennessee. The NC State job is Gainey’s first head coaching role at any level.
UNC and NC State have met 14 times in Greensboro, with the Tar Heels holding a 10-4 advantage in those meetings. The last such game came in the 1998 ACC Tournament, when Carolina won 73-46 in the quarterfinals on its way to the title. NC State’s last win against the Tar Heels in Greensboro came in 1975.
This is the second game UNC will play in Greensboro during the 2026-27 season. The Tar Heels are scheduled to face USC in a preseason exhibition the night of Friday, Oct. 9. The men’s basketball program has not played in Greensboro since the 2023 ACC Tournament and has not played a non-postseason game there since 2017. Ironically, that 2017 game was relocated to Greensboro due to a water shortage in Chapel Hill that week. The last non-postseason game UNC scheduled to play in Greensboro came in December 2014, when the Tar Heels defeated UNC-Greensboro 79-56 at the Coliseum.
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