CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — A matchup between two of the most successful men’s college basketball programs in NCAA history — and one that’s sure to have Roy Williams sitting in the stands — highlights the North Carolina men’s basketball team’s non-conference schedule for the 2024-25 season.
UNC is set for a trip to Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 8 to face the Kansas Jayhawks. It will be only the second time ever the Tar Heels have played in Lawrence, and the first since 1960. Between the two schools, they’ve won 10 NCAA championships and made 37 Final Fours in 105 NCAA Tournament appearances.
In addition to the high level of success, the two programs also share claims to Williams’ legendary head coaching career. After spending years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Williams left Chapel Hill for Lawrence in 1988, where he was the Jayhawks’ head coach until 2003. He then returned to North Carolina until his surprise retirement following the 2021 season.
The game in Lawrence is the first of a home-and-home set, with Kansas set to play at the Smith Center in the 2025-26 season for the first time ever.
Later in November, the Tar Heels will travel across the ocean where they’ll first play the University of Hawai’i in Honolulu on Nov. 22 and then island hop to the Maui Invitation during the week of Thanksgiving.
December starts with an ACC-SEC Challenge matchup against Alabama in Chapel Hill. It will mark the third consecutive season the Tar Heels and Crimson Tide have faced off. Later that month, UNC will face the Florida Gators in Charlotte in the Jumpman Invitational and the UCLA Bruins at Madison Square Garden in the 11th CBS Sports Classic.
Other matchups include home games against Elon and Campbell. Here’s the North Carolina Tar Heels’ full non-conference schedule.
UNC men’s basketball 2024-25 non-conference schedule
- Nov. 4: vs. Elon
- Nov. 8: at Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
- Nov. 15: vs. American
- Nov. 22: at Hawai’i (Honolulu, HI)
- Nov 25-27: Maui Invitational (Lahaina, HI)
- Dec. 4: vs. Alabama in ACC-SEC Challenge
- Dec. 14: vs. La Salle
- Dec. 17: vs. Florida in Jumpman Invitational (Charlotte, NC)
- Dec. 21: vs. UCLA in CBS Sports Classic (New York, NY)
- Dec. 29: vs. Campbell