While the college football season is set to get underway for UNC next weekend, the official start date of the Carolina men’s basketball season has been announced.

UNC will host the annual Late Night with Roy event at the Dean Smith Center on October 14.

Late Night With Roy

ESPN’s Sage Steele: Photo via Smith Cameron Photography

Late Night with Roy is full of sketches all leading up to the first sanctioned practice the men’s basketball team is allowed to have, which is usually in the form of a light-hearted scrimmage more fit for an NBA All-Star Game environment than a Roy Williams-led practice.

Kenny Smith, former Tar Heel and current analyst on TNT’s Inside the NBA, served as host last of Late Night in 2015. ESPN’s Sage Steele also made a special appearance at the festivities last season.

The 2015 event also included a tribute to UNC alumnus and famous ESPN personality Stuart Scott. Scott served as the energetic host of Late Night with Roy many times but passed away in 2015 from cancer.

There is no official word on who will host the event this fall.

Late Night With Roy

Stuart Scott’s family: Photo via Smith Cameron Photography

This year’s UNC team will be odd for Tar Heel fans with no Marcus Paige or Brice Johnson. But Carolina will return several key pieces to a team that lost on a buzzer beater in the National Championship game last season.