The UNC men’s basketball program has scheduled a home-and-home series with Georgia, which will be contested in 2026 and 2028. The Tar Heels will host the Bulldogs Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 at the Smith Center before making the return trip to Athens in 2028. The second game’s date has not yet been determined, but will be during “November or December” of that year, according to a release from Georgia.
Carolina and Georgia have not met in men’s basketball since 1998, when the Tar Heels defeated the Bulldogs in the Smith Center. The most recent meeting in Athens came the season before, and top-ranked UNC got all it could handle from unranked Georgia in an 82-80 overtime win.
Overall, Carolina has won the last four meetings with Georgia and leads the overall series 13-5, dating back to the first recorded game on Feb. 1, 1918. The Bulldogs did win the only meeting in the NCAA Tournament, defeating the favored Tar Heels 82-77 in the 1983 national quarterfinals.
The 2026 and 2028 games will not be part of the ACC-SEC Challenge, which annually pairs the Tar Heels up with an SEC foe. UNC’s opponents for the Challenge are announced on a year-to-year basis.
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