The announcement came Thursday morning that UNC will again be one of four men’s basketball teams featured in the 2019 CBS Sports Classic, which will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Games will be held on Dec. 21, 2019 with the Tar Heels taking on UCLA and Kentucky facing off against Ohio State.

It will be the sixth edition of the CBS Sports Classic, which has featured the same four teams in each of the past four years. This upcoming season will see UNC battle Kentucky on Dec. 22, 2018 at the United Center in Chicago.

The four programs featured have combined for 26 NCAA Championships and 182 NCAA Tournament appearances.

 

 

 

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