UNC, Duke Face Early Challenges

UNC and Duke men’s basketball will have challenging early seasons.

Here’s what we have so far:

Carolina plays Nov. 8 at Kansas, has three games at Maui Invitational (Auburn, George Washington, Dayton, Iowa St., Michigan St., Memphis, UConn) Nov. 25-27 in Hawaii, hosts Alabama Dec. 4 (ACC/SEC Challenge), faces UCLA in Madison Square Garden, New York City (CBS Sports Classic) Dec. 16 and plays a TBA opponent, probably Florida, at the Jump­man Invitational in Charlotte in December.

Duke faces Kentucky (Champions Classic, Atlanta) Nov. 12, travels to Arizona, Nov. 21, meets Kansas in Vegas Showdown Nov. 26, hosts Auburn (ACC/SEC Challenge) Dec. 4. Duke reportedly will play Illinois in MSG, New York, but that’s not finalized.

Complete schedules will be announced later.

 J.B.