The Tar Heels will play at NC State on Jan. 11, then welcome their Raleigh rivals to Chapel Hill on Feb. 19. In the biggest rivalry in all of college basketball, UNC is set to play at Duke on Feb. 1 and then host the Blue Devils on March 8 for the last game of the regular season.

The stretch from Jan. 28 to Feb. 15 presents UNC with a formidable challenge, starting with a road game at Pittsburgh. The Panthers and Tar Heels are tied with five wins each through their last 10 games, and playing late at night on ESPN heightens the pressure.

UNC will kick its 2024-2025 campaign off against in-state opponent Elon on Monday, Nov. 4 inside the Dean Dome. North Carolina plays a pretty challenging non-conference schedule, highlighted by matchups against Alabama, Florida, UCLA and Dayton, then hops into its ACC slate in early December.