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UNC basketball live score updates vs. Tennessee in ACC/SEC Challenge: Tar Heels win

Rodd Baxley, Fayetteville Observer
·3 min read

UNC basketball and Tennessee will play in one of the marquee games in the first ACC/SEC Challenge.

The 17th-ranked Tar Heels (5-1) and 10th-ranked Volunteers (4-2) tip off at 7:15 p.m. inside the Dean E. Smith Center in a game that will be televised on ESPN. Both squads are coming off appearances in Thanksgiving tournaments.

UNC, which is 10-2 all time against Tennessee, beat Northern Iowa and Arkansas in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. Villanova handed the Tar Heels their first loss of the season.

The Vols won against Syracuse in the Maui Invitational before back-to-back losses to Purdue and Kansas. Tennessee hasn’t lost three games under head coach Rick Barnes since 2020.

Here’s a look at TV, streaming info, times and a live scoreboard to follow throughout Wednesday’s game.

What channel is UNC basketball vs. Tennessee on today?

TV: ESPN

Streaming: FUBO (free trial)

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UNC basketball vs. Tennessee start time

Date: Nov. 29

Time: 7:15 ET

UNC basketball live score updates vs. Tennessee

Keep it here for observations and a live scoreboard for UNC basketball vs. Tennessee.

Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram lead UNC in dominant first half

UNC led 61-39 at halftime against Tennessee. Harrison Ingram and Armando Bacot each scored 15 points for the Tar Heels, who led by as many as 23 points.

Jae'Lyn Withers, Elliot Cadeau in UNC basketball's starting lineup

Cormac Ryan went through warmups with the Tar Heels, but he wasn't in the starting lineup. Jae'Lyn Withers and Elliot Cadeau joined Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram and RJ Davis in UNC's starting five.

UNC basketball schedule

  • Oct 27 vs. St. Augustine’s (preseason game, Chapel Hill)

  • Nov 6 vs. Radford W, 86-70

  • Nov 12 vs. Lehigh W, 90-68

  • Nov 17 vs. UC Riverside W, 77-52

  • Nov 22 vs. Northern Iowa W, 91-69

  • Nov 23 vs. Villanova L, 83-81 (OT)

  • Nov 24 vs. No. 20 Arkansas W, 87-72

  • Nov 29 vs. No. 10 Tennessee (7:15 p.m., ESPN

  • Dec 2 vs. Florida State

  • Dec 5 vs. Connecticut (Jimmy V Classic in New York)

  • Dec 16 vs. Kentucky (CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta)

  • Dec 20 vs. Oklahoma (Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte)

  • Dec 29 vs. Charleston Southern (Chapel Hill)

  • Jan. 2 at Pitt

  • Jan. 6 at Clemson

  • Jan. 10 at NC State

  • Jan. 13 vs. Syracuse

  • Jan. 17 vs. Louisville

  • Jan. 20 at Boston College

  • Jan. 22 vs. Wake Forest

  • Jan. 27 at Florida State

  • Jan. 30 at Georgia Tech

  • Feb. 3 vs. Duke

  • Feb. 6 vs. Clemson

  • Feb. 10 at Miami

  • Feb. 13 at Syracuse

  • Feb. 17 vs. Virginia Tech

  • Feb. 24 at Virginia

  • Feb. 26 vs. Miami

  • March 2 vs. NC State

  • March 5 vs. Notre Dame

  • March 9 at Duke

  • March 12-16 at ACC Tournament in Washington, D.C.

Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or @RoddBaxley on X/Twitter.

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