Late Night with Roy, UNC’s annual preseason celebration and open scrimmage, is set for Oct. 12 in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels begin the 2018 season at Wofford on Nov. 6. It’s only September but college basketball is closer than it may seem. On Thursday, the ACC released the ACC/Big Ten Challenge schedule. The official release is below:

With college basketball less than two months from its official start on ESPN, the game times and networks for the 2018 ACC/Big Ten Challenge have been revealed. The 2018 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, in its 20th year, will take place across three days, beginning Monday, Nov. 26, with matchups on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Highlighting this year’s Challenge are two potential top-25 matchups - No. 8 North Carolina facing No. 17 Michigan and No. 25 Purdue playing No. 18 Florida State – as well as a freshman showdown between Indiana and No. 2 Duke, reigning ACC champion No. 7 Virginia facing Maryland, No. 16 Syracuse visiting Ohio State and No. 9 Michigan State playing Louisville. The Challenge will feature 14 matchups between ACC and Big Ten teams.

This will be back-to-back seasons that the Tar Heels will play Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. In 2017-18, UNC defeated the Wolverines, 86-71, in Chapel Hill. This year the matchup is in Ann Arbor. In last year's Carolina win, Luke Maye had 27 points and on 11-for-16 shooting while Joel Berry added 17 and Kenny Williams chipped in 12.

Michigan won 14 straight games to close the 2017-18 season before losing to Villanova in the National Championship game. The Wolverines finished the season 33-8 overall and 13-5 in the Big Ten. The Tar Heels were 26-11 last season with an 11-7 mark in the ACC. The Heels lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Texas A&M.

UNC returns senior starters Maye, Williams, and Cameron Johnson along with reserves Seventh Woods, Brandon Robinson and Andrew Platek, Sterling Manley, Garrison Brooks, and Brandon Huffman. The Heels add freshmen Nassir Little, Coby White, and Rechon Black.

Little and White are expected to compete for starter's minutes early in the season.

ACC/Big Ten Challenge Schedule

Monday, November 26

7:00 p.m. - Nebraska at Clemson ESPN2

9:00 p.m. - Minnesota at Boston College ESPN2

Tuesday, November 27

7:00 p.m. - Virginia Tech at Penn State ESPN2 or ESPNU

7:00 p.m. - Illinois at Notre Dame ESPN2 or ESPNU

7:30 p.m. - Michigan State at Louisville ESPN

9:00 p.m. - NC State at Wisconsin ESPN2

9:00 p.m. - Pitt at Iowa ESPNU

9:30 p.m. - Indiana at Duke ESPN

Wednesday, November 28

7:00 p.m. - Virginia at Maryland ESPN or ESPN2

7:00 p.m. - Syracuse at Ohio State ESPN or ESPN2

7:00 p.m. - Rutgers at Miami ESPNU

9:00 p.m. - North Carolina at Michigan ESPN

9:00 p.m. - Purdue at Florida State ESPN2

9:00 p.m. - Georgia Tech at Northwestern ESPNU