ANNAPOLIS, MD.--North Carolina will look to win its 11th consecutive season opener when it plays Temple on Friday Nov. 13. The game is the Veterans Classic at Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
CBS Sports Network will televise the game nationally. Tom McCarthy (play-by-play), Steve Lappas (analyst) and Lauren Gardner (sideline) will have the call. Westwood One will carry the game nationally on radio. John Sadak (play-by-play) and John Thompson (analyst) will be on the mic.
A number of Tar Heel players have military ties, including junior forward Isaiah Hicks, who has one brother active in the Navy and another active in the Marines.