CHAPEL HILL—North Carolina will play its lone public exhibition game of the 2016-17 preseason when it hosts UNC Pembroke on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Center.
The ACC Network Extra will stream the game live. Tickets are available through the GoHeels.com Ticket Center.
The Tar Heels are ranked No. 6 in the nation in both the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches polls.
UNC returns a number of key pieces from last year's team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA final in its record 19th Final Four appearance.