UNC Men's Basketball schedule is released

The North Carolina Men's Basketball schedule has been released. I will post it below and in the coming days will take each game and give a small comment about it. This schedule is just another tease that UNC has given me into remembering that the hardwoods season is coming closer and closer. With a very good women's soccer team, a good men's soccer squad, a football team with high expectations and the baseball team always ready to make it back to the College World Series, knowing that in the middle of all of that you have a basketball team that could win it all is pretty nice!

North Carolina `08-`09 Schedule:

Fri. Oct. 24 Late Night with Roy Williams Chapel Hill

Sat. Nov. 8 UNC Pembroke (exhibition) Chapel Hill TBA
Sat. Nov. 15 Penn Chapel Hill 4 p.m. FSNS
Tue. Nov. 18 Kentucky Chapel Hill 9 p.m. ESPN
Fri. Nov. 21 at UC Santa Barbara (Campus Events Center) Santa Barbara, Calif. 10 p.m. ESPNU

EA Sports Maui Invitational
Mon. Nov. 24 at Chaminade Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 9:30 p.m. ESPNU
Tue. Nov. 25 vs. TBA, Maui, Hawaii 4 or 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 or ESPN
Wed. Nov. 26 vs. TBA, Lahaina, Maui, Time and TV TBA
Sun. Nov. 30 UNC Asheville Chapel Hill 6:30 p.m. Fox Net

Wed. Dec. 3 at Michigan State (ACC/Big10 Challenge) (Ford Field) Detroit, Mich. 9:15 p.m. ESPN
Sat. Dec. 13 Oral Roberts Chapel Hill 6 p.m. ESPN2
Thu. Dec. 18 Evansville Chapel Hill 7 p.m. ESPN
Sat. Dec. 20 at Valparaiso (United Center) Chicago, Ill. 2 p.m. ESPNU
Sun. Dec. 28 Rutgers Chapel Hill 7:45 p.m. Fox Net
Wed. Dec. 31 at Nevada (Lawlor Events Center) Reno, Nev. 10 p.m. ESPN2

Sun. Jan. 4 Boston College Chapel Hill 5:30 p.m. Fox Net
Wed. Jan. 7 College of Charleston Chapel Hill 9 p.m. FSNS
Sun. Jan. 11 at Wake Forest (Lawrence Joel Coliseum) Winston-Salem, N.C. 8 p.m. Fox Net
Thu. Jan. 15 at Virginia (John Paul Jones Arena) Charlottesville, Va. 9 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2
Sat. Jan. 17 Miami Chapel Hill 9 p.m. ESPN
Wed. Jan. 21 Clemson Chapel Hill 9 p.m. ESPN
Wed. Jan. 28 at Florida State (Tucker Center) Tallahassee, Fla. 9 p.m. Raycom
Sat. Jan. 31 at NC State (RBC Center) Raleigh, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ABC

Tue. Feb. 3 Maryland Chapel Hill 8 p.m. Raycom/ESPN2
Sat. Feb. 7 Virginia Chapel Hill 4 p.m. Raycom
Wed. Feb. 11 at Duke (Cameron Indoor Stadium) Durham, N.C. 9 p.m. Raycom/ESPN
Sun. Feb. 15 at Miami (Bank United Center) Coral Gables, Fla. 7:45 p.m. Fox Net
Wed. Feb. 18 NC State Chapel Hill 8 p.m. Raycom
Sat. Feb. 21 at Maryland (Comcast Center) College Park, Md. 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat. Feb. 28 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill Noon CBS

Wed. March 4 at Virginia Tech (Cassell Coliseum) Blacksburg, Va. 7 p.m. ESPN
Sun. March 8 Duke Chapel Hill 4 p.m. CBS

A first glance all I can say is "what else would you expect from a Roy Williams led team, other than tough out of conference play". Also, I still find it very, very interesting that the game against Michigan State is going to be played in the same venue as the Final Four (Ford Field). And of course, what a way to finish off the career for a player like Tyler Hansbrough with Duke at Chapel Hill!