Don’t Look Now, But It’s Basketball Season

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11^th

Loyola (Greyhounds, 6,531, Baltimore, MD) @ WAKE FOREST, 7:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

#1 NORTH CAROLINA vs. Michigan State (Spartans, 47,800 students, East Lansing, MI), San Diego, Calif. (USS Carl Vinson), 7:00 PM, TV: ESPN

Jacksonville (Dolphins, 3,600 students, Jacksonville, FL) @ FLORIDA STATE, 7:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

UNC Asheville (Bulldogs, 3,609 students, Asheville, NC) @ N.C. STATE, 7:00 PM, TV: theACC.com

Tennessee Tech (Golden Eagles, 8,918 students, Cookeville, TN) @ MIAMI, 7:00 PM, TV: theACC.com

Florida A&M @ GEORGIA TECH, 8:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

Gardner-Webb (Runnin’ Bulldogs, 4,300 students, Boiling Springs, NC) @ CLEMSON, 8:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

Belmont (Bruins, 6,374 students, Nashville, TN) @ #6 DUKE, (ESPN EA Sports Maui Invitational - Prelim.), 9:00 PM, TV: ESPNU

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12th

East Tennessee State U. (Bucaneers, 15,536 students, Johnson City, TN) @ VIRGINIA TECH, 2:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

Presbyterian (Blue Hose, 1,300 students, Clinton, SC) @ #6 DUKE, (ESPN EA Sports Maui Invitational - Prelim.), 4:30 PM, ESPNU

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13^th

South Carolina State (Bulldogs, 5,000 students, Orangeburg, SC) @ VIRGINIA, 2:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

#1 NORTH CAROLINA @ UNC Asheville (Bulldogs, 3,609 students, Asheville, NC), 4:00 PM, TV: ESPNU

Morehead State (Eagles, 8,732 students, Morehead, KY) @ N.C. STATE, (Legends Classic), 6:00 PM, TV: ESPN3

UNC Wilmington (Seahawks, 11,743 students, Wilmington, NC) @ MARYLAND, 8:00 PM, TV: theACC.com