ACC announces conference basketball schedule

UNC, NC State, Duke and Wake Forest will all play one another early in the conference season, which begins on New Year's Day

Eamon Queeney—North State Journal
Coaches Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski will renew their rivalry twice next February (Eamon Queeney/North State Journal)

 North Carolina, NC State, Duke and Wake Forest won’t have to wait long to start playing rivalry games against their ACC neighbors this season.

  The Tar Heels and Wolfpack will face off against one another at PNC Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. A few hours earlier, the Blue Devils will take on the Deacons at Joel Coliseum.

  They games will be the second of the conference season for all four teams, according to the schedule announced by the ACC on Wednesday.

  The first league game will be played on New Year’s Day, with Notre Dame traveling to Virginia Tech. State will then play at Miami on Thursday, Jan. 3, the fourth straight time it will start conference play on the road, before the schedule kicks into high gear on Saturday, Jan. 5.

  Among the highlights are Duke’s first game against former assistant coach and alumnus Jeff Capel — the new coach at Pittsburgh — on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Pitt; State’s trip to the Smith Center on Tuesday, Feb. 5; UNC’s only meeting with Wake Forest on Saturday, Feb. 16 in Winston-Salem and the Deacons’ annual game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, March 5.

   The two UNC-Duke matchups are scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20 at Cameron and in the traditional regular season finale at the Smith Center on Saturday, March 9.

  The Tar Heels have home and away games against Duke, Miami, NC State and Louisville; home games only against Florida State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech; and away games only against Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest.

  The Wolfpack’s home-and-home opponents are UNC, Wake, Boston College and Pitt, with home games only against Clemson, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech and road only against Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami and Notre Dame.

  In addition to UNC and Wake, Duke will play Syracuse and Virginia twice, State BC, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami at home, and Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt and Virginia Tech on the road.

  Wake, meanwhile, has home-and-home dates with Duke, State, Florida State and Miami, to go along with home games only against UNC, BC, Louisville, Pitt and Syracuse. The Deacons’ road only games are at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

  After a two-year run in Brooklyn, the 2019 ACC Tournament will return home to North Carolina, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte on March 12-16.

  Here are the schedules for each of the state teams (with nonconference games that were announced previously):

UNC

Fri. Nov. 2  vs. Mount Olive (exhibition), 7:30 p.m.

Tue. Nov. 6 at Wofford, 7 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 9 at Elon, TBA

Mon. Nov. 12  vs. Stanford, TBA

Fri. Nov. 16 vs. Tennessee Tech, TBA

Mon. Nov. 19 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), TBA

Thu. Nov. 22 vs. Texas (at Las Vegas), 7:30 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 23 vs. Michigan State or UCLA (at Las Vegas), TBA

Wed. Nov. 28 at Michigan, 9 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 5 vs. UNCW, TBA

Sat. Dec. 15  vs. Gonzagal, 7 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 22 vs. Kentucky (at Chicago). 5:15 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 29 vs. Davidson Chapel Hill, TBA

Wed. Jan. 2 vs. Harvard, TBA

Sat. Jan. 5 at Pittsburgh Noon

Tue. Jan. 8 at NC State, 9 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 12 vs. Louisville, Noon

Tue. Jan. 15 vs. Notre Dame, 9 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 19 at Miami, Noon

Mon. Jan. 21 vs. Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 29 at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 2 at Louisville, TBA

Tue. Feb. 5 vs. NC State, 8 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 9 vs. Miami, Noon

Mon. Feb. 11 vs. Virginia, 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 16 at Wake Forest, Noon

Wed. Feb. 20 at Duke, 9 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 23  vs. Florida State, 3:45 p.m.

Tue. Feb. 26 vs. Syracuse, 7 or 9 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 2 at Clemson, 4 or 6 p.m.

Tue. Mar. 5 at Boston College, 8 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 9 vs. Duke, 6 or 8 p.m.

Mar. 12-16 ACC tournament, Charlotte

NC STATE

Mon.,Oct. 29 vs. Chowan (exhibition.), TBA

Tue. Nov. 6 vs. Mount St. Mary’s, TBA

Sat. Nov. 10 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, TBA

Tues. Nov. 13 vs. UNC Asheville, TBA

Sat. Nov. 17 vs. Maine, TBA

Tue. Nov. 20 vs. Saint Peter’s, TBA

Sat. Nov. 24 vs. Mercer, TBA

Tue. Nov. 27 at Wisconsin, 9 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 1 Vanderbilt (at Miami, Fla.), 5 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 5 vs. Western Carolina, TBA

Sat. Dec. 15 Penn State (at Atlantic City, N.J.), 2 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 19 vs. Auburn, TBA

Sat. Dec. 22 vs. USC Upstate, TBA

Fri. Dec. 28 vs. Loyola (Maryland), TBA

Thu. Jan. 3 at Miami, 7 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 8 vs. UNC, 9 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 12 vs. Pittsburgh, Noon

Tue. Jan. 15 at Wake Forest, 8 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 19  at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.

Thu. Jan. 24 at Louisville, 8 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 26 vs. Clemson, 2 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 29 vs. Virginia, 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 2 vs. Virginia Tech, Noon

Tue. Feb. 5 at UNC, 8 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 9 at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 13 vs. Syracuse, 8 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 16 at Duke, 4 or 6 or 8 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 20 vs. Boston College, 7 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 24 vs. Wake Forest, 6 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 2 at Florida State, Noon

Wed. Mar. 6 vs. Georgia Tech, 9 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 9 at Boston College, 2 p.m.

Mar. 12-16 ACC tournament, Charlotte

DUKE

Tue. Oct. 23 vs. Virginia Union (exhibition), 7 p.m.

Sat.  Oct. 27 vs. Ferris State, 4 p.m.

Tue. Nov. 6 vs. Kentucky State (at Indianapolis), 9:30 p.m.

Sun. Nov. 11 vs. Army, 1 p.m.

Wed. Nov. 14 vs. Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m.

Mon. Nov. 19 vs. San Diego State (at Maui, Hawaii), 5 p.m.

Tue. Nov. 20 vs. Auburn/Xavier (at Maui, Hawaii), TBA

Wed. Nov. 21 Finals Maui Invitational Lahaina, TBA

Tue. Nov. 27 vs. Indiana, 9:30 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 1 vs. Stetson, 7 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 5 vs. Hartford, 7 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 8 vs. Yale, 5:30 p.m.

Tue. Dec. 18 vs. Princeton Durham, 6 p.m.

Thu. Dec. 20 vs. Texas Tech (at Madison Square Garden), 7 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 5 vs. Clemson, 2 or 8 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 8 at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 12 at Florida State, 2 p.m.

Monday Jan. 14 vs. Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 19 vs. Virginia, 2 or 4 or  p.m.

Tue. Jan. 22 at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Sat. Jan 26 vs. Georgia Tech, Noon

Mon. Jan. 28 at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 2 vs. St. John’s, Noon

Tue. Feb. 5 vs. Boston College * Durham, N.C., 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 9 at Virginia, 6 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 12 at Louisville, 9 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 16 vs. NC State, 4 or 6 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 20 vs. UNC, 9 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 23 at Syracuse, 6 or 8 p.m.

Tue. Feb. 26 at Virginia Tech, 7 or 9 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 2 vs. Miami, 4 p.m.

Tue., Mar. 5 vs.Wake Forest,7 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 9 at UNC, 6 p.m.

Mar. 12-16 ACC tournament, Charlotte

WAKE FOREST

Fri. Nov. 2 vs. Belmont Abbey (exhibition), 7:30 p.m.

Sat. Nov. 10 vs. NC A&T, TBA

Thu. Nov. 15 vs. Saint Joseph’s (at Conway, S.C.), 11:30 a.m.

Fri.  Nov. 16 vs. UCF/Cal State Fullerton (at Conway, S.C.), TBA

Sun. Nov. 17 vs. WVU/WKU/Monmouth/Valpo (at Conway, S.C.), TBA

Fri. Nov. 23 vs. Houston Baptist, TBA

Tue. Nov. 27 vs. Western Carolina, TBA

Sat. Dec. 1 at Richmond, 7:30 p.m.

Thu. Dec. 6 vs. Charlotte, TBA

Mon. Dec. 17 vs. DAVIDSON, TBA

Sat. Dec. 22  at Tennessee, noon

Sat. Dec. 29 vs. Gardner-Webb, TBA

Wed. Jan. 2 vs. Cornell, TBA

Sat. Jan. 5 at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 8 vs. Duke, 7 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 12 at Miami, 2 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 15 vs. NC State, 8 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 19 at Virginia Tech. 4 p.m.

Tue. Jan. 22 at Virginia, 9 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 26 vs. Boston College, 4 p.m.

Wed. Jan. 30 vs. Louisville, 8 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 3 at Clemson, noon

Tue. Feb. 5 vs. Pitt, 7 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 13 at Florida State, 7 p.m.

Sat. Feb. 16  vs. UNC, Noon

Tue. Feb. 19 at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Sun. Feb. 24 at NC State, 6 p.m.

Tue. Feb. 26 Tuesday vs. Miami, 7 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 2 vs. Syracuse, Noon

Tue. Mar. 5 at Duke, 7 p.m.

Sat. Mar. 9 vs. Florida State, Noon

Mar. 12-16 ACC tournament, Charlotte