Date: Saturday, December 19, 2020

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Arena: Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse (19,432)

Time/TV: 2:00 pm/CBS

Live Audio: Tar Heel Sports Network, GoHeelsTV; Sirius (TBD), XM (TBD), SiriusXM Online (TBD)

Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads 24-16

Last Meeting: Kentucky 80 Carolina 72 (2018)

Series Note: Kentucky has won six of the last nine meetings and two of the three meetings in the CBS Sports Classic. Carolina was originally scheduled to face Ohio State in this year's classic but the event changed on Wednesday afternoon.

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Head Coach: John Calipari (331-81 at UK, 776-221 overall)

Rankings: NR AP, NR Coaches, #61 ESPN BPI, #76 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #38

Strength of Record: #224

Offense (Per Game): 66.4 points, 43.2 FG%, 24.4 3-pt FG%, 69.0 FT%, 38.4 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 16.8 turnovers, 0.7 A/T ratio, 5.8 steals, 5.2 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 65.8 points, 40.5 FG%, 27.5 3-pt FG%, 71.1 FT%, 32.0 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 12.6 turnovers, 1.0 A/T ratio, 8.4 steals, 3.2 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#10 Davion Mintz, G, 6-3, 196 Sr. (21.4 mpg, 7.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.0 apg)

#3 Brandon Boston Jr, G, 6-7, 185, Fr. (31.6 mpg, 14.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.2 apg)

#5 Terrence Clarke, G, 6-7, 194, Sr. (35.6 mpg, 13.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.6 apg)

#30 Olivier Sarr, F, 7-0, 237, Sr. (27.4 mpg, 12.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.2 apg)

#23 Isaiah Jackson, F, 6-10, 206, Fr. (24.0 mpg, 6.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.2 apg)

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Head Coach: Roy Williams (471-154 at UNC, 889-255 overall)

Rankings: #22 AP, #21 Coaches, #22 ESPN BPI, #23 Sagarin

Strength of Schedule: #33

Strength of Record: #50

Offense (Per Game): 74.0 points, 43.5 FG%, 27.0 3-pt FG%, 67.5 FT%, 46.7 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 16.5 turnovers, 0.8 A/T ratio, 6.5 steals, 5.2 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 67.2 points, 40.1 FG%, 34.2 3-pt FG%, 63.5 FT%, 31.2 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 13.7 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 9.5 steals, 3.8 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#2 Caleb Love, G, 6-4, 195, Fr. (30.5 mpg, 11.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.3 apg)

#4 RJ Davis, G, 6-0, 160, Fr. (30.0 mpg, 11.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.8 apg)

#1 Leaky Black, G/F, 6-8, 195, Jr. (28.8 mpg, 6.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.5 apg)

#15 Garrison Brooks, F, 6-10, 240, Sr. (27.9 mpg, 11.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.0 apg)

#5 Armando Bacot, F/C, 6-10, 240, So. (22.7 mpg, 11.0 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.0 blks)

December 22 at N.C. State 9:00 pm ACC Network

December 30 at Georgia Tech 8:00 pm RSN

January 2 vs Syracuse 6 pm or 8 pm ESPN2

January 5 at Miami 8:00 pm ESPN

January 9 vs. Clemson 1pm, 3pm or 7 pm ESPN/ESPN2