The Georgia Bulldogs and North Carolina Tar Heels will play a home-and-home basketball series over the 2026 and 2028 seasons, with Georgia visiting UNC in 2026 and UNC returning to Athens in 2028, marking their first meetings this century.
Duke and Arizona will face off in a highly anticipated men's college basketball game, marking only the second time the Wildcats have played at Cameron Indoor Stadium. This matchup highlights a shift in scheduling philosophy, with Duke's new head coach Jon Scheyer expressing a desire to schedule home-and-home series with top-tier programs like Arizona. Both Scheyer and Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd believe that playing high-profile games in on-campus venues adds excitement and importance to the regular season. This game sets a precedent for other power-conference programs to prioritize challenging matchups early in the season, ultimately improving the quality of college basketball.
The Texas Longhorns and Michigan Wolverines have agreed to switch the location of their home-and-home series, with Michigan now hosting in 2024 and Texas hosting in 2027. The two programs have only met once before in the 2005 Rose Bowl, which Texas won 38-37.
The home-and-home series between Texas and Michigan, scheduled for 2024 and 2027, will now begin with Texas playing at Michigan on September 7, 2024. The change finalizes Michigan's 2024 nonconference schedule, while Texas will host Colorado State the week before traveling to play the Wolverines. The two teams have only met once before, in the 2005 Rose Bowl. Michigan also announced future home games against Western Michigan and UTEP.