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Men’s basketball blue bloods Kansas and North Carolina will meet in a home-and-home series starting in the 2024-25 season, the two schools announced today.
The first meeting will be in historic Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. The following year, the two teams will meet at The Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. In the 12-game series between the two schools that dates back to 1957 NCAA title game, this will be just the second meeting in Allen Fieldhouse and the first in the Dean Smith Center.
Kansas is the winningest program in college basketball history entering the 2023-24 season with 2,385 all-time victories. North Carolina is third on the list with 2,347 wins.
“These will be two great games from programs whose rich histories are intertwined so much,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said. “It will be a special day in both Chapel Hill and Lawrence when we play and I am looking forward to it.”
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The KU-UNC series is tied at 6-6 and Kansas has won the last four matchups, all during the KU head coach Bill Self era and all in the NCAA tournament. Kansas won the last meeting, 72-69, in the 2022 NCAA National Championship game on April 4, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
The two teams have met seven times in the NCAA tournament, including two NCAA titles games in 1957, a UNC triple overtime 54-53 win, and 2022. Kansas is 5-2 against North Carolina in NCAA tournament contests.
Both schools have a rich history with much crossover, including:
Kansas-North Carolina Series (Tied, 6-6)
Date (location), KU W-L, Score
03/23/1957 (Kansas City, Mo.), L, 53-54 (3OT)
12/11/1959 (Raleigh, N.C), L, 49-60
12/17/1960 (Lawrence), L, 70-78
01/03/1981 (Kansas City, Mo.), W, 56-55
11/28/1981 (Charlotte, N.C.), L, 67-74
03/30/1991 (Indianapolis), W, 79-73
04/03/1993 (New Orleans), L, 68-78
11/27/2002 (New York), L, 56-67
04/05/2008 (San Antonio), W, 84-66
03/25/2012 (St. Louis), W, 80-67
03/24/2013 (Kansas City, Mo.), W, 70-58
04/04/2022 (New Orleans), W, 72-69
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