Not sure I’m ready for college basketball to join the likes of Monday Night Football. Like most people, I look forward to the weekend and like older ACC fans, look forward to Saturday afternoon games – not Monday night affairs. At least the games will start at 7 pm rather than 9 pm.
The University of North Carolina men’s basketball team will play three times on ESPN’s “Big Monday” broadcasts, including UNC’s first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference home game against conference newcomer Notre Dame. Duke plays twice.
ESPN will broadcast ACC games on eight consecutive Mondays beginning on January 13, 2014. Each game will tip off at 7 p.m.
Carolina will play on “Big Monday” on January 20th at Virginia, February 17th at Florida State and March 3rd in Chapel Hill against the Fighting Irish.
UNC and Notre Dame are meeting for the first time since the 2008 Maui Invitational championship game.
The complete Big Monday lineup includes:
Jan. 13 – Virginia at Duke
Jan. 20 – North Carolina at Virginia
Jan. 27 - Duke at Pittsburgh
Feb. 3 – Notre Dame at Syracuse
Feb. 10 – Maryland at Virginia
Feb. 17 – North Carolina at Florida State
Feb. 24 – Syracuse at Maryland
March 3 – Notre Dame at North Carolina