Start time announced for UNC basketball’s annual Blue-White Scrimmage

We now know the start time of UNC’s annual Blue-White Scrimmage, which will be held off campus this year.

Preseason for the UNC men’s basketball program will look a little bit different this coming year.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are bringing back the Blue-White Scrimmage, but with a twist.

Instead of being hosted at the Dean Dome, UNC is taking its Blue-White Scrimmage to the Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center, nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains in Western North Carolina.

This year’s Blue-White Scrimmage will be on Saturday, October 13, but fans wanting to go didn’t know the time.

Fans can now also start planning their trip to Cherokee, as earlier Thursday, UNC announced a start time of 12 p.m. ET for its Blue-White Scrimmage.

This decision will allow the Tar Heels to maximize NIL opportunities, as last year’s event was cancelled due to tighter NIL rules.

If you’re unhappy about North Carolina’s decision to hold its annual preseason basketball event off-campus, we don’t blame you.

Students can no longer walk out of their dorms and be at the Dean Dome in a matter of minutes. Fans based in Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle are no longer on campus in 30 minutes.

UNC players and coaches will be bussing roughly 4.5 hours from campus to Cherokee, which doesn’t make a ton of logistical sense.

In a college athletics world ruled by NIL money, though, this is the right decision.

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