University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels and Hoosiers Meet in Jimmy V Classic
June 21, 1999 | Men's Basketball
April 9, 1999
The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will play Indiana University on December 21st, 1999, in the Jimmy V Classic at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.
The UNC-Indiana game will be the first game of a doubleheader televised by ESPN that also matches Florida and Rutgers. Proceeds will benefit The V Foundation, a charitable organization based in Cary, N.C., dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer. The V Foundation was founded by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano.
This will be the first meeting between the two programs since the Tar Heels defeated the Hoosiers, 106-92, on Nov. 25, 1988, in the consolation finals of the Preseason NIT in New York City.
The teams have met just nine times with Indiana holding a 5 to 4 advantage. The schools have played just five times in the last two decades (UNC won regular season games in 1979-80 and 1980-81 and the Preseason NIT game in 1988-89; Indiana beat the Tar Heels in the 1980-81 NCAA final and in 1983-84 in an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal).
Carolina's entire 1999-2000 mens basketball schedule will be released by the Atlantic Coast Conference in mid-August.
