University of North Carolina Athletics
Three Big Monday Appearances In 2015-16
August 12, 2015 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—The University of North Carolina will appear on ESPN's Big Monday national television broadcasts three times in 2015-16, including twice on the road. The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN announced the schedule on Wednesday.
The Tar Heels' three appearances will come at Florida State on January 4, at Louisville on February 1 and home against Syracuse on February 29.
ESPN will televise eight ACC games on Big Monday, beginning on January 4 and concluding on February 29. The Monday night games showcase the ACC in the 7 p.m. ET window, followed by the Big 12 at 9 p.m. Big Monday takes a one week hiatus when ESPN showcases the College Football National Championship game on January 11.
This marks the third consecutive year that ACC basketball games have been featured as part of ESPN's Big Monday package. Every game on the Big Monday schedule this season will include at least one team ranked in the ESPN.com preseason Top 10 poll, including No. 2 Carolina, No. 4 Virginia and No. 6 Duke.
The complete 2015-16 ACC basketball schedule, with dates, starting times and television broadcast information, will be released later this month.
The ACC Big Monday lineup reads as follows (all games scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN):
January 4 North Carolina at Florida State
January 18 Syracuse at Duke
January 25 Duke at Miami
February 1 North Carolina at Louisville
February 8 Louisville at Duke
February 15 North Carolina State at Virginia
February 22 Virginia at Miami
February 29 Syracuse at North Carolina
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