University of North Carolina Athletics
ESPN College GameDay Returning For Duke Game
February 26, 2017 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—ESPN College GameDay will end its regular season road show on the campus of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, on Saturday, March 4, in advance of theSaturday Primetime presented by AT&T ACC matchup between No. 10 Duke and No. 8 North Carolina (ESPN, 8:15 p.m. ET). College GameDay airs at 11 a.m. with an evening edition leading into the game telecast at 8 p.m.
GameDay ends at the Duke-North Carolina game for the ninth time, including each of the last six years. The four times the show has not visited this storied matchup, it traveled to Baylor (2011), West Virginia (2009), Marquette (2007) and Oklahoma State (2005).
College GameDay is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams. Bilas will join Dan Shulman and reporter Maria Taylor on the call of the game.
GameDay Facts
Ninth GameDay meeting between Carolina and Duke
Sixth straight year meeting on GameDay
Most common matchup in show's history
Teams have split previous eight at four apiece
North Carolina
17th appearance on GameDay (most all-time)
Sixth time hosting GameDay, tied with Kentucky for third-most all-time (only Duke (7) and Kansas (7) have more)
Duke
15th appearance on GameDay (2nd-most all-time)
Eighth time as GameDay visitor, tied with Kentucky for second-most all-time (only North Carolina (11) has more)
- (from ESPN News Services)
