Kentucky will take on North Carolina in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET.
With Ohio State and UCLA pulling out of the event due to COVID-19, the Wildcats and Tar Heels will now play each other at T-Mobile Arena.
UK announced the new matchup this morning.
North Carolina sits at 8-2 on the year with wins over Loyola, Brown, College of Charleston, UNC Asheville, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Elon and Furman. The Tar Heels’ two losses came against Purdue (93-84) and Tennessee (89-72).
UNC averages 80.4 points and allows 70.