June 16, 2026

Here we go again: UNC, Kentucky to run it back after COVID forces out UCLA, Ohio State

Coach Hubert Davis gives instructions during North Carolina’s victory against Elon last week at the Smith Center. LAS VEGAS — Here we go again, North Carolina and Kentucky will run it back Saturday in a reshuffled CBS Sports Classic once more. UCLA entered a COVID pause and pulled out of the event Friday, a day after positive tests forced Ohio State to do the same, leaving North Carolina and Kentucky as the two remaining teams in what was supposed to be a doubleheader. So the Tar Heels (8-2) and No. 22 Wildcats (7-2), two of college basketball’s blue blood programs, now will square off at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, a matchup made on the fly. North Carolina departed Chapel Hill on Thursday afternoon to travel to Las Vegas, unsure of whether its scheduled matchup against No. 4 UCLA would be played due to the Bruins’ COVID situation. Along…

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