Preview Part 1-OSU Bball

OSU(ranked #1/#3) vs. North Carolina (ranked #6/#7)
Wednesday, November 29, 9 PM at Chapel Hill
ESPN with Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Dick Vitale (expert) and Doris Burke (sideline)

OSU vs. the Atlantic Coastal Conference (ACC)
OSU is 33-23 against the ACC. The Buckeyes are 2-7 vs. North Carolina, 0-1 at Chapel Hill. This is the fifth consecutive year Ohio State has played in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. OSU lost at Duke in 2002, lost to Georgia Tech in 2003, lost at Clemson (2004), and beat Virginia Tech last year. For the complete listings for this year's Big Ten/ACC Challenge click this link.

Coaches
Thad Matta is 52-18 (74%) in his third season at OSU. Matta only trails legendary OSU coach Fred Taylor (64 games) and Randy Ayers (67 games) in reaching 50 wins in 68 games. He is 154-49 (76%) in his seventh year of coaching. Previous to Ohio State he coached at Butler and Xavier.

Coach Roy Williams is 79-14 (77%) in his fourth season at North Carolina. Prior to coaching at UNC he won 80% of his games at Kansas.