No. 1 Kansas hosts No. 9 North Carolina on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse in one of the biggest games of the 2024-25 college basketball season. The marquee nonconference matchup will be the sixth meeting between the college basketball blue bloods this century and the first since Kansas’ 72-69 win in the NCAA Tournament title game over UNC in 2022.
The Jayhawks opened the season with an 87-57 win over Howard at home. South Dakota State transfer guard Zeke Mayo came off the bench and scored a game-high 19 points, and preseason All-American big man Hunter Dickinson finished with 16 points, six rebounds, three steals and two blocks. UNC struggled in its season opener against Elon before pulling away in the final minutes. UNC preseason All-American guard RJ Davis led the charge in the 90-76 win over the Phoenix by scoring a game-high 24 points.
Kansas has won the last four meetings against North Carolina.
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