UNC assistant coach Chuck Martin will face his old boss when Arkansas visits the Tar Heels in next season’s ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge. The Tar Heels will host the Razorbacks on Tuesday, Dec. 1, according to a report by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.
Coach Michael Malone’s first hire after taking the UNC job was to bring on Martin, who had been on John Calipari’s staff at Arkansas.
Carolina is 8–3 all-time against Arkansas, including winning the last five meetings. The Tar Heels beat the Razorbacks 87–72 on Nov. 24, 2023, at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas in the last meeting. UNC’s 2017 national championship team beat Arkansas 72–64 in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Greenville, S.C. Carolina’s 1993 NCAA champions beat the Razorbacks 80–74 in the Sweet 16.
UNC is 2–1 in the ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge, beating Tennessee 100–92 in Chapel Hill in 2023, losing to Alabama 92–79 in 2024 and winning at Kentucky last season 67–64.
The other matchups on the day of UNC’s game: Auburn at Clemson, Duke at Florida, Boston College at Georgia, Wake Forest at LSU, Pitt at Missouri, Syracuse at Oklahoma, Ole Miss at Virginia Tech, South Carolina at N.C. State, Florida State at Tennessee and Texas at Louisville.
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, it’s Alabama at Miami, Kentucky at Virginia, Georgia Tech at Mississippi State, Stanford at Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at Notre Dame.
