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UCLA Basketball: Bruins and UNC to rumble in the 2019 CBS Sports Classic

By Mike Regalado

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 18: Joel Berry II #2 of the North Carolina Tar Heels talks to head coach Roy Williams during a break against the Texas A&M Aggies in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 18, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 18: Joel Berry II #2 of the North Carolina Tar Heels talks to head coach Roy Williams during a break against the Texas A&M Aggies in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 18, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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The 2019 CBS Sports Classic has officially been scheduled as the UCLA basketball team is set to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in Las Vegas.

We knew it was coming and now the date has been set for the 2019 CBS Sports Classic as the UCLA basketball team will do battle against another college basketball powerhouse, North Carolina.

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Since 2014, the CBS Sports Classic has played host to the Bruins, Tar Heels, Kentucky Wildcats and the Ohio State Buckeyes, with each team playing one of the other three in consecutive seasons. Last year, UCLA defeated Kentucky 83-75 when they met in the Classic in New Orleans. Next season, the Bruins will face Ohio State at the United Center in Chicago on December 19.

For the 2019-20 season, North Carolina comes back around to face UCLA as the Classic will return to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 21, 2019. The doubleheader will also include Kentucky and Ohio State facing one another.

The last time UCLA and North Carolina faced each other in the CBS Sports Classic was back on December 19, 2015. Though the Bruins put up a valiant effort, the #11 Tar Heels outlasted UCLA with an 89-76 victory.

That same season, UCLA beat #1 Kentucky at Pauley Pavilion, 87-77, in a contest separate from the Classic. The Bruins also finished with an underwhelming 15-17 record that season.

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UCLA and North Carolina are two of the top three teams with the most NCAA Championships. The Bruins have the lead with 11 total (10 of which came in the John Wooden era) while the Tar Heels are third with 6, winning their most recent championship in 2017. Coincidentally, another CBS Sports Classic team, Kentucky, is second overall with 8. Ohio State has only claimed one (1960).