UNC basketball vs. USC Trojans game info, streaming

Nearly seven months later, the North Carolina Tar Heels will be playing another basketball game. On Friday, October 9 at 7 p.m., UNC will be facing the USC Trojans in a preseason exhibition from the old Greensboro Coliseum.

Friday will be fans’ first chance to watch the Michael Malone era in live action. North Carolina hired Malone, a 12-year NBA head coach who won the 2023 Championship, to be its leader back in April. Malone won over 510 games as an NBA boss and, while Friday won’t officially count, it’ll be a great measure of how he adjusts to a new level.

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The Tar Heels will be facing a USC squad entering their third year of the Eric Musselman era. The Trojans hired Musselman away from Arkansas, with hopes his SEC success can restore their program to early 2020s success. Musselman led USC to a pair of winning records, but just one postseason appearance, making the 2025 CBC quarterfinals.

UNC appeared on track to make a deep NCAA Tournament run in March, thanks to the play of Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar. Wilson suffered a season-ending injuy leading up to the Duke game and, despite a deep roster with other stars like Seth Trimble and Jarin Stevenson, a Round of 64 collapse vs. VCU ended North Carolina’s once-promising season.

Malone re-loaded the Tar Heels’ 2026-27 roster with a combination of experienced, Power Four transfers and international big men, while getting Stevenson, Jaydon Young and Isaiah Denis to stay. Malone flipped Kevin Thomas from LSU, Maximo Adams stayed despite a coaching change, while Malloy Smith chose to follow in his father’s footsteps.

The old Greensboro Coliseum will be buzzing on Friday night, filled with Carolina Blue and the occasional USC red. Keep reading below for our exhibition preview, which includes UNC’s key to victory, something to watch, leading statistical returners from each team and a UNC season schedule.

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