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The 2020 baseball season for the North Carolina Tar Heels started Friday afternoon against Middle Tennessee, and they came away with a 15-3 victory. Expectations are once again high for UNC, in spite of the disheartening news about right-handed starting pitcher Gianluca Dalatri’s elbow fracture.
Below are the preseason rankings for Carolina:
- ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll: 16
- Baseball America: 18
- Collegiate Baseball: 13
- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association: 19
- D1Baseball: 23
In the preseason poll of the ACC coaches, North Carolina is projected to finish second in the Coastal Division and received one ACC Championship vote.
There are several ACC opponents ranked in the preseason. The preseason favorite for the ACC Championship is Louisville and the Cardinals are ranked first in the nation in Collegiate Baseball and D1Baseball preseason polls.
Carolina will play Duke, Miami, NC State, Wake Forest in conference weekend series this season. These teams are ranked in preseason polls.
UNC will play two more teams that are in some preseason polls. The Heels will play ECU twice, once in Chapel Hill and once in Greenville, and will host Dallas Baptist for a weekend series later in February.
The Tar Heels will open the year with a 9-game homestand. At the end of the month, the Tar Heels will travel to Minnesota and join the Blue Devils and Wolfpack in the Cambria College Classic against Big Ten opponents Minnesota, Iowa, and Purdue. The round-robin tournament will be played in U.S. Bank Stadium.
Carolina will battle the other Big Four teams on the road this season and will play nine in-state, non conference teams including Elon, High Point, NC A&T, UNCG, Gardner-Webb, UNCW, ECU, Campbell, and Appalachian State.
Once again this season, Carolina will play South Carolina in Uptown Charlotte at BB&T Ballpark, home of the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.
Below is the full schedule for the 2020 season:
2020 UNC Baseball Schedule
Date | Opponent/Event | Location | Time (ET) | TV |
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Date | Opponent/Event | Location | Time (ET) | TV |
Friday, February 14 | Middle Tennessee | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, February 15 | Middle Tennessee | Chapel Hill, NC | 2:00 PM | - |
Sunday, February 16 | Middle Tennessee | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, February 18 | Elon | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Wednesday, February 19 | High Point | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, February 21 | Dallas Baptist | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, February 22 | Dallas Baptist | Chapel Hill, NC | 2:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, February 23 | Dallas Baptist | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, February 25 | NC A&T | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, February 28 | Minnesota - Cambria College Classic | Minneapolis, MN | 8:00 PM | - |
Saturday, February 29 | Iowa - Cambria College Classic | Minneapolis, MN | 4:00 PM | - |
Sunday, March 1 | Purdue - Cambria College Classic | Minneapolis, MN | 11:00 AM | - |
Tuesday, March 3 | UNCG | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network |
Wednesday, March 4 | VCU | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | - |
Friday, March 6 | Notre Dame | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, March 7 | Notre Dame | Chapel Hill, NC | 2:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, March 8 | Notre Dame | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, March 10 | Gardner-Webb | Chapel Hill, NC | 4:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Wednesday, March 11 | VMI | Chapel Hill, NC | 4:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, March 13 | Duke | Durham, NC | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Saturday, March 14 | Duke | Durham, NC | 12:00 PM | ACC Network |
Sunday, March 15 | Duke | Durham, NC | 12:00 PM | ACC Network |
Tuesday, March 17 | UNCW | Chapel Hill, NC | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Friday, March 20 | Louisville | Chapel Hill, NC | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Saturday, March 21 | Louisville | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, March 22 | Louisville | Chapel Hill, NC | 12:00 PM | ACC Network |
Tuesday, March 24 | ECU | Greenville, NC | 6:30 PM | - |
Friday, March 27 | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, March 28 | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC | 4:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, March 29 | Wake Forest | Winston-Salem, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Wednesday, April 1 | Liberty | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, April 3 | Georgia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, April 4 | Georgia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, April 5 | Georgia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, April 7 | South Carolina | Charlotte, NC | 7:00 PM | - |
Friday, April 10 | Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 7:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, April 11 | Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 7:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, April 12 | Miami | Coral Gables, FL | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, April 14 | Coastal Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, April 17 | NC State | Raleigh, NC | 6:30 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, April 18 | NC State | Raleigh, NC | 6:30 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, April 19 | NC State | Raleigh, NC | 2:00 PM | ESPNU |
Tuesday, April 21 | Campbell | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Friday, April 24 | Virginia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, April 25 | Virginia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 3:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, April 26 | Virginia Tech | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Tuesday, April 28 | ECU | Chapel Hill, NC | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Tuesday, May 5 | College of Charleston | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Wednesday, May 6 | College of Charleston | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network |
Friday, May 8 | Pitt | Chapel Hill, NC | 6:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Saturday, May 9 | Pitt | Chapel Hill, NC | 2:00 PM | ACC Network Extra |
Sunday, May 10 | Pitt | Chapel Hill, NC | 1:00 PM | RSN |
Tuesday, May 12 | Appalachian State | Boone, NC | 6:30 PM | - |
Thursday, May 14 | Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Friday, May 15 | Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 7:00 PM | ACC Network |
Saturday, May 16 | Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 3:00 PM | ACC Network |
Tuesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 24 | ACC Championship | Charlotte, NC | TBA | TBA |
Friday, May 29 to Monday, June 1 | NCAA Regionals | Campus Sites | TBA | TBA |
Friday, June 5 to Monday, June 8 | NCAA Super Regionals | Campus Sites | TBA | TBA |
Saturday, June 13 to Wednesday, June 24 | College World Series | Omaha, NE | TBA | TBA |