CHAPEL HILL — UNC basketball tips off its preseason schedule with a test and road trip against a top-10 team led by the top-ranked freshman in the nation.

Fifth-year coach Hubert Davis and the 25th-ranked Tar Heels , who have 11 new players, face AJ Dybantsa and No. 8 BYU on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The preseason exhibition game tips off at 9 p.m. ET and can be streamed on ESPN+.

In December 2024, Dybantsa announced his commitment to the Cougars over UNC, Alabama and Kansas on ESPN. The top-ranked recruit in the 2026 class and a projected top-three pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, Dybantsa is a preseason All-American as a 6-foot-9 freshman wing from Massachusetts.

“AJ’s not only an outstanding player, he’s just a really neat kid that, obviously, i

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