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What channel is Louisville vs North Carolina on today? Time, TV and radio schedule
Louisville basketball: Kenny Payne gives interview after NC State loss
Louisville basketball coach Kenny Payne on how the Cardinals need the energy they got Saturday from the crowd.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kenny Payne has said often during his second season at the helm of the Louisville men’s basketball program that he doesn’t have the luxury of looking ahead.
“We have to prepare,” he said Monday, “for what’s right in front of us.”
Since Saturday’s 89-83 loss to N.C. State, what’s been right in front of the Cardinals is, in Payne’s words, “one of the most dominant teams in the country.”
U of L (6-10, 1-4 ACC) begins a two-game road trip tonight at No. 3 North Carolina (13-3, 5-0), which has won six in a row by an average margin of 21.5 points.
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The Tar Heels, who rank first in the conference, have outscored their opponents 491-362 during the winning streak. They’ve surpassed 100 points twice, most recently a 103-67 throttling of Syracuse on Saturday.
So, Louisville certainly can’t afford many of the lapses that have led to it ranking 230th out of 362 Division I teams on KenPom.com in terms of defensive efficiency.
“They’re probably one of the two or three best transition offenses in the country,” Payne said. “Even if you get back, their guards are so good, and they run so hard, they’re still going to try to attack you. So we got to get back, form a wall, be tight and not give up transition baskets. Because they play really, really fast.”
Here’s what you need to know to follow along from home:
Louisville basketball vs. North Carolina start time
U of L and North Carolina are scheduled to tip off at 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Dean E. Smith Center.
Louisville vs. UNC basketball betting odds, score prediction
Betting odds: Louisville is a 23-point underdog (-110) on DraftKings, which set the over-under at 155 points (-110).
Score prediction: KenPom gives the Cards a 2% chance of winning and projects a final score of 88-65 in North Carolina’s favor. Bart Torvik is also forecasting a Tar Heels victory (98%), with a projected final score of 91-66.
What channel is Louisville vs. North Carolina on today?
The game between U of L and UNC will air on the ACC Network (AT&T U-Verse 610; DirecTV 612; Dish 402; Spectrum 524 and 937).
Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Dan Bonner (analyst) will be on the call.
If you don’t have cable, you can access ACC Network through services such as ESPN+ (SUBSCRIBE). The game is also available to stream via fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL).
How to listen to Louisville vs. North Carolina on the radio
Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) will have the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM and WGTK 970 AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
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Reach Louisville men’s basketball reporter Brooks Holton at bholton@gannett.com and follow him on X at @brooksHolton.
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North Carolina man extradited to Pa. for $100,000 ATM theft spree: police
A 42-year-old North Carolina man on Tuesday was extradited to Pennsylvania after state police said he stole more than $100,000 from ATMs in Snyder and Union counties.
Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, Antoni J. Garcia-Cordoba, of Raleigh, North Carolina, stole from four ATMs at Central Penn Bank and Trust locations, state police said.
In a five-hour span, Garcia-Cordoba took $43,000 from three separate ATMs in Snyder and Union counties, according to a police report. On Oct. 1, he stole an additional $58,000 from an ATM in Titusville, bringing the total amount stolen to $101,000.
Garcia-Cordoba is charged with two counts of corrupt organizations – employee, a first-degree felony, and two counts of theft by unlawful taking, a third-degree felony.
After being in custody at a jail in Boone County, Missouri, Garcia-Cordoba was extradited to Union County on Tuesday.
He is being held in the Union County Prison after being unable to post $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13, 2026.
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11 firefighters and 2 others injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.
Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treated for contusions, concussions and smoke inhalation following the fire Monday evening. Two other people were taken to the hospital, but Parnell said he didn’t know their conditions and couldn’t confirm whether they were in the house at the time of the fire.
The Salisbury Fire Department responded to the single-family home around 5 p.m. and found it engulfed in flames.
Eleven of the 22 firefighters at the scene went inside the house to search for occupants and “get water on that fire,” which preceded the explosion, Panell said at a news conference.
“It was enough force that the outside walls blew out, the roof came up and went back down,” Parnell said.
An investigation of the fire and explosion is continuing.
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Harrison Bertos scores in OT to help Washington beat N.C. State 3-2 and win first Men’s College Cup
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Harrison Bertos scored 1:54 into overtime after Washington blew a two-goal lead in the second half, and the Huskies beat North Carolina State 3-2 to win the Men’s College Cup at First Horizon Stadium on Monday night.
It was the first national championship for unseeded Washington (16-6-2), who became the first team to win six road matches in the tournament — beating six seeded teams along the way under the guidance of coach Jamie Clark. The Huskies won in their second trip to the final after losing 2-0 to Clemson in 2021.
No. 15 seed N.C. State (16-3-4) made the final for the first time behind coach Marc Hubbard. The Wolfpack were aiming for the school’s first national championship since Jim Valvano led the men’s basketball team to the title in 1983.
Zach Ramsey scored unassisted with 1:12 remaining in the first half and Washington took a 1-0 lead into the break. It was only the second time this season that N.C. State trailed at halftime.
Ramsey scored into an empty net after Wolfpack goalkeeper Logan Erb couldn’t corral the ball at the top of the box. It was Ramsey’s second goal of the tournament.
Richie Aman sent a cross to the center of the goal and Joe Dale knocked it in for a 2-0 lead in the 62nd minute.
Donavan Phillip answered in the 66th, scoring with an assist from Nikola Markovic to cut it to 2-1 with his fourth goal of the tournament. The Wolfpack entered 11-0-1 when Phillip scores.
Taig Healy scored the equalizer with 3:28 remaining with assists from Justin Mclean and Calem Tommy.
Egor Akulov had an assist on Bertos’ winner.
Huskies keeper Jadon Bowton, the only remaining player from the 2021 squad, had five saves.
Erb saved six shots for N.C. State, which was the last school to concede a goal this season.
The temperature was 28 degrees when the match between two teams that had never faced each other began.
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