ACC basketball schedule set for release in primetime Thursday

The league's new 20-game schedule will be revealed on ACC Network

What used to arrive by email, tweets and links is now a primetime television event.

Only in the ACC.

The league will unveil its 2019-20 men's basketball schedule during a special one-hour edition of All ACC on Thursday night at 9 p.m. on ACC Network as Jordan Cornette and Jay Bilas break down the matchups, in addition to several marquee women's games. 

Check HeelsMaven Thursday night for analysis of Carolina's path through the ACC and the league's most intriguing games of the season and follow along for commentary on Twitter.

So far, only North Carolina's season-opening ACC matchup is known as the Tar Heels will play host to Notre Dame on Nov. 6 on ACC Network in one of seven conference matchups set for Nov. 5-6, with four airing on the conference's new channel.

As always, Carolina's schedule will feature home-and-home matchups with Duke and N.C. State. 

Thanks to the expanded 20-game ACC schedule, the Tar Heels will also visit the Irish as one of their home-and-home matchups, in addition to Pittsburgh, Virginia and Wake Forest.

Carolina will get a single shot against Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami in Chapel Hill while road-only opponents are Florida State, Louisville, Syracuse and Virginia Tech.

The ACC Tournament, returning to Greensboro for the first time since 2015, is set for March 10-14, 2020. Of 26 tournaments at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Tar Heels have played in the championship game 14 times, with eight titles and six runner-up finishes.

Carolina's nonconference schedule was released in June:

Nov. 8 at UNC Wilmington
Nov. 15 Gardner-Webb
Nov. 20 Elon 
Nov. 27-29 Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas)
Dec. 4 Ohio State (ACC-Big Ten Challenge)
Dec. 15 Wofford (Carmichael Arena)
Dec. 18 at Gonzaga
Dec. 21 vs. UCLA (CBS Sports Classic, Las Vegas)
Dec. 30 Yale