The UCLA men’s basketball team

will take on North Carolina, and Ohio

State will face Kentucky in the eighth

annual CBS Sports Classic on Saturday,

Dec. 18. The location for this

event has not been finalized.

UCLA’s showdown against the Tar

Heels will begin at 12 p.m. (PT), nationally

televised on CBS and streamed on

Paramount+ Premium. The matchup

between Ohio State and Kentucky will

be the second game of that day’s doubleheader.

This set of matchups – UCLA versus

North Carolina and Ohio State

against Kentucky – was last featured

in the 2019 edition of the doubleheader.

UCLA dropped a 74-64 decision to

the Tar Heels, and Ohio State edged

Kentucky, 71-65, at T-Mobile Arena in

Las Vegas. Last season’s CBS Sports

Classic took place at Rocket Mortgage

FieldHouse in Cleveland.

Fans interested in attending can

also register to receive direct email

alerts regarding ticket availability by

visiting http://www.cbssportsclassic.com/

tickets. Fans who register for ticket

alerts will be eligible for exclusive presale

access. Ticket information will be

announced at a later date.

The CBS Sports Classic annually

brings together four of the nation’s

most successful college basketball

programs. This quartet has secured a

combined 26 national championships,

with UCLA having won a nation-leading

11 NCAA Titles. All four programs

rank among the top six, all-time, in appearances

at the NCAA Final Four (65

total appearances).

For additional information about this

event, please visit http://www.cbssportsclassic.

com