Alabama vs. North Carolina Men: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time, predicted lineups and stats

Two teams aiming to make deep runs in the tournament meet in an early season clash, as Mark Sears and the No. 10 Alabama Crimson Tide visit RJ Davis and the No. 20 North Carolina Tar Heels.

Both Sears and Davis entered the season among the favorites to win the Wooden Award, but they have shot inefficiently so far and now they each have odds of +2000 a month into the season.

North Carolin (4-3) a fell eight spots from No. 12 in the most recent AP Poll after losing back-to-back games against No. 4 Auburn and unranked Michigan State. Those were the Tar Heels' second and third losses of the season after falling to No. 1 Kansas in their second game of the season.

Alabama (6-2) has already played three ranked teams, and they went 2-1 in those games with wins over No. 25 Illinois and No. 6 Houston while losing to No. 13 Purdue. In their most recent game, they suffered an upset loss to unranked Oregon by two points.

How to watch Alabama vs. North Carolina, TV channel and streaming

Alabama vs. North Carolina will be broadcast on ESPN, which can be viewed through cable TV and streamed via live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or FuboTV.

Alabama vs. North Carolina start time, date and venue

Alabama vs. North Carolina is scheduled to tip off at 7:15 PM ET/6:15 PM CT on Wednesday, December 4 with the game taking place at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Alabama vs. North Carolina predicted lineups

Alabama: Labaron Philon, Mark Sears, Jarin Stevenson, Grant Nelson, Clifford Omoruyi

North Carolina: Elliot Cadeau, RJ Davis, Seth Trimble, Jae'lyn Withers, Jalen Washington

Alabama vs. North Carolina stats

• The Alabama Crimson Tide and North Carolina Tar Heels are among the fastest-paced teams out of the 364 Division I Men's Basketball programs, with Alabama ranking as the 30th-fastest team with 74.1 possessions per game and North Carolina ranking 35th with 73.8 possessions per game.
• Both teams rank in the top-15 in points per game: The Tar Heels rank seventh with 89.7 points per game and the Crimson Tide rank 11th with 88.6 points per game.
• The Tar Heels average the 13th-most free throw attempts per game with 27.0, and they draw 20.6 fouls per game.
• Alabama guard Mark Sears is averaging a team-high 16.0 points with 3.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting just 35.1 percent from the field.
• North Carolina guard RJ Davis averages a team-high 18.4 points with 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting just 36.7 percent from the floor.
• Crimson Tide guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. averages 11.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting a team-best 42.2 percent from three-point range on 5.6 attempts per game.
• Tar Heels point guard Elliot Cadeau averages 14.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, a team-high 5.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game while shooting 50.0 percent from the field.

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