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The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team will meet the UCLA Bruins at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic.
The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on CBS. If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of the game on your computer, phone, Firestick, Roku, Apple TV, Xbox One, PS4, Smart TV, or other device via one of the following streaming services:
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Amazon Prime’s CBS Channel
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber or you want to start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch a live stream of CBS via the CBS All-Access Amazon Channel, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once you’re signed up for the Prime CBS Channel, you can then watch a live stream of UNC vs UCLA on your computer via the Amazon website, or you can watch on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.
FuboTV
CBS (live in select markets) is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch a live stream of UNC vs UCLA on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which will allow you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Hulu With Live TV
CBS (live in select markets) is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of UNC vs UCLA on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
CBS All-Access
Like the Amazon Prime CBS channel, this is a good option if you simply want to watch CBS and not any other channels. This is ultimately the same as Amazon option, only you’ll watch on CBS’ digital platforms instead:
Start Your CBS All-Access Free Trial
Once signed up for CBS All-Access, you can watch a live stream of UNC vs UCLA on your computer via the CBS website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or other streaming device via the CBS app.
UNC vs UCLA Preview
The Tar Heels have dropped four straight, though three of those defeats came to teams currently ranked in the top five.
On Wednesday, North Carolina fell to the No. 2 Gonzaga Bulldogs 94-81 on the road, dropping to 6-5 on the season. They’re 1-1 in ACC play.
The Tar Heels were without freshman point guard Cole Anthony, projected my many analysts to be a top-five pick in June’s NBA draft. He’s expected to miss four to six weeks after undergoing surgery for a partially torn meniscus on Monday.
Fellow North Carolina guard Brandon Robinson played 16 minutes in the first half against the Bulldogs, then was ruled out with an illness at halftime.
Gonzaga shot 35-of-59 (59.3%) from the field and 9-of-18 (50%) from distance, committing just 11 turnovers.
“Needless to say, we didn’t play as well as we needed to play,” Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams said, according to 247 Sports. “I didn’t coach as well as I wanted to coach. B-Rob got sick at halftime and the coaches and the trainers felt like there was no chance for him to go back in, so we just told him to stay in (the locker room), but you can say all you want to say about somebody who’s not here or somebody that stops at halftime, but those are just excuses. We’ve got to play better.”
UNC forward Garrison Brooks scored 16 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, and dished 3 assists, all team highs.
Freshman guards Jeremiah Francis and Anthony Harris both recorded career highs in points and minutes. Francis put up 11 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals in 23 points, and Harris added 8 points in 14 minutes.
Williams said he wasn’t encouraged by how his team performed without Anthony, who leads the team in points per game (19.1), assists per game (3.4), and steals per game (1.9).
“No, because I think about the team as a whole and I’d love to have Cole with us because he was playing better than anybody else on the offensive end and second or third-best grade-wise on the defensive end, but it is an excuse,” Williams said, per 247 Sports.
The Bruins fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75-61 on the road their last time out, slipping to 7-4 on the year. UCLA shot 22-of-63 (34.9%) from the field and 10-of-20 (50%) from the free-throw line.
Bruins reserve guard Chris Smith scored a team-high 10 points, hitting 4 of 12 field-goal attempts.
“Our offense got us beat,” UCLA head coach Mick Cronin said after the Dec. 14 defeat, according to The Associated Press. “You can’t shoot 30% from the field, 50 from the foul line. We would have to play a high school team to win with those numbers.”