Getty Head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels.
One of the ACC’s best gets its season underway as No. 16 North Carolina looks to bounce back from a tough year with their opener against Charleston on Wednesday.
The game starts at 6 p.m. ET and will be televised on ACC Network. But if you don’t have cable, here’s how to watch a live stream of Charleston vs UNC online for free:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of ACC Network and 130-plus other TV channels on FuboTV. You’ll need the main channel package and the “Sports Plus” add-on, both of which can be included in your seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Charleston vs UNC live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch the game on your computer via the FuboTV website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your FuboTV credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of ACC Network and 65+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which you can try with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch Charleston vs UNC live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch the game on your computer via the Vidgo website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Vidgo credentials to do that.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of ACC Network and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch Charleston vs UNC live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch the game on your computer via the Hulu website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Hulu credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of ACC Network and 40-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s Sling Orange plus Sports Extra bundle. It comes with a free three-day trial, but if you bypass that, you can get $10 off your first month, and get Showtime, Starz, and Epix included for free:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch Charleston vs UNC live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch the game on your computer via the Sling TV website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Sling credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR.
Charleston vs UNC Preview
It’s safe to say that North Carolina would like to forget what happened last season, beyond the effects COVID-19 had on the college basketball season. The Tar Heels finished with their first losing season in nearly two decades at 14-19. It was the worst season under head coach Roy Williams and the program’s worst record since the 8-20 campaign in 2001-02.
Williams is eager for a fresh start with his new squad, although he’s looking for some fine-tuning after some rough scrimmages.
“It’s really hard when you scrimmage yourself,” Williams told reporters on Monday. “I don’t know if the offensive play was that good or the defense was that bad. But we just needed to get out in front of officials because we’re going to set a world record on number of fouls. And I’m hopeful that the officials won’t call more fouls than assistant coaches do in practice, but it does work them a little bit, too. I mean, they’re out there and we went 20 minutes and took a five-minute break and then went 20 more minutes. We stopped several times just trying to get points across.
“But I think the rebounding – our big guys are going to the backboards. I’d say that that’s the one thing that’s been more encouraging and more consistent than anything else that we’ve done.”
UNC has to replace Cole Anthony, who was the No. 15 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft. Five-star recruits Walker Kessler, Day’Ron Sharpe and Caleb Love could help with that.
“We’re anxious to see how we’re doing,” Williams said. “We had a season last year that definitely left a bad taste in our mouths.”
Nothing will be quite normal this season, but just having the opportunity to play is enough for Williams, albeit the veteran head coach admits he doesn’t handle the uncertainty well.
“I don’t handle it very well, but it’s the world we live in right now. Somebody else canceled their first four games until Dec. 7. There was a football game, I think, on Saturday morning that was canceled that was supposed to be played at 12 o’clock. It’s the world we live in. I don’t like it. I like normalcy. I like a routine. But that’s not what we have right now. You can just do everything you can possibly do and still have a slip up. But the process, you need to do everything you can possibly do and be prepared to handle everything as well.”
Charleston finished last season 17-14 and are eager to take on the challenge of a tough nonconference foe.
“We are extremely excited about the challenges and opportunities that our nonconference schedule presents us,” Cougars coach Earl Grant said. “These types of battles will prepare us for our conference season as well as games in March.”