The North Carolina Tar Heels began their highly-anticipated season on Monday night, hosting the Elon. They were able to pick up a win, though maybe not as easy as they had anticipated.

The reigning ACC Player of the Year, RJ Davis saved the Tar Heels after they found themselves down with under eight minutes remaining. He came off the bench and sparked a 16-2 run, ending with a team-high 24 points.

The game will now not just step up a level; they head on the road to take on the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, Kansas, at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Enemy territory, college's best team, UNC basketball -- ingredients for an upset.

There is no doubt that Elliot Cadeau will need to shoot as well as he did against Elon, RJ Davis will need to take over like he always does, and one of the frontcourt trees is going to have to stick to Hunter Dickinson.

Can UNC pull off the first week upset over the top-ranked team?

Here's how to tune into UNC's matchup with top-ranked Kansas.

What channel is North Carolina at Kansas on today? Time, TV schedule

TV Channel: ESPN 2

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Where to watch UNC at Kansas on live stream

Watch UNC vs. Elon live on Fubo (free trial)

UNC at Kansas prediction, picks, odds

North Carolina 76, Kansas 73: The Tar Heels got their first taste of regular season action on Monday. Now, the game intensifies. I think they have want it takes to put college basketball on notice today.

All College Basketball Odds via BetMGM.

SPREAD: UNC +7.5; Kansas -7.5

MONEYLINE: UNC +255; Kansas -320

O/U TOTAL: 154.5 points

Tar Heels full schedule

Oct. 12: Blue-White Scrimmage (Blue 62, White 53)

Oct. 15: Exhibition @ Memphis (W, 84-76)

Oct. 27: Exhibition vs. Johnson C. Smith (W, 127-63)

Nov. 4: vs. Elon (W, 90-76)

Nov. 8: at Kansas

Nov. 15: vs. American University

Nov. 22: at Hawaii

Nov. 25: vs. Dayton (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 26: vs. Auburn or Iowa State (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 27: vs. Colorado, Connecticut, Memphis or Michigan State (Maui Invitational)

Dec. 4: vs. Alabama

Dec. 7: vs. Georgia Tech

Dec. 14: vs. La Salle

Dec. 17: vs. Florida (Jumpman Invitational)

Dec. 21: vs. UCLA (CBS Sports Classic)

Dec. 29: vs. Campbell

Jan. 1: at Louisville

Jan. 4: at Notre Dame

Jan. 7: vs. SMU

Jan. 11: at NC State

Jan. 15: vs. California

Jan. 18: vs. Stanford

Jan. 21: at Wake Forest

Jan. 25: vs. Boston College

Jan. 28: at Pitt

Feb. 1: at Duke

Feb. 8: vs. Pitt

Feb. 10: at Clemson

Feb. 15: at Syracuse

Feb. 19: vs. NC State

Feb. 22: vs. Virginia

Feb. 24: at Florida State

March 1: vs. Miami (FL)

March 4: at Virginia Tech

March 8: vs. Duke

March 11-15: ACC Tournament (Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC)

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