The North Carolina Tar Heels are slated to go up against the Michigan State Spartans at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving Day in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Michigan Sta

The 11th-ranked Michigan State Spartans are set to battle the No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels on a big Thursday afternoon of college hoops at the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

The Tar Heels and Spartans headline the Fort Myers Tip-Off, which also features the Bonnies and East Carolina Pirates. Plenty of people will be watching NFL today, but for the college basketball fans, North Carolina-MSU is a marquee matchup you need to watch.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels are playing Michigan State in a top-25 matchup on Thanksgiving in Florida. Follow live updates.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are coming off an impressive 85-70 win over the St. Bonaventure Bonnies on Tuesday night. It was an up-and-down performance from No

Michigan State Spartans' Coen Carr threw down vicious fast-break dunk vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Maybe it was just coach-speak when Michigan State's Tom Izzo insisted that he does not want to get too excited about his 11th-ranked Spartans while heading into a showdown with No. 16 North Carolina on Thursday.