CBS Sports Classic

The CBS Sports Classic is an annual American men's college basketball event that began in 2014.

Four teams take part annually in the event. From the inception of the classic through 2024, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State, and UCLA each participated. Each team played one game each year (except for 2021 due to Covid cancellations), with the four teams completing a double-header.^[1] Both games are annually broadcast on U.S. television on CBS, the Classic's namesake.

On July 21, 2022, the CBS Sports Classic was renewed through 2026.^[2]

For the 2024–25 season, CBS Sports launched the CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase featuring North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Hampton and Howard.^[3]

In 2025, UCLA pulled out of the Classic due to travel concerns. They were replaced by St. John's.^[4]

Game results

Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Attendance
December 20, 2014	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	No. 24 North Carolina	82	No. 12 Ohio State	74	19,726
		No. 1 Kentucky	83	UCLA	44
December 19, 2015	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York City, New York)	No. 11 North Carolina	89	No. 22 UCLA	76	16,311[5]
		Ohio State	74	No. 4 Kentucky	67
December 17, 2016	T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada)	No. 2 UCLA	86	Ohio State	73	19,298
		No. 6 Kentucky	103	No. 7 North Carolina	100
December 23, 2017	Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)	No. 5 North Carolina	86	Ohio State	72	8,119
		UCLA	83	No. 7 Kentucky	75
December 22, 2018	United Center (Chicago, Illinois)	No. 15 Ohio State	80	UCLA	66	19,726
		No. 19 Kentucky	80	No. 9 North Carolina	72
December 21, 2019	T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada)[6]	North Carolina	74	UCLA	64	12,740
		No. 5 Ohio State	71	No. 6 Kentucky	65
December 19, 2020	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)[7]	No. 22 North Carolina	75	Kentucky	63	0a
		No. 20 Ohio State	77	UCLA	70
December 18, 2021	T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada)	North Carolina		No. 4 UCLA		Canceledb
		No. 15 Ohio State		No. 21 Kentucky		Canceledc
		No. 21 Kentucky	98	North Carolina	69	12,117d
December 17, 2022	Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)[8]	North Carolina	89	No. 23 Ohio State	84	20,261
		No. 16 UCLA	63	No. 13 Kentucky	53
December 16, 2023	State Farm Arena (Atlanta, GA)[9]	Ohio State	67	UCLA	60	17,058
		No. 14 Kentucky	87	No. 9 North Carolina	83
December 21, 2024	Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)	Ohio State	85	No. 4 Kentucky	65	19,812
		North Carolina	76	No. 18 UCLA	74
December 28, 2024	Corbett Sports Center (Greensboro, NC)	North Carolina A&T	85	North Carolina Central	72	4,011
	Hampton Convocation Center (Hampton, VA)	Hampton	83	Howard	67	4,213
December 20, 2025	State Farm Arena (Atlanta, GA)[9]

• ^a No attendance due to COVID-19 pandemic.
• ^b Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at UCLA.^[10]
• ^c Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at Ohio State.^[11]
• ^d Due to UCLA and Ohio State missing the CBS Sports Classic in 2021, CBS, Kentucky, and North Carolina reached an agreement for the remaining teams to play.^[12]

Future match-ups

Date	Location	Match-ups
2025	State Farm Arena (Atlanta, GA)[9]
		Kentucky vs. Saint John's	Ohio State vs. North Carolina
2026	TBD
		Kentucky vs. North Carolina	UCLA vs. Ohio State

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Head-to-head records

	Kentucky	North Carolina	Ohio State	UCLA
vs. Kentucky	–	1–4	3–0	2–1
vs. North Carolina	4–1	–	0–3	0–3
vs. Ohio State	0–3	3–0	–	1–3
vs. UCLA	1–2	3–0	3–1	–
Total	5–6	7–4	6–4	3–7
Percentage	.455	.636	.600	.300