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Tar Heels to face Michigan in Michael Jordan’s Jumpman Invitational

CHARLOTTE — Organizers of the Jumpman Invitational on Friday unveiled the matchups and schedule for the two-night college basketball event scheduled to debut in uptown Charlotte in December. And they expressed confidence that tickets will sell briskly once they’re available in September.

Fans interested in signing up to buy tickets can do so here.

The four schools were already known: Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Oklahoma. Those schools are also the first four to wear Nike Inc.’s Jordan Brand uniforms in football and basketball.

Men’s and women’s teams from North Carolina will face Michigan on alternating nights, as will the corresponding teams from Florida and Oklahoma.

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