The Maryland men’s basketball team will play George Mason in next season’s BB&T Classic, Patriots Athletic Director Tom O’Connor confirmed to The Post’s Steven Goff on Wednesday.

The game will be played Dec. 2 at Verizon Center.

It will be the Terrapins’ 17th appearance in the tournament, in which Maryland and George Mason have met once (2004, a 78-54 Maryland victory). The Terrapins lead the all-time series, 6-0.

Last season, Maryland defeated Notre Dame in the BB&T Classic, 78-71.

Logan Aronhalt, the latest addition to Maryland’s revolving basketball roster, doesn’t expect to march in as a transfer and lead the Terrapins in scoring next season.

But at 22, with three seasons of college experience and a degree from Albany, the 6-foot-3 shooting guard believes he can provide some of the consistency and seasoning Maryland’s young team will need in Coach Mark Turgeon’s second season.

A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Aronhalt confirmed Monday that he’s transferring to Maryland to help shore up a depleted back court. He’ll be eligible to compete immediately because he plans to enroll in graduate school, taking advantage of the same NCAA provision that’s enabling former Maryland quarterback Danny O’Brien to compete next season at Wisconsin.

Aronhalt said he was first contacted by Maryland assistant coach Scott Spinelli about the Terps’ interest and followed up by telephone with Turgeon, who impressed him as “a real down-to-earth, honest guy.”

Maryland’s football season opener against William & Mary will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 1 and televised online at ESPN3.com, the network announced Thursday.

Terrapins Coach Randy Edsall will face his former team, Connecticut, on Sept. 15 at 12:30. The game will be picked up regionally by the ACC Network and also televised online at ESPN3.com.

Conference game times are generally decided 12 days before the games. Start times for Maryland’s two nonconference road games (at Temple on Sept. 8 and at West Virginia on Sept. 22) will be announced by the Big East and Big 12, respectively.

(John McDonnell - THE WASHINGTON POST) Ashton Pankey, a forward who started 17 games as a redshirt freshman in 2011-12, will transfer from Maryland, the school announced Tuesday.

Pankey is the third Maryland player to depart the team in recent weeks. Mychal Parker announced his intention to transfer in April, and then he and guard Terrell Stoglin were suspended for the upcoming season late last month for violating the university’s student-athlete code of conduct. Stoglin then announced his intention to play professionally.

Pankey, who hails from the Bronx, cited family reasons as the reason for his departure.

“My mom is the rock in my life and I promised her I would take care of her like she did for me,” Pankey said in a statement released by the school. “Therefore, I am choosing to put my family first and look for a school closer to home.

“I’m sad that I must leave the University of Maryland, as I have enjoyed my time here with my teammates and coaches who have been my second family. I would like to thank them for their support during this time. I’ve become a better person and player while at Maryland.”

Maryland will visit Northwestern on Nov. 27 in this year’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge, ESPN announced Monday.

The Wildcats finished 19-14 last season and advanced to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Washington. Northwestern, which has made four straight NITs but has never advanced to the NCAA tournament, loses senior John Shurna, the Big Ten’s leading scorer in 2011-12 and the 27th player in Big Ten history with at least 2,000 points. However, swingman Drew Crawford, the team’s second-leading scorer at 16.1 points per game and second-leading rebounder at 4.7, will be back

Maryland is 9-4 all-time in ACC/Big Ten Challenge games (4-3 in road games). The teams have played only once before, a 66-62 Wildcats win in 1958.

The Terrapins got a glimpse of their ACC schedule on Friday.

ACC/Big Ten Challenge schedule:

Nov. 27

Maryland at Northwestern

North Carolina at Indiana

N.C. State at Michigan

Minnesota at Florida State

Iowa at Virginia Tech

Nebraska at Wake Forest

Nov. 28

Ohio State at Duke

Virginia at Wisconsin

Michigan State at Miami

Purdue at Clemson

Georgia Tech at Illinois

Boston College at Penn State