By R.L. Bynum

Caleb Love is heading to Michigan.

After three seasons at Carolina, Love announced on social media on Friday that he’ll continue his career with the Wolverines playing for Coach Juwan Howard.

“Go rewrite your story kid …,” Love posted on social media.

Love scored 18 points on Dec. 21 at the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte when UNC beat Michigan 80–76. On Dec. 1, 2012, he scored 22 points at the Smith Center in Carolina’s 72–51 victory over the Wolverines in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Michigan and Carolina are in the Battle 4 Atlantis field for the November event in the Bahamas, making it possible for Love to compete against many of his former teammates in that event.

go rewrite your story kid…🙏🏽〽️ pic.twitter.com/bsUglz55GW
— Caleb Love (@caleb2love) April 7, 2023

Last season’s game in Charlotte shifted when Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, who is in the transfer portal, hit Love in the face and put his knee near Love’s face. They had heated words and UNC took control of the game after that.

Michigan finished 18–16 last season. The Wolverines lost four of their last five games, falling to Coach Jerry Stackhouse’s Vanderbilt team 66–65 in the second round of the NIT.

Love is the second men’s basketball player to transfer between the schools after Makhtar N’Diaye transferred from Michigan to UNC in the mid-1990s. N’Diaye was part of the 1997 team that made the Final Four.

Love is the third of the six UNC players to hit the transfer portal to commit after Tyler Nickel committed to Virginia Tech and Justin McKoy to Hawaii. Still yet to commit are Dontrez Styles, Puff Johnson and Will Shaver.

“My time at UNC has been rewarding and has inspired me to grow on and off the court. I’m extremely thankful to God for this journey,” Love said last month when he entered the transfer portal.

Love’s 3-pointer against Duke in the 2022 Final Four is one of the most iconic shots in Carolina basketball history, immortalized in the Carolina Basketball Museum.

Love shot 29.9% from 3-point range last season while attempting a team-high 244 shots from outside the arc (RJ Davis attempted the second-most with 174). He averaged more turnovers (2.4 per game) than 3-pointers (2.2).

Love is third in program history in 3-point attempts (630), ninth in 3-pointers (200) and 17th in free-throw percentage (81.5). He made at least one 3-pointer in 85 games, including a school-record 45 consecutive games.

Love scored a career-high 34 points in the four-overtime loss to Alabama. Two of his four top scoring games were against Duke — 29 in last season’s win in the Final Four when he hit a huge 3-pointer late in the game, and 25 in a win at Duke on Feb. 6, 2021. He scored 30 in UNC’s regional semifinal victory last season over UCLA.

Love scored a career-high six 3-pointers four times — against UCLA and Marquette in last season’s NCAA tournament, at home this past season against Clemson and against Florida State on Feb. 12, 2022.

He finished his career at Carolina averaging 14.6 points per game over three years, including 16.7 last season.

Key events, dates

Saturday at 11:59 p.m. ET — Deadline for players to submit their names to the NBA draft
May 1 — Transfer portal closes
May 11–12 — NBA G League Elite Camp in Chicago
May 12–19 — NBA Combine in Chicago
May 17–19 — Evaluation for high school players at NCAA-certified events (EYBL in Indianapolis is on those)

Potential 2024-25 UNC men’s roster

No.	Class	Player	Pos.	Hgt	Wgt
—	Freshman	James Brown (4 star)	5	6–8	225
—	Freshman	Ian Jackson (5 star)	2	6–4	180
—	Freshman	Drake Powell (5 star)	2	6–5	185
2	Soph.	Elliot Cadeau	PG	6–1	180
1	Soph.	Zayden High	4	6–9	225
13	Junior	Jalen Washington	5	6–10	230
0	Junior	Seth Trimble	2	6–3	195
5	Graduate	RJ Davis	PG	6–0	180
		Eligible for fifth season
24	Graduate	Jae’Lyn Withers	4	6–9	215
		Walk-ons eligible for 5th season
14	Graduate	Creighton Lebo	PG	6–1	180
22	Graduate	Rob Landry	2	6–4	190