By R.L. Bynum
Former Dayton wing Koby Brea, who led the country in 3-point shooting percentage last season at 49.8%, has North Carolina as one of the final five blue blood schools he is considering, according to multiple reports.
The 6–6, 174-pound Brea, who has one season of eligibility remaining and is expected to graduate from Dayton this spring, also has Kansas, Duke, UConn and Kentucky on his list. He was third on the Flyers team last season with 11.1 points per game, making 51.2% of his shots, including 100 of 201 3-point attempts and 87.5% of his free-throw attempts (14 of 16). He collected career-highs of 124 rebounds, 18 steals and 10 blocks last season.
He started only four of 33 Dayton games last season but was named Atlantic-10 Sixth Man of the Year for the second time in three years. He left Dayton as 69th on the program’s career scoring list at 889 points.
Brea, who doubled his output of 3-pointers from 50 two seasons ago, dished out a career-high 47 assists two seasons ago.
In AAU ball, Brea, who is from Washington Heights, N.Y., played on the New York Gauchos, which RJ Davis also played for.
Brea scored 22 points and six 3-pointers, both career-highs, on Nov. 29 last season at SMU. That is one of three career games with six 3-pointers, which he also did when he scored 20 points against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 18, 2022, and 18 against Richmond on Jan. 28, 2023.
He has 20 career games with at least four 3-pointers and 10 with at least five.
Dayton went 25–8 last season and made the NCAA tournament. Brea scored 15 points and five 3-pointers as the Flyers beat Nevada 63–60 in the first round before losing to Arizona 78–68, with Brea netting 14 points and four 3-pointers.
Key events, dates
Saturday, April 27, was the deadline for players to submit their names to the NBA draft
Wednesday was the deadline for players to enter the transfer portal
Next Saturday and Sunday — 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 one of those)
May 29 at 11:59 p.m. — Deadline to withdraw from NBA draft and maintain college eligibility
June 16 at 5 p.m. — Deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft
UNC schedule so far
Nov. 8 — at Kansas (final AP rank No. 20; final NET ranking No. 19)
Nov. 22 — at Hawaii (final NET ranking No. 172)
Nov. 25–27 — Maui Invitational — Auburn (final AP rank No. 18; final NET ranking No. 5), Colorado (unranked; No. 25), Connecticut (No. 1; No. 2), Dayton (No. 24; No. 23), Iowa State (No. 8; No. 6), Memphis (unranked; No. 75), Michigan State (unranked; No. 24)
Dec. 14 — vs. La Salle (final NET ranking No. 195)
Likely in late November — Opponent TBA in ACC/SEC Challenge
December — vs. UCLA (final NET ranking No. 107) in CBS Sports Classic (date, location TBA)
December — vs. Florida (final NET ranking No. 29) in Jumpman Invitational at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center (date TBA)
— Games home and away against Duke, N.C. State and Pittsburgh
— Home games vs. Boston College, California, Georgia Tech, Miami, SMU, Stanford and Virginia
— Road games vs. Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest
Note: 2024 NCAA tournament teams are in bold.
2024-25 UNC roster so far
| 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 |
| 3 | Soph. | Elliot Cadeau | PG | 6–1 | 180 |
| 1 | Soph. | Zayden High | 4 | 6–9 | 225 |
| — | Junior | Cade Tyson | 3 | 6–7 | 203 |
| 13 | Junior | Jalen Washington | 5 | 6–10 | 230 |
| 0 | Junior | Seth Trimble | 2 | 6–3 | 195 |
| 5 | Graduate | RJ Davis | PG | 6–0 | 180 |
| 24 | Graduate | Jae’Lyn Withers | 4 | 6–9 | 215 |
Photo via @DaytonMBB
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