UNC in high-stakes pursuit of Juke Harris, the top player in transfer portal

Since entering the transfer portal, former Wake Forest guard Juke Harris has spent time wearing maize and blue at Michigan’s national championship celebration and with the North Carolina coaches for brunch at a Salisbury restaurant. The 6–7 star has become the transfer portal’s most coveted perimeter scorer, with multiple reports indicating he will likely transfer to either UNC, Michigan or Tennessee. He’s No. 1 on On3’s list of top transfer portal players.

Guard Gabby White coming home to play for UNC, her mom

Gabby White is coming home in more ways than one. The former Virginia guard is transferring to Carolina, where her mom, Joanne Aluka-White, is the associate head coach. The homecoming feels natural because the program has been an extension of home since Aluka-White joined in 2019.

Former UNC guard Bogavac commits to Oklahoma State

Former North Carolina guard Luka Bogavac has committed to Oklahoma State, according to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express. The 6–6 Montenegrin becomes the third UNC player who has entered the transfer portal to commit to another school, including Derek Dixon to Arizona and Jonathan Powell to Pittsburgh.

Former Virginia Tech star Avdalas commits to UNC

Former Virginia Tech star Neoklis Avdalas has become Coach Michael Malone’s first transfer-portal commitment, according to multiple reports.

Avdalas arrived at Virginia Tech from Kalamata, Greece, as the second-highest-rated recruit in program history with an international résumé and the belief that his size-plus-creation package could translate quickly in the ACC. After an up-and-down season in Blacksburg, he announced on March 27 that he would enter the transfer portal, and

UNC baseball jumps 3 spots to season-high ranking ahead of weekend series with No. 2 Jackets

North Carolina’s huge ACC series this weekend at Boshamer Stadium against Georgia Tech is now a battle between two 30-win teams that are ranked among the top three teams in the country. After a 3–1 week that included taking two of three at Clemson over the weekend, the Tar Heels (30–6–1, 13–5 ACC) moved up three spots in the D1 Baseball poll to No. 3. The Yellow Jackets (30–5, 15–3) went 4–0, including weekend sweep of Florida State and stayed at No. 2.

Heels fans go bananas for Wilson before enjoying the Bananas show

CHAPEL HILL — Kenan Stadium was packed on a beautiful spring afternoon, and the atmosphere was bananas. And Tar Heels fans went bananas over one of their favorite stars. Caleb Wilson got to hear loud cheers from Carolina fans one more time. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch Sunday before the second of two Savannah Bananas weekend games against the Texas Tailgaters. He was wearing a Bananas jersey with, of course, No. 8 on it.

Stanford guard Clardy third veteran UNC women’s portal commitment of weekend

Guard Chloe Clardy, who made 38% of her 3-point attempts last season for the Cardinal, is headed to UNC after averaging 12 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals last season as a junior, when she started 11 times. She announced her decision in a post on X (formerly Twitter) saying that it’s “God’s plan.”

UNC squeezes out dramatic 14-inning marathon win to even series at Clemson

North Carolina has made a habit of endurance tests of late, and Saturday demanded nearly five full hours of patience, pitching and drama before squeezing out just enough execution at the end.
The No. 6 Tar Heels survived their second 14-inning marathon in 12 days, outlasting Clemson 6–4 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium to even the series heading into Sunday’s series-deciding 12:30 p.m. finale (ESPN2).