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.

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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.

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Roster assuming all players with eligibility other than Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar and the seven players who entered the transfer portal return, which would put UNC two under the 15-player limit. The class for next season is listed.

No./ Stars	Class	Player	Pos.	Hgt	Wgt
5 star	Freshman	Maximo Adams	SF	6–7	205
3 star	Freshman	Malloy Smith	CG	6–5	190
5 star	Freshman	Sayon Keita	C	7–0	215
4 star	Freshman	Kevin Thomas	W	6–7	190
	RS freshman	Cade Bennerman — W	C	7–0	205
	Sophomore	Neoklis Avdalas — X	G	6–9	215
	Sophomore	Isaiah Denis	G	6–4	180
	Sophomore	Matt Able — Y	G	6–6	205
	Senior	Terrence Brown — Z	G	6–3	174
4	Senior	Jaydon Young	G	6–4	200
15	Senior	Jarin Stevenson	4	6–10	215
		Walk-ons
25	Junior	John Holbrook	4	6–8	230
32	Senior	Evan Smith	2	6–1	195

W — Northwestern transfer. X — Virginia Tech transfer; Y — N.C. State transfer; Z — Utah transfer

Michael Malone’s coaching staff: Chuck Martin, Bryan Tibaldi, Sean May and Pat Sullivan; Deon Thompson will be a graduate assistant, and Brandon Robinson will reportedly have a support staff position.

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Players who left for the transfer portal

Player	Class next season	Pos.	Hgt	Wgt	Next school
Luka Bogavac	Senior	W	6–6	215	Oklahoma State
James Brown	Senior	C	6–10	240	Howard
Derek Dixon	Sophomore	G	6–5	200	Arizona
Kyan Evans	Senior	G	6–2	175	Minnesota
Zayden High	Junior	C	6–10	230	South Florida
Jonathan Powell	Junior	G	6–6	190	Pittsburgh
Ivan Matlekovic	Junior	C	7–0	255

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Key offseason dates

Thursday through May 28 — Kevin Thomas at USA Basketball U18 national team tryouts in Colorado Springs
May 27 (11:59 p.m.) — NCAA early-entry withdrawal deadline
June 13 — Deadline for international players to withdraw from NBA draft and maintain college eligibility
June 23–24 — NBA draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn

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Nonconference schedule so far

(Other than the ACC/SEC Challenge, games without links revealed from reporting by Alex Rosinski or Rocco Miller)
(11 of 14 games)
Nov. 2 — vs. Western Carolina
Nov. 6 — vs. Wofford
Nov. 10 — vs. Wyoming
Nov. 13 — vs. Georgia
Nov. 20 — vs. Marshall
Nov. 27 — vs. West Virginia at the Dick Vitale Invitational at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center
Dec. 1 or 2 — vs. SEC team in ACC/SEC Challenge (announced last year on June 12)
Dec. 12 — at Georgetown
Dec. 19 — vs. Kentucky in CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden
Dec. 21 — vs. The Citadel
November or December — vs. Butler

Photos via @UNC_Basketball