By R.L. Bynum
Elliot Cadeau is going back to the number he wore in high school.
Cadeau wore No. 3 in high school, but that was Cormac Ryan’s number for Carolina last season. With Ryan’s college eligibility exhausted after his fifth college season, Cadeau will switch from the No. 2 he wore as a freshman to No. 3.
On Saturday, his mother, Michelle Cadeau, promoted a shirt featuring her son wearing No. 3 and confirmed the number change in a reply on X (formerly Twitter).
Last season, Cadeau became the first UNC player since Caleb Love and Day’Ron Sharpe in 2021 to make the ACC All-Freshman team, joining Ed Cota, Raymond Felton, Bobby Frasor, Ty Lawson, Kendall Marshall, Marcus Paige, Coby White, Cole Anthony and Love as UNC point guards to earn that honor.
A member of CollegeInsider.com’s Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team, Cadeau averaged 7.3 points and 4.1 assists. He led the Tar Heels with 150 assists, the most by any UNC player since Theo Pinson in 2018 and the most by a freshman since Paige in 2013. He dished out a season-high 10 assists against Tennessee and had an ACC-high nine against Syracuse.
Cadeau was the 11th UNC freshman with 100 assists in a season, with the fourth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in that group, behind only assistant coach Jeff Lebo, Lawson and Marshall. He had six or more assists 10 times (with UNC 8–2 in those games) and had more assists than turnovers 27 times.
Cadeau was part of a Marriott Bonvoy commercial that was played in March and will also run next March.
Key events, dates
Saturday, April 27, was the deadline for players to submit their names to the NBA draft
May 1 was the deadline for players to enter the transfer portal
Last weekend on Saturday and Sunday — NBA G League Elite Camp in Chicago
Began Sunday, runs through next Sunday — 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. 4 — vs. Elon
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 @UNC_Basketball
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