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College basketball is becoming increasingly similar to pro basketball in many ways, so why not examine transfer portal transactions in the same light? Carolina lost five players to the men’s basketball transfer portal and brought in five. What if you looked at that as a five-for-five trade? How did the Tar Heels fare?
The NBA draft is less than two weeks away, and most mock drafts are projecting North Carolina’s Drake Powell to be a first-round pick, with predictions going as high as No. 17.
For the first time in 11 years, North Carolina will play at Kentucky in men’s basketball, with next season’s meeting being part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.
North Carolina is No. 7 on a list ranking groups of men’s basketball newcomers, which includes freshmen, transfers and foreign signees.
It was always expected that Ian Jackson, as a five-star recruit, would have a big season and leave North Carolina after one year, but it didn’t work out quite as expected. Jackson did move on, but instead of heading to the NBA, he’ll play his sophomore season close to home at St. John’s and hopes that Coach Rick Pitino will “let me rock.”
Tony Bradley has a chance to join a select group of North Carolina players — including two members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame — who have won championships with the Tar Heels and in the NBA.
After one season at North Carolina, Ven-Allen Lubin is transferring to rival N.C. State to join first-year Wolfpack coach Will Wade.
For the first time since 1919, North Carolina won’t play a home men’s basketball game against N.C. State. That’s a result of the new 18-game schedule that the ACC will follow next season.
North Carolina will reportedly begin a home-and-home men’s basketball series with Georgetown starting next season with a game in Chapel Hill.
As the baseball team begins its pursuit on Friday of a second consecutive trip to the College World Series, it has already been a dominant school year for North Carolina athletics, continuing years of consistent excellence.
North Carolina’s men’s basketball team will reportedly play an exhibition game in late October against BYU in a matchup of two of the top players in the Class of 2025.
His Airness will be on the air next season. NBC announced Monday morning that Michael Jordan will be a special contributor to its coverage of the NBA as the network’s contract begins next season.
In their first game against each other, former North Carolina teammates RJ Davis and Caleb Love each scored 13 points in their second and final games Sunday at the G League Elite Camp in Chicago.
RJ Davis scored 14 points Saturday in the first of his two games at G League Elite Camp in Chicago. Davis was 5 of 9 from the floor and missed both 3-point attempts with two rebounds, two assists and a turnover as his Team One beat Team Two 89–85 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
The ACC has approved reducing the men’s basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 games, but the schedule will work differently from the 18-game format used last season in women’s basketball.
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