Roster continuity is a challenge in the transfer portal era, both for the programs and their fans, who are used to following players for multiple seasons. The jarring amount of transition in Carolina’s men’s basketball program is the most significant in 20 years.

Drake Powell is declaring for the NBA draft, he announced Wednesday on social media. Powell was listed in NBA mock drafts before the season but hasn’t been mentioned in most projections in the last couple of months. He has until June 15 at 5 p.m. to pull his name and be eligible to return for his sophomore season at Carolina, but some reports suggest that he intends to stay in the draft.

North Carolina’s men’s basketball non-conference opponents, except one, are known after the announcement Wednesday that the Tar Heels will face St. Bonaventure in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Nov. 25, in addition to the previously announced Nov. 27 game, Thanksgiving Day, in the event against Michigan State.

Ian Jackson will go home to play his sophomore season at St. John’s, according to multiple reports.

Carolina missed a chance at getting Jarin Stevenson when he was a four-star high school recruit out of nearby Seaforth High School in Chatham County, but the Tar Heels made good on a second shot at the 2023 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year.

Cade Tyson has entered the transfer portal after only one season at North Carolina, according to multiple reports. The transfer from Belmont came in with the reputation of being an excellent 3-point shooter but only made 14 of 48 attempts on the season — five of those in one game — and shot 29.2% as a junior at UNC after shooting 46.5% the previous season.

Carolina’s search for a point guard to replace Elliot Cadeau could end with a Mountain West Conference star who had a big game in the NCAA tournament.

As expected, Seth Trimble will return for his senior season at North Carolina. He posted the news on Instagram, with a video and a Photoshopped photo of the back of his jersey with “I’M BACK” where his last name usually appears.

North Carolina appears on seven of 10 way-too-early Top 25 men’s basketball lists for next season that were published on Tuesday.

North Carolina center Jalen Washington will transfer to Vanderbilt for his final college season, according to On3.com. He’ll reunite with former UNC teammate Tyler Nickel, who will be a rising senior next season after coming to the Commodores last offseason from Virginia Tech.

North Carolina couldn’t lure a top-line center last offseason but already has one 11 days after the transfer portal opened this offseason.

Former Arizona center Henri Veesaar (pronounced “VAY-sar”), a 7–0, 235-pound Estonian who visited the UNC campus on Wednesday two days after entering the portal, will transfer to Carolina, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported Friday. He has two seasons of remaining eligibility.

Coach Hubert Davis wanted a taller team and took a good step toward doing that with the first guard he snagged from the transfer portal.

Jonathan Powell, a former West Virginia 6–6, 191-pound guard, picked UNC over Ole Miss and Ohio State, according to multiple reports, including one that Powell retweeted.