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North Carolina is third in the national Directors’ Cup standings after the winter sports. Future ACC member Stanford is No. 1 with 977 points, followed by Texas at 746.5 and the Tar Heels at 733.5. The Tar Heels led the standings with a 1.5-point lead over Stanford after the fall sports, but the Cardinal earned 606 points from winter sports compared to 361 for the Tar Heels.
Ali Zelaya will play her fifth season at UNCW. The 6–4 Zelaya, who entered the transfer portal on April 1, is the third of the six Carolina players to enter the portal to commit to a school after commitments by Paulina Paris to Arizona and Teonni Key to Kentucky.
It was a quick roundtrip in the transfer portal for Seth Trimble, who said his “heart and soul belong in Chapel Hill.”
Fourteen days after entering the portal, the Carolina guard has pulled his name and will return to Chapel Hill for his ju
Former Oregon State guard Jordan Pope has reportedly had contact with North Carolina.
Former Dayton wing Koby Brea, who led the country in 3-point shooting percentage last season at 49.8%, has North Carolina as one of the final five blue blood schools he is considering, according to multiple reports.
Reclassifying to play an entire freshman season before turning 18 is far from a conventional route for women’s basketball players. But 5–10 five-star point guard phenom Lanie Grant, the 2024 Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year, has defied convention since getting her first scholarship offer three months after turning 13.
Incoming UNC five-star freshmen Drake Powell and Blanca Thomas will compete in the 23rd Jordan Brand Classic on Sunday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Harrison Ingram, the versatile, high-energy transfer who had a breakout junior season at Carolina after two years at Stanford, has declared for the 2024 NBA draft.
Former Kentucky wing Adou Thiero is, of course, considering following Coach John Calipari to Arkansas, but Carolina is reportedly also in his final five.
A second former North Carolina men’s basketball player is reportedly moving on after only one season at his second school. Dontrez Styles, who transferred to Georgetown for his junior season, is planning to enter the transfer portal, according to On3.com’s Joe Tipton.
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