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February 1, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 22: SYRACUSE
• Quick turnaround for the Tar Heels as they host Syracuse on February 2 in an ESPN Big Monday game in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Tip time is 7 p.m. Dave O'Brien, Jay Williams and Molly McGrath have the call for ESPN.
• The Tar Heels have won three in a row, including the last two on the road, and are 17-4 overall, 5-3 in the ACC.
• Syracuse is 13-9, 4-5 in league play. The Orange snapped a four-game losing streak with an 86-72 win over Notre Dame at home on Saturday.
• This is the first time UNC has played twice in three days since December 20 and 22 against Ohio State and ECU.
• UNC has one other Saturday-Monday stretch of games on the schedule – February 21 at Syracuse and the 23rd vs. Louisville.
• Carolina beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 91-75, Saturday afternoon. The Tar Heels' leading four scorers – Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar, Seth Trimble and Luka Bogavac – combined for 76 points.
• The Tar Heels are 12-0 in the Smith Center this season with an average margin of 22.3 points.
• The Tar Heels tied the school record for fewest turnovers, committing only two (both in the first half), and had 21 assists on a season-high 36 field goals.
• Wilson set a pair of UNC freshman records - most games scoring in double figures to begin a career (21) and most 20-point games (15).
• Wilson led UNC in scoring (22) and assists (five). It was the fourth time in the last five games Wilson, who leads the Tar Heels in scoring this season, led Carolina in assists.
• Veesaar rebounded from an off game at Virginia to record his 11th double-double of the season, which ties Wilson for the ACC lead. Veesaar had 20 points, 12 boards, four blocks and two steals.
• It was the fifth time both Veesaar and Wilson scored 20 or more points (UNC is 4-1 in those games).

UNC-SYRACUSE
• Carolina is 18-7 all-time vs. the Orange, including 14-4 since Syracuse joined the ACC.
• The Tar Heels beat the Orange, 88-82, in the JMA Wireless Dome last February, the only time the teams faced each other last season. The Tar Heels made 13 three-pointers, outscoring Syracuse by 27 points beyond the arc. Ian Jackson hit five threes and led UNC with 23 points. Jae'Lyn Withers scored 19 points, his second-highest output as a Tar Heel.
• Carolina is 7-0 in Chapel Hill against the Orange. All seven games have been played in the Smith Center.

CAROLINA & THE ACC
• This is the 73rd season of competition in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels were a charter member of the league, which began play in the 1953-54 season.
• Carolina is the only school with 50 or more combined ACC men's basketball championships (33 regular season and 18 Tournament). Duke is second with 44 (21 regular season and 23 Tournament) and NC State is next with 18 (seven regular season and 11 Tournament).
• Hubert Davis is 61-27 in regular-season ACC games. Only one other team has more ACC wins in the last five seasons.
• Davis led the Tar Heels to ACC records of 15-5, 11-9, 17-3 and 13-7 in the previous four seasons. The 2023-24 team won the regular-season title, Carolina's 33rd.
• The Syracuse game is Carolina's 1,100th regular-season ACC game.
• Carolina is 776-323 (.706) in regular-season ACC games. The 776 wins are the most in ACC history. Duke is second with 746.

FRONTCOURT FORCE
• Junior center Henri Veesaar and freshman forward Caleb Wilson are combining for 36.8 points and 18.9 rebounds per game. They have blocked 56 shots, have 102 assists, shot 60.5% from the floor and attempted 247 free throws.
• Wilson is averaging 20.0 points and 9.9 rebounds, while Veesaar is averaging 16.8 points and 9.0 rebounds.
• The last pair of Tar Heels to average 16 points and nine rebounds in a season was Doug Moe and Lee Shaffer in 1959-60.
• The last UNC tandem to average nine rebounds was Tyler Zeller and John Henson on 2011-12.
• Combined, they have 22 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points 21 times.
• Per BartTorvik.com, Wilson leads the country in dunks with 65, while Veesaar is ninth with 42.
• Either Veesaar or Wilson has led the team in scoring 19 times in 21 games and in rebounds 19 times.
• They account for 44.3% of Carolina's scoring, 47.0% of the rebounds and 47.0% of the field goals made.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Henri Veesaar and Caleb Wilson are tied for the lead in the ACC and are 11th in the nation with 11 double-doubles apiece.
• Veesaar and Wilson both have recorded double-doubles in points and rebounds seven times (NC Central, St. Bonaventure, Kentucky, Georgetown, Ohio State, ECU and Florida State).
• Their seven games with double-doubles by both players already equal the third-most in a season by a pair of Tar Heels.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES BY TWO TAR HEELS, SEASON
John Henson & Tyler Zeller 2011-12 9
Rusty Clark & Larry Miller 1966-67 8
Henri Veesaar & Caleb Wilson, 2025-26 7
Pete Brennan & Lennie Rosenbluth 1955-56 7
Phil Ford & Mitch Kupchak 1975-76 6
Lee Dedmon & Charlie Scott 1969-70 6
Brennan & Rosenbluth 1956-57 6
Brennan & Joe Quigg 1956-57 6

WILSON: MIDSEASON AWARDS CANDIDATE
• Caleb Wilson is one of the most productive and engaging freshman in Carolina Basketball history.
• On January 29, the Atlanta Tipoff Club named Wilson one of 25 players on the midseason watch list for National Defensive Player of the Year.
• Wilson was one of 25 players named to the midseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to the National Player of the Year by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, and the USBWA's Oscar Roberston Trophy.
• He was also one of 15 players named to the Midseason Watch List for the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Year award.
• The 6-10 Atlanta native has made an immediate impact on the Tar Heel record book, becoming the first freshman to score 20 or more points in six consecutive games. The previous record was five by College Basketball Hall of Famer Phil Ford in 1974-75.
• Wilson has scored 20 or more points 15 times, including a season-high 26-point performance at Stanford. His 15 20-point games have already surpassed Tyler Hansbrough's previous UNC single-season rookie record. Hansbrough scored 20 or more 14 times in earning first-team All-America and first-team All-ACC honors in 2005-06.
• Wilson, Hansbrough, Rashad McCants and Ford are the only UNC freshmen with 10 or more 20-point games.

20-Point Games by a UNC Freshman
Caleb Wilson, 2025-26 15
Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06 14
Rashad McCants, 2002-03 12
Phil Ford, 1974-75 10

• Wilson leads the Tar Heels in scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounds, steals, free throws (made and attempted) and blocks and is second in assists (three off the lead) and field goal percentage.
• His scoring average of 20.0 points per game is on pace to set the UNC freshman record.
• In eight ACC games, Wilson is averaging 20.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists

SINGLE-SEASON SCORING, UNC FRESHMAN
20.0 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
18.9 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
18.5 Cole Anthony, 2019-20
17.0 Rashad McCants, 2002-03
16.7 Joseph Forte, 1999-2000

• Hansbrough (in 2005-06) is the only Tar Heel freshman to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding. He also led the team as a freshman in steals. No Tar Heel freshman has ever led the team in scoring, rebounding, blocks and steals.
• Joseph Forte (16.7 ppg in 1999-2000), McCants (17.0 in 2002-03), Hansbrough (18.9 in 2005-06), Harrison Barnes (co-leader at 15.7 in 2010-11) and Cole Anthony (18.5 in 2019-20) are the freshmen who have led UNC in scoring.
• Hansbrough (7.8 rpg in 2005-06), Antawn Jamison (9.7 in 1995-96) and J.R. Reid (7.4 in 1986-87) are the freshmen who led UNC in rebounding.
• Wilson is averaging 9.9 rebounds per game. The UNC freshman record is 9.6 per game in 1995-96 by Jamison.

SINGLE-SEASON REBOUNDING, UNC FRESHMAN
9.9 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
9.6 Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
8.3 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
7.8 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
7.8 Sam Perkins, 1980-81

• He has scored in double figures in all 21 games and has 11 double-doubles, the second-most by a Carolina freshman. He has 12 or more rebounds in 10 of his 11 double-doubles, including a season-high 16 vs. Florida State.

Double-Doubles by a UNC Freshman
(all points and rebounds)
13 Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
11 Caleb Wilson, 2025-26
11 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
9 J.R. Reid, 1986-87
9 Sam Perkins, 1980-81

• Wilson leads the ACC in rebounds per game (9.9). He is second among all freshmen nationally in double-doubles and is fourth in rebounding.
• In Carolina's 79-66 win over Florida State, Wilson became the sixth Tar Heel ever with at least 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a game, joining an illustrious list of Tar Heels that includes Billy Cunningham, Mitch Kupchak, James Worthy, Forte and Luke Maye.
• Against the Seminoles, Wilson became the third Tar Heel ever to lead UNC outright in a game in points, rebounds, assists and blocks (joining Jerry Stackhouse vs. Murray State on 3/17/1995 and Mike O'Koren vs. Detroit on 12/4/1978).
• Wilson set a UNC freshman record with four consecutive double-doubles against Radford, NC Central, Navy and St. Bonaventure. Bacot (twice), Jamison and O'Koren were the only Tar Heel freshmen with three in a row.
• Against Navy, he became the first Tar Heel ever to score 23 points, grab 12 rebounds, make three blocks and have four steals in any game.
• He netted 22 points vs. Central Arkansas and 24 vs. Kansas to become the first Tar Heel freshman ever to score more than 20 points in his first two games.
• Wilson compiled a game-high 24 points with seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win over Kansas. He became just the second Tar Heel freshman (with Coby White against Virginia Tech in 2018-19) and the fourth Tar Heel regardless of class (with Walter Davis and O'Koren) to have at least 24 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals in a game.
• His 22 points in the opener vs. Central Arkansas were the fourth-most by a Tar Heel freshman in his debut since first-year players became eligible in 1972-73.

VEESAAR A DUAL THREAT
• Red-shirt junior center Henri Veesaar, a transfer from Arizona, leads the team in field goal shooting (62.3%) and three-point accuracy (45.8%), and is second in scoring (16.8), rebounding (9.0) and blocks (27).
• The Estonia native scored the game-winner against Ohio State, had a game-high 17 points in the win at Kentucky and grabbed a career-best 15 rebounds in the win over Georgetown.
• Veesaar has 11 double-doubles as a Tar Heel, the first 11 of his collegiate career. He played in 66 games over two seasons at Arizona.
• He is tied for first in the ACC and 11th in the country in double-doubles and is second in the ACC and 18th nationally in field goal percentage. He's also fifth in the ACC in rebounding and 10th in points per game.
• He has scored in double figures in 20 games (all except Virginia, where he had seven).
• Veesaar has set numerous career bests as a Tar Heel, including points (26 vs. ETSU and Stanford), rebounds (15 vs. Georgetown), offensive rebounds (six vs. Florida State), blocks (five vs. NC Central), assists (five vs. Ohio State) and three-pointers (four vs. ECU).
• He has established career highs in rebounds four times – 10 vs. Central Arkansas, 11 vs. NC Central, 13 vs. St. Bonaventure and 15 vs. Georgetown.
• He has scored 20 or more points six times – 26 vs. ETSU and Stanford, 25 vs. Wake Forest, 24 vs. the Bonnies, 20 vs. Kansas and 20 at Georgia Tech. He had one 20-point game in his first two seasons at Arizona.
• Veesaar leads UNC in plus/minus at plus 300 and has led the Tar Heels in plus/minus seven times, which also leads the team.
• Veesaar has eight games where he was plus 20 or higher.

HENRI THE FIRST
• Henri Veesaar is Carolina's first 7-footer ever to make multiple three-pointers.
• Veesaar is 27 for 59 from three and leads the team in three-point percentage (.458).
• He is tied for second on the team in three-pointers, five behind Luka Bogavac's 32.
• Prior to this season, two 7-footers made one three apiece. Serge Zwikker made a three in the ACC semifinals vs. Tim Duncan's Wake Forest Demon Deacons on 3/8/1997 and Walker Kessler made one vs. Northeastern on 2/17/2021.
• Veesaar has made two or more three-pointers eight times this season, including a career-high four vs. ECU.

TRENDING TOPICS
• Since the beginning of ACC play, the Tar Heels are third in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency, averaging 130.7 points per 100 possessions, and trailing only Houston and Illinois. Texas Tech, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, Florida, Purdue and Texas rank four through 10 in that period of time.
• Offensively, the Tar Heels are ninth in the country in assist/turnover ratio, 17th in turnovers, 18th in offensive efficiency, 36th in assists per game, 46th in field goal percentage and 51st in effective field goal percentage.
• The Tar Heels are 29th in the country in field goal percentage defense, holding their opponents to a combined 40.1% from the floor. They've held seven opponents below 35% and 11 under 40%.
• UNC is 11-0 this season and 56-4 under head coach Hubert Davis when holding opponents under 40% from the floor and 0-4 this season and 6-19 under Davis when the opponents make 50%.
• The Tar Heel defense is fifth in the country in two-point field goal percentage defense (43.8%) and 23rd in effective field goal percentage (46.6%).
• Carolina is making 8.8 three-pointers per game, which would be the all-time single-season UNC record, edging the 8.67 made per game in 2018-19, when the Tar Heel lineup included Cameron Johnson, Coby White, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye.
• In ACC play, both the Tar Heels and their opponents are making threes at a higher rate than all season. Carolina is averaging 9.3 threes in the eight ACC games, including 10 or more three times. The ACC opponents are hitting 11.6 three-pointers per game, including a five-game stretch from SMU to Cal when they made 70, the most UNC ever allowed over five games.
• Five different Tar Heels have made at least 23 three-pointers – Luka Bogavac (32), Derek Dixon (27), Kyan Evans (27), Henri Veesaar (27) and Jonathan Powell (23).

MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE PER GAME
8.76 in 2025-26 (184 in 21 games)
8.67 in 2018-19 (312 in 36 games)
8.41 in 2021-22 (328 in 39 games)
8.29 in 2002-03 (290 in 35 games)
8.25 in 1982-83 (132 in 16 games – ACC games only)

• Carolina is attempting 25.7 three-pointers per game, which would break the previous school record of 23.9 in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels attempted a season-high 34 threes against Notre Dame and made a season-best 13 vs. the Irish on January 21.

MOST THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED PER GAME
25.71 in 2025-26 (509 in 20 games)
23.94 in 2018-19 (862 in 36 games)
23.49 in 2021-22 (916 in 39 games)
23.49 in 2002-03 (822 in 35 games)
22.95 in 2017-18 (849 in 37 games)

• The Tar Heels are making 8.8 threes per game while allowing 8.2. UNC is in on track to make more 3FG than its opponents for the fifth consecutive year. From 2006-07 to 2019-20, Carolina made more 3FGs one time (in 2012-13).
• The Tar Heels have won 20 straight games when making more three-pointers than their opponent. However, the opponents have made more threes in all four of UNC's losses this season (by a combined 18 in the four games).
• Carolina has made 50% or better of its field goal attempts in 10 of the first 21 games. The Tar Heels are 44-2 under Davis when they make at least 50% from the floor.
• Michigan State and Virginia are the only teams this season to outrebound Carolina. The Tar Heels are 103-26 under Davis when they outrebound their opponents.
• UNC is averaging 9.48 turnovers, the fewest in UNC history (previous low is 10.08 in 2023-24).
• The Tar Heels committed two turnovers in the win at Georgia Tech. The two turnovers equaled UNC's all-time single-game record (vs. Fairfield in the 1997 NCAA first round in Winston-Salem and Duke on 2/8/2018).
• The Tar Heels have also set a school record for fewest turnovers in consecutive games with six in the last two games (four at Virginia and two at Georgia Tech). The previous low was 11 (1982 ACC Tournament vs. NC State and Virginia and 2023-24 vs. Duke and Clemson).
• Carolina also set the school record for fewest turnovers in three consecutive games with 14 (eight vs. Notre Dame, four at Virginia and two at Georgia Tech). The previous low was 20 twice (2021-22 vs. Syracuse, Duke and Virginia, and earlier this season vs. USC Upstate, ETSU and Ohio State).
• Carolina has committed fewer than 10 turnovers in eight of the last 13 games.
• Including this season, Davis' teams have produced the four-lowest turnover per game averages and five of the six-lowest in UNC history.
• Carolina's assist/turnover ratio of 1.82 is the best in UNC history (1.65 in 2015-16).
• The Tar Heels force 9.7 turnovers per game. Carolina is 338th in the nation in forced turnovers. The 9.7 turnovers equal the fewest forced in a season by the Tar Heels (previous was 9.7 in 2021-22).

500+ WINS IN THE SMITH CENTER
• This is the 41st season the Tar Heels are playing in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• The win over Wake Forest on January 10 was UNC's 500th in the Smith Center.
• Carolina is 501-90 in regular-season and NIT games in the Smith Center.
• UNC became the ninth current ACC team with 500 or more wins in their respective home venues.
• Carolina has won 84.8% of its games in the Smith Center. Only one team in the ACC that has 500 or more wins in its current venue has a higher winning percentage.
• Carolina's first win in the Smith Center came 40 years ago this week, on 1/18/1986, when No. 1-ranked UNC defeated No. 3 Duke, 95-92.
• Carolina is 260-71 (.785) in ACC games in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have won 12 straight games in the Smith Center, all this season.
• UNC has played 46.4% of its home games in the Smith Center (591 of 1,275).
• Carolina has played 154 different opponents in regular-season or NIT games in the Smith Center.
• The Smith Center is the fifth home venue for the Tar Heels. Carolina has won 501 games in the Smith Center, 210 in Woollen Gym (1939-65), 170 in Carmichael Auditorium (1965-86, 2010), 130 in the Indoor Athletic Court (1924-38) and 63 in Bynum Gym (1911-23).

IN-SEASON AWARDS
• Freshman forward Caleb Wilson has earned National Player-of-the-Week honors twice this season. He was one of five players named National Player of the Week by the USBWA for the week of November 3-9 and he won the award from Andy Katz at NCAA March Madness for this play the week of December 15-21.
• Wilson also was named ACC Freshman of the Week twice, following the games against Central Arkansas and Kansas and against ETSU and Ohio State.
• He is the first Tar Heel to win multiple ACC Freshman-of-the-Week awards since Caleb Love was a two-time recipient in 2021.
• Wilson also was the ACC's Co-Player of the Week after the Central Arkansas and Kansas games.
• Wilson was the first Tar Heel freshman to also win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors since Cole Anthony in 2019-20.
• Wilson became the eighth Tar Heel to win ACC Player-of-the-Week honors as a freshman, joining Jerry Stackhouse (1994), Antawn Jamison (1996), Rashad McCants (2003), Tyler Hansbrough (2006), Brandan Wright (2007), Coby White (2019) and Anthony.

PROBABLE STARTERS VS. SYRACUSE
(based on the previous game vs. Georgia Tech)
3 – Derek Dixon, Freshman, Guard
7 – Seth Trimble, Senior, Guard
4 – Jaydon Young, Junior, Guard
8 – Caleb Wilson, Freshman, Forward
13 – Henri Veesaar, R-Junior, Center
• Carolina's probable starters against Georgia Tech have made a combined 97 college starts. That includes 33 by Trimble, 26 by Henri Veesaar, 21 by freshman Caleb Wilson, 13 by Jaydon Young and four by freshman Derek Dixon.
• UNC has used five different starting lineups in the first 21 games. Veesaar and Wilson have started all 21 games.

PRESEASON ALL-ACC, POLL
• The Tar Heels were picked to finish third in the 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference by the media at the ACC's preseason media day in Charlotte.
• Caleb Wilson was voted to the league's preseason All-ACC second team and the All-Freshman team.
• UNC was picked No. 25 in the country in the Associated Press preseason poll.
• This is the 69th different season in the 78-year history of the AP poll the Tar Heels have been ranked at any point in the AP poll.

HUBERT DAVIS: YEAR FIVE
• The 2025-26 season is Hubert Davis' fifth as head coach at the University of North Carolina and his 14th on the coaching staff at his alma mater. He is the only Tar Heel head coach to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons.
• Davis, 55 (turns 56 on May 17, 2026), has won National and ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors, led the Tar Heels to a national title game appearance, 117 wins, a 61-27 record and 26 road wins in ACC regular-season play, a regular-season ACC title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Only one other team has won more ACC games in the last four years.
• Two of his players – RJ Davis and Armando Bacot – rank second and third, respectively, in all-time UNC scoring, set numerous records and earned national and All-ACC awards.
• Carolina won its 100th game under Davis in the 2025 ACC Tournament, making him the third-fastest coach in UNC history and the sixth-fastest in ACC history to win 100 games. Only Duke's Vic Bubas, UNC's Roy Williams and Frank McGuire, Wake Forest's Skip Prosser and Maryland's Lefty Driesell reached 100 wins in fewer games than Davis (who won his 100th in 143 games).
• Under Davis, Carolina is 8-3 in NCAA Tournament play, including wins against three national championship-winning coaches (Baylor's Scott Drew, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State's Tom Izzo) and three other coaches who have taken teams to the Final Four (Marquette's Shaka Smart, UCLA's Mick Cronin and San Diego State's Brian Dutcher).
• Davis has led the Tar Heels to 17 wins over nationally-ranked opponents, including eight over top-10 teams (No. 4 Duke, No. 4 Baylor and No. 9 Duke in 2022; No. 6 Virginia in 2023; and No. 10 Tennessee, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 7 Duke and No. 9 Duke in 2024).

2025-26 SCHEDULE NOTES
• The Tar Heels played 10 home games prior to New Years's Day for the first time since 2009-10
• Carolina went 4-3 in January, playing just twice at home (2-0) and five games on the road (2-3).
• It was the first January with only two home games since 1991.
• In ACC play, the Tar Heels play host to Florida State, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Syracuse (Feb. 2), Duke (Feb. 7), Pitt (Feb. 14), Louisville (Feb. 23), Virginia Tech (Feb. 28) and Clemson (March 3).
• Carolina plays at SMU, Stanford, Cal, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Miami (Feb. 10), NC State (Feb. 17), Syracuse (Feb. 21) and Duke (March 7).
• UNC is not scheduled to play Boston College.
• This will mark the first season since 1919 the Tar Heels are not playing NC State in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels played Kansas in Chapel Hill for the first time ever. Last year, the Jayhawks defeated UNC in Lawrence. The November 7 game was just the third on-campus matchup in 14 games between the Tar Heels and KU.
• The Tar Heels made their first trips as ACC opponents to SMU, Stanford and Cal.

CBS SPORTS CLASSIC EXTENSION
• UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio State will compete in the CBS Sports Classic the next four seasons.
• The Tar Heels are 8-4 in the event since the annual doubleheader was first played in December 2014.
• Next season, Carolina will play Kentucky on December 19, 2026, in Madison Square Garden.
• The Tar Heels will play Kansas in 2027-28, Ohio State in 2028-29 and Kentucky again in 2029-30.

TAR HEELS IN THE NBA
• Eleven former Tar Heels were on NBA Opening Day rosters, including Cole Anthony (Milwaukee), Harrison Barnes (San Antonio), Tony Bradley (Indiana), Harrison Ingram (San Antonio), Cameron Johnson (Denver), Walker Kessler (Utah), Caleb Love (Portland), Pete Nance (Milwaukee), rookie Drake Powell (Brooklyn), Day'Ron Sharpe (Brooklyn) and Coby White (Chicago).
• Five Carolina alumni are playing in the G League: Leaky Black (Capital City), Garrison Brooks (Birmingham), RJ Davis (South Bay), Harrison Ingram (Austin) and Cormac Ryan (Wisconsin).
• At least a dozen Tar Heels are playing internationally, including Armando Bacot (Turkey), Ty Claude (Serbia), Isaiah Hicks (South Korea), Brice Johnson (Dominican Republic), Christian Keeling (Finland), Nassir Little (Japan), Brady Manek (China), Luke Maye (Japan), James Michael McAdoo (Japan), Kennedy Meeks (Taiwan), J.P. Tokoto (Poland) and Jae'Lyn Withers (The Netherlands).