The 2025-26 college basketball season is officially less than a week away, with Carolina set to open the season against Central Arkansas next Monday in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are set to host Winston-Salem State tomorrow night, in the final preseason exhibition, after losing to BYU in exhibition competition last Friday night.  With the season right around the corner, all the preseason watch lists are in the process of being unveiled, and earlier today, senior guard Se

@rare1ziel- Instagram The Tar Heels have been looking to flip some targets from the teams that have already fired their head coach, and on Monday, they completed the first of what could be a group of flips. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of Rivals, the Tar Heels have completed the flip of 2026 3✮ CB Jaziel Hart from Penn State. His commitment to UNC comes after the staff re-offered him shortly after his decommitment back on October 14th and before he is set to take his of

Ben McKewon- AP Photo Inches. That’s how close the Tar Heels came to an upset of No. 16 Virginia on Saturday afternoon in Kenan Stadium. Instead, the Tar Heels have to settle for silver linings for a second straight week thanks to a 17-16 overtime loss. Here is a look at our takeaways from another heartbreaking loss for the Tar Heels. Two-Point Conversion Call Was the Right One Many are questioning whether it was the right decision to go for two in the first overtime and pers

Thien-An Troung- Getty Images The Tar Heels return to Kenan Stadium on Saturday afternoon still searching for the first win of the Bill Belichick era over a power conference opponent as they take on the Virginia Cavaliers in the latest rendition of the South’s Oldest Rivalry. Here’s a look at everything that you need to know for a game that could go a long way in getting this season turned around. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The Tar Heels are coming off their best performance o

KSL News Last night, the Tar Heels traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, to take on the preseason-ranked #8 BYU Cougars in an exhibition matchup, and ultimately fell short 78-76, in a game that showed a lot of promise for a UNC roster featuring 11 new players. One of those 11 newcomers, Luka Bogavac, was not in uniform, as he awaits clearance from the University after being deemed eligible by the NCAA. With that in mind, Hubert Davis started a bigger lineup, going with Kyan Evans

@UNC_Baksetball For the first time since March, the Tar Heels will take the floor and play a competitive game of basketball, although tonight’s game is technically an exhibition. A few years ago, the NCAA voted to allow schools to play in two exhibitions per preseason, as long as one of the exhibitions benefits a charity foundation. Last year, UNC played at Memphis, in an exhibition that benefited St. Jude’s hospital, and tonight they’ll travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to tak

@im__jules- Instagram The Tar Heels have been looking to capitalize on the firing of multiple head coaches from around the country and one of those targets that they are working hard to flip is officially back on the board. 2026 3✮ CB Julian Peterson announced on Wednesday afternoon that he was decommitting from Penn State after James Franklin was dismissed from his head coaching role by the program last week. Peterson had been committed to the Nittany Lions since late Januar

Bob Donnan- Imagn Images We have been waiting for an update on Luka Bogavac and on Wednesday, head coach Hubert Davis gave it to us. According to Davis, Bogavac has been cleared to play by the NCAA, but still faces a new challenge when it comes to getting on the court. Per Inside Carolina, Bogavac still must overcome “internal steps” before he is actually able to join the team on the court officially this season. It’s not that he has been admitted to the school; that step was

@double8._- Instagram For the third time in the last 24 hours, the Tar Heels have had a player walk away from the program midseason. As first reported by Inside Carolina, true freshman tight end Yasir Smith is no longer with the program. Smith, who joined the team as a defensive end back in the summer, signed with the Tar Heels on National Signing Day after receiving a late offer in February. Smith, the No. 1738 overall prospect and the No. 189 defensive line prospect in the

@ballhawk_8- Instagram After what appeared to be a two week suspension, Tar Heels cornerback coach Armond Hawkins has been reinstated according to head coach Bill Belichick. “Yeah, he’s back,” said Belichick on Tuesday morning during his weekly press conference. “The university cleared him. They went through their process with him and he’s back.” Belichick was also asked by the media if he thought he had done enough education and educating everybody about the rules and NCAA r

@williamboone_ - Twitter For the third time today, the Tar Heels have had a member of their team step away midseason. As first reported by TarHeel247, junior offensive tackle William Boone is no longer with the team as of Tuesday evening.  Per his agent, Austin Pfenniger, Boone is pursuing a medical redshirt for this season and should be 100% for spring practice. Boone, who transferred in back in the winter portal, is at least done for the season after playing in the first th

@pryceyates- Instagram The Tar Heels have suffered some defections from the team in-season, but none is as big as the one they just suffered. According to a report from Inside Carolina, major offseason acquisition Pryce Yates is no longer with the program due to an injury situation.  Yates, who was active for the Clemson game and finished with three total tackles, 0.5 a tackle for loss and one quarterback pressure, missed the first four games of the season with a concussion a

@cbfw_50_- Instagram The Tar Heels may have 37 commits in their 2026 class, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to flip some prospects from the schools that have already fired their head coach. The latest name to pop onto the radar for the Tar Heels is Florida commit Tyler Chukuyem, who told Rivals reporter Hadyn Hollin on Sunday evening that he will be officially visiting Chapel Hill this weekend for the team’s matchup with the Virginia Cavaliers. Chukuyem, a 4✮ OT pros

ESPN The Tar Heels returned to the field on Friday night after a second bye week filled with a host of negative off-the-field storylines. With questions surrounding this group and how they would respond, the team put together their best performance against a power conference team this season in a 21-18 loss to the California Golden Bears. Here are our biggest takeaways from what we saw in the loss in Berkeley. Two Fumbles Were the Difference In the Game The Tar Heels had two

Lance King- Getty Images The Tar Heels head to the West Coast on Friday night as they face the California Golden Bears looking to turn their season in the right direction. Here is everything you need to know for the late night matchup with one of the ACC’s most confusing teams so far this year. Team Breakdowns Tar Heels The team needs to show some signs of life against Power 4 competition and this will be one of their best chances to do that the rest of the season. The team a

Tar Heel Tribune It may have seemed like an Onion headline but, as the university confirmed on Thursday, it is real. The Tar Heels are looking to the Saudi Arabian government and its Public Investment Fund for help to raise money for the football program. As first reported by Pablo Torre and later confirmed by Brendan Marks and Christopher Kamrani of the Athletic, Tar Heel general manager Michael Lombardi took a trip overseas to Saudi Arabia back in mid-August to gauge the in

After a second bye week in three weeks, the Tar Heels are on their way out west to take on California in an ACC contest, set for tomorrow night, at 10:30 PM on ESPN. Carolina has only played once in the past 27 days, a blowout loss to Clemson, despite Bill Belichick’s insistence that his team is improving. The good news about the time off is that it allowed for some players to get healthy, heading into the back half of the season, where Carolina will play seven straight games

The Tar Heels sit here in the midst of their second bye week of the 2025 season searching for answers. Following last week’s buzz around possibly moving on from head coach Bill Belichick, there is even a question about how long this experiment may last. With it expected to at least last till the end of the season, it is time to turn the attention back to the current season on the field where the team is struggling mightily. Here’s a look at our grades for each unit on this te

@5star_tre- Instagram After suffering a big decommitment earlier in the day in the 2027 class, the Tar Heels have completed a major flip on the 2026 recruiting trail. As he announced via social media, 2026 4✮ CB Kenton Dopson has flipped his commitment from Miami to UNC. The flip comes after Dopson took a visit to campus during the Richmond game following an offer from the Tar Heels back in August. Last month, he announced that he was officially reclassifying to the 2026 clas

@am1rbrown- Instagram The Tar Heels have done a good job of holding on to commitments on the recruiting trail amidst the rough start to the 2025 season, but on Wednesday, the team lost its top commit in the 2027 recruiting class. As first reported by Hayes Fawcett of Rivals, 2027 4✮ RB Amir Brown has decommitted from the Tar Heels. The decommitment comes ahead of his scheduled visit to Notre Dame for their game with USC on Saturday night. His decommitment comes in the middle