The Tar Heel Story After hosting Buffalo transfer guard Angelo Brizzi on an official visit earlier this summer, Brizzi has committed to North Carolina as a late addition to the basketball roster for the 2026-27 season. Brizzi, who was granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA, will play his sixth season of college basketball in Chapel Hill, after starting his career at Villanova, before making his way to Davidson and, most recently, Buffalo. Last year, Brizzi averaged 14.5 point

Greensboro Complex According to sources connected to both North Carolina and NC State, the Tar Heels and the Wolfpack are set to play a non-conference neutral site game at the Greensboro Coliseum in December. This is a response to the ACC only scheduling one game between the two longtime rivals for a second straight season, after the ACC opted to reduce its conference slate from 20 games, down to 18. Last year, Carolina lost the only game between the two programs in Raleigh,

@UNC_Basketball After not hearing his name in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft, Henri Veesaar’s wait came to an end last night, after being drafted 52nd in the NBA Draft, by the Los Angeles Clippers, with the pick to be sent to the Atlanta Hawks. Entering the Draft, Veesaar was projected by many to be late first round selection, and after not going on Tuesday night, there was belief he’d be off the early in the second round, but that was not the case, as he was the 22nd

@ChicagoBulls For the 56th time, the North Carolina basketball program has produced an NBA first-round draft selection, after the Chicago Bulls drafted Caleb Wilson with the 4th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Wilson, who spent just one season in Chapel Hill, landed with the team he was linked to the most during the NBA Draft pre-process, and becomes the third Tar Heel that the Bulls franchise has spent a first-round selection on to help turn them around, joining Michael

University of Buffalo Athletics The college basketball transfer portal is still open for business, and just when you thought that UNC had contacted its final player, a new transfer target emerged earlier this week. According to both Inside Carolina and Jamie Shaw of On3 Sports, Michael Malone and the UNC Basketball program have expressed interest in Buffalo guard Angelo Brizzi, who will seek to play a 6th season of college basketball after receiving a hardship waiver from the

@UNC_Basketball The non-conference schedule isn’t officially set, and neither is the roster for the 2026-27 season, but that doesn’t mean other happenings around the program can’t be finalized. Earlier today, it was announced that Carolina Basketball will take on the Indiana Hoosiers in a preseason exhibition on Sunday, October 18th, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis, at the home of the Indiana Pacers. This is the latest high-profile preseason exhibition that

GoHeels.com The 2026-27 non-conference schedule is still in the works, and it took a step towards being completed late last night, as the ACC/SEC Challenge matchups were revealed. According to Inside Carolina and confirmed by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, the Tar Heels will host the Arkansas Razorbacks in the fourth year of the event. Last year, Carolina won at Kentucky to improve to 2-1 in the ACC/SEC Challenge, with a previous win over Tennessee, coupled with a loss to Alaba

Oregon Ducks Athletics The Tar Heels still have one scholarship available before filling out the roster for the upcoming season, and a new transfer portal target has emerged, according to Inside Carolina. Per IC, the Carolina Basketball program has been in contact with Oregon transfer Wei Lin, who spent one season with the Ducks. In the 2025-26 season, Lin played in 30 games, making 30 starts, and he averaged 6.6 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, while shooting 34% from

Draft Express After withdrawing from the NBA Draft late on Thursday night or early Friday morning, Greece’s Alexandros Samodurov has officially committed to Michael Malone and the UNC Basketball program, becoming the second international prospect to commit to Malone since he was hired back in April. Samodurov is a 6-11 big man from Greece, who has played professionally for Panathinaikos, where he played with current UNC guard Neoklis Avdalas, who transferred into the UNC prog

GoHeels.com As the Tar Heels are still working to complete their non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 season, the ACC league office dropped the opponents for the upcoming ACC slate, with dates and times to be announced at a later time. As a reminder, the league moved back to an 18-game slate as of last season, with each program only playing two teams, both home and away. With that in mind, here’s a breakdown of Carolina’s 2026-27 ACC schedule. Home & Away: The two schools

Shutterstock After an extensive process, Matt Able officially withdrew his name from the 2026 NBA Draft earlier today, paving the way to play for Michael Malone and the Tar Heels in 2026-27. Able, who transferred after one season at NC State, committed to UNC out of the transfer portal back in April, before signing with UNC earlier this month. But after a strong showing in the NBA Draft Combine, Able improved his draft stock, but was still projected as a second-round draft se

Robert Morris University Athletics The primary focus for the UNC roster is centered around Matt Able’s pending decision whether to play college basketball next season, or begin his NBA journey, and keep his name in the draft after a strong showing in the NBA combine. In addition to that, Carolina is also awaiting the decision of Alexandros Samodurov, who is expected to withdraw from the NBA Draft and sign with the Tar Heels, but nothing is official as of this moment. Michael

University of North Carolina Athletics It took some time, but Michael Malone finalized his staff for the 2026-27 season, after hiring former UNC national, Brandon Robinson, to the staff. This week alone, Malone has added Deon Thompson as a grad assistant and Bryan Tibaldi as a player development coach, but the addition of Robinson completes a staff consisting of Chuck Martin and former Tar Heels Sean May and Pat Sullivan. The hire was reported and confirmed by Inside Carolina

On3 It was announced reported earlier this week that Michael Malone and the Tar Heels would host a four-star small forward in the 2026 class, by the name of Kevin Thomas, as they continued to fill out the roster for the upcoming season. Thomas was on campus today for his official visit to UNC, and has committed to play for North Carolina for the upcoming season, becoming the first high school prospect to commit to the UNC program under Michael Malone, who was hired back in Ap

Friar Basketball - Substack After interviewing for a spot on Michael Malone’s staff last week, veteran NBA assistant Bryan Tibaldi has been hired by Malone, becoming the fourth assistant to be named to the new staff. Tibaldi, who played college basketball for Tom Izzo at Michigan State in the mid-2000s, ironically worked for Kim English last year at Providence, before English was fired as the head coach of the Friars. Earlier this off-season, English accepted a role on Malone

247Sports Michael Malone is still busy building out the roster for the 2026-27 season, but he still has positions to fill on his coaching staff, after Kim English backed out of the assistant’s role back in April. Last season, veteran NBA assistant Bryan Tibaldi was in Chapel Hill for an interview, but so far, a hire hasn’t been made. With that in mind, the UNC staff got a boost earlier today, as former national champion Deon Thompson will join Malone’s staff as a grad assista

247Sports The Tar Heels are still working to finalize the roster for the 2026-27 season, and with all the focus primarily on the transfer portal and the international landscape, you may have forgotten that UNC could add from the high school ranks if prospects haven’t committed yet. Michael Malone and the UNC coaching staff are working to add at least one, if not two more big men to the roster for next season, with the hopes of adding at least one more shooter, to round out th

Facebook After initially committing to UNC back in April, NC State transfer Matt Able has officially signed with North Carolina, as the UNC roster is slowly coming together under first-year head coach Michael Malone. Able played one season at NC State, where he averaged 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists, while shooting 42% from the field and 36% from behind the arc. In the Wolfpack’s blowout win over UNC last February, Able scored 19 points, while going 6-10 from the

Ersin's NBA Draft Newsletter - Substack Michael Malone may be back stateside, but his search to find frontcourt help for 2026-27 continues to take him overseas, as another target has emerged, according to sources close to the UNC program. Those sources indicate that Alexandros Samodurov is the latest international prospect to draw interest from the Tar Heels, after playing for Panathinaikos professionally in Greece. His numbers aren;t going to catch anyone’s eyes, as he avera

Yahoo Sports With so much focus on the international prospects, it’s easy to forget that there are bigs still available in the transfer portal that played college basketball last season, who could help out the Tar Heels for next season. And after a week spent overseas, with contact being made to multiple international bigs, Michael Malone, and the UNC staff have reached out to two transfers stateside, as they continue to work to rebuild a frontcourt that has lost Caleb Wilson