Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As the transfer portal continues turning, let’s check in on where UNC’s roster stands. When the transfer portal first opened, North Carolina Tar Heels women’s basketball got hit pretty hard, as Paulina Paris, Ali Zelaya, Anya Poole, Teonni Key, RyLee Grays, and — most newsworthy — Deja Kelly all entered the portal. While not all of those players were starters and playing 25+ minutes per game, that is a big chunk of depth. Initially, Kelly left the door open to possibly returning, but she has instead opted to go to Oregon for her final sea ..read more

Photo by Brennan Asplen/Getty Images Carolina looks to clinch at least a share of the Coastal Division title. The North Carolina Tar Heels host Louisville in the final homestand of the season. The Tar Heels can clinch a share of the Coastal Division title with a sweep of the Cardinals this weekend at Boshamer Stadium. Here’s the schedule for the weekend: After the off weekend, UNC held steady in the polls: D1Baseball.com: 11 (+1) Baseball America: 8 (-1) NCBWA: 10 (-1) USA Today Coaches Poll: 11 (+1) Perfect Game: 12 (-) Earlier in the season, Carolina traveled to Buies Creek to take on a r ..read more

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Can the Tar Heels go on a run for a conference title this week? This week will feature the 2024 edition of the ACC Softball Tournament, which will feature the North Carolina Tar Heels and their first year coach Megan Smith Lyon. The 2024 season has been a fairly solid one following the coaching change, as the Tar Heels went 30-19 in the regular season, which is the program’s best record since 2019. As they look to make a run and potentially steal an NCAA Tournament bid this week, let’s give some shine to the softball team, which is hopefully a ..read more

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Plenty can and will change before the season tips off, but it’s still fun to speculate. Thus far, the offseason for the Heels has been hit and miss. The decisions by RJ Davis and Seth Trimble to return to Chapel Hill give the team an excellent foundation, and the addition of Belmont sharpshooter Cade Tyson should really help open things up. However, Harrison Ingram appears to be locked in on the NBA draft and Hubert Davis has missed on a number of big man targets in the transfer portal. So with at least some of the dust settled, how are the Heels being currently rat ..read more

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Scott Forbes is running easily his best team since he became head coach of the Diamond Heels If you haven’t been keeping up with the Diamond Heels this season, you’ve been missing out. My buddy Evan has been doing a great job with the recaps and statistical updates every week, but I wanted to do something a little more qualitative, because Scott Forbes and UNC have been putting together a pretty special season that I think deserves your attention if you’re a UNC fan. With two weekends left until the college baseball postseason, UNC is sitting at 35-11, 17-7 i ..read more

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NC lawmakers seek to force Carolina to play NC State every year, and even App State, ECU, and UNC-Charlotte A curious bill has hit the floor of the North Carolina State Assembly. House Bill 965, titled “UNC Intrastate Athletic Competition” would require Carolina to play NC State in football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball at least once per season. Additionally, both UNC and NC State would be required to play one of East Carolina, App State, or UNC-Charlotte in said sports every season, and would have to play them home and aw ..read more

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports UNC’s next big doesn’t need to be a home run hitter, they just need to have a good batting average. Things have been pretty rough in Chapel Hill this offseason. The Tar Heels continue their search for a big man capable of giving them quality minutes in the transfer portal after striking out on yet another big in Cliff Omoruyi, who recently announced his commitment to Alabama. Omoruyi stated that he felt like the Crimson Tide gave him his best chance to get into the NBA, and unless information comes out later to the contrary, it doesn’t really get any deeper than tha ..read more

David Berding-USA TODAY Sports The hunt continues. Portal season, besides the commitment of Cade Tyson and return of RJ Davis, has been an underwhelming one for Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels thus far. News didn't get any better on Sunday afternoon as top target Cliff Omoruyi chose Alabama over North Carolina and others. The 6-foot-11 Rutgers big man was one of multiple centers that the Tar Heel staff recently pushed for to fill the departure of Armando Bacot, but Coach Davis has had zero luck and will still be searching heading into mid-May for a replacement center. After a near silent recrui ..read more

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Who does Hubert still have an eye on? Even with the departures of Armando Bacot, Cormac Ryan, and potentially Harrison Ingram, UNC is still loaded with talent. The return of RJ Davis, Seth Trimble, and Elliot Cadeau is massive, two five-star ballers are incoming, and the Heels have already wrangled a commitment from sharpshooter Cade Tyson out of Belmont. The most glaring need to fill is the hole in the low post left behind by Bacot. In regard to the transfer portal, Hubert Davis has been very selective about who he brings into the fold bec ..read more

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The former Stanford player has a chance to show what he’s made of in front of NBA scouts. It has been a few years since UNC has been represented in the NBA Draft Combine if we do not count transfers, but this year is the return of representation. Yesterday it was announced that Tar Heel forward Harrison Ingram was one of the players selected to participate in the combine. The list for the 2024 NBA Draft Combine. pic.twitter.com/cjxi8Ku6L2 — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 3, 2024 We have heard for a while now that Ingram could get drafted in the second round of ..read more