The North Carolina Tar Heels were the last team into the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket, and they quickly exited it, losing their first-round game. UNC isn’t the type of program that’s used to being last in anything since it’s one of the blue bloods of the sport. The standard at Carolina is to compete for championships, and the journey to meet that standard is already underway for the 2025-26 North Carolina basketball season. While the team is losing senior RJ Davis, it is getting two coveted freshmen, Isaiah Denis and Derek Dixon, on the North Carolina basketball roster. They are both four-star combo guards who rank as top-50 national prospects.
The North Carolina recruiting trail, however, now includes college transfers and high school prospects. If you love the Tar Heels, or want the latest roster updates and college basketball transfer portal news, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at InsideCarolina, the 247Sports affiliate that covers North Carolina.
The InsideCarolina insiders are providing on-the-ground updates on every development the college basketball transfer portal has to offer and the future of the UNC basketball program, including insights from Evans Rogers and Buck Sanders, who have deep-rooted ties inside and around the UNC community. Get the inside scoop on the basketball program, plus VIP intel on UNC football, baseball, recruiting and more. You can also get access to The Tar Pit and the UNC Basketball premium message boards where you can connect with other UNC fans and insiders.
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North Carolina basketball roster news
UNC knew it was going to have to replace Davis, the ACC’s third all-time leading scorer, but it didn’t expect to replace two of Davis’ backcourt running mates. Elliot Cadeau, who started all 37 games and led the ACC in total assists, as well as Ian Jackson, who ranked second to Davis with 11.9 points, both entered the transfer portal. Jackson just finished his freshman season, while Cadeau was a sophomore, so they are leaving with years of eligibility remaining. Cadeau has signed with Michigan, while Jackson remains in the portal uncommitted.
The Tar Heels had a guard-heavy lineup last season as their top four scorers all checked in at 6-foot-4 or shorter. Thus, they had to be ecstatic to land two big men from the college basketball transfer portal in Jarin Stevenson and Henri Veesaar. The former, a 6-foot-11 North Carolina native, comes via Alabama, where he started 22 games a year ago and averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 boards. Meanwhile, Veesaar is a 7-foot Estonian center who averaged 9.4 points with Arizona last season. Get the latest North Carolina basketball roster news from InsideCarolina.
How to get insider North Carolina basketball roster updates
Davis is expected to go after big names in the transfer portal, and the InsideCarolina staff has all the latest news involving incoming and outgoing transfers. You can only see the latest updates at InsideCarolina.
Who are the top names North Carolina basketball is pursuing? Go to InsideCarolina to see their insider information, all from a team of reporters with deep-rooted ties to North Carolina, and find out.
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