The Tar Heel Story When Michael Malone was hired back in April, he vowed to return the North Carolina basketball program to the forefront of high school recruiting, wanting to bring the top high school talent to Chapel Hill. After nearly seven months on the job, that has come to fruition, as earlier this afternoon, the Tar Heels landed the commitment of five-star small forward Demarcus Henry, who chose UNC over Kentucky, Louisville, and Arkansas. According to 247Sports, Henry

University of North Carolina Athletics Last week, the ACC held its annual preseason basketball event in Uptown Charlotte, as all the schools made their way to the Queen City for a media event designed to promote the upcoming season. During that time, a select number of media members were chosen to vote on the awards for the upcoming season and pick their preseason champion for the 2026-27 season, which starts in less than three weeks. Today those voting results were made publ

The Tar Heels made their way to Charlotte today for the annual preseason event to promote the upcoming college basketball season, as Michael Malone, Neo Avdalas, and Jarin Stevenson met with the media in uptown Charlotte. This precedes Carolina’s first exhibition game on Friday night against USC, the unofficial start of the Malone era in Chapel Hill. A major talking point around preseason practice is the status of UNC big man Cameron Fens, who transferred to North Carolina a