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Carolina Insider Podcast: Seth Trimble Interview; Basketball Portal; UNC Football Spring Practice
Transfer portal season continues as the
UNC men's basketball roster evolves (7:44). Spring football is complete (26:54). And
Seth Trimble joins
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas to discuss entering the transfer portal and deciding to remain at UNC (31:45). Plus: Two more ACC Championships (1:03:57), and much more.
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Fri Apr 26, 2024
Report: UNC Men's Basketball To Host LaSalle In December
The UNC men's basketball schedule continues to take shape with a report that the Tar Heels will play a Dec. 14 home game against La Salle. UNC is 2-1 against the Explorers, who went 16-17 last season. Several parts of the schedule already are known, including the season opener at Kansas on Nov. 8 at Allen Fieldhouse, and the Nov. 22 game at Hawaii. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - RJ Davis reportedly back; Seth Trimble's role?
According to multiple unofficial reports,
R.J. Davis will return for a fifth season at North Carolina. Seth Trimble is also back for UNC and the Tar Heels will have to figure out how to best utilize his skill set. Davis and Trimble will form a loaded backcourt along with
Elliot Cadeau and incoming McDonald's All-American
Ian Jackson.
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Thu Apr 25, 2024
Chansky’s Notebook: Thirsty Debate
Are you a glass half-full or half-empty about Carolina basketball? The good transfer news so far is
Seth Trimble, who entered the portal and decided to return. His teammates welcomed the reversal, but it doesn’t solve UNC's backcourt needs for more size and better shooting. Thus far, there’s no veteran replacement for
Cormac Ryan or
Harrison Ingram. (
Chapelboro.com)
UNC third in national Directors’ Cup standings after winter sports
North Carolina is third in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings after winter sports. Future ACC member Stanford is No. 1 with 977 points, followed by Texas at 746.5 and the Tar Heels at 733.5. UNC led the standings by 1.5-points over Stanford after fall sports, but the Cardinal earned 606 points from winter sports compared to 361 for the Tar Heels. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
RJ Davis' decision to return makes sense for both Davis and UNC
Although
R.J. Davis has yet to officially announce his plans for 2024-25, multiple reports indicate he’ll be back in Carolina blue rather than trying to play professionally. It’s hardly a surprise. Davis has been dropping hints of a return before and since being serenaded by UNC’s student section with chants of "One more year" during his Senior Day ceremony. (
Saturday Road)
RJ Davis will be only first-team All-American to return next season
North Carolina received a boost to its
2024-25 basketball roster on Tuesday when CBS Sports' Matt Norlander reported that All-American guard
R.J. Davis would return to school for his fifth and final season. Davis will be the only first-team All-American returning to play college basketball next season. The others are all heading to the NBA Draft. (
CBS Sports)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Seth Trimble Is Back For UNC. What About RJ Davis?
On Tuesday,
Seth Trimble announced he is withdrawing from the transfer portal and remaining at UNC. Also on Tuesday, Matt Norlander of CBS sports spoke of rumors of
R.J. Davis returning for the Tar Heels. North Carolina will still be in search of a center, power forward, and small forward to fill out the
2024-25 UNC Basketball roster.
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Wed Apr 24, 2024
King Rice Inducted to New York State Basketball Hall of Fame
Monmouth Men's Basketball Head Coach
King Rice was inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday. "This is an incredible honor and I'm truly humbled," said Rice as part of his acceptance speech. "This game of basketball is beautiful and it's been so good to me for my whole life. I'm up here because I was born into an incredible family." (
Monmouth Hawks)
UNC basketball legend Ed Cota made LeBron James want to be a Tar Heel
As we know, LeBron James never made it to the collegiate ranks. However, the topic of colleges came up on James' podcast, Mind the Game Pod, starring James and former Duke Blue Devil and NBA veteran JJ Redick. Not only was James inspired by the "point god"
Ed Cota, but he also flat-out told Redick that he had absolutely no desire to go to Duke. (
Keeping It Heel)