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The North Carolina Tar Heels won the 2023-24 ACC regular-season title and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but Hubert Davis and his team will look for redemption next season following their Sweet 16 exit. Heels were defeated in the regional semifinals by the Alabama Crimson Tide and will now have to replace Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram, with Bacot exhausting his eligibility and Ingram declaring for the NBA Draft. Davis received positive news about the North Carolina basketball roster when it was announced that RJ Davis would return for a fifth season after leading the ACC in scoring last year (21.2 ppg).
Davis also made a major addition to the college basketball transfer portal, securing a commitment from Belmont transfer Cade Tyson after earning All-MVC honors last season. Tyson now joins a North Carolina basketball recruiting class that includes five-star freshmen Ian Jackson and Drake Powell. If you love the Tar Heels or just want the latest roster updates and news from the college basketball transfer portal, be sure to see what the proven team of experts is saying at Inside Carolina, the 247Sports affiliate covering the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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The Tar Heels lost much of their identity with Armando Bacot being ineligible. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 14.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game last season. He averaged a double-double in each of his last three seasons, including 16.3 points and 13.1 rebounds the year North Carolina reached the national championship.
Bacot was a staple of the program, spending five years at North Carolina, a feat rarely accomplished in college basketball these days. Bacot was second in scoring and the team’s top rebounder. North Carolina also lost Cormac Ryan, who averaged 11.5 points, including 2.1 3-pointers per game. Ryan is also out of eligibility after transferring to North Carolina for his senior year. North Carolina will look for size and pitching in the transfer portal before pursuing its fourth consecutive 20-win season next year. Join Inside Carolina for the latest on all of North Carolina’s roster changes.
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North Carolina is a program known for reloading and they will do so again in the 2024 class with additions like Jackson, Powell and Tyson. Jackson and Powell are five-star prospects ranked in the top 11 in 247Sports’ college basketball recruiting rankings. Tyson was a four-star prospect in the transfer portal after averaging 16.2 points per game and shooting 46.5% from the 3-point line for Belmont last season.
The Tar Heels also hoped to add a starting center to replace Bacot in the transfer portal, but missed out on big names like Jonas Aidoo and Cliff Omoruyi. Three-star prospect James Brown will add depth at center and Jalen Washington will likely be considered in the rotation, but North Carolina would like to add experience. Join Inside Carolina for the latest on all of North Carolina’s roster additions.
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Davis has been in contact with multiple transfers from power conference teams, so be sure to join Inside Carolina to see who they are and get the rest of the inside scoop.
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