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UNC football's 2024 sack leader Beau Atkinson enters transfer portal

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

How much will UNC suffer from Beau Atkinson's entrance into the transfer portal? Despite the UNC football team's continued defense struggles in 2024, this time under first-year defensive cooridnator Geoff Collins, one area of strength was the defensive line. North Carolina enjoyed one of its deepest units in several years, headlined by NFL Draft hopeful Kaimon Rucker. Des Evans enjoyed his best season in a Tar Heels uniform, while Jahvaree Ritzie exploded for one final year in Chapel Hill.
Alyssa Ustby, Maria Gakdeng invited to WNBA Training Camps

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Can these two UNC WBB stars make WNBA rosters? The 2024-2025 college basketball season was kind to the UNC women's basketball program, which enjoyed its most successful campaign in three years. North Carolina made a run to the Sweet 16, before watching its season come to an end against archrival Duke in a 47-38 offensive struggle. The Tar Heels (29-8, 13-5 ACC) finished tied for fourth with Florida State in a loaded ACC, one which sent nine teams to the NCAA Tournament.
Newest basketball transfer played against the Tar Heels twice in 2024

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Can Jarin Stevenson grow into his full potential now that he's a Tar Heel? If there's one team that has UNC's number on the basketball court, it's Alabama. The Crimson Tide eliminated North Carolina from the 2024 NCAA Tournament last year, then won an ACC-SEC Challenge matchup in December. Despite its recent success against the Tar Heels, Alabama has yet to win a National Championship.
Newest UNC basketball transfer played high school ball with another current Tar Heel

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Did you know Jarin Stevenson played high school ball with another current Tar Heel? Frontcourt production was a major issue for most of the North Carolina Tar Heels' 2024-2025 basketball season, but a late-season surge from Ven-Allen Lubin and Jae'Lyn Withers changed that. Through just a few weeks of the 2025 transfer portal being open, frontcourt will be an area of strength for UNC.
UNC third baseman Gavin Gallaher tabbed ACC Player of the Week

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Gavin Gallaher is one of the few holdovers from UNC's 2024 run to the College World Series. The UNC baseball team faced a big test over the weekend, welcoming the always-dangerous Wake Forest Demon Deacons to Boshamer Stadium. North Carolina passed that test with flying colors, dominating the entire weekend in a 3-game sweep. The Diamond Heels run-ruled Wake, 11-1, in seven innings on April 11. The next day, UNC (28-8, 11-7 ACC) obliterated its in-state rival in a 17-1 run-rule victory.
Jarin Stevenson following in a family member's footsteps by playing UNC basketball

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Jarin Stevenson gets to continue his family's basketball legacy at UNC. Just a couple years after Chapel Hill native Jarin Stevenson chose to start his college basketball career at Alabama, he's coming back home to UNC via the transfer portal. North Carolina experienced glaring frontcourt issues during its 2024-2025 season, but quickly addressed that need through high school recruiting and the 2025 offseason portal.
4-win week boosts UNC baseball into Top 10 of April 14 USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

UNC is certainly living up to its ranking. The North Carolina Tar Heels recently did something they haven't on the baseball diamond since early March: sweep an opponent. UNC welcomed in-state rival Wake Forest to Boshamer Stadium for a 3-game series, spanning from Friday, April 11 to April 13. North Carolina obliterated the Demon Deacons in Games One and Two, a 11-1 run rule on Friday and a 17-1 run-rule on Saturday, before squeaking by in a 3-2 win Sunday.
UNC considered favorite to land talented quarterback in transfer portal

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Aidan Jensen

Can UNC add a third quarterback to its 2025 room? Day by day, collegiate sports increasingly feel professional. This is thanks to the NIL world and transfer portal, both of which create a process eerily similar to free agency. There's positives to the transfer portal, though, with teams using it to address holes on their rosters.
UNC football lands prediction for top player in transfer portal

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Zack Pearson

Will UNC land the top player in the transfer portal?? With the spring transfer portal window open, the opportunity is there for the North Carolina Tar Heels to add to their roster for the upcoming season. It's no secret that UNC has been active in the portal looking for more additions and they could add to the quarterback room. But are they interested in the top player in the transfer portal?
UNC basketball drops out of recruitment for forward in transfer portal

1 week ago | tarheelswire.usatoday.com | Zack Pearson

The North Carolina Tar Heels still have a few big needs to address before the transfer portal closes down for good this offseason. And even after adding three players, UNC needs to find a way to improve the roster even more. One player the Tar Heels were connected to was forward Kanon Catchings, the former four-star recruit who spent one season at BYU before entering the portal. North Carolina was considered the favorite to land him ahead of his visit this past weekend.