UNC Basketball Recruiting
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball Recruiting.
Future UNC Basketball Guard Derek Dixon Overcomes Turnovers to Power Statement Win
At the talent-packed Hoophall Classic in Massachusetts on Monday,
class of 2025 UNC basketball commit
Derek Dixon committed six turnovers in his Gonzaga College High School (D.C.) Eagles' showdown against the Roosevelt High School (Calif.) Mustangs. But the four-star guard made up for his miscues in facilitating an impressive 73-55 victory. (
Sports Illustrated)
Top Ten Highest-Rated Basketball Recruits in UNC History Following Caleb Wilson Commitment
UNC has been among the nation's biggest havens for basketball recruiting, and the Tar Heels picked up a huge commitment Friday with 2025 5-star
Caleb Wilson, the No. 9 player in the senior class. Three of the top 10 Tar Heel recruits arrived in the class of 2006, and here are the rest of the top 10 UNC basketball commits of the modern recruiting era. (
Inside Carolina)
Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC Basketball Lands Caleb Wilson; BC Preview
Five-star forward
Caleb Wilson committed to UNC over Kentucky during the wee hours of Friday morning. What does this mean for the Tar Heels for next season? Carolina Basketball is back in action Saturday, hosting Boston College and looking to get back in the win column. What can Tar Heel fans expect?
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Fri Jan 24, 2025
Video: Caleb Wilson Commits To UNC On "NBA On TNT"
Watch
Class of 2025 5-star power forward
Caleb Wilson announce his commitment to play basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels late Thursday night/Friday morning on the set of "NBA on TNT" with
Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson. Wilson picked the Tar Heels over other finalist Kentucky.
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Five-star forward Caleb Wilson commits to UNC Basketball in major recruiting victory
Caleb Wilson, a 6-9, 5-star Atlanta power forward, committed to North Carolina in a high-profile late-night national-TV announcement on TNT after midnight Thursday night, giving Coach
Hubert Davis a significant recruiting victory. The No. 6 overall player in the
Class of 2025 in the ESPN rankings picked UNC over Kentucky, and got offers from many others. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Video: IC Reaction Podcast - Caleb Wilson Picks Carolina Basketball
Joey Powell, Sean Moran, and Sherrell McMillan from Inside Carolina offer their reactions to the breaking news late Thursday night/Friday morning that
class of 2025 five-star power forward
Caleb Wilson has committed to the Tar Heels.
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Fri Jan 24, 2025
Five-Star Forward Caleb Wilson Commits To UNC Basketball
In the end, the pull to UNC for
Caleb Wilson -- and his relationship with
Hubert Davis -- was too much for the 6-foot-9 Atlanta star forward to pass up. Late Thursday night, during TNT's "Inside the NBA" studio show with Ernie Johnson, former UNC All-American
Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neal, and Charles Barkley, Wilson announced his commitment to Carolina. (
Inside Carolina)
Caleb Wilson Set For Late-Night Commitment Announcement Thursday
Class of 2025 5-star forward
Caleb Wilson will announce his commitment to either UNC or Kentucky on NBA on TNT following the Lakers-Celtics game, which tips off at 10:00 pm ET Thursday. This means Wilson's commitment likely will happen between 12:30 and 1:30 am (Friday), so fans of both schools will wake up to the news of where Wilson has committed. (
Sports Illustrated)
Caleb Wilson among top performers at Hoophall Classic
Caleb Wilson simply checks so many boxes that are valued at the highest levels of basketball. He has the fluid athleticism, the positional size and length, the skills, an ability to create advantage with mismatches, versatility, and so so on. The thing with Wilson is that it is currently loosely wrapped in his lengthy 6-foot-9 (possibly 6-foot-10) frame. (
On3.com)
Five-star forward Miikka Muurinen updates recruitment
"Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan, Utah, Duke, UNC are all recruiting me right now,"
class of 2026 5-star forward
Miikka Muurinen said. "I’m not sure who is recruiting me the hardest right now because they are all talking to my agent and not me directly." Muurinen’s mother,
Jenni Laaksonen, played for North Carolina and the Finland women’s national team. (
Zag's Blog)