Английская Википедия:2023–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

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The 2023–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by coach Hubert Davis, who enters his third season as UNC's head coach, and is assisted by Jeff Lebo, Sean May, and Brad Frederick. The Tar Heels play their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

After starters Caleb Love, R. J. Davis, Armando Bacot, and Leaky Black, who had been key pieces in the 2021–22 team's National Runner-Up finish, decided to return for the 2022–23 season, the Tar Heels earned the No. 1 ranking in the preseason AP Poll. Despite the lofty expectations and desires to win the championship that had narrowly eluded them the season prior, the 2022–23 Tar Heels struggled mightily, finishing the season 20–13 (11–9 in conference play) and missing the NCAA tournament altogether. The 2022–23 team became the first preseason No. 1 to miss the NCAA tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. After missing the "big dance," the Tar Heels issued a statement declining a bid for the NIT.

Bacot, despite battling ankle and shoulder injuries that caused him to miss some time, proved to be one of the lone bright spots on the season, as neither Love, Davis, nor Black returned to their form from the 2022 tournament run. Bacot set all-time program records for career double-doubles by passing Billy Cunningham's school record of 61, and he also became the all-time leading rebounder in program history by passing Tyler Hansbrough's record as well.

Offseason

After declining a bid to the NIT, the offseason began sooner than many in Chapel Hill had expected. On March 13, 2023, the Transfer Portal officially opened, and like many other programs, the Tar Heels immediately lost players, with first-year reserve forward Tyler Nickel and senior Justin McKoy both entering the portal. Nickel transferred to Virginia Tech, and McKoy chose to spend his final season of eligibility at Hawaii.

Following Nickel and McKoy, sophomore guard/forward Dontrez Styles announced his intentions to leave the Tar Heels and enter the transfer portal. He committed to Georgetown in April.

Puff Johnson also entered his name into the transfer portal, on March 22, 2023. He later committed to Penn State.

Leaky Black and Pete Nance, who had both used their extra year of eligibility provided by the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2022–23 season also left the team, as both had their eligibility expire after using their fifth-year options.

Later that week, both R.J. Davis and Armando Bacot announced their decisions to return for another season in Chapel Hill.

Reserve forward Will Shaver announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal on March 25, 2023. After originally committing to Belmont, Shaver announced in a tweet that he had reopened his transfer recruitment. He later committed to UAB, deciding to return to his hometown of Birmingham.

After much speculation as to what his future would hold, Caleb Love decided to enter the transfer portal and play his senior season elsewhere. Love originally committed to Michigan, but decommitted after reported issues with transfer credits. He later announced his commitment to Arizona, reuniting with former Tar Heel assistant Steve Robinson, who is currently an assistant at Arizona.

The Tar Heels sought to fill these departures by utilizing the transfer portal to bring in new players. They received their first commitment when former Brown guard Paxson Wojcik committed to the Tar Heels for his final season of eligibility. He is the son of Doug Wojcik, who was an assistant coach for the Tar Heels from 2000–2003 under Matt Doherty.

The team received its second transfer portal commitment in April, as former Louisville forward, and Charlotte native, Jae'Lyn Withers announced his decision to return to his home state and transfer to Carolina.

Later in the month, former Notre Dame guard Cormac Ryan committed to the Tar Heels following an official visit to Chapel Hill.

Coach Davis' Tar Heels received another portal commitment on April 22, when former Stanford wing Harrison Ingram, the 2022 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, committed to the Tar Heels.

On May 11, sophomore guard D'Marco Dunn entered the transfer portal.

Also in May, guard Elliot Cadeau, who had been committed to the Tar Heels as part of their 2024 recruiting class, announced his intentions to reclassify and head to Chapel Hill for the 2023-24 season.

After a few months of relative quiet, the Tar Heels received another transfer portal commitment in July, when former West Virginia reserve big man James Okonkwo committed to the team.

Departures

style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle" | North Carolina Departures

style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Name	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Number	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Pos.	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Height	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Weight	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Year	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" |Hometown	style="Шаблон:CollegeSecondaryStyle" class="unsortable" |Reason for Departure
Leaky Black	1	G	6'9"	205	Graduate	Concord, NC	Exhausted eligibility
D'Marco Dunn	11	G	6'5"	190	Sophomore	Tucson, AZ	Transferred to Penn State
Puff Johnson	14	G/F	6'8"	200	Junior	Moon Township, PA	Transferred to Penn State
Caleb Love	2	G	6'4"	200	Junior	St. Louis, MO	Transferred to Arizona
Justin McKoy	22	F	6'8"	220	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Transferred to Hawaii
Pete Nance	32	F	6'11"	230	Graduate	Akron, OH	Exhausted eligibility
Tyler Nickel	24	G/F	6'7"	220	Freshman	Harrisonburg, VA	Transferred to Virginia Tech
Will Shaver	21	F	6'10"	260	Redshirt Freshman	Birmingham, AL	Transferred to UAB
Dontrez Styles	3	G/F	6'6"	210	Sophomore	Kinston, NC	Transferred to Georgetown

Additions

Incoming Transfers

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Harrison Ingram	55	F	6'7"	230	Junior	Dallas, TX	Stanford	2	April 22, 2023
James Okonkwo	32	F	6'8"	240	Junior	Maidenhead, England	West Virginia	2	July 6, 2023
Cormac Ryan	3	G	6'5	195	Graduate	New York, NY	Notre Dame	1	April 20, 2023
Jae'Lyn Withers	24	F	6'9"	220	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Louisville	2	April 11, 2023
Paxson Wojcik	8	G	6'5"	200	Graduate	Charleston, SC	Brown	1	March 27, 2023

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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