2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–5 (1–0 ACC)
Head coach	Hubert Davis (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Lebo (4th season); Sean May (4th season); Brad Frederick (8th season); Marcus Paige (2nd season);
Home arena	Dean E. Smith Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team will be led by coach Hubert Davis, who will be in his fourth season as UNC's head coach, and will be assisted by Jeff Lebo, Sean May, and Brad Frederick. The Tar Heels will play their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Duke	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
SMU	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Clemson	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
Pittsburgh	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Stanford	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
NC State	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
North Carolina	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Notre Dame	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	5	.583
Wake Forest	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
Louisville	1	–	1	.500	7	–	5	.583
California	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Virginia	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	5	–	6	.455
Virginia Tech	0	–	1	.000	5	–	7	.417
Miami (FL)	0	–	1	.000	4	–	8	.333
Florida State	0	–	2	.000	9	–	4	.692
Boston College	0	–	2	.000	7	–	5	.583
Georgia Tech	0	–	2	.000	5	–	7	.417

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Tar Heels finished the season 29–8 and 17–3 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals, where they defeated ninth seed Florida State. They defeated Pittsburgh in the Semifinals, but could not overcome NC State for a third time in the season in the Final. They lost 76–84 to finish as runner-up. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as a first seed in the West region. They defeated sixteenth-seed Wagner in the First Round, and ninth-seed Michigan State in the Second Round before falling to fourth-seed Alabama in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

North Carolina Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Cormac Ryan	3	G	6'5"	195	Graduate Student	New York, New York	Graduated
Armando Bacot	5	F/C	6'11"	240	Graduate Student	Richmond, Virginia	Graduated
Paxson Wojcik	8	G	6'5"	195	Graduate Student	Charleston, South Carolina	Graduated
Creighton Lebo	14	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Greenville, North Carolina	Graduated
Rob Landry	22	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Greensboro, North Carolina	Graduated
James Okonkwo	32	F	6'8"	240	Junior	Maidenhead, England	Transferred to Akron^[1]
Duwe Farris	34	F	6'7"	210	Graduate Student	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Harrison Ingram	55	F	6'7"	225	Junior	Dallas, Texas	Drafted 48th overall in the 2024 NBA draft^[2]

Additions

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Cade Tyson	5	G/F	6'7"	205	Junior	Monroe, North Carolina	Belmont^[3]
Ven-Allen Lubin	22	F	6'8"	225	Junior	Orlando, Florida	Vanderbilt^[4]
Tyzhaun Claude	0	F	6’7"	226	Graduate	Goldsboro, North Carolina	Georgia Tech^[5]

Recruiting Class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
James Brown F	Chicago, Illinois	Link Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jan 2, 2023
James Brown F	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 85
Ian Jackson F	Bronx, New York	Our Saviour Lutheran School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jan 16, 2023
Ian Jackson F	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Drake Powell G	Pittsboro, North Carolina	Northwood	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 8, 2022
Drake Powell G	Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 7 247Sports: 5
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "North Carolina 2024 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024. "2024 North Carolina Tar Heels Recruiting Class". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Ty Claude	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	Moravian Prep	Goldsboro, NC
F	2	James Brown	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Link Academy	Chicago, IL
G	3	Elliot Cadeau	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Link Academy (MO)	West Orange, NJ
G	4	R. J. Davis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Archbishop Stepinac	White Plains, NY
G/F	5	Cade Tyson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Belmont	Monroe, NC
G	6	Elijah Davis (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Lynchburg	Chapel Hill, NC
G	7	Seth Trimble	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Menomonee Falls	Menomonee Falls, WI
G/F	9	Drake Powell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Northwood	Pittsboro, NC
G	11	Ian Jackson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Our Saviour Lutheran School	Bronx, NY
F	13	Jalen Washington	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	West Side	Gary, IN
G	14	Russell Hawkins (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Mallard Creek	Charlotte, NC
F	15	John Holbrook (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Hickory	Hickory, NC
F	22	Ven-Allen Lubin	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Vanderbilt	Orlando, FL
F	24	Jae'Lyn Withers	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Louisville	Charlotte, NC
G	30	Dante Mayo Jr. (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Richard Montgomery	Gaithersburg, MD

Head coach

Hubert Davis (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 7, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 15, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 9	at Memphis Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic	W 84–76		33 – Trimble	9 – Tyson	13 – Cadeau	FedExForum Memphis, TN
October 27, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	No. 9	Johnson C. Smith	W 127–63		21 – Jackson	12 – Lubin	8 – Cadeau	Dean Smith Center (16,123) Chapel Hill, NC
Regular Season
November 4, 2024* 9:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 9	Elon	W 90–76	1–0	24 – Davis	10 – Withers	8 – Cadeau	Dean Smith Center (17,242) Chapel Hill, NC
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 9	at No. 1 Kansas	L 89–92	1–1	19 – Trimble	9 – Tied	7 – Cadeau	Allen Fieldhouse (15,300) Lawrence, KS
November 15, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10	American	W 107–55	2–1	18 – Tied	11 – Powell	8 – Cadeau	Dean Smith Center (19,555) Chapel Hill, NC
November 22, 2024* 12:30 a.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at Hawaii	W 87–69	3–1	18 – Davis	5 – Washington	4 – Tied	Stan Sheriff Center (8,948) Honolulu, HI
November 25, 2024* 11:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	vs. Dayton Maui Invitational quarterfinals	W 92–90	4–1	30 – Davis	10 – Trimble	5 – Tied	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
November 26, 2024* 11:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 12	vs. No. 4 Auburn Maui Invitational semifinals	L 72–85	4–2	17 – Trimble	9 – Lubin	3 – Cadeau	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
November 27, 2024* 9:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	vs. Michigan State Maui Invitational 3rd place game	L 91–94 ^OT	4–3	18 – Powell	7 – Washington	7 – Davis	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Lahaina, HI
December 4, 2024* 7:15 p.m., ESPN	No. 20	No. 10 Alabama ACC–SEC Challenge	L 79–94	4–4	23 – Jackson	6 – Cadeau	4 – Tied	Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
December 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 20	Georgia Tech	W 68–65	5–4 (1–0)	19 – Trimble	8 – Lubin	4 – Cadeau	Dean Smith Center (19,020) Chapel Hill, NC
December 14, 2024* 4:00 p.m., The CW		La Salle	W 93–67	6–4	23 – Tyson	8 – Trimble	7 – Cadeau	Dean Smith Center (18,420) Chapel Hill, NC
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN		vs. No. 7 Florida Jumpman Invitational	L 84–90	6–5	29 – Davis	8 – Davis	7 – Cadeau	Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
December 21, 2024* 3:00 p.m., CBS		vs. No. 18 UCLA CBS Sports Classic	W 76–74	7–5	24 – Jackson	5 – Powell	5 – Cadeau	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 29, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Campbell						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Louisville						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBS		at Notre Dame						Purcell Pavilion South Bend, IN
January 7, 2025 9:00 p.m., ACCN		SMU						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at NC State Rivalry						Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., The CW		California						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 18, 2025 2:15 p.m., ACCN		Stanford						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 21, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN		at Wake Forest Rivalry						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 25, 2025 2:15 p.m., The CW		Boston College						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
January 28, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN		at Pittsburgh						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 1, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN		at Duke Rivalry						Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		Pittsburgh						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 10, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN		at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		NC State Rivalry						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN		Virginia						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 24, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at Florida State						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
March 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		Miami						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
March 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU		at Virginia Tech						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
March 8, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN		Duke Rivalry						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
		vs.						Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	9	10	10	12	20	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	10	11	12	13	22	RV	RV	RV

References

^ Thomas, George (April 16, 2024). "Trio of players with West Virginia basketball connections transferring to Akron Zips". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
^ Ledesma, Hector (June 29, 2024). "How Spurs continued some draft trends with intriguing 2nd round picks". ClutchPoints.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^ Cobb, David (April 28, 2024). "Cade Tyson commits to North Carolina: Ex-Belmont sharpshooter joins strong returning core in Chapel Hill". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
^ Marks, Brendan (May 23, 2024). "Ven-Allen Lubin commits to UNC: How Vanderbilt transfer adds to Tar Heels' lineups". The Athletic. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
^ McMillan, Sherrell (August 14, 2024). "Carolina Basketball Adds Georgia Tech Transfer Tyzhaun Claude". 247Sports.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". North Carolina Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[1] Thomas, George (April 16, 2024). "Trio of players with West Virginia basketball connections transferring to Akron Zips". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[2] Ledesma, Hector (June 29, 2024). "How Spurs continued some draft trends with intriguing 2nd round picks". ClutchPoints.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

[3] Cobb, David (April 28, 2024). "Cade Tyson commits to North Carolina: Ex-Belmont sharpshooter joins strong returning core in Chapel Hill". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[4] Marks, Brendan (May 23, 2024). "Ven-Allen Lubin commits to UNC: How Vanderbilt transfer adds to Tar Heels' lineups". The Athletic. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

[5] McMillan, Sherrell (August 14, 2024). "Carolina Basketball Adds Georgia Tech Transfer Tyzhaun Claude". 247Sports.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[6] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". North Carolina Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

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