This is a player the Tar Heel staff clearly had been targeting for some time. Veesaar entered the transfer portal on March 31 and immediately scheduled the UNC trip, traveling to Chapel Hill the ...

Replacing big man Armando Bacot has been the Tar Heels' top priority since the portal opened on March 18. Of the eleven transfers with confirmed UNC contact, six are post players.

The 2023-24 ACC Player of the Year racked up 784 points in 37 games last year, the fourth-most in a season by a Tar Heel and most since Tyler Hansbrough's 882 in 2007-08.