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Pair of incoming UNC basketball transfers ranked in ESPN Top 100
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The North Carolina Tar Heels are being a lot more aggressive in the college basketball transfer portal this offseason, already nabbing two starters and a possible third.
UNC's most impactful portal addition is 7-foot center Henri Veesaar , who brings some much-needed height to a program that lacked it last year. North Carolina also added 6'6" shooting guard Jonathan Powell , plus its projected starting point guard in Kyan Evans.
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The Tar Heels lost a couple guys to the portal, most notably guards Ian Jackson and Elliot Cadeau , the latter of whom committed to Michigan . I'll miss the star guard duo, but I'm also confident UNC is bringing in winning pieces to help improve itself.
In ESPN college basketball insider Jeff Borzello's Top 100 transfer portal player rankings , Veesaar landed at 14th and Evans slotted in at 85th.
Check out what Borzello had to say about Veesaar, the Arizona transfer who nearly led his former team to a Sweet 16 upset of Duke.
"Veesaar's emergence, over the second half of the season, was a key factor in Arizona turning things around after a slow start. He finished the season averaging 9.4 points and 5.0 rebounds, but hit double-figures in seven of eight games in the month of February."
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Now look at what Borzello said about Evans, who started in Colorado State's backcourt alongside Nique Clifford during a near-run to the Sweet 16.
"Evans was terrific in the NCAA tournament against Memphis, going for 23 points and four assists in the first-round win. He was a key factor in Colorado State's surge toward the end of the season, averaging 10.6 points and 3.1 assists while shooting 44.6% from 3."
Jackson is ranked ninth on Borzello's portal list, while Cadeau is 33rd. Borzello praises Jackson as an explosive scorer, plus Cadeau as a gifted passer.
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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: Henri Veesaar, Kyan Evans in ESPN's Top 100 transfer portal players
