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As the 2025 college basketball offseason progresses, excitement continues to build in Chapel Hill , North Carolina.
UNC coach Hubert Davis finally aced the transfer portal , highlighted by incoming center Henri Veesaar and point guard Kyan Evans. The Tar Heels will welcome a trio of top-100 Class of 2025 recruits, headlined by five-star power forward Caleb Wilson , and veterans Drake Powell and Ven-Allen Lubin are open to returns.
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We don't know North Carolina's 2025-2026 schedule yet, but we recently learned the identity of one of North Carolina's early season opponents.
On Thursday, May 1, On3's Grant Grubbs reported UNC will face Ohio State , in the CBS Sports Classic on Dec. 20 in Atlanta, Georgia. The two programs last faced each other in the 2022 edition of this popular in-season event. UNC won that game, 89-84.
The Buckeyes are coming off another disappointing season. In the first season under coach Jake Diebler, the Buckeyes missed the NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive campaign. Diebler was OSU's longtime assistant under Chris Holtmann.
The Tar Heels squeaked into the NCAA Tournament, much to the dismay of college basketball "experts," but quickly proved they belonged by stomping San Diego State in the First Four . North Carolina nearly completed a comeback of the ages against Ole Miss in the round of 64, but it had fallen behind by too many points, a problem we witnessed all season.
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I expect Ohio State to reload and get back to being a Big Ten contender, while UNC has no excuse to not improve from last season. The Buckeyes aren't exactly a blue blood, but they are a consistently successful program that won the 1960 NCAA Tournament championship.
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