At least a dozen Tar Heels are playing internationally: Armando Bacot (Turkey), Ty Claude (Serbia), Isaiah Hicks (South Korea), Brice Johnson (Dominican Republic), Christian Keeling (Finland), Nassir Little (Japan), Brady Manek (China), Luke Maye (Japan), James Michael McAdoo (Japan), Kennedy Meeks (Taiwan), J.P. Tokoto (Poland) and Jae’Lyn Withers (The Netherlands) … Commercial jersey patches for college teams were approved by the NCAA starting Aug. 1 …Over two seasons, federal prosecutors said 29 games involving 17 college basketball teams reportedly were impacted by a point-fixing scheme, including three schools in North Carolina (Queens University, East Carolina, N.C. A&T). According to SI, 20 former and current college players were charged … Two players from UNC (C. Wilson, 4, H. Veesaar 28), Duke (C., Boozer 1, I. Evans 38), Louisville (R. Cowell 36, M. Brown Jr. 50) and three other ACC players (B. Miller, SMU 30; E. Okorie, Stanford, 32; M. Reneau, Miami, 35) were among ESPN’s Top 50 college players at midseason (1/28). That’s 9 from the ACC … Kansas replaced UCLA in the CBS Classic December basketball series. They join UNC, Ohio State, Kentucky. Matchups and venues change each season. Carolina plays Kentucky in 2026 at MSG, NYC … Rick Pitino won his 900th game and joined the list of most men’s D-1 college hoops wins. Coach K, first, 1202, Boeheim, second, 1015, Williams, third, 903. Smith (879) was seventh … Former UNC player Marcus Ginyard wears a lot of hats including one for expertise on French champagne from Alsace, France. He also serves on a special UNC advisory committee for Carolina North as director of Special Projects for the Chancellor … McDonald’s All American boys and girls all star games March 31 on ESPN will feature recruits heading to UNC, Duke, three other ACC schools plus a number of unsigned boys players … The NBA All Star game had four former ACC players on initial rosters. Cal, Duke, Fla. State, Louisville each had one player … UNC was fined $50,000 by the ACC for court storming during the Duke game … Florida State coach bought 500 beers for FSU student fans in Tallahassee but Virginia rallied for 61-58 win late …