UNC roster changes: Ty Claude, a 6/7 F from Georgia Tech transferred to UNC. Sophomore F Zayden High is no longer enrolled at UNC after one season.
North Carolina plays Dayton in the first round of the Maui Invitational Nov. 25 at 11:30 p.m. and either Auburn or Iowa State the next night.
UNC ranked tenth in the country with 109 wins (43-17 ACC) over the past three years. Houston (112) was first, followed by Purdue, UConn, Arizona, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Tenn., San Diego State.
Marcus Paige was promoted to assistant coach at UNC and will head the JV program. Former Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse will be an assistant to Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors.
Katherine Bixby, with 15 years of college coaching, joins UNC women’s basketball as an assistant coach. Most recently she was the head coach at Loyola of Maryland.
UNC men’s basketball has nine new players and took a summer team bonding trip to the North Carolina OBX where they played some beach 7v7 football, according to X.
San Antonio hosts the Final Four next season, Indianapolis and Detroit the next two years.
Wolfpack Head Coach Kevin Keatts is part owner of Tempo 33, a Wilmington restaurant/piano bar.