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UNC basketball recruiting roundup: Dozier, Vaughn, Late Night visitors, etc.


Several current and former North Carolina recruiting targets made visits to various Midnight Madness events over the weekend.

UNLV's "Scarlet & Gray Showcase" attendees:
(2014 shooting guard - UNC offer)
(2015 center - UNC offer)

Kentucky's "Big Blue Madness" attendees:
(2016 power forward - UNC offer)
(2016 small forward - UNC offer)
(2014 shooting guard - former UNC recruit)

Duke's "Countdown to Craziness" attendees:
(2016 combo guard - current UNC recruit)
(2016 shooting guard - on UNC's radar)
(2016 point guard - on UNC's radar)
Thon Maker (2016 center - on UNC's radar)

Kansas' "Late Night in the Phog" attendees:
(2014 point guard - former UNC recruit)
(2014 center - former UNC recruit)

Other visits:
visited UNC for Thursday's football game (2015 point guard with UNC offer)
visited Missouri (2014 shooting guard - former UNC recruit)
visited Arizona (2014 small forward - former UNC recruit)

UNC's "Late Night with Roy" currently-scheduled attendees (Friday 10/25):
(2014 small forward - UNC commit)
(2014 point guard - UNC commit)
(2014 small forward - UNC commit)
(2015 small forward - current UNC recruit)
, tentatively scheduled (2016 power forward - UNC offer)

Various Recruiting News & Notes:

and his high school teammates participated in a wheelchair basketball game to raise funds for charity.

2014 UNC small forward commit wrote a blog entry at Inside Carolina in which he discusses his decision to be home schooled.

postponed his visit to Baylor scheduled for last weekend because he'd rather take his official visit during a basketball game. This is the same reason given for postponing his previously-scheduled visit to Chapel Hill.

The Daily Tar Heel provided an excellent breakdown of North Carolina's 2015 basketball recruits.

Former UNC recruiting target (2015 power forward) committed to LSU on his first visit to campus, joining his high school teammate and fellow commit Jalyn Patterson. Simmons made the classy move of thanking UNC and other schools for recruiting him.

ESPN addressed the question of whether UNC really needs a shooting guard in its 2014 recruiting class.

Last but not least, you can view North Carolina's basketball recruiting boards by class here: 2014, 2015, 2016

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