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Armando Bacot's Season

Two moments from Armando Bacot’s senior season stood out more than any others: One was the evening he became UNC’s all-time rebounder in a win over NC State on Jan. 21. The other was after the Tar Heels’ final game, a loss to Virginia in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals March 9. A period of 47 days between the two events, emotional nights for Bacot. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

Vanderbilt basketball's Jerry Stackhouse wins Ben Jobe Award for top minority coach

Vanderbilt Commodores head men's basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse has won the Ben Jobe Award, given to the top minority coach in men's college basketball, College Insider announced on Thursday. Stackhouse, also the SEC Co-Coach of the Year, led Vanderbilt to an 11-7 SEC record and a 22-14 overall record, the program's most wins since 2010-11. (Nashville Tennessean)

Video: THI Podcast - How Hubert Davis Can Reshape the UNC Basketball Roster

This is an opportunity for Hubert Davis to reshape UNC into his own vision. Currently, only Paxson Wojcik, a transfer shooting guard from Brown, has been added to the UNC Basketball roster. He joins five Tar Heels who appear likely to return. How might the Tar Heels look next season? Jacob Turner and Andrew Jones of Tar Heel Illustrated discuss. (View Video)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Should Elliot Cadeau reclassify? Best 2023-24 option at PG?

Is class of 2024 UNC Basketball commit Elliot Cadeau a re-classification candidate? Host Isaac Schade explores the possibilities of what the Tar Heels' roster might look like with Cadeau, why it would make sense or not to bring him in. Cadeau’s passing acumen has earned him comparisons to former Carolina PG Kendall Marshall. (View Video)

Day'Ron Sharpe emerging as true backup center for Brooklyn Nets

Day'Ron Sharpe is playing his best basketball. The second-year big man from North Carolina and No. 29 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft has broken into coach Jacque Vaughn’s Nets rotation — a pleasant development for a young player who had been glued to the bench. Sharpe is averaging 9.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 17.4 minutes in March. (New York Daily News)

Coby White develops playmaking acumen, and it comes at perfect time for Chicago Bulls

Coby White has become one of the most important Chicago Bulls players with the basketball in his hands. The reserve guard has oscillated from shooting guard to point guard throughout his career. But this season has seen White develop equal confidence making reads and shooting 3-pointers. White’s facilitating has exploded in the final stretch. (Chicago Tribune)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Kansas transfer MJ Rice could help UNC; More on Paxson Wojcik

Kansas freshman MJ Rice entered the transfer portal on Wednesday and is a small forward that Carolina should look at. New UNC Basketball commit Paxson Wojcik is not concerned about the transfers out or last season’s results. Dalton Knecht’s highlights are impressive. And UNC Football held its Pro Day. (View Video)

Chansky’s Notebook: The Pieces

Paxson Wojcik, hopefully, is just the first piece of Hubert Davis’ plan. UNC Basketball fans who noticed that Caleb Love entered the transfer portal the same day Wojcik committed to play his fifth college season with the Tar Heels should not see it as an even trade. That would not be fair to Wojcik, who has always considered Carolina his "dream school." (Chapelboro.com)

Tar Heels in NBA: Cam Johnson’s best game of season propels Nets; Coby White 17 points, 9 assists

Harrison Barnes’ Sacramento Kings ended the longest playoff drought in NBA history, and the Brooklyn Nets got a needed win in Cameron Johnson’s best game of the season. Johnson scored 31 points, with five 3-pointers, seven rebounds and five assists, as the Nets knocked off Houston 123-114. Coby White scored 17 points with 9 assists for Chicago. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Video: THI Podcast - What did UNC Basketball really lose in the transfer portal?

With UNC losing six basketball players into the transfer portal, Jacob Turner and Andrew Jones of Tar Heel Illustrated discuss how much the program is actually losing. A narrative has formed that Carolina in serious trouble because so many players have left, but is it? Might the program be better off moving forward? (View Video)

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