NCAA Tournament Starting Tuesday, But College Basketball’s Transfer Portal Opens Monday north carolina basketball Players are jumping.
what i saw after one season The Tar Heels (20–13) became the first top-ranked team to miss March Madness by preseason No. 1 since the field expanded in 1985.Changes are coming to Chapel Hill.
UNC announced the end of its season on Sunday night, decided not to play in the NIT. According to multiple reports, Justin McCoy and Tyler Nickell became the first Tar Heels to enter the portal on Monday.
With the latest announcements at the top of the list, here’s a look at who has announced that they will be entering the portal.
Who is leaving UNC basketball?
Tyler Nickel
The 6-foot-7 freshman wing appeared in 25 games, averaging 2.1 points and 0.6 rebounds per game. The Virginia native showed potential flashes of potential with a career-high 16 points against The Citadel in December. Overall, Nickell played 152 minutes as a Tar Heel. He is the Virginia High School League’s all-time leading scorer with 2,909 points in 102 games.
Justin McCoy
A senior who spent two seasons at UNC after making the move from ACC foe Virginia, the 6-foot-8 Raleigh native will be using his bonus COVID season elsewhere. McKoy averaged 1.2 points and 1.3 rebounds in 6.6 minutes per game over two seasons with the Tar Heels. He played in 41 games, including 11 in 2022–23.
Staff Writer Rod Baxley can be reached on Twitter at [email protected] or @RoddBaxley.
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: UNC basketball: Which Tar Heels won’t be returning in 2023-24?