North Carolina Tar Heels basketball roster 2026-27

North Carolina Tar Heels basketball transfers and new players

This list may not include every transfer. ESPN's list of last season's players leaves out some who have since left, so we only call someone a transfer when we found the school they came from.

Transfers (6)

• Matt Able

  SO · G · 6' 5" · Baltimore, MD · #3

  Transfer from NC State Wolfpack

• Neo Avdalas

  SO · G · 6' 9" · Kalamata, Greece · #17

  Transfer from Virginia Tech Hokies

• Cade Bennerman

  SO · C · 7' 0" · Nashville, TN · #35

  Transfer from Northwestern Wildcats

• Angelo Brizzi

  SR · G · 6' 3" · Warrenton, VA · #14

  Transfer from Buffalo Bulls

• Terrence Brown

  SR · G · 6' 3" · Minneapolis, MN · #1

  Transfer from Utah Utes

• Cameron Fens

  SR · C · 7' 0" · Dubuque, IA · #54

  Transfer from South Dakota Coyotes

Freshmen (4)

• Maximo Adams

  FR · F · 6' 7" · Los Angeles, CA · #25

  Freshman

• Sayon Keita

  FR · C · 7' 1" · Bamako, Mali · #21

  Freshman

• Malloy Smith

  FR · G · 6' 5" · Newport Beach, CA · #30

  Freshman

• Kevin Thomas

  FR · G · 6' 6" · Fort Lauderdale, FL · #5

  Freshman

Full roster (16)

• Matt Able

  SO · G · 6' 5" · Baltimore, MD · #3

• Maximo Adams

  FR · F · 6' 7" · Los Angeles, CA · #25

• Neo Avdalas

  SO · G · 6' 9" · Kalamata, Greece · #17

• Cade Bennerman

  SO · C · 7' 0" · Nashville, TN · #35

• Angelo Brizzi

  SR · G · 6' 3" · Warrenton, VA · #14

• Terrence Brown

  SR · G · 6' 3" · Minneapolis, MN · #1

• Isaiah Denis

  SO · G · 6' 4" · Charlotte, NC · #2

• Cameron Fens

  SR · C · 7' 0" · Dubuque, IA · #54

• John Holbrook

  JR · F · 6' 8" · Hickory, NC · #99

• Sayon Keita

  FR · C · 7' 1" · Bamako, Mali · #21

• Alex Samodurov

  JR · F · 6' 11" · Evosmos, Greece · #22

• Evan Smith

  SR · G · 6' 1" · Charlotte, NC · #32

• Malloy Smith

  FR · G · 6' 5" · Newport Beach, CA · #30

• Jarin Stevenson

  SR · F · 6' 10" · Chapel Hill, NC · #15

• Kevin Thomas

  FR · G · 6' 6" · Fort Lauderdale, FL · #5

• Jaydon Young

  SR · G · 6' 4" · Goldsboro, NC · #4