Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2025–26 |
Team: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Coachrank: | 22 |
Aprank: | 20 |
Record: | 4–3 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Head Coach: | Hubert Davis |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach1: | Jeff Lebo |
Ac1 Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach2: | Sean May |
Ac2 Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach3: | Brad Frederick |
Ac3 Year: | 8th |
Asst Coach4: | Marcus Paige |
Ac4 Year: | 2nd |
Arena: | Dean E. Smith Center |
The 2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team will be led by coach Hubert Davis, who will be in his fourth season as UNC's head coach, and will be assisted by Jeff Lebo, Sean May, and Brad Frederick. The Tar Heels will play their home games at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
See main article: 2023–24 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team.
The Tar Heels finished the season 29–8 and 17–3 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals, where they defeated ninth seed Florida State. They defeated Pittsburgh in the Semifinals, but could not overcome NC State for a third time in the season in the Final. They lost 76–84 to finish as runner-up. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as a first seed in the West region. They defeated sixteenth-seed Wagner in the First Round, and ninth-seed Michigan State in the Second Round before falling to fourth-seed Alabama in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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3 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Graduated | ||||
5 | F/C | 6'11" | 240 | Graduated | ||||
Paxton Wojcik | 8 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Graduated | |||
Creighton Lebo | 14 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Graduated | |||
Rob Landry | 22 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Graduated | |||
James Okonkwo | 32 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Transferred to Akron[1] | |||
Duwe Farris | 34 | F | 6'7" | 210 | Graduated | |||
55 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Drafted 48th overall in the 2024 NBA draft[2] |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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5 | G/F | 6'7" | 205 | Junior | Belmont[3] | |||
Ven-Allen Lubin | 22 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Junior | Vanderbilt[4] | ||
Tyzhaun Claude | 0 | F | 6’7" | 226 | Graduate | Georgia Tech[5] |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=|ACC Tournament[6]
See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.