Ahead of the May 1st deadline, top talent continues to flood into the transfer portal. Some players fit the description of what UNC basketball coaches are looking for to replace former five-year starting center Armando Bacot.
But the Tar Heels aren't missing out on the two big men they've been chasing in recent weeks.
Hubert Davis and his staff remain in the top 12 of Rutgers graduate transfer Clifford Omoruyi. But with no plans to go to Chapel Hill and reportedly visiting other locations, it could be said that they look like big winners in that race.
Related: Another transfer includes the Tar Heels as finalists.
As for Tennessee junior Jonas Aidoo, the 6-foot-11, who earned All-SEC Second Team and Defensive Team honors this past season and entered the transfer portal two weeks ago with one year of eligibility remaining. The 240-pound Durham native recently traveled to North Carolina and Baylor. And it's been a few days since rumors started circulating about his plans to visit Arkansas this weekend.
Meanwhile, there were no reports of a planned visit by the UNC basketball team. Field of 68 national insider Jeff Goodman reported Thursday that Aidoo would head to Carolina “after a trip to Fayetteville,” although he did not specify a date, but he has since changed his mind. did.
On Sunday night, Goodman pointed to rumors that only four teams are “favorites”: UNC, Baylor, Arkansas and Alabama. As Goodman added in Thursday's post, so far Alabama is the only state among the four that has not hosted or scheduled a visit with the light-footed giants.
An elite shot blocker and ever-improving offensive weapon, Jonas Aidoo will average 11.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.8 ppg in the 2023-24 season, shooting 51.5 percent from the field and 62.6 from the charity stripe. The percentage was recorded. The 21-year-old started all 36 games for Tennessee after starting just nine games as a sophomore and zero as a freshman.
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