As of April 29th, fifth-year coach Hubert Davis has six guards committed to play for tar heels in the 2025-26 seas…….naco

 

As of April 29th, fifth-year coach Hubert Davis has six guards committed to play for tar heels in the 2025-26 seas…….naco

 

As of April 29, fifth-year coach Hubert Davis has six guards committed to play for the Tar Heels in the 2025-26 season. Those players have combined for 1,648 points in eight combined seasons of college hoops experience. With RJ Davis no longer in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels desperately need another guard to fill the gap as a go-to scorer. They also have to replace Ian Jackson, who set a UNC record by scoring 23 or more points in four straight games as a freshman and averaged 11.9 points per game. Jackson entered the transfer portal on April 7 and picked St. John’s on April 21.Of the six guards set to suit up for UNC, senior Seth Trimble and Colorado State transfer Kyan Evans are the lone players in the group to average double-digit points in a season. Trimble averaged 11.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.4 steals as the Tar Heels’ top two-way player last season. Evans, Virginia Tech transfer Jaydon Young and West Virginia transfer Jonathan Powell were guards added via the portal. Derek Dixon and Isaiah Denis are the latest freshmen guards to choose UNC.

 

Evans averaged 10.6 points, Powell averaged 8.3 points and Young averaged 8.1 points per game last season. Those are solid additions for the Tar Heels to surround a frontcourt that includes five-star recruit Caleb Wilson, Alabama transfer Jarin Stevenson and Arizona transfer Henri VeesaarBut UNC will need at least one of its guards to go from solid to superb if the Tar Heels are going to go from a First Four berth to competing for a spot in the Final Four. In each of UNC’s last six Final Four appearances, UNC’s top scoring guard averaged at least 15.4 points per game.

 

Each of the 2025 Final Four participants had a guard who averaged at least 12.3 points per game. Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr., who averaged 22.3 points in the NCAA Tournament, was named the Most Outstanding Player after leading the Gators to a national championship..