The North Carolina Tar Heels eventually pulled away late to top Elon on Monday night. But the Heels know they must play far better when the face No. 1 Kansas on Friday night.

While things started off good for the Tar Heels, grabbing a 12-point lead at halftime, they had to hold on after a late Elon surge. But to the rescue was guard RJ Davis who scored 24 points in the game including five straight to give UNC the lead back.

Fourth-year UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis and his cohorts didn't always look like the frontrunner in the Isaiah Denis sweepstakes. But the Tar Heels emerged in the homestretch of the Davidson Day School (N.

The Tar Heels, ranked No. 9 in the preseason, no longer have Armando Bacot at center, but return guard RJ Davis, the 2024 ACC player of the year.

North Carolina basketball now has two guards in its 2025 recruiting class. Here's a look at Isiah Denis, an in-state prospect, and what Denis can do.

One 2025 UNC basketball pledge and a few Tar Heel targets are slated to battle in the John Wall Holiday Invitational.