Love to leave North Carolina, enter transfer portal

North Carolina star guard Caleb Love plans to enter the switch portal, he introduced Monday on social media.

“My time at UNC has been rewarding and has impressed me to develop on and off the court docket,” he stated, earlier than thanking Roy Williams for recruiting him out of highschool and Hubert Davis for the previous two years.

“I’ve taken a while with my household to reevaluate what’s greatest for me to proceed to develop as a participant and I’ve determined to enter the switch portal to proceed my journey.”

Love, a 6-foot-4 guard from St. Louis, is arguably the largest title within the switch portal so far. He averaged a career-high 16.7 factors this season, capturing 37.8% from the sector, whereas additionally contributing 3.7 rebounds and a couple of.8 assists.

The previous five-star recruit boosted his inventory throughout North Carolina’s run to the nationwide championship sport final season, averaging 18.8 factors in six NCAA match video games. He scored 30 factors and made six 3-pointers in opposition to UCLA within the Candy 16, then went for 28 factors in opposition to Duke within the Remaining 4.

Following his breakout match run, Love opted to return to Chapel Hill for an additional season as a substitute of getting into the NBA draft. Regardless of bringing again Love and three different starters, North Carolina missed the NCAA match after opening the season ranked No. 1.

Love was additionally recruited by Missouri, Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Arizona out of highschool. 4 of these colleges have totally different coaches now. He may have two seasons of eligibility at his new faculty.