North Carolina was ‘dream school’ for five-star guard

As North Carolina basketball enters one of the crucial anticipated seasons in program historical past, Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels are trying in direction of the long run, getting the eye of a five-star recruit within the class of 2025.

Isiah Harwell, the No. 5 ranked participant within the nation, is coming into his sophomore season, just lately transferring to Mount Nice (UT) Wasatch Academy from his residence state of Idaho.

After receiving a suggestion from North Carolina to finish the month of September, Harwell turned the primary sophomore within the nation to earn a scholarship from the Tar Heels.

The 6-foot-5 guard just lately visited Chapel Hill and sat down with On3’s Jamie Shaw to debate his recruitment, calling North Carolina his dream college.

“When that [UNC] provide got here in, I used to be simply excited trigger that was like my dream college rising up, so I used to be simply misplaced for phrases,” stated Harwell.

He additionally referenced North Carolina basketball as a ‘loving’ and ‘welcoming’ program, additional cementing his curiosity within the Tar Heels.

With one other blue blood provide, Harwell has garnered consideration from school basketball’s high packages, together with Kansas and UCLA.

Because it stands, Harwell doesn’t have any future visits deliberate, however is trying into taking journeys to Gonzaga and Texas Tech.

Though it’s early in his recruitment and plenty of dominoes have but to even fall within the class of 2024 for North Carolina, the Tar Heels seem like in good standing with the five-star prospect.