Even with a late-season burst from Ven-Allen Lubin, the North Carolina Tar Heels have a massive need they need to address at center for their 2025-2026 season.
Outside of Lubin, center production was sparse. Jalen Washington enjoyed a few solid games here and there, but nothing fans want to see from a second-string center. I actually really liked what I saw from Ty Claude in limited minutes, but he's more of a power forward at 6'7". James Brown rarely played, despite the incoming hype about his commitment.
Sunshine may very well be on the horizon for UNC, though, which is hosting a transfer portal center from a storied basketball program, that made the Sweet 16 in March.
According to InsideCarolina, Arizona Wildcats center Henri Veesaar, a 7-footer who experienced a massive increase in playing time from his freshman season, is expected to visit North Carolina on Wednesday, April 2.
We're writing this story on April 1 and – no – this is not an April Fool's Joke. The Tar Heels are actually hosting an uber-tall center for a visit.
Arizona transfer 7-footer Henri Veesaar has scheduled an official visit with North Carolina, sources confirm.
— InsideCarolina (@InsideCarolina) April 1, 2025
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"We've got to get bigger," UNC head coach Hubert Davis said on his radio show earlier this week. "We just do. From A to Z, we just do. And we talked about the physicality of Ole Miss (in the NCAA Tournament) and their positional size was bigger than us. And pretty much that's the way we were ...
