Tar Heel Hoop Talk

@UNCballTalk Fire Hubert and immediately kick the tires on some unlikely scenarios (Lloyd, May, Golden) if no bites there you put the press on TJ Otz, consistently does a lot with a little at ISU, give him the resources and he probably immediately flips things in a positive direction

Now that we’ve had some time to process things, what are we thinking ⬇️

@unc_zone Assuming seeding stays the same R32 exit against Illinois

It definitely makes you wonder how far this UNC team could’ve gone with Caleb Wilson. A lot of promising wins during the regular season but also just as many head scratching losses.

@RevSum @BornTheArcher @GoHeelsNation Drake Powell and Ian Jackson were both projected lottery picks entering UNC with Powell being projected somewhere in like 7-9 range

@HeelHoopTalk @BornTheArcher @GoHeelsNation Who’s stock? Please say Ian Jackson. Please say it

The ONLY way Hubert comes back is if Caleb and Henri both agree to run it back on the condition he’s here next year.

@Mike_Modulator @Ayo_TTime9 I agree you’re probably right but I also believe a quick turnaround is very realistic with how the landscape operates these days. Plenty of teams, Duke for example, flip rosters every single year now out of necessity and don’t lose a step

@HeelHoopTalk @Ayo_TTime9 None of those guys are leaving their current position to come to Chapel Hill

UNC basketball will struggle because they are too worried about hiring someone who’s in the “UNC Family” Go get someone like Nate Oats, Mark Few, ect and yall right back on track. UNC is the biggest brand in college basketball. They can literally get anybody but Scheyer tbh

@ktomassoni1 Nah the way Roy runs a program which was masterful pre NIL isn’t in any way possible with how the portal operates. Build a guy up over the course of his college career so by year 3 or 4 he’s starting caliber isn’t realistic, and losing great players to the portal would eat at him

Roy Williams is at every UNC game lol should’ve just stayed the coach my guy

@blakekcmo The family only started with Doherty realistically, coach smith and coach Guthridge were not unc alums. Coach Williams had to save us from Doherty and now there’s no Roy to save us from Hubert. 1 for 3 in “family” hires unless you wanna count Guthridge

Saying this as a lifelong UNC guy: The “family” thing has to come to an end. At least for now. If somebody eventually “comes back home” like Roy Williams did, then all is well & good & it makes for a triumphant story. But continuing this madness just to “stay in the family??”

@Mike_Modulator @Ayo_TTime9 A coach like Tommy Lloyd or dusty May would have them competing year 1. Problem is I don’t think they can get someone of that caliber unless they write a blank check

UNC basketball will struggle because they’re going to make a coaching change. Those recruits are going to leave. Kids are going to hit the portal and it will be 2 to 3 years before the team is a serious contender in either the ACC or the NCAA tournament. The only way they can save this is the drop a huge, NIL bag and make a coaching higher of somebody that can actually recruit

@MVPJenkins @UNCballTalk If they wouldn’t then it shows what everyone else has seen for 4 years. Unserious program right now

@UNCballTalk Real question: would they fire Hubert knowing that it could, key word could, risk them losing Mingo and Adams?

I am owned an apology for being crucified about my takes on Hubert. I tried to tell you guys…

@BornTheArcher @GoHeelsNation People need to understand Caleb leaving as amazing as he is as a player is very beneficial for the program considering they haven’t produced a lottery pick since Coby and Cam, and have actively tanked projected lottery picks stock specifically last year

@GoHeelsNation Please stop trying to convince Caleb to come back to this badly coached program. Let him be great in the NBA.

@tarheelanalyst In no order: Lloyd May Otz Think the first two are a stretch given the current situations they find themselves but they immediately make UNC a national contender again next year. Otz consistently does more with less at Iowa state, UNC budget and the ceiling is the roof I think

Who’s your pick for the next head coach of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball — and why? ⬇️

@JoshGrahamShow Not thinking he is going to get fired is a totally fine take. Thinking that not making it past R64 3 of the last 4 years at UNC is good enough to not be fired is where you completely lose me. In what world has Hubert lived up to what the standard of the program should be

Fans can tweet through it all they like. I get it. But I know I'm right. And I think deep down, they know it, too. This shouldn't even be viewed as much of a take. x.com/QualkTalk/stat…

Zero percent chance UNC makes a coaching change. Zero.Nor should they. This game notwithstanding, Hubert did a nice job with this team.

@UNCSportsTalk Golden, May, Hurley. Ya kick the tires on all of em

Jay Wright Billy Donovan Brad Stevens Tommy Lloyd TJ Brad Underwood Hoiberg Who else?

@borgs1230 @uncglazer Leaky undoubtedly had way more fun at unc than Trimble did 😭

@uncglazer Leaky 2.0

I hate this is how Seth Trimbles career at UNC will end. He deserved better.

@TheBigPic Happy for him, happy for the love Sinners got. My favorite movie of 2025. I don’t believe he had a stronger performance than Timothee or Wagner. Both their movies fall apart completely if they don’t carry them and I just don’t feel that way with his role in Sinners good as he is

Michael B. Jordan wins ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ for ‘Sinners’! What do you think of the win?

@SpencerAlthouse Delroy deserved this Oscar for sinners but undoubtedly deserved this Oscar because he didn’t win let alone get NOMINATED for Da 5 Bloods which is maybe the biggest snub I can ever remember with how unbelievable he was in that movie

oh I know Delroy Lindo was pissed when Sean Penn's name was called. Delroy deserved this Oscar tbh

@UNCballTalk @nicksteens1 People love to forget Duke also won it last year without the NPOY but yeah everything is great in Chapel Hill!!

@nicksteens1 Not comparing obviously losing Caleb is worse but having 2 important starters down is brutal. But hey let’s keep watching them succeed while we do nothing!!!

“We don’t have Caleb Wilson nothing counts” Well Duke was down 2 starters and just won the ACC championship? How many excuses are we going to use to keep this Coach man?? Make it make sense.

@tildonw77 @JoeyPostlewaite @JordanFalls And he decided to hang it up because he said he didn’t have what it took anymore, what’s your point?

@JoeyPostlewaite @JordanFalls Roy went 32-30 his last two years with those studs!

Since 2021… 8 seed 8 seed Missed 1 seed 11 seed (play in) 6 seed (?) Since 1985, by far the worst stretch (seed wise) in #UNC history. Before this… 2000: 8 seed 2001: 2 seed 2002: missed 2003: NIT 2004: 6 seed Honorable mention for 2013-2015: 8 seed, 6 seed, 4 seed.

@madhal0309 @UNCBarstool Tyler nickel is another and add on Jalen Washington

@madhal0309 @UNCBarstool Cade Tyson for one this year went to Minnesota and avg almost 20ppg in another P4 conference. Caleb love was big12 player of the year after leaving. Dontrez styles is another who had a good career after leaving. Cadeau had a better year this year than he ever had at UNC

Took the night to cool off. We have watched the same game 1 million times over the last few years. Down double digits. Close but no cigar. This year we were fortunate to actually complete some of the comebacks, but the same issues persist with completely different rosters.

@madhal0309 @UNCBarstool He absolutely had a hand in developing them. That’s one small part of what it is to be a great college head coach now. You can also point to multiple players that didn’t develop under him and went elsewhere and flourished. He’s done some things well but results matter

@HeelHoopTalk @UNCBarstool Mando and Cole produced 14 wins. Mando, Love, RJ, Kessler, and Sharpe produced 18 wins. HD comes along and develops them into the all time leading rebounder and 2nd leading scorer. So he can coach, huh?