CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina officially announced its 16-man roster for the 2025-26 season on Thursday.
The team features three returning players — including Seth Trimble, who enters his fourth year with the Tar Heels — three freshmen, six transfers, an overseas signee (Luka Bogavac) and three walk-ons.
Davis put out a brief statement along with the team’s announcement, giving credit to Trimble for returning for his fourth season at UNC. Trimble was a member of Davis’ first recruiting class at North Carolina.
“I am very excited about this upcoming season and this year’s team, led by Seth Trimble,” Davis said in the statement. “In college basketball’s current state, Carolina has been fortunate to have multiple accomplished veteran players choose to stay at UNC. Players like Leaky Black, Armando Bacot, RJ Davis, and now Seth Trimble are difference makers for us. Going into the summer, we wanted to get bigger and more versatile to give us the ability to be better on both ends of the floor, and I believe we’ve done that.”
UNC opens the regular season at home against Central Arkansas on Nov. 3 at home. The team will then complete its home-and-home agreement with Kansas on Nov. 7 when the Jayhawks come to town.
UNC will stay in Chapel Hill for home games against Radford (Nov. 11), North Carolina Central (Nov. 14) and Navy (Nov. 18). The team will then head to Florida for the Skechers Fort Myers Tip-Off, where it will play St. Bonaventure on Nov. 25 and Michigan State on Nov. 27.
North Carolina’s ACC-SEC Challenge opponent this season will be the Kentucky Wildcats, and the two teams will face off on Dec. 2 in Lexington. After that, UNC will return to the Smith Center for a three-game home stretch against Georgetown (Dec. 7), USC Upstate (Dec. 13) and ETSU (Dec. 16). Up next is North Carolina’s annual CBS Sports Classic game on Dec. 20, in which the team will play Ohio State.
North Carolina will round out its non-conference schedule against East Carolina at home on Dec. 22.
UNC Basketball 2025-26 Numerical Roster
#0 Kyan Evans
#1 Zayden High
#2 James Brown
#3 Derek Dixon
#4 Jaydon Young
#5 Isaiah Denis
#6 Elijah Davis
#7 Seth Trimble
#8 Caleb Wilson
#11 Jonathan Powell
#13 Henri Veesaar
#15 Jarin Stevenson
#25 John Holbrook
#32 Evan Smith
#40 Ivan Matlekovic
#44 Luka Bogavac
