North Carolina schedules visit 7 -foot Arizona Henri Veesaar

Transfer from Arizona Henri Veesaar should officially visit the North Carolina on Wednesday, several confirmed sources Inside the Caroline.

Veesaar entered the transfer portal on Monday,, Four days after the regional defeat of the Wildcats semi-final against Duke. Registered at 7-0, 235 pounds, Veesaar obtained the honorable mention of the recognition of All-Big 12 this season after an average of 9.4 points, 5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 blocks in just over 20 minutes per match. He finished second in the Big 12 in offensive coast only Conference (133.7) and in percentage of goals in the field in two points (70%).

“Henri, the progress he has made is well noted,” said Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd last week. “If really proud of him and his development as a player and knows that there is so much room to grow.”

Originally from Estonia, Veesaar registered in Arizona in 2022 after playing for the youth program of Real Madrid. It was classified n ° 36 in class 2022 by 247Sports. He played 29 games in the first year before missing all his second season with an injury. He is now a second year student with two years of eligibility.

Veesaar scored two figures 16 times this season despite 30 minutes or more seven times. For the season, he only played 51% of the total minutes of Arizona.

“It’s a pro,” said Baylor’s head coach Scott Drew about Veesaar after a defeat against Arizona. “The first time I saw him on the film, I said to myself,” it’s a pro. “”

With the graduation of Jae’lyn Withers, the transfer of Jalen Washington and the unresolved status of Zayden High, the Tar Heels are again looking for manufacturers of front zone. Sources close to the Carolina program are expected to get Allen-Lubin and James Brown coming back next season, and the Tar Heels also welcome the first year five-star attacker Caleb Wilson.

“We have to get fat,” said UNC head coach Hubert Davis in his radio program earlier this week. “We do it. From A to Z, we do it. And we talked about Ole Miss physics (in the NCAA tournament) and their position size was greater than we. And that’s about as we must become bigger. In terms of physics, you have a presence, you have more and more.

The average height of 76.4 inch of the UNC this season has ranked n ° 305 among the 364 teams on a national scale, according to the university basketball database of Ken Pomeroy. It was the second highest list among all major conference teams