{"id":260909,"date":"2025-11-04T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/260909\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:32:11","slug":"luka-bogavac-debuts-for-north-carolina-after-eligibility-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/260909\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Bogavac debuts for North Carolina after eligibility resolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. &#8212; North Carolina newcomer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5312014\/luka-bogavac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Bogavac<\/a> had his school eligibility issue resolved and was cleared to play for the No. 25 Tar Heels against Central Arkansas shortly before the teams&#8217; opener on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Bogavac, a 6-goot-6 guard from Montenegro, had been cleared by the NCAA and was still sorting through a school-level eligibility issue that was resolved and announced less than an hour before tipoff.<\/p>\n<p>Bogavac was the game&#8217;s first substitute, entering with 16:12 remaining in the first half. He was greeted by a large ovation.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/46750393\/mens-ncaa-basketball-predictions-2025-2026\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/251027_ncb_mens-team-tiers_1x1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recruiting rankings listed Bogavac among the top 10 incoming international players for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Bogavac played in 55 games over the past two seasons in the Adriatic Basketball Association. Considered a perimeter threat, he had multiple 3-point baskets in 16 of his 29 games during the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina spokesman Steve Kirschner also said before the game that Bogavac wouldn&#8217;t be available for postgame interviews.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is home again Friday night against 19th-ranked Kansas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. &#8212; North Carolina newcomer Luka Bogavac had his school eligibility issue resolved and was cleared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-260909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}