{"id":3635,"date":"2025-07-12T07:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3635\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:09:06","slug":"elite-power-forward-miikka-muurinen-includes-unc-in-final-7-tar-heel-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3635\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite power forward Miikka Muurinen includes UNC in final 7 &#8211; Tar Heel Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPosted Jul 11, 2025<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOn Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/recruitsbasketball-2026.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">class of 2026<\/a> 5-star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/recruitprofile2505.aspx\" title=\"Miikka Muurinen Recruiting Profile\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miikka Muurinen<\/a> announced his final seven contenders: Arkansas, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, and NC State. Arkansas and Michigan received visits last Fall and the plan is for Muurinen to set up visits with other finalists after he returns from Finland and practicing with the national team.&#13;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/basketball\/recruiting\/article\/elite-power-forward-miikka-muurinen-is-down-to-seven-schools-251673501\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">247 Sports<\/a>)&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/uncbasketballrecruiting.aspx\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Basketball Recruiting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/recruitsbasketball-2026.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recruiting Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159821.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5-Star PG Deron Rippey Updates Recruitment<\/a><br \/>Entering his senior season, class of 2026 5-star point guard Deron Rippey, Jr. has narrowed his recruitment, and UNC in the thick of things. &#8220;They\u2019ve&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159755.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Locked On Tar Heels &#8211; UNC Basketball Offers Quinn Costello; NBA Summer League; QB Conundrum?<\/a><br \/>Host Isaac Schade discusses class of 2026 4-star forward Quinn Costello&#8217;s offer and meteoric rise, from unranked to 72nd nationally, Tar Heels in the NBA&#8230;<br \/>Mon Jul 7, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159727.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Locked On Tar Heels &#8211; Cole Cloer Names UNC Basketball In Top 8, Football Recruiting Updates<\/a><br \/>Class of 2026 small forward Cole Cloer revealed his top 8 schools Thursday, including UNC, NC State, Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisville, UConn, and Virginia. Host&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159723.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNC Offers 4-Star PF Quinn Costello<\/a><br \/>Four-star forward Quinn Costello has earned significant interest from major college basketball programs following his Co-MVP performance at Pangos All-American Camp. The 6-foot-10 Boston native&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12655618.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Elite power forward Miikka Muurinen includes UNC in final 7\" title=\"Elite power forward Miikka Muurinen includes UNC in final 7\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0; overflow:hidden;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Posted Jul 11, 2025&#13; On Friday, class of 2026 5-star forward Miikka Muurinen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-3635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}