{"id":617759,"date":"2026-05-01T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617759\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:41:08","slug":"unc-basketball-eyeing-another-international-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617759\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC basketball eyeing another international prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While North Carolina has been able to land a few pieces in the transfer portal, the roster may not be complete for Michael Malone in his first season as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The former NBA coach took over for Hubert Davis and now has the task of rebuilding the roster. So far, he&#8217;s added to the backcourt, and now this week, he&#8217;s also landed a pair of frontcourt players.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With the Tar Heels landing Cade Bennerman and Sayon Keita, they are off to a good start in terms of depth. But now, they have their eyes on another international prospect.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelbymswanson\/status\/2049960748932088270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shelby Swanson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Shelby Swanson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Shelby Swanson<\/a>, Malone and Chuck Martin are <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/michael-malone-unc-basketball-staff-173903247.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:still overseas scouting players;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;still overseas scouting players&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still overseas scouting players <\/a>and have a new target. That target is Senegalese prospect Momo Faye. The center is ranked as a four-star recruit who currently plays for Paris Basketball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/unc-frontcourt-takes-hit-transfer-214542580.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:North Carolina did lose a commitment from Maxim Logue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;North Carolina did lose a commitment from Maxim Logue&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina did lose a commitment from Maxim Logue<\/a> and have now turned their attention to Faye. Landing him would be huge for their depth this season.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, it appears as if UNC is one of the favorites to land him and could be earning a commitment in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheelswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/tarheels\/mens-basketball\/2026\/05\/01\/unc-basketball-tar-heels-pursuing-momo-faye\/89893775007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNC Basketball: Tar Heels pursuing Momo Faye;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;UNC Basketball&quot;}\" class=\"link \">UNC Basketball: Tar Heels pursuing Momo Faye<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While North Carolina has been able to land a few pieces in the transfer portal, the roster may&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[252193,149956,19507,267938,355,2256,267939,267940,267937,99,36312],"class_list":["post-617759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-chuck-martin","tag-hubert-davis","tag-michael-malone","tag-momo-faye","tag-nba","tag-north-carolina","tag-rebuilding-the-roster","tag-sayon-keita","tag-shelby-swanson","tag-sports","tag-tar-heels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617759","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=617759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}