Caleb Love

2023 - 3 - 27

Caleb Love will leave North Carolina, enter transfer portal (ESPN)

North Carolina star guard Caleb Love plans to enter the transfer portal and leave the Tar Heels, he announced Monday on social media, adding that his "time ...

After his breakout tournament run, Love opted to return to Chapel Hill for another season instead of entering the NBA draft. Despite bringing back Love and three other starters, North Carolina missed the NCAA tournament this year after opening the season ranked No. The former five-star recruit boosted his stock during North Carolina's run to the national championship game last season, averaging 18.8 points in six NCAA tournament games. Four of those schools have different coaches now. Love, a 6-foot-4 guard from St. "I've taken some time with my family to re-evaluate what's best for me to continue to grow as a player and I've decided to enter the transfer portal to continue my journey."

UNC's Caleb Love to enter transfer portal: Why his choice was obvious (The Athletic)

He is the sixth UNC player to enter the transfer portal this offseason. That exodus comes on the heels of North Carolina being the first preseason No. 1 team to ...

But there is a lot of work to do, and it’s going to require a real level of accountability from Caleb himself. The bad news is that this is actually the second year out of three that Love has hit under 30 percent of a high volume of 3-point attempts. He’s making a good decision here to go hit the transfer portal to rehabilitate his stock. [Washington](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/washington-huskies-college-basketball/) at present is incoming four-star freshman Zayden High, who is viewed as a developmental forward. UNC is currently recruiting Towson transfer Nick Timberlake out of the transfer portal, but at 6-foot-4, he’s more like another backcourt addition than that of a true wing. It’s one of those instances where it’s clearly in everyone’s best interest to move on — both Love and UNC. [Armando Bacot](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/player/armando-bacot-2WGdbXTQdp3NhyhC/) and R.J. Due to the extra year of eligibility granted to players in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Love came back this season both to improve his NBA Draft stock and to hopefully lead the Tar Heels on another deep postseason run. North Carolina fans have largely blamed him for the team’s struggles this season, and the resulting backlash caused Love to scrub his social media accounts in the wake of the team missing the NCAA Tournament. - He is the sixth UNC player to enter the transfer portal this offseason. But that said, Love’s efficiency tailed off this season — he hit just 29.9 percent of his 3-pointers — and UNC’s offense struggled as a result.

UNC basketball loses starting guard, leading scorer Caleb Love to ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

North Carolina Tar Heels starting guard, leading scorer Caleb Love announced on Twitter he's entering NCAA college hoops transfer portal.

[Bacot](https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article273465475.html) and [R.J. Davis announced recently](https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article273553440.html) their decisions to return to Chapel Hill next season. Incoming freshman guard Simeon Wilcher will round out their rotation, barring any additions from the transfer portal. In the NCAA Tournament in 2022, Love average 18.8 points per game, including a 28-point performance against rival Duke in the teams’ national semifinal. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll, and became the first preseason No. The Heels were the preseason No. “That’s not the case. “He’s a teammate that you want to have. Despite Love’s shooting percentage from 3-point range dropped this season -- down to 29.9 percent after shooting 36.0 percent as a sophomore -- his percentage of shots taken increased to 28.4 percent according to Ken Pomeroy. Perhaps both sides needed a fresh start, as Carolina fans came to develop a bit of a love/hate relationship with the 6-foot-4 guard from St. He was among four starters from the Tar Heels’ 2022 run to the Final Four who returned to coach Hubert Davis’ team last offseason. His 3-pointer over 7-footer Mark Williams to seal their Final Four win against Duke that cemented its place as an iconic shot in Carolina history.

UNC guard Caleb Love is 6th UNC player to enter transfer portal (WTVD-TV)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina guard Caleb Love announced Monday that he is entering the transfer portal. He's the sixth Tar Heel men's ...

Despite bringing back Love and three other starters, the Tar Heels missed the NCAA tournament this year after opening the season ranked No. He played four years at Brown and shot 38% from 3-point range this season. After his breakout tournament run, Love opted to return to Chapel Hill for another season instead of entering the NBA draft. Love boosted his stock during North Carolina's run to the national championship game last season, averaging 18.8 points in six NCAA tournament games. (WTVD) -- North Carolina guard Caleb Love announced Monday that he is entering the transfer portal. He's the sixth Tar Heel men's basketball player to say he'll be changing schools.

Caleb Love leaving North Carolina: Tar Heels leading scorer enters ... (CBSSports.com)

Love broke out in the 2022 NCAA Tournament but had less success with UNC this season.

UNC already has a possible lineup replacement, though, as Brown guard Paxson Wojcik [announced](https://twitter.com/paxsonwojcik/status/1640482573120946179) his commitment shortly after Love's decision. [North Carolina's](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UNC/north-carolina-tar-heels/) leading scorer this season, has decided to enter the transfer portal. He shot 38% on his 5.6 3-point attempts per game, which likely is how he'll fit at UNC. This after showing out during the Tar Heels' deep run in the 2022 NCAA Tournament when he averaged 18.8 points, scoring 30 against [49th by 247Sports](https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Basketball/TransferPortalTop/) among players in the transfer portal. [UCLA](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UCLA/ucla-bruins/) in the Sweet 16 and 28 against [Duke](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/DUKE/duke-blue-devils/) in the Final Four.

North Carolina's Caleb Love, from CBC, says he plans to enter ... (STLtoday.com)

North Carolina guard Caleb Love says he will enter his name into the transfer portal after three seasons with the Tar Heels. The 6-foot-4 player who went to ...

That comes [after the Tar Heels became the first team](https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-north-carolina-left-out-16e5709c3c1f97a1d52f485d292715e0) to go from No. [returns Armando Bacot](https://apnews.com/article/armando-bacot-return-north-carolina-e862cc97414663829830c7c25d709d1f), the program's career leading rebounder and an Associated Press third-team All-American, and guard R.J. [game-changing scoring potential](https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-north-carolina-tar-heels-mens-basketball-sports-college-basketball-jayson-tatum-b8ca4eff8413dc0b5902555783b55dd7) and is fearless in taking a big shot. He never shot 40% from the field for a season and twice failed to shoot 30% on 3s. That may not save it.](/news/local/metro/holy-cross-church-is-one-of-the-last-institutions-left-in-baden-that-may-not/article_4888ffac-ed9f-5005-ba79-83ebe7cdf73d.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article) "Thank you, UNC staff and community, for embracing a kid from St.