UNC's Roster, Mock Drafts and NBA Success - IC Daily | Inside Carolina | College Basketball

As North Carolina's 2026-27 roster continues to take shape, Inside Carolina's senior reporter Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley to discuss how Carolina's potential lineup remains a bit in flux due to the latest NBA draft talk around transfer signee Matt Able. How do draft projections affect fan angst given the deadlines and timelines that are built to benefit the professional leagues versus the college game?

Barnes and Ashley also discuss how the NIL era can and will affect the narrative around how schools leverage their former player success in the draft and on the court in the NBA and as Barnes points out, what matters more? Draft picks or actual production on the court at the next level?

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