Indiana’s Malik Reneau an early UNC basketball transfer portal target

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Can the Tar Heels land this star forward from Indiana in the transfer portal?

If there’s one area the North Carolina Tar Heels lacked in during their recently-ended 2024-2025 basketball campaign, it’s post production.

Before Ven-Allen Lubin and Jae’Lyn Withers emerged during a late-season run for an NCAA Tournament bid, UNC got virtually no help from its frontcourt. Jalen Washington was inconsistent, swapping in and out of the starting lineup with Lubin. Withers showcased an ability to pull down rebounds, but he didn’t score much in the post.

North Carolina needs to hit the transfer portal, which opened on March 24, hard for a big man. That starts with recent interest in the leading scorer from an NCAA Tournament Bubble team.

Malik Reneau, a 6’9″ starting forward who led the Indiana Hoosiers with 13.3 points per game, has interest from the Tar Heels as of Tuesday, March 25.

Reneau, who’ll be entering his final year of college basketball in the 2025-2026, would be a massive addition to UNC’s paint. Lubin averaged 8.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for North Carolina last season, but Reneau has the advantage of starting a whole season.

With Washington also entering the portal on Tuesday, Reneau fills an immediate need. Caleb Wilson will be starting for the Tar Heels from Day One, so maybe Reneau slides into the five. If Drake Powell decides to leave, Hubert Davis could play both Wilson and Reneau, if the latter chooses UNC, in the starting lineup.

North Carolina failed to find an Armando Bacot replacement in the 2024 offseason transfer portal, though Lubin’s late-season emergence gave the Tar Heels some reliability at the five. If UNC wants to re-emerge as a threat next year, it’ll need to land an experienced big like Reneau.

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Publish date : 2025-03-25 22:31:00

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