French Connection: taking a closer look at Maxim Logue

UNC basketball made waves in the transfer portal on Tuesday, signing a pair of highly sought after guards. Terrence Brown had long been rumored to be a top target for the Heels, but UNC had stiff competition in wooing him to North Carolina from Kansas and Kentucky. Matt Able also committed, jumping from N.C. State to UNC. Both are ranked as top 50 transfer portal pickups according to 247 Sports; UNC now has three of the top 50 available portal players including Virginia Tech’s Neoklis Avdalas.

These three will get most of the press, as they should; they will likely all be starters for new head coach Michael Malone’s first Tar Heel squad. All three are pretty known quantities as well. Carolina fans have seen Able and Avdalas in action in games against the Heels and other ACC matchups. Both players were highly regarded recruits coming into college as well. While Utah transfer Brown took a bit of a different route to end up in the ACC, it’s likely most UNC fans have picked up a passing knowledge of him from the Heels courtship of the guard. Averaging almost 20 points a game in a major conference will get you a lot of press.

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So naturally, it was news that Florida Atlantic’s Maxim Logue had committed to UNC that drew my attention. I consume a lot of college basketball but will freely admit I’d never heard of the French big man. Since it’s likely he’s also a relative unknown to most UNC fans, I thought it’d be worth digging a little deeper on what the Heels are getting from the Owls transfer.

Logue is originally from Lyon, France where he played on the U18 French national team before joining Oregon State as a freshman. He played sparingly for the Beavers, averaging roughly three points and two rebounds in seven minutes a game. He transferred to Florida Atlantic for his sophomore year where he came off the bench for the Owls as a backup center. His averages as a sophomore were modest as well: Logue averaged 11 minutes, four points and three rebounds a…

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