First 2026 UNC Basketball Target Reveals In-State Transfer

At Orange High School in Hillsborough, N.C., four-star recruit Cole Cloer's proximity to Chapel Hill — roughly 20 miles from his school's gym to the Dean E. Smith Center — made it easy for him to visit the UNC basketball staff, and vice versa. Given that convenience and his rising stock, it wasn't much of a shock when he became the

Cloer, ranking No. 25 overall on the 247Sports 2026 Composite and still the only rising high school junior on UNC's wishlist, will be about 40 miles farther away from the Tar Heels next season, though. On Thursday afternoon, the 6-foot-7, 180-pound forward, a top-shelf leaper and deft bucket-getter who projects as a potentially potent stretch-four talent at the college level, announced his transfer from Orange to Caldwell Academy in Greensboro, making the move from a public high school to a private prep academy.As the 2026 cycle's No. 1 player among North Carolina preps, almost half of Cloer's offer sheet consists of in-state programs.

While it's still early in the Cole Cloer sweepstakes, as he figures to attract more high-major suitors in the coming months, it's worth noting that On3's Jamie Shaw has already entered a pick into the Shaw's prediction, the only one in existence for Cloer between the major recruiting sites, shows UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis as the frontrunner to ultimately prevail, albeit with only a "60 percent" confidence level.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.

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