North Carolina Sports Network’s
“All-North Carolina” Picks In High Demand


By David Glenn
North Carolina Sports Network
(Last updated May 15)

*** For complete lists of 2024 outgoing transfers, please click HERE for the 18 ACC programs and HERE for North Carolina’s other 15 Division One programs. ***

In March, the North Carolina Sports Network selected its 2023-24 “All-North Carolina” basketball team, consisting of the best in-state players beyond those who play in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Since then, while some of those star players have exhausted their college eligibility, most of the rest have entered the NCAA transfer portal, typically with the hope of 1-playing for a higher-profile team, 2-experiencing a higher-profile conference and/or 3-maximizing their Name-Image-Likeness compensation.

Here’s our 15-man “All-North Carolina” squad, plus honorable mentions, listed with the honors they received from their respective conferences. Their current status for next season (2024-25) is written in ALL CAPS.

“All-North Carolina” First Team

G RJ Felton, 6-3/209, Jr., East Carolina (All-AAC third team)
(TESTING NBA WATERS/STAYING WITH PIRATES)
G Duke Miles, 6-3/182, Sr., High Point (All-Big South first team)
(TRANSFERRING TO SEC/OKLAHOMA)
F Vonterius Woolbright, 6-6/215, Sr., Western Carolina (SoCon POY)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
F Mikeal Brown-Jones, 6-8/220, Sr., UNC Greensboro (All-SoCon first team)
(TRANSFERRING TO SEC/MISSISSIPPI)
F Drew Pember, 6-11/215, Sr., UNC Asheville (Big South POY)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)

“All-North Carolina” Second Team

G Donovan Gregory, 6-3/190, Sr., App State (All-Sun Belt first team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
G Kezza Giffa, 6-2/165, Jr., High Point (All-Big South first team)
(STAYING WITH PANTHERS)
F Trazarien White, 6-7/190, Sr., UNC Wilmington (All-CAA first team)
(TRANSFERRING TO BIG 12/TEXAS CHRISTIAN)
F Tre’Von Spillers, 6-7/205, Jr., App State (All-Sun Belt first team)
(TRANSFERRING TO ACC/WAKE FOREST)
F Igor Milicic, 6-10/225, Jr., Charlotte (All-AAC third team)
(TRANSFERRING TO SEC/TENNESSEE)

“All-North Carolina” Third Team

G Fred Cleveland, 5-9/165, Sr., NC Central (All-MEAC first team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
G Keyshaun Langley, 6-1/175, Sr., UNC Greensboro (All-SoCon second team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
G Lu’Cye Patterson, 6-2/205, Sr., Charlotte (All-AAC second team)
(TRANSFERRING TO BIG TEN/MINNESOTA)
G Anthony Dell’Orso, 6-6/190, So., Campbell (All-CAA second team)
(TRANSFERRING TO BIG 12/ARIZONA)
F Kimani Hamilton, 6-7/220, So., High Point (All-Big South first team)
(STAYING WITH PANTHERS)

“All-North Carolina” Honorable Mention

G Deyton Albury, Jr., Queens (All-ASUN third team)
(TRANSFERRING TO UTAH STATE)
G Landon Glasper, So., North Carolina A&T (All-CAA third team)
(ENTERED PORTAL BUT WITHDREW/STAYING WITH AGGIES)
G Ja’Darius Harris, Sr., NC Central (All-MEAC second team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
G Grant Huffman, Sr., Davidson
(TRANSFERRING TO SEC/VANDERBILT)
G Po’Boigh King, So., NC Central (All-MEAC third team)
(STAYING WITH EAGLES)
G Kobe Langley, Sr., UNC Greensboro (All-SoCon third team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
G AJ McKee, Jr., Queens (All-ASUN second team)
(TRANSFERRING TO MILWAUKEE)
G Shykeim Phillips, Sr., UNC Wilmington (All-CAA third team)
(EXHAUSTED NCAA ELIGIBILITY)
F Brandon Johnson, r-Jr., East Carolina
(TRANSFERRING TO ACC/MIAMI)

The ACC, the Big 12 and especially the SEC have been the top beneficiaries of this exodus of elite talent from North Carolina’s mid-major programs.

App State’s Spillers and ECU’s Johnson, for example, quickly committed to Wake Forest and Miami, respectively. They currently project as those ACC teams’ starting power forwards in 2024-25.

UNCW’s White and Campbell’s Dell’Orso are headed to the Big 12 — Texas Christian and Arizona, respectively. The Wildcats, long-time members of the Pac-12, will join the Big 12 this summer.

The SEC, meanwhile, has lured Brown-Jones (Mississippi), Huffman (Vanderbilt), Miles (Oklahoma) and Milicic (Tennessee). After 28 years in the Big 12, the Sooners officially will become SEC members in July.