Overview
- North Carolina announced Thursday that Wilson sustained the injury in the first half of the loss at Miami, with in-game X-rays negative before follow-up imaging in Chapel Hill confirmed a fracture.
- Wilson is UNC’s leader in scoring and rebounding at 19.8 points and 9.4 boards per game, has reached double figures in all 24 games, owns 17 20-point outings, and leads the nation with 66 dunks.
- The program said the evaluation is ongoing with no timetable for return, leaving his availability for late-season and postseason play uncertain.
- Analysts expect UNC to lean on Henri Veesaar, Jarin Stevenson, Seth Trimble, Derek Dixon and Luka Bogavac, with Jonathan Powell and Kyan Evans in expanded roles to cover frontcourt and perimeter minutes.
- UNC has seven games before the ACC tournament, including tests against NC State, Syracuse, Louisville, Clemson and a rematch at Duke, with bracket projections likely to adjust based on performance without Wilson.