UNC Gaining Traction With Towering 2028 Prospect

North Carolina and Michael Malone reached out to the highly touted prospect at the beginning of July to extend an offer, and it seems there is definitely mutual interest from both sides.

Betts will take an unofficial tour of North Carolina from September 25-27, which will be one of four schools he has locked in a visit with so far. Michigan, Illinois, and Alabama are among the other three schools that have set an unofficial visit with the center prospect.

While this visit is an unofficial one, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Betts follow up with an official one if he likes what he sees on his first visit. After all, what’s not to love about Chapel Hill, right?

Betts comes in at a towering 7’3" and is playing with IMG Academy in Florida. While he’s ranked 12th nationally according to the 247Sports Composite, his size could propel him up recruiting boards and make him a ton more valuable. 

As a center prospect, he comes in ranked fifth, but again comes in a good 3-5 inches taller than every prospect ranked above him. If he can get enough coordination between his top and bottom halves, he could be an insane prospect overall. 

How It Can Impact UNC

For North Carolina, it would only add to the amount of size they have in the frontcourt. Alexandros Samodurov and Sayon Keita are both hovering around the seven-foot mark, and they’ll be left with eligibility to remain at North Carolina for a while. 

There’s a long list of teams in the running for Betts still, and it will probably be a while before there’s any real traction as to where he’s leaning on committing. It would be a massive landing for Michael Malone and North Carolina, and it’s never too early to start pulling some recruits from future classes. 

Hopefully, when Betts arrives on campus, the coaching staff will go all out to make sure he knows this is where he’s supposed to be. A 7’3" recruit is always a guy you’d rather have on your team, not play against.