North Carolina gets another early test as Wofford comes to Chapel Hill, and the Tar Heels are trying to build on their season-opening win over Western Carolina while also putting an odd little home trend to bed. UNC is 2-2 all-time against the Terriers, and Wofford has won the last two trips to Chapel Hill - though one of those games was played in Carmichael and not the Dean Dome.
Wofford arrives with a program profile that’s been steady, if not flashy. The Terriers are 492-468 all-time and have made six tournament appearances, with their last coming in 2025.
Kevin Giltner, a former Wofford guard, is now running the show after spending his entire head coaching career with the program. He also worked as an assistant at Virginia Tech, and in his first season as head coach he went 19-13 and finished second in the Southern Conference.
Last season, Wofford was one of the league’s surprise teams. Picked ninth in the 10-team SoCon, the Terriers finished 19-13 overall and 11-7 in conference play, ending in a three-way tie for second behind East Tennessee State. Their run stopped in the opening round of the SoCon tournament with a three-point loss to seven-seeded UNCG.
This year, expectations have moved up. Wofford was picked third in the SoCon preseason poll, but its opener was rough: a 90-59 loss at Tennessee, which began the season ranked eighth in the AP Poll.
A couple of transfers from Division II schools stood out in that game. Guard Cam Lowe, who spent the last two seasons at Black Hills State, led the Terriers with 14 points against the Volunteers.
Center Evan Ramsey, a seven-footer from UVA-Wise, added eight points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. Ramsey had also been an All-American and Player of the Year at the DII level, and he could give UNC some issues inside after finishing last season as an all-conference player.
The most notable former Terrier remains Fletcher Magee, who finished his four-year career as the NCAA’s all-time leader in made three-pointers. He also beat out JJ Redick on that list, won two Southern Conference Player of the Year awards and took home the Lou Henson Award. Magee has played overseas throughout his professional career and won the Montenegrin Cup in 2025 with Buducnost.
On paper, this doesn’t look like a team with the depth to go into a power-conference building and pull an upset. But Wofford does have size, and UNC has already seen enough from this matchup to know better than to sleepwalk through it. If the Tar Heels want to avoid another surprise in Chapel Hill, they’ll need to stay locked in from the start.
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