The win pushed Barcelona to 2\u20130 in Group B. Keita\u2019s team will meet Next Gen Team 3SSB at 9:45 a.m. ET Saturday in the final group game for a spot in Sunday\u2019s championship game.<\/p>\n
Keita, a 7-foot, 215-pound center from Mali who will arrive in Chapel Hill as part of UNC\u2019s incoming class, continued to make his mark around the paint as Barcelona overwhelmed the defending champions.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s performance came one day after Keita authored one of the tournament\u2019s most eye-catching stat lines in Barcelona\u2019s opener. On Thursday, he produced 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks in 18 minutes as Barcelona defeated Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 97-83<\/a>.<\/p>\n While Barcelona\u2019s perimeter shooting drew attention in the rout, Keita\u2019s work on the glass led to numerous second-chance points.<\/p>\n Incoming Duke freshman Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje led the way for Barcelona with 24 points, including five 3-pointers, as the Spanish team built a 56\u201335 halftime lead and kept widening the margin.<\/p>\n Subscribe to read Tar Heel Tribune ad-free<\/p>\n Subscribe for a cleaner, smoother reading experience without the flashing banners, slow-loading elements, or those especially annoying pop\u2011up ads that interrupt the flow of the story. You\u2019ll also get the first version of each story emailed to you. The only ads you\u2019ll see are static, non-intrusive ads for UNC\u2011related books, and there are none currently on the site.<\/p>\n Roster assuming all players with eligibility other than Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar and the seven players who entered the transfer portal return, which would put UNC two under the 15-player limit. The class for next season is listed.<\/p>\n W \u2014 Northwestern transfer. X \u2014 Virginia Tech transfer; Y \u2014 N.C. State transfer; Z \u2014 Utah transfer<\/p>\n Michael Malone\u2019s coaching staff: Chuck Martin, Bryan Tibaldi, Sean May and Pat Sullivan; Deon Thompson will be a graduate assistant, and Brandon Robinson will reportedly have a support staff position.<\/p>\n PlayerClass next seasonPos.HgtWgtNext Thursday through May 28 \u2014 Kevin Thomas at USA Basketball U18 national team tryouts in Colorado Springs<\/a> (Other than the ACC\/SEC Challenge, games without links revealed from reporting by Alex Rosinski<\/a> or Rocco Miller<\/a>) Photo via euroleaguebasketball.net<\/p>\n \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By R.L. Bynum Incoming Carolina freshman Sayon Keita added another productive outing at the NextGen EuroLeague Finals on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14369,92,14370,14371,3495,14372,14373,14374],"class_list":["post-28121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-acc","tag-barcelona","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-basketball","tag-ncaa","tag-north-carolina","tag-tar-heels","tag-unc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unc-roster-header-e1759169996823.png\")
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schoolLuka BogavacSeniorW6\u20136215Oklahoma StateJames BrownSeniorC6\u201310240HowardDerek DixonSophomoreG6\u20135200ArizonaKyan EvansSeniorG6\u20132175MinnesotaZayden High JuniorC6\u201310230South FloridaJonathan PowellJuniorG6\u20136190PittsburghIvan MatlekovicJuniorC7\u20130255<\/p>\n
Thursday through Sunday \u2014 Sayon Keita at EuroLeague NextGen Finals in Athens, Greece<\/a>
May 27 (11:59 p.m.) \u2014 NCAA early-entry withdrawal deadline
June 13 \u2014 Deadline for international players to withdraw from NBA draft and maintain college eligibility
June 23\u201324 \u2014 NBA draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn<\/p>\n
(11 of 14 games)
Nov. 2 \u2014 vs. Western Carolina
Nov. 6 \u2014 vs. Wofford
Nov. 10 \u2014 vs. Wyoming
Nov. 13 \u2014 vs. Georgia<\/a>
Nov. 20 \u2014 vs. Marshall
Nov. 27 \u2014 vs. West Virginia at the Dick Vitale Invitational at Charlotte\u2019s Spectrum Center<\/a>
Dec. 1 or 2 \u2014 vs. SEC team in ACC\/SEC Challenge (announced last year on June 12)
Dec. 12 \u2014 at Georgetown
Dec. 19 \u2014 vs. Kentucky in CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden<\/a>, 2:30 p.m.
Dec. 21 \u2014 vs. The Citadel
November or December \u2014 vs. Butler<\/a><\/p>\n