{"id":489088,"date":"2025-12-22T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/489088\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:28:13","slug":"caleb-wilson-joins-an-all-time-unc-basketball-great-with-latest-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/489088\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Wilson joins an all-time UNC basketball great with latest outing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you still coming down off the high from Saturday afternoon? Thanks to great awareness and a clutch dunk from Henri Veesaar, UNC won a 71-70 thriller<\/a> against Ohio State<\/a> in the CBS Sports Classic.<\/p>\n

With their victory, the Tar Heels<\/a> (11-1) won their fifth-straight basketball game \u2013\u00a0and final non-conference matchup away from Chapel Hill. Veesaar finished Saturday with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double, which is becoming a commonality for North Carolina’s 7-foot center, but he wasn’t the only player in Carolina Blue to provide offensive fireworks.<\/p>\n

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Superstar freshman Caleb Wilson<\/a> enjoyed a 20-point, 15-rebound afternoon, his fifth time reaching the 20-10 mark this season. This put Wilson in elite company, passing all-time great Tyler Hansbrough<\/a> for the most 20-10 games by a UNC freshman, in the last 20 seasons.<\/p>\n

Hansbrough is the best collegiate player to come through Chapel Hill, winning a National Championship (2009), ACC Player (2008) and Rookie of the Year (2006) awards, while averaging 20.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wilson likely goes to the NBA after this season, but he’s enjoying one of the best singular seasons ever by a Tar Heel. Wilson currently averages a 19.5 point, 10.8-rebound double-double, with the latter average Top-10 across college basketball. Wilson has eight double-doubles to his name \u2013 through just 12 games \u2013 which leads the entire ACC.<\/p>\n

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North Carolina will be tested as it heads into the conference portion of its schedule<\/a>, while Wilson’s teammates will continue relying on him. Can Wilson help UNC host two more trophies, further adding to the standout legacy he’s already creating?<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: Caleb Wilson has most 20-10 games since Tyler Hansbrough<\/a><\/p>\n