Utah transfer Terrence Brown is arguably UNC’s best transfer portal commit, giving the Tar Heels a high-scoring backcourt addition for next season.
Brown chose UNC over Kansas, Kentucky, Oregon, Ole Miss and USC. He is ranked the No. 8 combo guard and No. 38 overall transfer by 247Sports.
The 6-foot-3 rising senior averaged 19.9 points, 3.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds for Utah last season while shootingt 45.3% from the field and 32.7% from 3-point range. He earned All-Big 12 honorable mention. He has shown he can be a capable defender, averaging 1.7 steals per game throughout his career at both Utah and Farleigh-Dickinson.
His ability to both score and create for others makes him a natural candidate to replace former Tar Heels combo guard Seth Trimble.
Here are some notable advanced analytics and statistics from Brown in 2025-26.
Shooting statistics according to Bart Torvik
- Dunks: 20-23 (87%)
- At the rim: 141-253 (55.7%)
- Other 2-point shots: 50-141 (35.5%)
- Three-point shots: 32-98 (32.7%)
- Free throws: 158-204 (77.5%)
Advanced analytics according to KenPom.com
- % of Minutes Played: 78.6 (321st nationally); 78.3 in conference play
- % of Possessions Used: 33.0 (13th nationally); 33.6 in conference play (2nd in Big 12)
- % of Shots Taken: 33.5 (14th nationally); 33.9 in conference play (2nd in Big 12)
- Effective Field Goal %: 48.6; 48.9 in conference play
- True Shooting %: 54.0; 53.0 in conference play
- Offensive Rebounding %: 1.3; 1.7 in conference play
- Defensive Rebounding %: 7.6; 8.8 in conference play
- Assist Rate: 27.7 (132nd nationally); 28.1 (8th in conference play)
- Turnover Rate: 13.8; 16.6 in conference play
- Block %: 0.3; 0.4 in conference play
- Steal %: 2.6 (428th nationally); 1.7 in conference play
- Fouls committed per 40 minutes: 2.0 (178th nationally); 1.8 in conference play (7th in Big 12)
- Fouls drawn per 40 minutes: 5.9 (96th nationally); 4.9 in conference play (12th in Big 12)
- Free throw rate: 41.5 (392nd nationally); 31.6
According to EvanMiya.com, here are some of Brown’s grades and metrics
- Overall: B+
- Offense: B
- Defense: B+
- Scoring Volume: A+
- Rebounding: D+
- Playmaking: B+
- Court Impact: C-
EvanMiya.com skill % rankings for all Division One players nationally
- Scoring Volume 99%
- Assists 95%
- Fouls 95%
- Steals 94%
- Playmaking 92%
- Free Throws 69%
- 2-point Shooting 47%
- Offensive Court Impact 43%
- Blocks 30%
- 3-point Shooting 22%
- Defensive Court Impact 21%
- Defensive Rebounds 21%
- Offensive Rebounds 18%
- Rebounding 18%
- Turnovers 7%
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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC Basketball: Analyzing Terrence Brown with advanced analytics