North Carolina is getting one of the nation’s top college basketball transfers.

Cade Tyson, a Union County native, is transferring from Belmont to North Carolina. He’ll take his final exam at Belmont next week, and expects to leave for Chapel Hill on May 15.

Tyson, 20, said he chose the Tar Heels over Tennessee.

“Honestly,” Tyson said, “I’ve been praying throughout the whole process, and at the end of the day, I felt this was where God was leading me. I liked Tennessee and I liked the people there, and no discredit to them. I like the people at Carolina as well.”

Tyson is a 6-foot-7, 205-pound forward who will be a junior in the fall.

Last season, as a sophomore, he averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds for Belmont and made the all-conference team. He shot 46.5% from 3-point range, ranking No. 2 nationally. He is a career 44.6% 3-point shooter with 128 made 3s in two seasons.

Tyson averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds as a freshman and was Missouri Valley conference rookie of the year.

His brother, Hunter, was an first-team All-ACC player in the 2022-23 season at Clemson. Hunter Tyson was picked in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft. He is now a rookie with the Denver Nuggets.

“He wasn’t going to tell me where to go,” Cade Tyson said of his brother, “and he wanted me to make my own decision. But he knows college basketball as well as anybody and he’s been helping me through the process and giving me advice on what to look for.”

Tyson said that UNC coach Hubert Davis made him no guarantees about playing time but thought he would be a good fit at small forward.

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