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UNC’s Caleb Wilson gets best of Kansas’ Darryn Peterson in 2026 NBA Draft showdown

UNC’s Caleb Wilson gets best of Kansas’ Darryn Peterson in 2026 NBA Draft showdown

The 25th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels scored their first big, resume-building win of 2025-26 college basketball season on Friday night, knocking off No. 19 Kansas by an 87-74 margin. The driving force behind that win, which included a monster second-half performance by the Tar Heels as they erased an eight-point halftime deficit and outscored Kansas by 21 points in the final 20 minutes.  Freshman Caleb Wilson, one of the top-projected picks in the 2026 NBA Draft, was the player who drove the bus in that performance as he outshined Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, the projected No. 1 pick in 2026.  Peterson has emerged as the projected No. 1 pick in 2026, and he was mostly outstanding on Friday, finishing with 22 points, three rebounds and three assists. He’s now topped at least 20 points in each of his first two NCAA games and clearly has the look of an elite prospect that NBA fans will be keeping an eye on all season. But for as good as he was on Friday, it was the other top draft prospect in this game — WiRead More

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