With Seth Trimble sidelined for the near future, UNC basketball will be without its leader and top-two way player on the perimeter.

A senior captain for the Tar Heels (2-0), T rimble sustained a broken bone in his left forearm during a team workout on Nov. 9. The team announced he will undergo surgery this week and the exact length of his absence from the lineup will be better known following the surgery .

In an Instagram post on Nov. 9, Trimble posted a photo on his story of him with his teammates in the locker room. He wrote: "My bruddas got me while I'm down. I'll see y'all in a few weeks." The lone key returner from last season’s team, Trimble entered the 2025-26 season surrounded by 11 newcomers and four new faces alongside him in the starting lineup.

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