CHAPEL HILL — Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Kendall Marshall are leaving North Carolina and will enter the NBA draft, the school announced in a statement on Thursday.

Barnes, a forward, and Marshall, a point guard, are both foregoing their final two years of eligibility. Henson is leaving the Tar Heels, meanwhile, after his junior season.

In an attempt to capture the space-cadet nature of impromptu point guard Stilman White, North Carolina coach Roy Williams told a story from breakfast Saturday morning, when Kendall Marshall tried to figure out who had left some toast on the table.

"He looked at our table, no," Williams said. " Looked at the next table, no.  Looked at the next table, no. Who's toast is this? Toast, toast, anybody's toast? Twenty-one people in there looked at Stilman and Stilman says, Oh, that's my toast."

Williams and the four other North Carolina players on the podium all turned to look at White.

"I was kind of into my iPhone game and I was working on a high score, so I had to wait until I finished that round before I could pick my toast up," White said.

The game? Super Jetpack Dragon IV.

It seems like months ago now, but it was only March 9 in Atlanta during the ACC Tournament that the pressing question about UNC’s season wasn’t Kendall Marshall’s injured wrist. It was the left wrist of forward John Henson.

In Thursday’s interview session, the condition of Henson’s wrist came up once.

GREENSBORO — The latest John Henson update is that there is no update. Not really. Well, that’s not entirely true. Asked about his injured left wrist earlier today, Henson said it’s improving.

“It’s getting better and we’ll see how it feels after practice and go from there,” Henson said.

GREENSBORO — North Carolina junior forward John Henson will not play today when the Tar Heels face Vermont in the second round of the NCAA tournament here at the Greensboro Coliseum. It will be the third consecutive game that Henson misses because of a left wrist injury.

James Michael McAdoo, the freshman forward, will start in Henson’s place. McAdoo also started UNC’s final two games of the NCAA tournament, when Henson sat out with his wrist injury.

GREENSBORO — The comparison is a natural one. In 2009, North Carolina began the NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed, and with one of its star players, Ty Lawson, attempting to recover from an injury that placed his status for the tournament in doubt.

On Friday, North Carolina will begin play in the NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed, and with one of its star players, John Henson, attempting to recover from an injury that has placed his status in doubt.

For Lawson, it was a toe that ailed him. For Henson, a wrist. Different injuries, of course, and different situations, UNC coach Roy Williams said earlier today. Williams acknowledged that what happened then, with Lawson, and what’s happening now, with Henson, are similar in some respects.

But in others the scenarios don’t compare.

GREENSBORO — The left wrist injury that John Henson suffered last week during the ACC tournament continues to improve, but North Carolina coach Roy Williams isn’t convinced that Henson could play if the Tar Heels needed him today.

No. 1-seed UNC will play Vermont Friday (4 p.m., TBS) in the second round of the NCAA tournament. And about 24 hours before the game begins, Henson’s status remains unclear.

Updated 6:10 p.m.

ATLANTA — After Mark Gottfried was hired by N.C. State in April, and throughout the first half of the season, the coach repeatedly said that his team had a "long way to go."

But there was the Wolfpack on Saturday in Atlanta going back-and-forth with North Carolina, the best team in the conference, in a classic ACC game and just seconds away from a spot in the ACC championship game.

Kendall Marshall's bank shot, with 10.2 seconds left, provided the difference for the top-seeded Tar Heels, who advanced to the title game with a pulsating 69-67 win.

ATLANTA — If John Henson’s injured left wrist keeps him out of North Carolina’s ACC tournament semifinal game against N.C. State here on Friday, the Wolfpack likely wouldn’t be too disappointed. Henson has simply dominated N.C. State throughout his career, and the Wolfpack hasn’t had any answer for him inside.

Here’s a look at how Henson has fared against N.C. State during the past three seasons: