Without Reggie Bullock, James Michael McAdoo would take on a greater role for North Carolina -- if, that is, McAdoo returns to school. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — So Reggie Bullock is leaving North Carolina one season early to follow his dream of playing in the NBA. This isn’t a surprising a decision. It’s probably the right decision, right now, for Bullock.

No, we don’t know how it will turn out. We don’t know where Bullock will be drafted in June, or what might have happened to his draft prospects had he decided to return for his senior season. But we do know this: Bullock comes from a meager financial background. The chance to make money now has to be appealing. And after three years, who knows how much more he could have improved in college.

It makes perfect sense for Reggie Bullock to enter the NBA draft, as he and North Carolina confirmed Tuesday he will do. It’s a weak draft year for small forwards, Bullock aptly demonstrated his ability to play the position this season, and with family to support in Kinston, it’s as good a time as any for Bullock to cash in on his talent. If he lands in the right spot, he’ll do well.

North Carolina junior forward Reggie Bullock is entering the NBA draft. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — Reggie Bullock made it official on Tuesday: He will forgo his senior season at North Carolina to enter the NBA draft.

Bullock announced his decision in a statement that UNC released at noon on Tuesday.

“It's been a great experience at Carolina and after talking to my family, the coaches and my inner circle of friends, I am ready to take the next step in my career,” Bullock said in that statement. “I want to play at the next level and will put my name in the NBA Draft this year.”

Reggie Bullock is to announce later today that he's leaving school one season early to enter the NBA draft. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina junior forward Reggie Bullock is expected to announce in a statement the school will release at noon today that he will enter the NBA draft.

Adrian Wojnarowski, who covers the NBA for Yahoo! Sports, first reported on Monday night that Bullock would leave school early to enter the NBA draft. That report cited an unnamed source.

During a radio interview on Friday, UNC coach Roy Williams said Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston and James Michael McAdoo are enjoying college and are hungry to do more. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina is still awaiting word on whether Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston and James Michael McAdoo will return to school or forego their eligibility to enter the NBA draft. But Tar Heels coach Roy Williams during a radio interview on Friday provided some optimism that all might return to UNC.

Speaking with Taylor Zarzour on WFNZ in Charlotte, Williams said “it’s still up in the air,” whether Bullock, Hairston and McAdoo would return.

“But we're much much closer to having all of them back than we were last year,” Williams said.

North Carolina was a good shooting team during the 2012-13 season, but consistent scoring in the post eluded the Tar Heels. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — You might recall that before North Carolina’s season-opener against Gardner-Webb on Nov. 9, I posted a list of 10 questions that surrounded the Tar Heels at the start of the season. You can read those 10 questions right here.

Little by little, UNC provided answers to those 10 questions as the season progressed. And now, with the season complete, those answers are final. So here goes – the questions that surrounded UNC then, and the answers to those questions now, with the season already a memory:

P.J. Hairston and Reggie Bullock (not pictured) aren't close to making up their minds about the NBA, their mothers said on Thursday. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — The mothers of Reggie Bullock and P.J. Hairston said on Thursday that their sons weren’t close to making a decision about whether to return to North Carolina or enter the NBA draft.

“He’s talking about it but I’m not for sure right now,” Danielle Brown, who is Bullock’s mother, said during a phone interview. “He’s trying to see what he wants to do.”

All five of these players -- from left, Leslie McDonald, James Michael McAdoo, Marcus Paige, Reggie Bullock and P.J. Hairston -- will be eligible to return next season for North Carolina. But will they? ROBERT WILLETT

KANSAS CITY — North Carolina’s season came to an end on Sunday night with a 70-58 loss against Kansas in the NCAA tournament. So now the question that surrounds the Tar Heels is an obvious one: Who stays and who goes?

Dexter Strickland, UNC’s senior guard, has played his last game for UNC. Can the same be said for Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston and James Michael McAdoo?

I asked all three players for their thoughts on the future and their decision-making process. None of them had much to say, as you’d expect. But here it is, anyway:

Reggie Bullock (above) and James Michael McAdoo both received All-ACC honors on Monday. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina junior guard Reggie Bullock and sophomore forward James Michael McAdoo received today second-team All-ACC honors. They are the only Tar Heels to be represented on the All-ACC teams.

McAdoo during the regular season averaged 14.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Bullock averaged 14.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Bullock has also made 44.2 percent of his 3-point attempts, which ranks second in the ACC.

Here are the all-conference teams:

Reggie Bullock told his teammates that it's up to the players to turn around North Carolina's season. ROBERT WILLETT

CHAPEL HILL — It’s becoming something of a sporting cliché in recent times: the players-only meeting. We hear about these in all sports, and they seem to come around whenever a team encounters a rough patch. North Carolina has suffered through some difficult times, indeed, so far.