Former UNC sharpshooter makes Milwaukee Bucks history
Former UNC sharpshooter Cormac Ryan is making Milwaukee Bucks history, thriving with multiple 20-point games in his first seven NBA appearances.
The 2025-26 college basketball season came to a close on Monday night, with Michigan defeating Arizona to capture its first National Championship in 37 years. The NBA regular season is also winding down, but playoffs are start soon. Though he'll miss the postseason, a former Tar Heel is giving his NBA team plenty to be excited about for the future.
Cormac Ryan , who quickly became known for his sharpshooting abilities during his lone season at UNC, recently made Milwaukee Bucks history. Ryan is the first Bucks player, to log multiple 20-point outings in his first seven career games, since Brandon Jennings in 2009-10. In Milwaukee's 119-113 loss to the Houston Rockets on April 1 (no, this is not an April Fool's joke), Ryan exploded for a career-high 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field, plus a perfect 3-of-3 mark on free throws.
Four days later, as the Bucks snapped their 2-game slide with a 131-115 victory over the Memphis Grizzles, Ryan delivered the most well-rounded game of his young pro career. Ryan scored 21 points (7-of-8 on FGs, 4-of-4 FTs), stole the basketball five times, grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists. Cormac Ryan is the first Bucks player to log multiple 20-point games in his first seven career games since Brandon Jennings (2009-10).
pic. twitter. com/SULQnnqTOn ā Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 5, 2026 Ryan was a crucial part to North Carolina's Sweet 16 run in 2024 , averaging 11.