For all the new faces set to wear UNCW colors this winter, two veterans are lacing up one last time.

Noah Ross and Nolan Hodge have grown up inside Trask Coliseum. Four years, countless games, and one shared mission have turned them from recruits with promise into veteran players who embody what Seahawk basketball has become.

On Monday, Nov. 3, UNCW opens its 2025-26 season against Mount Olive, and for Ross and Hodge, it marks the start of their final chapter.

Last season, they helped the Seahawks to a 27-8 record and the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in eight years. They could have chased their fate into the unknown, stepping through the transfer portal to see what destiny held on the other side. Instead, they stayed, bound by loyalty and drawn to the gravity of unfinished bu

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