North Carolina Tar Heels Top 25 Basketball Rankings Counter Bobblehead Unveiled

This morning, in conjunction with the 2024-25 college basketball season, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a first-of-its-kind North Carolina Tar Heels Top 25 Ranking Tracker Bobblehead. The unique bobblehead will let fans change the team’s ranking each week for many years to come. The officially licensed bobbleheads are being produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, an official licensee of the University of North Carolina.

North Carolina’s men’s team is currently ranked #10 in the AP Top 25 and #12 in the Coaches Poll while the women’s team is currently ranked #16 in the AP Top 25 and #15 in the Coaches Poll. North Carolina’s men’s team has gotten off to a 2-1 start and will take on Hawaii on Saturday before tipping off in the Maui Invitational on Monday. The women’s team has a 3-1 record and will take on Ball State in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Saturday in the Bahamas.

• Released in conjunction with the 2024-25 college basketball season, the bobbleheads are now available in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store at this link.
• The bobbleheads, which are expected to ship in April, are $40 each plus a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order.
• Each will be individually numbered to 2,024.
• Standing on a basketball court base, the Rameses bobblehead is positioned on a numbered block that can be adjusted when North Carolina’s ranking changes. Rameses is also holding a basketball with the UNC logo.
• Two versions of Rameses appear at UNC sporting events. One is a member of the UNC cheerleading team in a ram costume; the other is a live Dorset Horn sheep who attends UNC football games with his horns painted Carolina blue. The origin of a ram as the UNC mascot dates to the early-1920s. In 1922, UNC star fullback Jack Merritt was given the nickname “The Battering Ram” for his performance on the field. In 1924, a live ram made its first appearance at a pep rally. The first costumed Rameses appeared during the 1987-88 school year. On October 26th, 2015, Rameses Jr., or RJ for short, made his debut during Late Night with Roy, the UNC men’s basketball team’s annual Midnight Madness event.
• North Carolina’s men’s team is currently ranked #10 in the AP Top 25 and #12 in the Coaches Poll while the women’s team is currently ranked #16 in the AP Top 25 and #15 in the Coaches Poll.
• North Carolina’s men’s team has gotten off to a 2-1 start and will take on Hawaii on Saturday before tipping off in the Maui Invitational on Monday. The women’s team has a 3-1 record and will take on Ball State in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Saturday in the Bahamas.
• “We’re excited to unveil the College Basketball Top 25 Ranking Bobblehead Series in conjunction with the 2024-25 season,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “This bobblehead will be the perfect way for North Carolina fans to track the team’s ranking each week for many seasons to come and a great way for fans, alumni, students, faculty, and staff to show off their school pride all year long!”
• The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at 170 S. 1st. St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opened to the public on February 1st, 2019. The HOF and Museum also produces high quality, customized bobbleheads for retail sale as well as organizations, individuals, and teams across the country.