Stephanie Watts selected No. 10 in WNBA Draft
By Ryan Heller | Apr. 15, 2021North Carolina women’s basketball guard Stephanie Watts was drafted 10th overall in the WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
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North Carolina women’s basketball guard Stephanie Watts was drafted 10th overall in the WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
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The good, the bad and the ugly. For UNC women’s basketball, there was a little bit of each sprinkled into its 2020-21 season.
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In the team's opening round loss to Alabama in the NCAA Tournament, seniors Stephanie Watts and Janelle Bailey left it all on the floor. “You don’t get to the NCAA Tournament without really good seniors,” head coach Courtney Banghart said. “I’m really proud of mine today.”
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The UNC women's basketball team started its clash with Alabama in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament poorly on Monday. As the game went on, the Tar Heels found their rhythm, and eventually got better. But it wasn't enough.
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A late comeback attempt from 14 points down couldn’t save the tenth-seed North Carolina women’s basketball from the inevitable, falling 80-71 to seventh-seed Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday.
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“It’s important that all five people on the floor see themselves as a threat and believe they can score at any time," senior center Janelle Bailey said. "We dictate what we want to do, we don’t let them dictate what we do on the offensive end.”
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After spending four years on the North Carolina women's basketball team, it's clear Liz Roberts' growing legacy at UNC has gone far beyond the classroom. After graduating in May, she now works as a volunteer assistant coach with the program and has prepared herself to continue impacting the lives of young athletes.
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On Monday, the North Carolina women’s basketball team was offered an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament, cementing their place in March Madness. As the No. 10 seed, UNC will take on Alabama in the first round at noon this upcoming Monday.
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“We just had a bad game, and unfortunately it was the first one of the ACC tournament,” first-year guard Alyssa Ustby said. “But we’re hungry, we’re ready for the next one.”
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On Sunday, the team was victorious against Virginia Tech in the final game of the regular season, a result that all but secures an NCAA Tournament berth for the Tar Heels.
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North Carolina's seniors and graduate students — Janelle Bailey, Stephanie Watts and Petra Holešínská — each wrapped up their final game in Carmichael Arena with impressive performances against Georgia Tech.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team (12-9, 7-9 ACC) defeated Georgia Tech (13-7, 11-6 ACC) by a score of 84-59 on Thursday night in Chapel Hill on Senior Night.
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Joanne Aluka-White has helped orchestrate the beginnings of a women’s basketball renaissance at North Carolina under head coach Courtney Banghart, serving as the primary coach for a UNC post unit that has helped anchor the Tar Heels over the past two seasons.
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The UNC women's basketball team fell short of victory at No. 4 North Carolina State on Sunday, stumbling through each quarter trying to catch up, but ultimately wasn't able to claw their way to a win after getting down big.
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The legacy of Stephanie Watts, one of the most talented players in North Carolina history, is a complicated one. She will be remembered as the woman who left Chapel Hill to find herself and couldn’t until she returned back to where it all started.
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Despite a victory over No. 4 N.C. State just two weeks before, the North Carolina women’s basketball team fell to the Wolfpack in an 82-63 loss on Sunday, breaking the Tar Heels’ three-game winning streak.
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Everything the Tar Heels knew they could do was on display in their 77-64 win over the Tigers on Thursday. That win, according to ESPN’s Bracketology, bumps them into the Last Four In for the NCAA Tournament.
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The UNC women's basketball team (11-8, 6-8 ACC) extended its conference win streak to three games with a strong offensive performance at Clemson (10-10, 5-10 ACC) on Thursday night, 77-64.
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The UNC women's basketball team has won two consecutive games for the first time since December. With these two wins, the Tar Heels have bounced back from a three-game losing streak and kept their hopes alive for a bid in the NCAA Tournament.
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“It’s very heartwarming, just to have someone who’s so passionate about the game and knows so much,” Jaelynn Murray, Bailey's close friend and teammate, said. “Being around someone like that just makes everyone better.”
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