After ending last year's regular season on a seven-game ACC losing streak, the UNC women's basketball team will have the chance to prove its mettle against a stacked array of in-conference opponents. Here's a preview for three of the Tar Heels' biggest games this year.
With no scrimmages or exhibitions, Wednesday's blowout win over Radford was the first time North Carolina women's basketball played in a competitive game since March. It's still not clear what the Tar Heels will look like as a team, but Wednesday's game showed promise.
The North Carolina women's basketball team cruised to an easy 90-61 season-opening victory over Radford, behind a team-high 19 points from first-year guard Deja Kelly.
Since winning in Chapel Hill in 1989, Radford has lost each its last six games against UNC by at least 19 points.
The Tar Heels will look to utilize new first-year talent in the guard position to improve in their 2020-2021 season, while counting on seasoned graduate transfers and sophomores to step into leadership roles.
Following her first year coaching for the Tar Heels, UNC head coach Courtney Banghart knew the roster needed a reset and recruited five first-years and two graduate transfers for this season.
After starting the 2019-20 season at a perfect 8-0, the Tar Heels lost each of their last eight games. This season, they'll rely on a mix of veterans and this year's highly-touted recruiting class to turn things around.
The UNC women's basketball team of now is nothing like the one Janelle Bailey joined in 2017. After four years of steady performance, she is now the leader of a fresh-faced group of Tar Heels.
With a combination of veteran leadership in senior center Janelle Bailey and two top-100 recruits in Anya Poole and Alexandra Zelaya, UNC's frontcourt has no shortage of talented bigs.
With a new mix of talented wings, the UNC women's basketball team will have plenty of skill to work with as it looks to improve from last year's 16-14 record.
On this special episode for the last day of UNC classes, host Evely Forte chats with University Desk Assistant Editor Anna Neil about what went wrong for the University this fall semester and how it is planning differently for the spring.
The North Carolina women's basketball team released its 2020-2021 season schedule on Tuesday — the Tar Heels will play a 25 game season with 20 ACC Matches, and will face four ranked opponents including No. 5 Louisville.
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham and Rams Club executive director John Montgomery said in a press release that fan capacity at both the Dean E. Smith Center and Carmichael Arena will be reduced, but did not announce specific numbers yet.
“I focus on things I can control," UNC women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart said. “...I hope that we can be creative in terms of our fan experience remotely, which obviously for a national recruiting school that’s important."
Caleb Krueger, a Kansas native, has experience in strength and conditioning with Ottawa University, his alma mater, and with the University of Kansas.
From UNC’s infamous 8-20 season to winning the 2005 national championship, Jackie Manuel had a roller coaster of a playing career during his time in Chapel Hill.
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that college basketball would start on Nov. 25, with a reduced number of games for the upcoming season.
Hatchell was sentenced to a 30-day suspended sentence, 60 days of unsupervised probation and 50 hours of community service. She also received a $150 fine and is required to pay $190 in court costs.
"There are simply too many people that have no problem cheering for the athlete that wears the number 7 on their back when they compete but have difficulty with speaking up about how wrong it was for Jacob Blake to get shot by police 7 times in the back."
UNC women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart has put together a 2021 recruiting class featuring multiple five-star recruits and the best recruiting class in program history.
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