“[Athletes] bring some great gifts, but they’re craving normalcy,” Paula Gilland, The Purple Bowl CEO, said. “And they’re craving folks that ask them about their regular life.”
UNC women’s basketball guard Deja Kelly will enter the transfer portal, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
The No. 14 UNC women’s lacrosse team (8-5, 4-3 ACC) conquered Virginia Tech (8-6, 2-5 ACC), 13-9, on Saturday afternoon at Dorrance Field.
In this episode of Hark the Pod, DTH sports editors break down UNC's performance in the NCAA tournament. The group recaps the women's basketball loss to South Carolina and the men's basketball victory over Michigan State, advancing the team to the Sweet 16. DTH Sports Assistant Editors Daniel Wei and Gwen Peace are joined by Senior Writers Harry Crowther, Brendan Lunga, Emma Moon and Caroline Wills on this episode of Hark the Pod.
The UNC women’s basketball team lost 88-41 to No. 1-seeded South Carolina on Sunday afternoon.
This concludes the Tar Heels’ season.
Not only is the Gamecocks’ offense completely different, but almost every player on the lineup poses a threat. So for a team that prides itself on “locking into the scout,” what happens when the game plan has to completely change?
“That’s something that I struggled with,” junior center Maria Gakdeng said. “Just having fun with it, smiling and having fun with my teammates.”
The Tar Heels will advance to the second round where they will play No. 1 seeded South Carolina or No. 16 seeded Presbyterian on Sunday.
Rather than calling the NCAA tournament by its March Madness or Big Dance monikers, head coach Courtney Banghart refers to it as the “third chapter.”
