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North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball

Women's college basketball team


Women's college basketball team

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nameNorth Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
current2025–26 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team
logoNorth Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
logo_size200
universityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
conferenceACC
locationChapel Hill, North Carolina
coachCourtney Banghart
tenure7th
arenaCarmichael Auditorium (1975–2008)
Dean Smith Center (2008–2009)
Carmichael Arena (2009–present)
capacity6,822
nicknameTar Heels
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NCAAchampion1994
NCAAfinalfour1994, 2006, 2007
NCAAeliteeight1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014
NCAAsweetsixteen1984, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2025
NCAAtourneys1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
conference_tournament1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
conference_season1997, 2005, 2006, 2008

Dean Smith Center (2008–2009) Carmichael Arena (2009–present) The North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I women's college basketball. They are led by head coach Courtney Banghart, who is in her sixth season.

Home arenas

While historic Carmichael Auditorium was under renovation, the women's team played the 2008–09 season at the Dean Smith Center to the south of campus. The final game at the old Carmichael was an 82–51 rout of local rivals Duke in front of a sell-out 8,010 attendance, completing an unbeaten home and conference season. Upon reopening, the building's name was changed to Carmichael Arena.

Current roster

  • Courtney Banghart ()
  • Joanne Aluka-White ()
  • Cory McNeill ()
  • Katherine Bixby ()
  • Daniel Metzelfeld (Trinity)
  • Lexi Weger ()

Retired and honored jerseys

For a player to have her jersey honored and hung in the Carmichael Auditorium rafters, she must have been a first-team All-American, been a member of an Olympic team as an undergraduate, or been selected by the coaches as Most Valuable Player of a national championship team. For retiring a jersey, a player must be named national player of the year.

Name#
RetiredCharlotte Smith
Ivory Latta12
HonoredMarsha Mann
Bernadette McGlade14
Kathy Crawford25
Tresa Brown24
Pam Leake20
Tonya Sampson34
Sylvia Crawley00
Marion Jones20
Tracy Reid00
LaQuanda Barksdale33
Nikki Teasley44
Camille Little20
Erlana Larkins2

All-time record

The women's basketball team was officially established in 1971 as part of the Department of Physical Education. In 1974, basketball and several other women's sports came under the direction of the athletic department with Angela Lumpkin as coach. Conference play began in 1978, with a first qualification for the NCAA tournament in 1983.

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NCAA tournament results

[2025](2025-ncaa-division-i-women-s-basketball-tournament)#3First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen#14 Oregon State
#6 West Virginia
#2 Duke**W** 70–49
**W** 58–47
L 38–47

References

References

  1. "[http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3274184&searchName=ncwexperts&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d3274184%26searchName%3dncwexperts UNC runs the table in ACC]." ''espn.com.'' Retrieved on March 29, 2008.
  2. "[http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/121206aaa.html 2007–08 North Carolina Women's Basketball Media Guide]." ''tarheelblue.com.'' Retrieved on March 29, 2008.
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