With Selection Sunday five Sundays away, the No. 7 North Carolina men are projected as a No. 2 seed, and the UNC women are predicted to have a tough road as a No. 6 seed.
Category: Women’s basketball
More OT heartbreak for UNC women as skid hits four with loss at Duke
DURHAM — North Carolina’s women started Valentine’s Day week with more overtime heartbreak. Unable to hold double-digit leads in each half, thanks to scoring droughts of more than five minutes, the Tar Heels lost 68–60 in overtime at Duke before a crowd of 9,314 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
UNC women must overcome recent offensive woes against Duke, ACC’s best defensive team
Any game against Duke is huge for North Carolina’s women, but Sunday’s visit to sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium has added significance since the Tar Heels enter the game with a three-game losing streak.
ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in N.C. for five straight years; women’s event headed to Charlotte in 2027
The ACC men’s basketball tournament will be in North Carolina for five consecutive seasons starting in 2025, the longest run since the event was held in the state from 1990 to 2000, with the women’s tournament going to Charlotte in 2027.
UNC fights to take Hokies into OT, but Tech pulls away from there
CHAPEL HILL — A hard-fought game isn’t always rewarded in the gauntlet that is ACC women’s basketball. That was the case for No. 24 North Carolina, which battled No. 17 Virginia Tech into overtime. But the Hokies took control in the extra period on their way to a 70–61 victory Sunday before 5,618 fans at Carmichael Arena for the Tar Heels’ third consecutive loss.
Group uniquely supports UNC women, wearing jerseys of players on the court
CHAPEL HILL — Of the many ways the growing number of passionate Carolina women’s basketball fans show their support, none is more inventive than a group sitting behind the south baseline at Carmichael Arena.
Racial slur allegedly directed at Black UNC player before women’s game at N.C. State, according to source
On the first day of Black History Month, a racial slur was directed at a Carolina women’s basketball player before the Tar Heels’ 63–59 loss Thursday at N.C. State, according to a source.
Kelly battles UNC back into the game, but Heels squander late chances, fall at State
RALEIGH — Deja Kelly tried to will her way to a first victory at Reynolds Coliseum, took a hard fall and just kept fighting, but No. 24 North Carolina missed multiple golden chances in the final minutes.
UNC women expect raucous crowd at State, Moore kids that he hopes fans ‘classless’
As if Wolfpack fans don’t get fired up enough when Carolina visits Reynolds Coliseum, N.C. State coach Wes Moore dredged up comments from 17 months ago to encourage fans to give the Tar Heels their typical rude welcome.
ACC expansion will mean more equitable women’s hoops schedule but only one UNC-State game
The latest ACC expansion will eliminate more tradition but also create more scheduling equity in women’s basketball.
Cavs upset undisciplined Heels with hot perimeter shooting
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Carolina overcame the crazy shots Miami made three days earlier when the 3-pointers kept coming, but the Tar Heels couldn’t counter Virginia’s perimeter onslaught on Sunday. A game after the Hurricanes racked up 12 3-pointers, the Cavaliers hit 11 shots from outside the arc and controlled most of the game on their way to an 81–66 upset of the No. 20 Tar Heels and end their four-game win streak.
No. 20 UNC holds on behind Deja Kelly’s 18 points, clutch free throws
CHAPEL HILL — That vexing pattern of No. 20 North Carolina building a big lead and giving most of it up nearly burned the Tar Heels on Thursday night. But Deja Kelly made four free throws in the final 15.7 seconds after UNC blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead before holding on for a 66–61 win at Carmichael Arena. But not before Miami sank five of its 12 3-pointers in the final quarter, and former Duke player Shayeann Day-Wilson led a fierce rally.
UNC, atop the ACC standings, moves up in AP Top 25 women’s poll after two big wins
With a share of the ACC lead, North Carolina also is moving up in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The Tar Heels (14–5, 6–1 ACC) jumped three spots to No. 20 in the poll released Monday afternoon.
Todd-Williams ties career-high with 22 points in Ole Miss win; Love, Styles scores 14; Johnson notches 13
Kennedy Todd-Williams’ first season at Ole Miss hasn’t always gone smoothly, but she put it all together Sunday. Nearly a year after she scored a career-high 22 points for Carolina in a win at Pittsburgh, Todd-Williams matched that in the Rebels’ 69–59 road win over Georgia.
UNC women earn share of ACC lead with huge win over No. 13 Louisville behind Deja Kelly’s 23 points
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina sent a loud message Sunday that it’s one of the best women’s teams in the ACC and better than its No. 23 ranking. Deja Kelly sent the Tar Heels into overdrive with nine of her game-high 23 points in the third quarter, when they took control with a 9–0 run, ending No. 13 Louisville’s six-game losing streak Sunday in a physical 79–68 win before 6,073 fans at Carmichael Arena.
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