The legend of Kate Harpring, already etched into Georgia high school basketball history, grew even larger Tuesday as the North Carolina recruit was named the Naismith Girls’ High School Player of the Year.
Category: Women’s basketball
Path for UNC’s women again includes potential early matchup with No. 1 seed
North Carolina will see a familiar scenario if the Tar Heels advance to the second weekend of the NCAA women’s tournament. A No. 1 seed, again, will likely be waiting. This time, it would be No. 1 overall seed UConn in the Sweet 16.
No. 17 Maryland tops visiting women’s teams headed to UNC subregional
Maryland is the headliner of the visiting teams that will play early-round NCAA women’s tournament games at Carmichael Arena beginning Friday, with North Carolina placed in the Fort Worth 1 Regional.
Transfer tracker: Cadeau says confidence higher than at UNC, but Michigan, Vandy fall in league finals; Jackson’s Red Storm win Big East
Ian Jackson was the only former UNC player of four to win in conference championship games this weekend, but he had the smallest role. Elliot Cadeau’s No. 3 Michigan team, despite his double-double in the Big Ten tournament championship game, and No. 22 Vanderbilt, with Tyler Nickel and Jalen Washington, both came up short in title games on Sunday. Michigan, Vanderbilt, St. John’s, Ven-Allen Lubin’s N.C. State team and Puff Johnson’s Ohio State team will all play in the NCAA tournament.
UNC one of 16 hosts for early-round NCAA women’s tournament games
For the second consecutive season, North Carolina will host early-round games in the NCAA women’s tournament.
ESPN bracket analysts see UNC teams falling short of desired placements
As North Carolina’s men’s and women’s teams wait for Selection Sunday, ESPN’s bracket analysts say that both face challenges to get their preferred placements in the NCAA tournament.
Have UNC’s women done enough to be NCAA tournament host?
No. 15 North Carolina will have to wait until next Sunday to find out if Coach Courtney Banghart’s team has done enough to host early-round NCAA women’s tournament games. But the Tar Heels’ late-season surge has at least put them in the hosting conversation.
UNC can’t find enough offense down stretch against Louisville
North Carolina battled Louisville well in the regular-season meeting before falling in overtime, but the Tar Heels didn’t have enough offensive firepower down the stretch on Saturday at the ACC tournament. The No. 12-ranked and No. 2-seed Cardinals took control in the second half and eased to a 65–57 victory at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Ga., for the Tar Heels’ third consecutive loss in the semifinals and second in as many seasons.
Grant shoots Tar Heels into ACC semis with career-high
Lanie Grant is playing the best basketball of her career, and that has No. 16 North Carolina a win away from the ACC championship game. Grant scored a career-high 21 points and sank four big 3-pointers as the Tar Heels pulled away for an 85–68 victory Friday over Virginia Tech in the ACC tournament quarterfinals at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Ga.
UNC women have road wins over all three potential ACC quarterfinal opponents
North Carolina will play its first game in the ACC women’s tournament in the quarterfinals against a team the Tar Heels beat on the road during the regular season. The No. 21-ranked and No. 3-seed Tar Heels (25–6, 14–4 ACC) will play at 7:30 on Friday at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Ga., against either No. 6-seed Virginia Tech (22–8, 12–6), No. 11 Georgia Tech (13–17, 8–10) or No. 14 Florida State (10–20, 5–13).
‘It’s us’ mantra has carried surging Heels into hosting conversation
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina has the kind of momentum that makes the Tar Heels strong candidates to host early-round games in the NCAA women’s tournament. It’s all begun to come together with an “it’s us” mantra that has carried the Tar Heels since an embarrassing January setback.
Aarnisalo’s savvy, Harris’ grit, Nivar’s defense lead UNC to senior-day upset of Duke
CHAPEL HILL — After never getting to the free-throw line in the loss two weeks earlier at Duke, it seemed fitting that North Carolina got revenge by putting the game away at the line. The No. 21 Tar Heels made 15 of 18 shots at the line in the fourth quarter and held on to upset No. 12 Duke 74–69 before a sellout Carmichael Arena crowd for their 12th win in the last 13 games.
UNC buries record 16 3s, clinches No. 3 seed in ACC tournament with huge Quad 1 win at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The perimeter shooting talent has always been there for No. 21 North Carolina, but hasn’t always translated to games. That’s changed in a big way at just the right time. No. 21 North Carolina buried a school-record 16 3-pointers Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena, shooting a season-best 66.6% from beyond the arc in a convincing 82–70 Quad 1 victory over Virginia.
Cunningham says emotional factors complicate arena decision
If the decision on whether to renovate the Smith Center or build a new arena for Carolina’s basketball teams were purely financial, it would be easy. Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham, in the first episode of the “Arena Discussion” podcast, talked about the difference in net revenue.
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