CHAPEL HILL — The scars from Sunday’s disastrous ACC opener will likely linger, but lowly UNCW was just the cure to help No. 18 North Carolina bounce back strongly and try to move on. With a substantial height and talent advantage, UNC rolled to an 84–34 victory over the Seahawks on Wednesday night at Carmichael Arena.

North Carolina fell to a season-low No. 18 in the AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll after Sunday’s 76–66 overtime home loss to Louisville.

CHAPEL HILL — With the way No. 12 North Carolina played, Coach Courtney Banghart felt fortunate her Tar Heels even had a chance to win.

Here’s a look at Sunday’s 4 p.m. home game for the No. 12 North Carolina women against No. 22 Louisville in the Tar Heels’ big ACC opener.

Carolina moved up two spots in the AP Top 25 men’s poll released Monday, earning a season-high ranking of No. 14.

CHAPEL HILL — There have been plenty of lessons in dealing with physicality for No. 16 North Carolina in the first nine games, and Coach Hubert Davis says that progress has been evident.

CHAPEL HILL — Carolina headed into the exam break with a less-than-challenging test but an impressive bounce-back blowout.

Here’s a look at Sunday’s noon home game for the No. 11 North Carolina women against Boston University.

After losing 70% of North Carolina’s offense from last season, Coach Courtney Banghart’s team was picked to finish third in the ACC. Now her No. 11 Tar Heels are the highest-ranked team in the league and getting plenty of national attention.

Here’s a look at Thursday’s ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge game between No. 11 North Carolina and No. 2 Texas.

North Carolina moved up one spot to No. 11 in the the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll and is 13th in the first NET ranking after three impressive victories on successive days to win the Cancun Challenge last week. But it faces a considerable challenge ahead this week.

Carolina finished off a dominant week at the Cancun Challenge with another one-sided victory on Saturday, led by huge days from Lanie Grant and Ciera Toomey. After winning their first two games by 35 points and 12 points, the Tar Heels pulled away from a close game in the second half. The 80–63 victory over Columbia at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, earned UNC the tournament title.

No. 12 North Carolina continued to rain in the 3-pointers, but it felt like a storm of them Friday at the Cancun Challenge. Lanie Grant scored a season-high 15 points and a career-high four 3-pointers as UNC tied the program single-game record of 14 3-pointers. The Tar Heels eased to an 85–73 victory over Kansas State at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya to extend their win streak to five.

On Thanksgiving Day, No. 12 North Carolina has to be thankful for the versatility of senior guard Indya Nivar. Nivar registered the second triple-double in program history with 13 points, 12 rebounds while tying a 40-year-old program record with 10 steals as the Tar Heels rolled to an 83–48 victory over previously undefeated South Dakota State at the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Mexico.

Here’s a look at Thursday’s Cancun Challege game between No. 12 North Carolina and South Dakota State.