Stanford guard Clardy third veteran UNC women’s portal commitment of weekend

Guard Chloe Clardy, who made 38% of her 3-point attempts last season for the Cardinal, is headed to UNC after averaging 12 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals last season as a junior, when she started 11 times. She announced her decision in a post on X (formerly Twitter) saying that it’s “God’s plan.”

Transcript, video from the UNC and UConn press conferences after the Huskies’ Sweet 16 win

FORT WORTH, Texas — Here is the complete transcript and video from No. 15-ranked North Carolina’s press conference Friday after its season-ending Sweet 16 loss to No. 1 UConn, with Coach Courtney Banghart, Indya Nivar and Nyla Harris, and the UConn press conference with Geno Auriemma, Azzi Fudd, Blanca Quinonez, Sarah Strong. Additionally, video from dressing-room interviews with Lanie Grant and Elina Aarnisalo.

Transcript, video from UNC’s pre-Sweet 16 press conference ahead of game with UConn

FORT WORTH, Texas — Here is the complete transcript and video from No. 15-ranked North Carolina’s press conference Thursday ahead of its Sweet 16 matchup against No. 1 UConn, with Coach Courtney Banghart, Lanie Grant and Indya Nivar. Additionally, video from dressing-room interviews with Nyla Harris, Ciera Toomey, Elina Aarnisalo, and Nyla Brooks and video from the first part of practice and video from UConn’s press conference.

UNC gets big defensive effort, rolls to first-round win behind Nylas, Grant show

CHAPEL HILL — No. 15 North Carolina’s torrid defense showed no sign of rust after a 13-day break, much to the misfortune of Western Illinois. There were, as Coach Courtney Banghart put it, “some cobwebs” on the offensive side. But the Nylas and Grant show was too much for the No. 13-seed Leathernecks in the No. 4-seed Tar Heels’ 82–51 victory Friday at Carmichael Arena for their fourth consecutive first-round win in the NCAA tournament.

UNC regrouped after Banghart said she didn’t recognize team that lost to Louisville

Carolina coach Courtney Banghart did not recognize the team that lost to Louisville in the ACC tournament semifinals. In the nearly two weeks since that frustrating setback, she set out to fix the issues that led to the loss and get her No. 15 Tar Heels ready for the NCAA tournament. She hopes another team shows up at 5:30 Friday (ESPN News) at Carmichael Arena when No. 4 seed UNC (26–7) faces No. 13 Western Illinois (26–5).