New culture helps UNC women's basketball to best start in years

Posted Dec 9, 2019
Maybe it’s the fact that new head coach Courtney Banghart doubles as a cheerleader on the bench. Or that players celebrate just as hard when teammates score as when they do themselves. Or that all five starters are averaging double figures in points. Whatever it is, it’s working. The UNC women’s basketball team is winning and having fun while doing so. (Daily Tar Heel)

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