UNC Women's Basketball team shrugs after NCAA slight, determined to meet challenges ahead

Posted Mar 18, 2023
Fans and observers assumed that the North Carolina women's basketball team being underseeded for the second straight season would give the team extra motivation. They don’t know this group. "All year, I’ve never needed to fire these guys up. Even games we lost, it’s not been because of lack of heart or overconfidence," Coach Courtney Banghart said. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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