UNC Women's Basketball

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball.

UNC women's basketball star Alyssa Ustby is trying every other Tar Heels sport

In 2022, Alyssa Ustby began trying another sport for a day, then posting videos on Instagram. She asks her fellow UNC athletes to showcase their skills in their respective sports. Then, she mimics them herself — or at least tries to. Ustby has done this with 15 different teams, and has scheduled times to test her skills on UNC's baseball field and track. (USA Today)

UNC Women's Basketball among Sweet 16 teams facing challenges with transfer portal already open

Playing during the Sweet 16 means double duty for coaches who must navigate the transfer portal while still preparing their teams. While it’s inconvenient, UNC Women's Basketball coach Courtney Banghart understands why the portal opens so early. Players need time to make visits and choose a school before summer school starts. "The timing is tricky." (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC, Duke women's basketball carrying rivalry torch into first March Madness meeting

UNC and Duke women's basketball teams are carrying a history-heavy torch into Friday's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. For the first time since the rivalry began in women's basketball, when the schools tipped off in January 1976 in Chapel Hill and UNC claimed the victory, the Tar Heels and Blue Devils are meeting on the March Madness hardwood. (MSN.com)

UNC, Duke Women's Basketball To Square Off In Historic NCAA Tournament Matchup

UNC Women's Basketball faces Duke for the third time this season on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Birmingham, Ala., for a spot in the Elite Eight. Friday will be the first time UNC and Duke have met in the NCAA Tournament. UNC leads the all-time series against Duke 56-54. With Courtney Banghart and Kara Lawson as head coaches, UNC leads the series 6-3. (Inside Carolina)

Reniya Kelly returns home to play in arena where she won four state titles

Reniya Kelly has a lot of championship memories of playing at Legacy Arena, which is only 20 minutes away from her home in Hoover. The most emotional was her last high school championship game two years ago when she led Hoover High School to a state Class 7-A championship. “It was like 50 seconds left on the clock, and I subbed out,” Kelly said. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Familiarity, defense will mark Sweet 16 battle between UNC Women's Basketball and Duke

UNC and Duke have played 110 times in women's basketball, but never on a bigger stage as they will Friday. It’s a product of the ACC getting eight teams into the field that the first NCAA tournament meeting between the rivals will take place in the Sweet 16, on Friday in Birmingham, Alabama. "It’s something super special," forward Alyssa Ustby said. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Women's Basketball Pre-Duke Sweet 16 Press Conference Video and Transcript

The No. 3-seed UNC women's basketball team met with the media Thursday ahead of its Friday Sweet 16 clash with No. 2-seed Duke. For the Tar Heels, it was Coach Courtney Banghart, Alyssa Ustby, and Reniya Kelly at the press conference, in addition to locker-room interviews with Lexi Donarski, Indya Nivar, Maria Gakdeng, Lanie Grant, and Grace Townsend. (Tar Heel Tribune)

How UNC women's basketball's male practice players prepared them for West Virginia

As the UNC women’s basketball team left the court following their NCAA Tournament win over West Virginia, a row of male scout team players lined the locker room entrance. Every Tar Heel took time to stop and celebrate with the group before walking past. "These are like their sisters, and they're like our brothers," coach Courtney Banghart said. (Daily Tar Heel)

Carmichael Comments: NCAA Birmingham 2 Regional Preview

UNC Women's Basketball is headed to its19th Sweet 16 and second in the last four seasons. Carolina's 58-47 defensive clinic against West Virginia on Monday at Carmichael Arena earned the Tar Heels a trip to Birmingham, Alabama, and Legacy Arena, the site of the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight of the Birmingham 2 region. Next up, the Duke Blue Devils. (GoHeels.com)

Alyssa Ustby bids Carmichael Arena farewell

All of Carmichael Arena was on its feet to celebrate Alyssa Ustby’s last game on UNC’s home court. And Ustby’s feet? They were on the scorer’s table. Ustby jumped on the table next to the Tar Heels' bench, basking in what she described as the "perfect moment" and the last at UNC. She clenched her fists, clapped her hands, and the crowd mimicked. (Daily Tar Heel)

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