North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball

North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
	2023–24 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team
University	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (5th season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Arena	Carmichael Auditorium (1975–2008); Dean Smith Center (2008–2009); Carmichael Arena (2009–present) ; (Capacity: 6,822)
Nickname	Tar Heels
Colors	Carolina blue and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament champions
	1994
NCAA tournament Final Four
	1994, 2006, 2007
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	1994, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1984, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2022
NCAA tournament appearances
	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference regular season champions
	1997, 2005, 2006, 2008

Last updated April 09, 2024

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I women's college basketball. They are led by head coach Courtney Banghart, who is in her fourth season.

Home arenas

While historic Carmichael Auditorium was under renovation, the women's team played the 2008–09 season at the Dean Smith Center to the south of campus. The final game at the old Carmichael was an 82–51 rout of local rivals Duke in front of a sell-out 8,010 attendance, completing an unbeaten home and conference season.^[2] Upon reopening, the building's name was changed to Carmichael Arena.

Current roster

2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Alyssa Ustby	6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)	Sr	Lourdes	Rochester, MN
F	4	Laila Hull	6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)	Fr	Zionsville Community	Zionsville, IN
F/C	5	Maria Gakdeng	6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)	Jr	Boston College	Lanham, MD
G	10	Reniya Kelly	5 ft 5 in(1.65 m)	Fr	Hoover	Hoover, AL
G	11	Kayla McPherson	5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)	RS So	Madison County	Hull, GA
G	15	Sydney Barker	5 ft 7 in(1.7 m)	Fr	Jordan	Durham, NC
G	20	Lexi Donarski	6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)	Sr	Iowa State	La Crosse, WI
F/C	21	Ciera Toomey	6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)	Fr	Dunmore	Dunmore, PA
G	24	Indya Nivar	5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)	So	Stanford	Apex, NC

Head coach

Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth)

Assistant coach(es)

Joanne Aluka-White (Middle Tennessee)
Adrian Walters (Saint Francis (PA))
Itoro Coleman (Clemson)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 3, 2023

Retired and honored jerseys

For a player to have her jersey honored and hung in the Carmichael Auditorium rafters, she must have been a first-team All-American, been a member of an Olympic team as an undergraduate, or been selected by the coaches as Most Valuable Player of a national championship team. For retiring a jersey, a player must be named national player of the year.^[3]

	Name	#
Retired	Charlotte Smith	23
Retired	Ivory Latta	12
Honored	Marsha Mann	44
	Bernadette McGlade	14
	Kathy Crawford	25
	Tresa Brown	24
	Pam Leake	20
	Tonya Sampson	34
	Sylvia Crawley	00
	Marion Jones	20
	Tracy Reid	00
	LaQuanda Barksdale	33
	Nikki Teasley	44
	Camille Little	20
	Erlana Larkins	2

All-time record

The women's basketball team was officially established in 1971 as part of the Department of Physical Education. In 1974, basketball and several other women's sports came under the direction of the athletic department with Angela Lumpkin as coach. Conference play began in 1978, with a first qualification for the NCAA tournament in 1983.^[3]

Conference tournament winners noted with #

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Angela Lumpkin (Independent)(1974–1977)
1974–75	Angela Lumpkin	15–3			NWIT First Round
1975–76	Angela Lumpkin	16–7			NCAIAW Tournament
1976–77	Angela Lumpkin	8–16			NCAIAW Tournament
Angela Lumpkin:		39–26
Atlantic Coast Conference
Jennifer Alley (ACC)(1977–1986)
1977–78	Jennifer Alley	16–13	6–4	3rd	AIAW Southern Region II
1978–79	Jennifer Alley	18–14	4–5	4th	AIAW Region II Tournament
1979–80	Jennifer Alley	21–15	5–5	T-4th	NWIT Finals
1980–81	Jennifer Alley	17–14	5–4	5th	NCAIAW Tournament
1981–82	Jennifer Alley	17–12	10–3	3rd
1982–83	Jennifer Alley	22–8	10–3	T-2nd	NCAA First Round		18
1983–84	Jennifer Alley	24–8	9–5	T-3rd#	NCAA Sweet Sixteen		14
1984–85	Jennifer Alley	21–11	11–3	2nd	NCAA First Round
1985–86	Jennifer Alley	23–9	10–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	16
Jennifer Alley:		179–104	70–36
Sylvia Hatchell (ACC)(1986–2019)
1986–87	Sylvia Hatchell	19–10	9–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round (Bye)
1987–88	Sylvia Hatchell	10–17	4–10	6th
1988–89	Sylvia Hatchell	10–20	1–13	8th
1989–90	Sylvia Hatchell	13–15	3–11	8th
1990–91	Sylvia Hatchell	12–16	2–12	8th
1991–92	Sylvia Hatchell	22–9	9–7	T-3rd	NCAA Second Round (Bye)
1992–93	Sylvia Hatchell	23–7	11–5	T-2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	17
1993–94	Sylvia Hatchell	33–2	14–2	2nd	NCAA Champions	1	4
1994–95	Sylvia Hatchell	30–5	12–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	11	11
1995–96	Sylvia Hatchell	13–14	8–8	5th
1996–97	Sylvia Hatchell	29–3	15–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	9	4
1997–98	Sylvia Hatchell	27–7	11–5	4th	NCAA Elite Eight	3	7
1998–99	Sylvia Hatchell	28–8	11–5	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	14	14
1999–2000	Sylvia Hatchell	20–13	8–9	5th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	18
2000–01	Sylvia Hatchell	15–14	7–9	7th
2001–02	Sylvia Hatchell	26–9	11–5	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	11	16
2002–03	Sylvia Hatchell	28–6	13–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round	15	12
2003–04	Sylvia Hatchell	24–7	12–4	2nd	NCAA First Round	21	12
2004–05	Sylvia Hatchell	30–4	12–2	T-1st	NCAA Elite Eight	6	4
2005–06	Sylvia Hatchell	33–2	13–1	1st	NCAA Final Four	3	1
2006–07	Sylvia Hatchell	34–4	11–3	2nd	NCAA Final Four	3	2
2007–08	Sylvia Hatchell	33–3	14–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight	5	2
2008–09	Sylvia Hatchell	28–7	10–4	4th	NCAA Second Round	17	11
2009–10	Sylvia Hatchell	19–12	6–8	T-7th	NCAA First Round
2010–11	Sylvia Hatchell	28–9	8–6	6th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	12	14
2011–12	Sylvia Hatchell	20–11	9–7	T-6th		19	13
2012–13	Sylvia Hatchell	29–7	14–4	T-2nd	NCAA second round	18	13
2013–14	Sylvia Hatchell	27–10	10–6	T-5th	NCAA Elite Eight	12	13
2014–15	Sylvia Hatchell	26–9	10–6	6th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	12
2015–16	Sylvia Hatchell	14–18	4–12	12th
2016–17	Sylvia Hatchell	15–16	3–13	T–13
2017–18	Sylvia Hatchell	14–15	4–12	13th
2018–19	Sylvia Hatchell	18–15	8–8	8th	NCAA first round
Sylvia Hatchell:		751–324	297–209
Courtney Banghart (ACC)(2019–present)
2019–20	Courtney Banghart	16–14	7–11	T–11th
2020–21	Courtney Banghart	13–11	8–9	8th	NCAA first round
2021–22	Courtney Banghart	25–7	13–5	T–3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	16	17
2022–23	Courtney Banghart	22–11	11–7	T–6th	NCAA second round	21	20
2023–24	Courtney Banghart	20–13	11–7	T–7th	NCAA second round
Courtney Banghart:		96–56	50–39
Total:		1066–509
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

NCAA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1983	#7	First Round	#2 Georgia	L 72–70
1984	#2	First Round Sweet Sixteen	#7 St. John's #3 Cheyney	W 81–79 (OT) L 73–72 (OT)
1985	#6	First Round	#3 Penn State	L 98–79
1986	#4	First Round Sweet Sixteen	#5 UNLV #1 USC	W 82–76 L 84–70
1987	#4	First Round	#5 Old Dominion	L 76–58
1992	#7	First Round Second Round	#10 Old Dominion #2 Miami (FL)	W 60–54 L 86–72
1993	#4	First Round Second Round	#5 Alabama #1 Tennessee	W 74–73 (OT) L 74–54
1994	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship	#14 Georgia Southern #6 Old Dominion #2 Vanderbilt #1 Connecticut #1 Purdue #3 Louisiana Tech	W 101–53 W 62–52 W 73–69 W 81–69 W 89–74 W 60–59
1995	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Western Illinois #6 Seton Hall #2 Stanford	W 89–48 W 59–45 L 81–71
1997	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#16 Harvard #8 Michigan State #5 George Washington	W –53 W 81–71 L 55–46
1998	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Howard #7 FIU #3 Illinois #1 Tennessee	W 91–71 W 85–72 W 80–74 L 76–70
1999	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Northeastern #5 Alabama #1 Purdue	W 64–55 W 70–56 L 82–59
2000	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Maine #13 Rice #1 Georgia	W 62–57 W 83–50 L 83–57
2002	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Harvard #5 Minnesota #1 Vanderbilt	W 85–58 W 72–69 L 70–61
2003	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 Austin Peay #6 Colorado	W 72–70 L 86–67
2004	#4	First Round	#13 MTSU	L 67–62
2005	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 Coppin State #9 George Washington #5 Arizona State #2 Baylor	W 97–62 W 71–47 W 79–72 L 72–63
2006	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 UC Riverside #8 Vanderbilt #4 Purdue #2 Tennessee #1 Maryland	W 75–51 W 89–70 W 70–68 W 75–63 L 81–70
2007	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Prairie View A&M #9 Notre Dame #5 George Washington #2 Purdue #1 Tennessee	W 95–38 W 60–51 W 70–56 W 84–72 L 56–50
2008	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 Bucknell #8 Georgia #4 Louisville #2 LSU	W 85–50 W 80–66 W 78–74 L 56–50
2009	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 UCF #6 Purdue	W 85–80 L 85–70
2010	#10	First Round	#7 Gonzaga	L 82–76
2011	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Fresno State #4 Kentucky #1 Stanford	W 82–68 W 86–74 L 72–65
2013	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 Albany #6 Delaware	W 59–54 L 78–69
2014	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#13 UT Martin #5 Michigan State #1 South Carolina #2 Stanford	W 60–58 W 62–53 W 65–58 L 74–65
2015	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Liberty #5 Ohio State #1 South Carolina	W 71–65 W 86–84 L 67–65
2019	#9	First Round	#8 California	L 92–72
2021	#10	First Round	#7 Alabama	L 71–80
2022	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Stephen F. Austin #4 Arizona #1 South Carolina	W 79–66 W 63–45 L 61–69
2023	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 St. John's #3 Ohio State	W 61–59 L 69–71
2024	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Michigan State #1 South Carolina	W 59–56 L 41–88

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References

↑ "Primary Identity" (PDF). Carolina Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines. April 20, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
↑ "UNC runs the table in ACC." espn.com. Retrieved on March 29, 2008.
1 2 "2007–08 North Carolina Women's Basketball Media Guide." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on March 29, 2008.

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[1] "Primary Identity" (PDF). Carolina Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines. April 20, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[2] "UNC runs the table in ACC." espn.com. Retrieved on March 29, 2008.

[mediaguide-3] 1 2 "2007–08 North Carolina Women's Basketball Media Guide." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on March 29, 2008.

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Venues	Carmichael Auditorium (1974–2008, 2009–present) Dean Smith Center (2008–2009)
Rivalries	Duke NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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