North Carolina women’s basketball

Shake up in women’s basketball power rankings

February 1, 2024 Shawn Krest

Five weeks ago, when we released our first set of North Carolina women’s basketball power rankings, NC State was coming off a pair of surprising losses but still managed to hold onto the top spot […]

Wolfpack look to stay perfect at home when they host Tar Heels

January 31, 2024 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH — Fifth-ranked NC State will hope to remain unbeaten at Reynolds Coliseum when it hosts 24th-ranked rival UNC on Thursday. The Wolfpack have won four of the last five games between the two teams, […]

Wolfpack’s recent road losses tighten power rankings

January 24, 2024 Shawn Krest

The NC State women’s basketball team suffered a jarring loss last week in Miami. The Wolfpack fell behind early and was never able to rally against the unranked Hurricanes, losing by 14 points. “You’re going […]

Top-ranked Gamecocks rally past UNC women

November 30, 2023 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Top-ranked South Carolina’s romping, high-scoring offense never showed up at No. 24 UNC. Dawn Staley was OK with that, too, considering her Gamecocks hit the big shots at key moments and locked […]

Women’s teams have short March after being shut out of Sweet 16

March 22, 2023 Shawn Krest

North Carolina’s stay in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was a short one. The state sent five teams to March Madness, tying the most ever from North Carolina. However, for the first time since the […]

UNC women bounced by late Ohio State game-winner

March 20, 2023 Cory Lavalette

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 3 Ohio State to a 71-69 win over No. 6 seed UNC on Monday and help […]

UNC women hold of St. John’s to advance in NCAAs

March 18, 2023 The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Deja Kelly had a go-ahead three-point play with 2 seconds left and No. 6 seed UNC hung on for a 61-59 win over 11th-seeded St. John’s in the first round of the […]

5 NC teams to compete in women’s NCAA Tournament

March 15, 2023 Jesse Deal

North Carolina will be well-represented in the NCAA women’s tournament field of 64 with five schools — Duke, UNC, NC State, ECU and Gardner-Webb — all having a shot to continue their postseasons in the […]

ACC Women’s Tournament: What did we learn?

March 8, 2023 Shawn Krest

Virginia Tech stormed through the ACC Women’s Tournament with a dominant performance, stirring up a hornet’s nest of questions in the process. The third-seeded Hokies blew out Miami by 26 before holding No. 2 seed […]

Duke tops UNC in third round of women’s basketball rivalry

March 3, 2023 Shawn Krest

GREENSBORO — Duke and Carolina wrote another chapter in the story that never gets old as the rivals met in the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. The 7th-seeded Tar Heels had swept the regular season […]