On Air Today: Courtney Banghart of UNC Women’s Basketball

And, by the way, the Carolina women are 7-0 and killing it. Courtney Banghart knew what she was getting into when she accepted the head coaching job of the Lady Tar Heels. In her third season, she fully understands that men’s basketball is the 900-pound gorilla in the room and will always be. But she […]

Hiring Sylvia Crawley as an assistant coach is the right play for Sylvia Hatchell. Getting her friends and colleagues in the university to lobby for an extension to her contract is the wrong play. Crawley, a star player and captain of the 1994 Tar Heels, will be seen by many people as Hatchell’s successor after […]

The ACC announced the full 2025-26 conference schedule for all women’s basketball programs Tuesday afternoon. As was the case during the 2024-25 season, UNC will play 18 conference games, facing 16 teams once and rival Duke twice. Been waiting on this one… The ACC schedule is 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀! pic.twitter.com/EKw7G5eVCY — Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) September 2, […]

Guard Kayla McPherson of the UNC women’s basketball program officially announced her retirement from basketball Tuesday, citing multiple knee injuries and long recovery periods. The redshirt senior will remain with the team as a student assistant. 11 Out 🩵 pic.twitter.com/hfHxsvKE52 — Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) August 26, 2025 A McDonald’s All-American at Madison County High […]

Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels may have just won their biggest recruiting battle ever. Point guard Kate Harpring, a five-star prospect from Atlanta ranked among the top five players in the 2026 recruiting class on every major board, committed to Banghart and UNC Saturday. Go Tar Heels!! 🩵🩵#committed pic.twitter.com/RbzpiYqJOZ — Kate Harpring (@Kate_Harpring26) August […]

The UNC women’s basketball team announced its full slate of non-conference games for the 2025-26 regular season Tuesday morning. The wait is over… Our Non-Conference schedule is 𝙎𝙀𝙏 📅 pic.twitter.com/8fp72vNR9Q — Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) August 5, 2025 UNC begins with a preseason exhibition game against 2025 national runners-up South Carolina in Atlanta on October […]

Head coach Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels are heading out west early in the 2025-26 season. UNC will compete in the inaugural Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Challenge in Las Vegas this coming November, facing UCLA and Fairfield. The games will be played at Michelob ULTRA Arena, home of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, with […]

Less than four months before her team opens up its 2025-26 season, UNC women’s basketball head coach Courtney Banghart is already forecasting the group as one of the deepest and most competitive rosters she’s ever assembled. “I would be very surprised if our rotation was anywhere near as tight as it has been,” Banghart told […]

The UNC women’s basketball team will face South Carolina in a preseason exhibition game in Atlanta on Thursday, October 30. The game will be played in State Farm Arena, home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. See you in the ATL 👋 pic.twitter.com/DmpCp88lIG — Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) July 29, 2025 South Carolina has won the […]

UNC will join three other programs to play in the 2025 Cancun Challenge in Mexico this November. The Tar Heels will be joined by Columbia, Kansas State and South Dakota State south of the border as part of the challenge’s Mayan Tournament. Break out the passports – The Heels are heading to Cancun! pic.twitter.com/WibQ1gWw26 — […]