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2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball

Atlantic Coast Conference
No. 16
No. 17
25–7 (13–5 ACC)
Courtney Banghart (3rd season)
Joanne Aluka-White
Itoro Coleman
Adrian Walters
Carmichael Arena

The 2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Courtney Banghart, who was in her third season as head coach. She was assisted by Joanne Aluka-White, Adrian Walters, and former Clemson head coach Itoro Coleman. The Tar Heels played their home games at Carmichael Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels finished the season 25–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in a three way tie for third place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to fifth seed Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Greensboro Region. They defeated twelfth seed Stephen F. Austin in the First Round and fourth seed Arizona in the Second Round before falling to top seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

For the 2020–21 season, the Tar Heels finished 13–11 and 8–9 in the ACC, finishing eighth in regular season play. The Tar Heels were the eight seed in the ACC tournament, where they lost to Wake Forest in the Second Round. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament that was held in San Antonio, TX. As the ten seed in the HemisFair Region, they faced seventh seeded Alabama, losing 80–71 in the first round of the tournament.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Petra Holešínská	2	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Vracov, Czech Republic	Turned pro, signed with Chicago Sky
Kennady Tucker	4	G	5'10"	Junior	Little Rock, AR	Transferred to Oklahoma
Stephanie Watts	5	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Wesley Chapel, NC	Drafted by Los Angeles Sparks
Janelle Bailey	44	C	6'4"	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Graduated and signed with New York Liberty

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Carlie Littlefield	2	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Waukee, IA	Princeton
Eva Hodgson	10	G	5'11"	Junior	Rindge, NH	William & Mary

Source:

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Teonni Key G/F	Cary, NC	Cary	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: ESPN: (97)
Kayla McPherson G	Hull, GA	Madison County	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Morasha Wiggins G	Kalamazoo, MI	Kalamazoo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Destiny Adams G/F	Whiting, NJ	Manchester Township	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Source

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
November 9, 2021*4:30 p.m., ACCNX		NC A&T	W 92–47	1–0	Carmichael Arena (2,133)Chapel Hill, NC
November 14, 2021*3:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 89–33	2–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,621)Charlotte, NC
November 17, 2021*6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Appalachian State	W 89–44	3–0	Carmichael Arena (1,608)Chapel Hill, NC
November 21, 2021*4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at TCU Maggie Dixon Classic	W 79–46	4–0	Schollmaier Arena (2,483)Fort Worth, TX
November 26, 2021*5:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. VCU Goombay Splash	W 72–59	5–0	Gateway Christian Academy (0)Bimini, Bahamas
November 27, 2021*Noon, FloHoops		vs. Washington Goombay Splash	W 58–37	6–0	Gateway Christian Academy (100)Bimini, Bahamas
December 1, 2021*9:00 p.m., BTN		at Minnesota Big Ten/ACC Challenge	W 82–76	7–0	Williams Arena (3,432)Minneapolis, MN
December 5, 2021*2:00 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison	W 93–47	8–0	Carmichael Arena (1,456)Chapel Hill, NC
December 12, 2021*2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Asheville	W 107–46	9–0	Carmichael Arena (1,417)Chapel Hill, NC
December 15, 2021*6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	Jacksonville	Canceled	Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
December 19, 20212:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	at Boston College	W 76–73	10–0(1–0)	Conte Forum (1,327)Chestnut Hill, MA
December 21, 2021*1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	Alabama State	W 83–47	11–0	Carmichael Arena (1,442)Chapel Hill, NC
December 30, 20214:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 24	Syracuse	W 79–43	12–0(2–0)	Carmichael Arena (1,625)Chapel Hill, NC
January 2, 20226:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 24	Clemson	W 81–62	13–0(3–0)	Carmichael Arena (1,443)Chapel Hill, NC
January 6, 20228:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 19	at No. 5 NC State Rivalry	L 45–72	13–1(3–1)	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 9, 20226:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 19	Virginia Tech	W 71–46	14–1(4–1)	Carmichael Arena (1,547)Chapel Hill, NC
January 16, 20221:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 21	at No. 20 Notre Dame	L 65–70	14–2(4–2)	Purcell Pavilion (5,905)South Bend, IN
January 20, 20226:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Virginia	W 61–52	15–2(5–2)	Carmichael Arena (1,513)Chapel Hill, NC
January 23, 202212:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 20	at No. 18 Georgia Tech	L 38–55	15–3(5–3)	McCamish Pavilion (2,357)Atlanta, GA
January 27, 20227:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 21 Duke Rivalry	W 78–62	16–3(6–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,954)Durham, NC
January 30, 20224:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 3 NC State Rivalry	L 58–66	16–4(6–4)	Carmichael Arena (4,136)Chapel Hill, NC
February 3, 20228:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 24	at Wake Forest	W 78–59	17–4(7–4)	LJVM Coliseum (1,916)Winston-Salem, NC
February 6, 202212:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 24	Miami (Fl)	W 85–38	18–4(8–4)	Carmichael Arena (2,759)Chapel Hill, NC
February 10, 20226:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 23	Pittsburgh	W 64–54	19–4(9–4)	Carmichael Arena (1,479)Chapel Hill, NC
February 13, 20221:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 23	at Virginia Tech	L 61–66	19–5(9–5)	Cassell Coliseum (1,964)Blacksburg, VA
February 17, 20226:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 24	No. 3 Louisville	W 66–65	20–5(10–5)	Carmichael Arena (2,115)Chapel Hill, NC
February 20, 202212:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 24	at Florida State	W 64–49	21–5(11–5)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,322)Tallahassee, FL
February 24, 20227:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18	at Virginia	W 68–57	22–5(12–5)	John Paul Jones Arena (1,879)Charlottesville, VA
February 27, 20224:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 18	Duke Rivalry	W 74–46	23–5(13–5)	Carmichael Arena (5,230)Chapel Hill, NC
March 4, 202211:00 a.m., ACCRSN	(4) No. 16	vs. (5) No. 21 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	L 80–87 OT	23–6	Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)Greensboro, NC
March 19, 2022*7:30 p.m., ESPNEWS	(5 G) No. 17	vs. (12 G) Stephen F. Austin First Round	W 79–66	24–6	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
March 21, 2022*10:00 p.m., ESPN2	(5 G) No. 17	at (4 G) No. 19 Arizona Second Round	W 63–45	25–6	McKale Center (8,333)Tucson, AZ
March 25, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 G) No. 17	vs. (1 G) No. 1 South Carolina Sweet Sixteen	L 61–69	25–7	Greensboro Coliseum (8,811)Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro. All times are in Eastern.

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

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