2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
	Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020; Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
	† 2021 ACC Tournament winner ; As of February 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record	8–8 (3–8 ACC)
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Carrie Moore; Joanne Aluka-White; Adrian Walters;
Home arena	Carmichael Arena

The 2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, are led by second year head coach Courtney Banghart, play their games at Carmichael Arena and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Tar Heels finished 16–14 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Wake Forest in the First Round. The NCAA Tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Taylor Koenen	1	G	6'2"	Senior	Savage, MN	Graduated
Madinah Muhammad	3	G	5'8"	Senior	Chicago, IL	Graduated
Liz Roberts	14	G	5'8"	Senior	Chapel Hill, NC	Graduated
Olivia Smith	15	G	6'0"	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Leah Church	20	G	5'8"	Junior	Purlear, NC	Graduated early
Shayla Bennett	22	G	5'9"	Senior	Piedmont, SC	Graduated
Nia Daniel	32	G	5'10"	Freshman	Charlotte, NC	Transferred to Gulf Coast State
Lexi Duckett	33	G	5'11"	Freshman	Daytona Beach, FL	Transferred to Wisconsin
Naomi Van Nes	34	C	6'6"	Senior	Dorchester, England	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Petra Holešínská	2	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Vracov, Czech Republic	Illinois
Stephanie Watts	5	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Wesley Chapel, NC	USC

Recruiting Class

Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Deja Kelly G	San Antonio, TX	Duncanville	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Deja Kelly G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Anya Poole F	Raleigh, NC	Southeast Raleigh	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Anya Poole F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Alexandra Zelaya F	Goodyear, AZ	Millennium	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Alexandra Zelaya F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Kennedy Todd-Williams G	Jacksonville, NC	Jacksonville	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Kennedy Todd-Williams G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Alyssa Ustby G	Rochester, MN	Lourdes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Alyssa Ustby G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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:

Roster

2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Alexandria Zelaya	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Millennium	Goodyear, AZ
G	1	Alyssa Ustby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lourdes	Rochester, MN
G	2	Petra Holešínská	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Sportovni Gzmnazium Ludvika Danka Illinois	Vracov, Czech Republic
G	3	Kennedy Todd-Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Jacksonville	Jacksonville, NC
G	4	Kennady Tucker	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	North Little Rock	Little Rock, AR
G	5	Stephanie Watts	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Weddington	Wesley Chapel, NC
G	11	Ariel Young	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Lincoln Michigan	Tallahassee, FL
F	21	Malu Tshitenge	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	St. John's College	Germantown, MD
G	25	Deja Kelly	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Duncanville	San Antonio, TX
F	30	Jaelynn Murray	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Dreher	Columbia, SC
F	31	Anya Poole	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Southeast Raleigh	Raleigh, NC
C	44	Janelle Bailey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Providence Day	Charlotte, NC

Head coach

Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth)

Assistant coach(es)

Carrie Moore (Western Michigan)
Joanne Aluka-White (Middle Tennessee)
Adrian Walters (Saint Francis)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 3, 2020

Schedule

Source[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
November 25, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Radford	W 90–61	1–0	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
November 28, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	UNC Greensboro	W 96–35	2–0	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
November 29, 2020* 1:00 p.m. p.m., ACCNX	High Point	W 95–70	3–0	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
December 3, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	South Carolina State	W 98–28	4–0	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
December 6, 2020* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX	Charlotte	W 81–75	5–0	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Regular Season
December 10, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at Wake Forest	L 54–57	5–1 (0–1)	LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston-Salem, NC
December 13, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 2 Louisville	Postponed [4]		KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
December 14, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Miami (FL)	L 63–67	5–2 (0–2)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
December 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18 Syracuse	W 92–68	6–2 (1–2)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
December 20, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Wake Forest	W 77–74 ^OT	7–2 (2–2)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
December 31, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at No. 22 Syracuse	Postponed [5]		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 1, 2021 Noon, ACCNX	at No. 2 Louisville	Postponed		KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN	at Pittsburgh	Postponed		Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 10, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN	Miami (FL)	L 59–69	7–3 (2–3)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Virginia Tech	L 54–66	7–4 (2–4)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 17, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Duke Rivalry	Canceled due to Duke ending season[6]		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 19, 2021 Noon, ACCN	at No. 23 Syracuse	L 76–88	7–5 (2–5)	Carrier Dome (0) Syracuse, NY
January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia	Canceled due to Virginia ending season[7]		John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2021 Noon, ESPNU	Notre Dame	W 78–73	8–5 (3–5)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 1 Louisville	L 68–79	8–6 (3–6)	KFC Yum! Center (2,748) Louisville, KY
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia Tech	L 69–73	8–7 (3–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
February 4, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Florida State	L 51–61	8–7 (3–7)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4 NC State Rivalry			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Boston College			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 14, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN	Virginia	Canceled due to Virginia ending season[7]		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Pittsburgh			Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 21, 2021 ESPN/ESPN2	at NC State Rivalry			Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Georgia Tech			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN	at Duke	Canceled due to Duke ending season[6]		Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 28, 2021 TBD	at Virginia Tech			Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
	vs.			Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV

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

References

"NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
"North Carolina Tar Heels". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
"2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
"North Carolina at Louisville Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
"ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
"Duke Blue Devils end women's basketball season amid coronavirus concerns". espn.com. ESPN. December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

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[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".

[2] "North Carolina Tar Heels". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[3] "2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[4] "North Carolina at Louisville Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.

[5] "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

[Duke-6] "Duke Blue Devils end women's basketball season amid coronavirus concerns". espn.com. ESPN. December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[uva-7] Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
Venues	Carmichael Auditorium (1974–2008, 2009–present) Dean Smith Center (2008–2009)
Rivalries	Duke NC State
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Louisville	10	–	1	.909	17	–	1	.944
No. 4 NC State	7	–	1	.875	12	–	1	.923
Georgia Tech	9	–	2	.818	11	–	3	.786
Syracuse	7	–	4	.636	10	–	4	.714
Florida State	5	–	4	.556	6	–	4	.600
Notre Dame	6	–	5	.545	8	–	7	.533
Clemson	5	–	7	.417	10	–	7	.588
Virginia Tech	5	–	7	.417	10	–	7	.588
Wake Forest	5	–	7	.417	8	–	8	.500
Miami (FL)	4	–	7	.364	7	–	7	.500
Pittsburgh	2	–	5	.286	4	–	6	.400
North Carolina	3	–	8	.273	8	–	8	.500
Boston College	1	–	8	.111	5	–	8	.385
Duke	0	–	1	.000	3	–	1	.750
Virginia	0	–	2	.000	0	–	5	.000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020 Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021

† 2021 ACC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

Previous season

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting Class

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References