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

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.

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

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

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	Commit date
Deja Kelly G	San Antonio, TX	Duncanville	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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	Rank^#	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

See also

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

References

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