Tar Heels Begin NCAA Play Saturday Vs. Cal

Saturday, March 23

Waco, Texas

3:30 PM

North Carolina

California

Buy Tickets

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 21, 2019 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes ESPN Coverage Maps NCAA Bracket

By: Mark Kimmel

Carolina, with an overall record of 18-14, is the No. 9-seed in the Greensboro Region and will play No. 8-seed California (19-12) in a first round game on Saturday in Waco, Texas. Tip time is 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (18-14, 8-8 ACC) vs. California (19-12, 9-9 Pac-12)
Waco, Texas
Ferrell Center
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Tip: 3:30 p.m. ET

CLEAR BAG POLICY
Similar to the policy in place at Kenan Stadium and the Dean Smith Center, Baylor will have a clear bag policy at the Ferrell Center for the NCAA Tournament games. Click here for more information.

WATCH ON ESPN2 and ESPN app
• In the home markets of the competing teams, ESPN2 will televise the game of local interest. While constant updates from the other games will be provided in the home market, the networks will not switch to another game during live action, thereby establishing home market protection.
• For the first and second rounds, multiple games (as many as four) will begin within one telecast window. During those windows, the coverage will showcase the best action for viewers in the majority of the nation (except in the home markets of the competing teams).
• Select first- and second-round games will be aired in a full national telecast on ESPN or ESPN2, with supplemental coverage on ESPN App
• ESPN3 will carry the games in full that are not being aired in a national window.

TUNE IN
Catch the Tar Heel Sports Network call with Matt Krause on GoHeels.com, the GoHeels app, as well as TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app (search "Tar Heel Sports Network"). Locally, the game can be heard on WCHL 97.9 FM and 1360 AM.

SERIES HISTORY
Carolina leads, 2-1. The most recent meeting was a 70-65 Tar Heel victory in Chapel Hill on Dec. 30, 1999. LaQuanda Barksdale led UNC with 15. Jackie Higgins added 13, and Brown was 3-for-5 from 3-point range and finished with 11 points. Lauren Ashbaugh had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Cal for the second double-double of her career.

NCAA TOURNAMENT RESUME
Strength of Schedule: 9
RPI: 38
Wins vs. the Top 40: Notre Dame (1), NC State (9), Rice (31), UCLA (35)
• 14 of 32 games came against teams selected for the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

NCAA NOTES
• UNC makes its 27th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and owns a 47-25 all-time record.
• The Tar Heels are 45-21 in 22 appearances under the guidance of head coach Sylvia Hatchell.
• Carolina won the 1994 NCAA national championship and has reached the NCAA Final Four in 1994, 2006 and 2007.
• UNC has advanced to at least the regional semifinal game in 15 of its last 20 NCAA Tournament appearances. The Tar Heels lost in the second round in 2003, 2009 and 2013 and in the first round in 2004 and 2010. Between 1992 and 2002, Carolina made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament and reached the sweet 16 each time.
• The Tar Heels have never appeared as a #9 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
• Carolina has never faced Cal in the NCAA Tournament. The top seeded Heels lost to No. 2 seed Baylor, 72-63, in the 2005 NCAA Regional Final in Tempe, Arizona.
• Head coach Sylvia Hatchell is making her 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance with the Tar Heels.
• UNC does not have a single player on its roster that has played in the NCAA Tournament.

NEXT UP
The winner of the Carolina-Cal game plays the winner of the first round game between No. 1 seed Baylor (31-1) and No. 16 seed Abilene Christian (23-9) on Monday.