University of North Carolina Athletics
The Tar Heels celebrate Sunday's announcement.
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WBB Headed To Arizona As NCAA No. 5 Seed
March 13, 2022 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the second year in a row and the 29th time in program history, the UNC women's basketball team is dancing into the NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels are seeded fifth in the Greensboro Region and will take on Stephen F. Austin Saturday in a first-round game in Tucson, Ariz.
The winner of that game faces the winner of the other first-round game in Tucson – host Arizona vs. UNLV – in a second-round game on Monday. The winner of that one heads to the Sweet 16 in Greensboro, N.C.
UNC, 23-6 and ranked No. 18 in both the AP and coaches' national polls, didn't have to wait long to learn its fate Sunday evening as the Tar Heels' at-large bid was announced just minutes into the ESPN broadcast. The Tar Heels, gathered with fans at the Top of the Hill restaurant in downtown Chapel Hill, erupted into cheers as their name was called.
It's the second-straight NCAA Tournament trip for Carolina, which played as a No. 10 seed last season in San Antonio, and the program's highest seed since 2015. That year, UNC was a No. 4 seed and made its most-recent trip to the Sweet 16.
Saturday's game, the time for which has not yet been announced, will be the first-ever meeting between North Carolina and Stephen F. Austin.
"It's one of those unique experiences in your life where you do it once and if you don't do it well enough, you don't get a second chance," UNC coach Courtney Banghart said. "We understand that.
"We're going to have to be sharp, tight with our game plan offensively and defensively, and be physically and mentally prepared."
Carolina, the 1994 NCAA Champion, is 47-27 all-time in tournament play. The Tar Heels' last NCAA Tournament win was in 2015, playing on their home court as the fourth seed.
The winner of that game faces the winner of the other first-round game in Tucson – host Arizona vs. UNLV – in a second-round game on Monday. The winner of that one heads to the Sweet 16 in Greensboro, N.C.
UNC, 23-6 and ranked No. 18 in both the AP and coaches' national polls, didn't have to wait long to learn its fate Sunday evening as the Tar Heels' at-large bid was announced just minutes into the ESPN broadcast. The Tar Heels, gathered with fans at the Top of the Hill restaurant in downtown Chapel Hill, erupted into cheers as their name was called.
It's the second-straight NCAA Tournament trip for Carolina, which played as a No. 10 seed last season in San Antonio, and the program's highest seed since 2015. That year, UNC was a No. 4 seed and made its most-recent trip to the Sweet 16.
Saturday's game, the time for which has not yet been announced, will be the first-ever meeting between North Carolina and Stephen F. Austin.
"It's one of those unique experiences in your life where you do it once and if you don't do it well enough, you don't get a second chance," UNC coach Courtney Banghart said. "We understand that.
"We're going to have to be sharp, tight with our game plan offensively and defensively, and be physically and mentally prepared."
Carolina, the 1994 NCAA Champion, is 47-27 all-time in tournament play. The Tar Heels' last NCAA Tournament win was in 2015, playing on their home court as the fourth seed.
𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕄𝕆𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋 ⚡️#GoHeels x #InPursuit x #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/bJSCexxFlM— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) March 14, 2022
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