2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2019–20
Team:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	16–14
Conf Record:	7–11
Head Coach:	Courtney Banghart
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Carrie Moore
Asst Coach2:	Tim Taylor
Asst Coach3:	Joanne Aluka-White
Stadium:	Carmichael Arena

The 2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by first year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels finished the season 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]

Previous season

For the 2018–19 season, the Tar Heels finished 18–15 overall and 9–9 in ACC play which was eight place. North Carolina was eliminated in the second round of the ACC tournament by Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, which was their first trip since 2015. They lost in the first round to California.

On April 18, Sylvia Hatchell resigned after an external review confirmed reports that she had made racially insensitive comments and mismanaged players' medical issues. Hatchell, the only coach with national titles in the AIAW, NAIA, and NCAA, left Chapel Hill with 1,023 wins overall and 751 in 33 seasons with the Tar Heels, including the 1994 NCAA title.^[2] The school tabbed Princeton's Courtney Banghart as their new head coach on April 29, officially announcing her the next day.^[3]

Off-season

Recruiting Class

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source^[5]

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Rankings

See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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
Coaches

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

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312202043/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-cancels-remaining-winter-and-spring-championships . 2020-03-12 .
2. News: UNC coach Hatchell resigns after program review . Associated Press . ESPN.com . April 19, 2019 . April 19, 2019.
3. News: North Carolina hires Banghart to replace Hatchell . Associated Press . ESPN.com . April 30, 2019 . April 30, 2019.
4. Web site: North Carolina Tar Heels. espn.com. ESPN. November 26, 2019.
5. Web site: 2019–20 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule. North Carolina Tar Heels. November 26, 2019.