The 2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by second-year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their games at Carmichael Arena, and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tar Heels finished the season 13–11 and 8–9 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Wake Forest in the second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the ten seed in the HemisFair Regional. In the tournament, they lost to Alabama in the first round to end their season.
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.
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
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3;"| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
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See also 2020–21 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
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