The 2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels were led by head coach Courtney Banghart, who was in her third season as head coach. She was assisted by Joanne Aluka-White, Adrian Walters, and former Clemson head coach Itoro Coleman. The Tar Heels played their home games at Carmichael Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tar Heels finished the season 25–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to fifth seed Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Greensboro Region. They defeated twelfth seed Stephen F. Austin in the first round and fourth seed Arizona in the second round, before falling to top seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Previous season For the 2020–21 season, the Tar Heels finished 13–11 and 8–9 in the ACC, finishing eighth in regular season play. They were the eight seed in the ACC tournament, where they lost to Wake Forest in the second round. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament that was held in San Antonio, TX. As the ten seed in the HemisFair Region, they faced seventh seeded Alabama, losing 80–71 in the first round of the tournament.
Off-season
Departures Departures Petra Holešínská 2 G 5'10" Graduate student Vracov, Czech Republic Turned pro, signed with Chicago Sky Kennady Tucker 4 G 5'10" Junior Little Rock, AR Transferred to Oklahoma Stephanie Watts 5 G 5'11" Graduate student Wesley Chapel, NC Drafted by Los Angeles Sparks Janelle Bailey 44 C 6'4" Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated and signed with New York Liberty
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Carlie Littlefield 2 G 5'9" Graduate student Waukee, IA Princeton Eva Hodgson 10 G 5'11" Junior Rindge, NH William & Mary
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Roster
Schedule and results
Source
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!colspan=6 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP RV RV 25 25 24 19 21 20 RV 24 23 24 18 16 18 17 Coaches RV RV RV 24 20 20 18 15 18 20 22 23 22 23 18 17 18 18 16 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2021-22 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
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