The 2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team represented the

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for the

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. The Tar Heels were led by head coach

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, who was in her third season as head coach. She was assisted by Joanne Aluka-White, Adrian Walters, and former Clemson head coach

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. The Tar Heels played their home games at

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as members of the

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. 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

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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

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in the First Round and fourth seed

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in the Second Round before falling to top seed

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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

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, finishing eighth in regular season play. The Tar Heels 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

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. As the ten seed in the HemisFair Region, they faced seventh seeded

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, losing 80–71 in the first round of the tournament.

Off-Season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting Class

Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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