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

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.

## 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. The school tabbed Princeton's Courtney Banghart as their new head coach on April 29, officially announcing her the next day.

## Off-season
### Recruiting class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Malu Tshitenge F | Germantown, Maryland | St. John's College | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Nia Daniel G | Charlotte, NC | Hickory Ridge | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Alexis Duckett G | Daytona Beach, FL | Father Lopez | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Kennady Tucker PG | Little Rock, AR | North Little Rock | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | Wingate | W 82–37 | | Carmichael Arena (423) Chapel Hill, NC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2019* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Western Carolina | W 92–55 | 1–0 | Carmichael Arena (1,629) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | Navy | W 80–40 | 2–0 | Carmichael Arena (1,562) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 15, 2019* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Charleston Southern | W 85–54 | 3–0 | Carmichael Arena (1,424) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 22, 2019* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Elon | W 76–46 | 4–0 | Carmichael Arena (1,674) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 28, 2019* 9:00 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. Temple Cancún Challenge | W 71–58 | 5–0 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (186) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 29, 2019* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. Missouri Cancún Challenge | W 82–69 | 6–0 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (157) Cancún, Mexico |
| December 5, 2019* 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 85–60 | 7–0 | Carmichael Arena (2,116) Chapel Hill, NC |
| December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | North Carolina Central | W 92–53 | 8–0 | Carmichael Arena (1,614) Chapel Hill, NC |
| December 15, 2019* 3:00 p.m. | | at Alabama | L 77–83 | 8–1 | Coleman Coliseum (2,235) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| December 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | vs. UNC Wilmington Carolina's Challenge | W 85–45 | 9–1 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center (850) Myrtle Beach, SC |
| December 28, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Yale | L 63–66 | 9–2 | Carmichael Arena (2,632) Chapel Hill, NC |
| Conference regular season ||||||
| December 30, 2019 2:00 p.m., RSN | | Pittsburgh | W 70–62 | 10–2 (1–0) | Carmichael Arena (1,852) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | W 65–47 | 11–2 (2–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,757) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 70–76 | 11–3 (2–1) | Cassell Coliseum (1,939) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN | | No. 9 NC State Rivalry | W 66–60 | 12–3 (3–1) | Carmichael Arena (2,655) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 11 Florida State | L 64–78 | 12–4 (3–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,803) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 16, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Miami (FL) | W 78–58 | 13–4 (4–2) | Carmichael Arena (1,535) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | No. 5 Louisville | L 67–74 | 13–5 (4–3) | Carmichael Arena (4,027) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 23, 2020 6:00 p.m., RSN | | at Georgia Tech | W 67–60 $^{OT}$ | 14–5 (5–3) | McCamish Pavilion (1,201) Atlanta, GA |
| January 26, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 8 NC State Rivalry | L 68–76 | 14–6 (5–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,591) Raleigh, NC |
| January 30, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Virginia | W 78–68 | 15–6 (6–4) | Carmichael Arena (1,967) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Clemson | W 86–72 | 16–6 (7–4) | Carmichael Arena (1,952) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 6, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Duke Rivalry | L 61–71 | 16–7 (7–5) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,686) Durham, NC |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN | | Virginia Tech | L 63–72 | 16–8 (7–6) | Carmichael Arena (2,536) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN | | Syracuse | L 56–74 | 16–9 (7–7) | Carmichael Arena (1,564) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 16, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Boston College | L 75–93 | 16–10 (7–8) | Conte Forum (2,217) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 23, 2020 12:00 p.m., RSN | | at Wake Forest | L 79–82 $^{OT}$ | 16–11 (7–9) | LJVM Coliseum (1,520) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Notre Dame | L 65–83 | 16–12 (7–10) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,639) Notre Dame, IN |
| March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Duke Rivalry | L 54–73 | 16–13 (7–11) | Carmichael Arena (4,916) Chapel Hill, NC |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 4, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN | (12) | vs. (13) Wake Forest First round | L 73–83 | 16–14 | Greensboro Coliseum (2,795) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.