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North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball School History

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 954-429 .690 W-L%

Conferences: ACC

Conference Champion: 4 Times (Reg. Seas.), 9 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 31 Years (51-30), 3 Final Fours, 1 Championship

NCAA Champion: 1994

Ranked in AP Poll: 25 Times (Preseason), 23 Times (Final), 455 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	ACC	20	13	.606	11	7	.611	20.96	15.69	67.8	62.5	16	16		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Courtney Banghart (20-13)
2	2022-23	ACC	22	11	.667	11	7	.611	24.41	15.29	68.9	59.8	12	6	19	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Courtney Banghart (22-11)
3	2021-22	ACC	25	7	.781	13	5	.722	29.57	12.22	73.1	55.8		16	17	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Courtney Banghart (25-7)
4	2020-21	ACC	13	11	.542	8	9	.471	17.82	10.45	74.7	67.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Courtney Banghart (13-11)
5	2019-20	ACC	16	14	.533	7	11	.389	15.25	8.52	73.1	66.4						Courtney Banghart (16-14)
6	2018-19	ACC	18	15	.545	8	8	.500	16.72	13.17	74.9	71.4				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Sylvia Hatchell (18-15)
7	2017-18	ACC	15	16	.484	4	12	.250	8.73	9.53	73.0	73.8						Sylvia Hatchell (15-16)
8	2016-17	ACC	15	16	.484	3	13	.188	9.16	9.10	72.2	72.1						Sylvia Hatchell (15-16)
9	2015-16	ACC	14	18	.438	4	12	.250	4.82	7.91	67.2	70.3	22	22				Sylvia Hatchell (14-18)
10	2014-15	ACC	26	9	.743	10	6	.625	22.07	12.01	75.3	65.3	13	6	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sylvia Hatchell (26-9)
11	2013-14	ACC	27	10	.730	10	6	.625	26.69	13.37	78.8	65.5	12	6	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	4	Sylvia Hatchell (27-10)
12	2012-13	ACC	29	7	.806	14	4	.778	19.39	10.70	68.9	60.2		11	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Sylvia Hatchell (29-7)
13	2011-12	ACC	20	11	.645	9	7	.563	16.35	6.87	69.4	59.2	19	14				Sylvia Hatchell (20-11)
14	2010-11	ACC	28	9	.757	8	6	.571	26.05	9.89	77.9	61.7	15	8	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Sylvia Hatchell (28-9)
15	2009-10	ACC	19	12	.613	6	8	.429	16.54	9.01	76.5	65.9	4	4		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Sylvia Hatchell (19-12)
16	2008-09	ACC	28	7	.800	10	4	.714	1.15	6.15	82.7	66.7	6	2	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Sylvia Hatchell (28-7)
17	2007-08	ACC	33	3	.917	14	0	1.000	16.55	4.80	86.3	64.0	8	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Sylvia Hatchell (33-3)
18	2006-07	ACC	34	4	.895	11	3	.786	29.06	11.86	83.7	54.2	2	2	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Sylvia Hatchell (34-4)
19	2005-06	ACC	33	2	.943	13	1	.929	15.81	6.61	82.2	59.9	7	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Sylvia Hatchell (33-2)
20	2004-05	ACC	30	4	.882	12	2	.857	22.21	7.96	79.4	59.0	9	2	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Sylvia Hatchell (30-4)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	ACC	24	7	.774	12	4	.750	-7.99	-2.99	72.8	58.5	14	9	12	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	4	Sylvia Hatchell (24-7)
22	2002-03	ACC	28	6	.824	13	3	.813	-18.88	-10.38	75.9	62.8	13	6	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Sylvia Hatchell (28-6)
23	2001-02	ACC	26	9	.743	11	5	.688	23.88	11.79	79.9			16	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sylvia Hatchell (26-9)
24	2000-01	ACC	15	14	.517	7	9	.438			76.5		22	22				Sylvia Hatchell (15-14)
25	1999-00	ACC	20	13	.606	8	8	.500			71.1		9	8		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Sylvia Hatchell (20-13)
26	1998-99	ACC	28	8	.778	11	5	.688			81.9		10	5	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sylvia Hatchell (28-8)
27	1997-98	ACC	27	7	.794	11	5	.688			79.2		5	5	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Sylvia Hatchell (27-7)
28	1996-97	ACC	29	3	.906	15	1	.938			78.4		23	4	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	1	Sylvia Hatchell (29-3)
29	1995-96	ACC	13	14	.481	8	8	.500			73.1		23	22				Sylvia Hatchell (13-14)
30	1994-95	ACC	30	5	.857	12	4	.750			82.6		6	3	11	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	3	Sylvia Hatchell (30-5)
31	1993-94	ACC	33	2	.943	14	2	.875			84.4		8	3	5	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	3	Sylvia Hatchell (33-2)
32	1992-93	ACC	23	7	.767	11	5	.688			74.1		22	12	17	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sylvia Hatchell (23-7)
33	1991-92	ACC	22	9	.710	9	7	.563			76.2			21		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Sylvia Hatchell (22-9)
34	1990-91	ACC	12	16	.429	2	12	.143			72.8							Sylvia Hatchell (12-16)
35	1989-90	ACC	13	15	.464	3	11	.214			76.4							Sylvia Hatchell (13-15)
36	1988-89	ACC	10	20	.333	1	13	.071			76.6							Sylvia Hatchell (10-20)
37	1987-88	ACC	10	17	.370	4	10	.286			70.3							Sylvia Hatchell (10-17)
38	1986-87	ACC	19	10	.655	9	5	.643								Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Sylvia Hatchell (19-10)
39	1985-86	ACC	23	9	.719	10	4	.714					17	13	16	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Jennifer Alley (23-9)
40	1984-85	ACC	21	11	.656	11	3	.786								Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Jennifer Alley (21-11)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	ACC	24	8	.750	9	5	.643						14	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Jennifer Alley (24-8)
42	1982-83	ACC	22	8	.733	10	3	.769						18	18	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Jennifer Alley (22-8)
43	1981-82	ACC	17	12	.586	10	3	.769										Jennifer Alley (17-12)

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