Women's Basketball

UNC went to the Sweet 16 last season. What should we expect this year? And can N.C. State defend its ACC title for the fourth straight year?

Conference realignment has the power to change what college sports look like. The reality is, when a team switches conferences, it doesn’t impact just one sport. In the crossfire, women’s sports can be overlooked and become an afterthought.

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4. Gray went 9 of 13 from the floor, and was named MVP after averaging 18 points over the run.

Megan Gebbia had spent the past nine seasons at American, leading the Eagles to three NCAA Tournament bids while twice being named the Patriot League coach of the year. Last year's team won 23 games and reached the NCAAs.

Wake Forest has fired women's basketball coach Jen Hoover, parting ways with the former Demon Deacons player after 10 seasons.

Jakia Brown-Turner hit a 3-pointer to force the second overtime and led N.C. State with 20 points. The Huskies beat North Carolina State 91-87 in a double-overtime thriller. Paige Bueckers scored 15 of her 27 points in the two extra periods.

Raina Perez’s steal at midcourt and layup with 14 seconds left lifted top-seeded N.C. State to a 66-63 win over fifth-seed Notre Dame on Saturday in the Bridgeport Region semifinals.

Top-seeded South Carolina moved on to the Elite Eight with a 69-61 victory over North Carolina in the women's NCAA Tournament. The 32-2 Gamecocks will take on either No. 3 seed Iowa State or 10th-seeded Creighton in the Greensboro Region for a spot in the Final Four on Sunday.

Courtney Banghart's Tar Heels are coming home to face South Carolina, while Wes Moore's N.C. State squad heads to Connecticut. Here’s how UNC and N.C. State won this past weekend, and what lies ahead for them.

The Tar Heels aren’t the only team from North Carolina that will be playing in the NCAA women’s tournament. Joining them will be N.C. State, one of the tournament’s top seeds, and Charlotte.