Mar 28, 2025; Birmingham, AL, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Courtney Banghart talks with a referee during the Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament basketball game against the Duke Blue Devils at Legacy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images

How UNC Women’s Basketball ACC Schedule Looks

Originally posted on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI
By Jeremiah Artacho | Last updated Sep 3, 2025 12:00 PM ET

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team now has its official ACC conference schedule. Head Coach Courtney Banghart and her coaching staff have assembled a talented roster during the offseason, despite losing experienced players from last season. It will be interesting to see how Coach Banghart utilizes her roster, considering the unique mix of players she now has heading into the 2025-2026 season.

Alyssa Utsby, Alexi Donarski, Maria Gakdeng and Grace Townsend have all left the program due to no more eligibility. In return, Coach Banghart has added talent with freshmen Nyla Brooks, Taliyah Henderson and Taissa Queiroz. Along with UCLA transfer Elina Aarnisalo, plus international talent Liza Astakhova from Russia.

The Tar Heels have a big exhibition game against this year's national championship runner-up, the South Carolina Gamecocks. That game will take place on October 30 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Besides the Gamecocks, North Carolina is taking on the following teams in its non-conference schedule:

NC Central

Elon

UCLA

Fairfield

North Carolina A&T

UNCG

South Dakota State

Kansas State

Columbia

Texas

Boston University

Tuesday afternoon, the ACC schedule was released, starting with a home game inside Carmichael Arena facing the Louisville Cardinals on Sunday, December 14 (the time has not been announced yet).

The 2025-2026 ACC Schedule

After Louisville, here is the rest UNC's conference schedule:

UNCW - December 17

Charleston Southern - December 21

Boston College - December 29

California - January 1

Stanford - January 4

Notre Dame - January 11

Miami - January 15

Florida State - January 18

Georgia Tech - January 22

Syracuse - January 25

NC State - February 2

Clemson - February 5

Wake Forest - February 8

SMU - February 12

Duke - February 15

Virginia Tech - February 19

Pittsburgh - February 22

Virginia - February 26

Duke - March 1

The matchup against Duke on March 1 will be the team's final tune-up before the ACC Tournament goes down, and eventually March Madness, if the team is selected, of course.

UNC is aiming to extend its past the Sweet 16 round, as the Tar Heels fell short to the Blue Devils this past March, ending their season effectively and immediately. However, the players who are returning, such as Lanie Grant, plus the newcomers, should be enough to propel them forward and have a better result in the future.

Unless things begin to go south.

Please

This article first appeared on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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