The 2025-2026 UNC women’s basketball season is starting to take shape. After recently announcing an exhibition against 3-time national champion South Carolina, the Tar Heels teased their fans with another exciting announcement.
On Tuesday morning, North Carolina announced its entire non-conference schedule. UNC will be tested plenty, with eight opponents making this year’s NCAA Tournament.
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The Tar Heels will begin their regular season on Monday, November 3 against NC Central, then host in-state opponent Elon three days later. North Carolina will spend nearly three weeks away from home: facing UCLA (Nov. 13) and Fairfield (Nov. 15) in the inaugural WBCA Challenge, then traveling to Greensboro for a Nov. 20 clash with North Carolina A&T.
UNC hosts UNC-Greensboro on Nov. 23, then travels south to sunny Mexico for the Cancun Challenge (dates TBD), where South Dakota State, Columbia and Kansas State await.
North Carolina’s grueling non-conference schedule continues Thursday, December 4 in the ACC-SEC Challenge at Texas, a reigning Final Four participant. The Tar Heels make their long-awaited return home on Dec. 7, when they’ll host Boston University, before closing out non-conference play against UNC-Wilmington (Dec. 17) and Charleston Southern (Dec. 21).
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UNC will have 10 returners from last year’s team, which made a Sweet 16 appearance for the second time in four seasons, including starting guards Reniya Kelly and Indya Nivar. North Carolina will have find post production, though, as Alyssa Ustby and and Maria Gakdeng exhausted their eligibility.
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