The Tar Heels lost to No. 1 Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals, but have won eight of their past 10 games and are playing their best basketball of the season.

For the first time in history, Duke and North Carolina will clash in the NCAA Tournament, adding another chapter to one of the fiercest rivalries in college basketball. The two ACC powerhouses have met 110 times in women’s basketball, but never with stakes this high.

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The last at-large team in the NCAA field, UNC couldn’t replicate its wire-to-wire spirited play from its First-Four win. The 11th-seeded Tar Heels fell behind early to No. 6 Ole Miss and never fully recovered.

NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup between the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels women with predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Duke women's basketball and North Carolina play Friday (1:30 p.m. CT, ESPN) in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA women's tournament. The No. 2 seeded Blue Devils (28-7) routed No. 15 seed Lehigh, 86 ...

Nyla Brooks, a five-star wing, led Bishop Ireton to the championship of the prestigious The Throne national tournament.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley knows how hard it is to repeat as champion. Her team has won three national championships in the past seven years, but the Gamecocks haven’t been able to defend their title either time,