North Carolina women’s basketball has its 2026-27 home slate set, and single-game tickets are now available for all 18 games at Carmichael Arena.
The Tar Heels will play nine non-conference games and nine Atlantic Coast Conference matchups at home in year eight of the Courtney Banghart era. Carolina has been hard to beat in its own building lately, too, with 25 home wins over the last two seasons.
The first look at this year’s team comes Sunday, Oct. 18, when North Carolina hosts Davidson in an open exhibition at 1 p.m. ET. Admission is free and open to all.
Single-game and season tickets remain on sale for the 2026-27 season. Fans can find more information at goheels.com/tickets or contact the UNC Athletic Ticket Office at 919-926-2296 or tickets@unc.edu.
The home schedule begins with NC Central on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m., followed by Gardner-Webb on Nov. 24, Army on Nov. 27 and Brown on Nov.
- One of the earliest marquee dates comes Dec. 2, when LSU visits for the SEC/ACC Challenge at 7:15 p.m.
December also brings home games against Elon on Dec. 6, Winthrop on Dec.
9, NC State on Dec. 13, Georgia Tech on Dec.
17, Norfolk State on Dec. 21 and UNCW on Dec. 28.
Conference play continues after the new year with Wake Forest on Jan. 7, Boston College on Jan.
17, Notre Dame on Jan. 28, Duke on Jan.
31, Virginia Tech on Feb. 7, Florida State on Feb. 21 and Virginia on Feb.
All times are ET.
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