Yeah, I felt like the only advantage dook had was in athleticism and Henderson is the one who brings that. I will never understand her substitution patterns.
dook Preview and Game Thread
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I would like to see the foul distribution for this game. I know there was a big disparity. I wonder why Henderson did not play today too? We had our chances to win. A couple of missed lay ups at point blank range.
And I thought refs were required to review those if a coach requested it?
Going to need a bit better from EA than what we got today.
An AI comment on the FT situation:
Based on available reports from the 2025-26 women's NCAA basketball season, at least one instance has occurred where a team did not attempt a single free throw. West Virginia held Arizona State to zero free throw attempts on January 21, 2026, which was noted as a historic, rare occurrence in the sport.
So like CB said, our team played in historic circumstances.
Based on available reports from the 2025-26 women's NCAA basketball season, at least one instance has occurred where a team did not attempt a single free throw. West Virginia held Arizona State to zero free throw attempts on January 21, 2026, which was noted as a historic, rare occurrence in the sport.
So like CB said, our team played in historic circumstances.
She’s a 4 and Taissa played 22 min and rightfully so….
Who would you have taken out? Toomey, Harris or Taissa?
I think their excuse was because they went too long to review it they couldn't do it at that point. Our assistant coach and Banghart were all over it right away, yet the refs didn't even think about stopping play.
What an effort by our ladies today. It’s not a moral victory. But I thought we grew a lot- especially since the Louisville and Stanford games. Taissa and Brooks were great and they’ve got 3+ years left. They’re going to be special.
-7 more made FGs
-+8 on the boards
-19 offensive rebounds
-46 paint points
-we rebounded half of our misses
-we took care of the ball much better this half
-19 assists
we lead in every category except the one fascinating one. Guys, we’ve got a good team. And they’re growing fast and at the right time
-7 more made FGs
-+8 on the boards
-19 offensive rebounds
-46 paint points
-we rebounded half of our misses
-we took care of the ball much better this half
-19 assists
we lead in every category except the one fascinating one. Guys, we’ve got a good team. And they’re growing fast and at the right time
Can you list the games? Interesting to see if they forced the ball inside for 40 minutes or jacked up 3s
Can’t blame the players or coaches IMO. The ladies played hard. The coaches had the right game plan and made good adjustments from 1st to 2nd half. But if you’re like me and looking to get out some frustration, email the ACC about these 3. So clearly tipping the scales in a quality game like this one is wrong:
Referee: Pualani Spurlock
Referee:Katie Lukanich
Officiating Crew
Referee:Maj ForsbergReferee: Pualani Spurlock
Referee:Katie Lukanich
Why rightfullly so? TQ played a good balanced game (8pts/7reb/3ast/3TO) but wasn’t dominant enough that Henderson shouldn’t get any play even if it’s at the three.
IMO, Henderson gives us speed on defense and is a three dimension threat offensively. She’s very disruptive defensively jumping the passing lanes and uses her quickness to drive while also being a threat from three. It makes zero sense that each time she has a great game, the following games she doesn’t play at all or a couple of minutes. That sort of PT inconsistency is what opens the door for transfers at the end of the season to seek consistent recognition of a player’s talents.
Coach answered this, and her post game presser, if you want to watch the video.
And if the other team played full court man to man defense the entire game! I officiated college basketball for 25 years and I’ve NEVER seen anything like that!
She used to work with them at DSPN. Thus the hero worship.
Absolutely crazy that we got 0 FTs. And YES obviously that was the difference maker. If ever there was a presser where CB should call something out forcefully, this was it. And she did, mostly. But I think her verbiage needed to be even stronger. As in fine-level worthy, in order to truly call attention to it. Otherwise, she's just a complainer.
So I for one am angry and dismayed. But not willing to 'call for investigations', as this is just bull-crap when your own coach doesn't call for it.
We beat them in just about every statistical category, on their GD home court. Except the GD FTs. What to say.
So I for one am angry and dismayed. But not willing to 'call for investigations', as this is just bull-crap when your own coach doesn't call for it.
We beat them in just about every statistical category, on their GD home court. Except the GD FTs. What to say.
I normally don’t mind Maj. but Katie (blondie) and Pualani are horrible.
Plus they( dook)had several shots in the first half that bounced all around the rim and fell in. Once off the backboard even.
I agree. Maj is usually fine, but guilty by association today. As soon as I saw Katie I was worried. But again, I’m used to terrible officiating on BOTH sides, which is standard ACCWBB. Never seen it as 1-sided as today.
I agree with everyone about the difference in FT's. However before the year started I thought our weakness was at point guard. I honestly thought that EA would be better in that position than she has turned out to be. We didn't lose b/c of EA,but we did lose the game at the point guard position. I've said all season that the only guard that can beat their defender with the dribble is IN, however she isn't a point guard. I sure hope CB can find a quick point guard that can beat their defender with the dribble. All that guard has to be able to do is protect the ball and distribute the ball. I think there will be enough scoring, hopefully she can make her layups. I'm not upset with this loss, I do think we were robbed by the zebra's today. Move on from this loss and win the next game.
Also, the men's team doesn't have a guard that is quick enough to get by their defender.
Also, the men's team doesn't have a guard that is quick enough to get by their defender.
Katie Lukanich is just a bad official.
Hope Duke beats NC State in the most painful way possible for the Wuffies.
I appreciate and respect TQ’s game more and more with each outing.
Everyone in this game who played double digit minutes made multiple mistakes that affected the score.
My bet is the other 4 were extremely lopsided where the team who did not shoot one was outclassed.
UNC played 9 deep. At the 3-5 positions we chose Toomey, Harris, Nivar, Queiroz , Brooks, Thomas and Hull over Henderson. we went 2 deep across every position except guard (because Kelly was out)
no team in p4 plays deeper than that in close games. So it is either/or. Someone above will sit to bring Henderson in.
I have been a big fan of Henderson all season; she is the only player I have felt worthy of more, and I have said it here more than once.
Banghart was asked about Henderson post-game and she addressed it directly. She said that Dook uses complicated offensive actions that take Dook players years to learn, and it takes our players a good bit to learn how to defend. She contrasted that with SMU (taking strays, lol) that as a team is not as technical yet (new roster) and their players do not have the talent to punish any mistakes. So Henderson played vs SMU extensively, but not ready for Dook.
and she stressed that Queiroz has been here an extra semester and has learned more.
so the basic answer here is that while Henderson is easily top 8 on this team in individual talent, she is not top ten in team defense execution.
some of this a paraphrase. A lot us me reading between the lines.
Whether we agree with CB or not is certainly worthy of debate, Henderson passes every eye test to me. her hustle is top notch. And her offensive efficiency is at the top for this team. But I do remind myself that the coaches are working with much more information than we have.
also worth noting that Toomey did not play at Dook last year. She had a learning curve too (in coaches’ eyes at least.) henderson is part of a trend, not an outlier.
The fine is $10,000 and it is paid directly by coaches, not UNC. Dabo Swinney can afford that, it is 1/1000th of his salary. most WBB coaches are going to feel that; I can’t remember the last one who willingly took that plunge. It would be 1/40th of CB’s salary.
And it would accomplish nothing except make herself and fans feel better.
Even though we lost, this might have been our best game of the season, maybe tied with the NCSU win. I like our trajectory - big contrast with NCSU, who got crushed at ND today. VT looks really good, but I think our post play will be much better. There were times today Toomey looked unguardable, and Harris was absolutely dominating the glass. Psyched for the end of the regular season, the Dook rematch, and the ACC tournament! And agree with everyone who says more Taliyah!
Agreed, if we play the same way in the 2nd or 3rd round of the NCAA tournament as we did today, I think we're likely going to win that game.
I watched the TX/TN game and they mentioned it several times. Said they’d never seen anything like it and it’s unheard of.
The NET rankings took notice of the game result, if not the ridiculous FT disparity. dook dropped one spot to 10 and we moved up one to 18, since we easily covered the spread.