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The Women's College Basketball Belt

NC State

8Reigns
185Days held
26Defenses
1990First reign

Every reign

  1. 8th reignBeat Colorado 78–60 · lost to Virginia Tech
    Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 7, 202443 days · 7 def.
  2. 7th reignBeat Louisville 58–56 · lost to Indiana
    Mar 7, 2021 – Mar 27, 202120 days · 2 def.
  3. 6th reignBeat South Carolina 54–46 · lost to Virginia Tech
    Dec 3, 2020 – Jan 28, 202156 days · 8 def.
  4. 5th reignBeat Duke 70–65 · lost to North Carolina
    Mar 3, 2007 – Mar 4, 20071 day · 0 def.
  5. 4th reignBeat North Carolina 88–86 · lost to North Carolina
    Feb 19, 1995 – Mar 4, 199513 days · 3 def.
  6. 3rd reignBeat Clemson 79–71 · lost to North Carolina
    Jan 24, 1993 – Jan 27, 19933 days · 0 def.
  7. 2nd reignBeat Clemson 84–61 · lost to UConn
    Mar 4, 1991 – Mar 21, 199117 days · 1 def.
  8. 1st reignBeat Tennessee 90–77 · lost to Clemson
    Dec 1, 1990 – Jan 2, 199132 days · 5 def.

Same school, other belts

5,023Longest wait between reigns, days (2007–2020)
1,701Average wait, days
1,041Days since the last reign ended (2024)
12–2Best belt season (2020–21)

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2024–2510–1
2023–24128–411
2021–2210–1
2020–211412–222
2006–0741–311
2003–0410–1
2002–0310–1
2000–0110–1
1998–9910–1
1994–9564–211
1992–9331–211
1990–91128–422

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