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The Women's College Basketball Belt

North Carolina

7Reigns
379Days held
33Defenses
1993First reign

Every reign

  1. 7th reignBeat Virginia Tech 68–63 · lost to Wake Forest
    Feb 28, 2021 – Mar 4, 20214 days · 0 def.
  2. 6th reignBeat NC State 60–54 · lost to Tennessee
    Mar 4, 2007 – Apr 1, 200728 days · 4 def.
  3. 5th reignBeat UConn 71–65 · lost to Penn State
    Nov 21, 2004 – Dec 5, 200414 days · 5 def.
  4. 4th reignBeat NC State 90–71 · lost to Stanford
    Mar 4, 1995 – Mar 23, 199519 days · 3 def.
  5. 3rd reignBeat Clemson 82–69 · lost to NC State
    Feb 15, 1995 – Feb 19, 19954 days · 0 def.
  6. 2nd reignBeat Louisiana Tech 60–59 · lost to Duke
    Apr 3, 1994 – Jan 25, 1995297 days · 18 def.
  7. 1st reignBeat NC State 71–47 · lost to Virginia
    Jan 27, 1993 – Feb 9, 199313 days · 3 def.

Same school, other belts

5,082Longest wait between reigns, days (2007–2021)
1,647Average wait, days
2,080Days since the last reign ended (2021)
23–3Best belt season (1994–95)

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2025–2610–1
2023–2420–2
2020–2131–211
2010–1110–1
2009–1010–1
2007–0810–1
2006–0785–311
2004–0586–211
2003–0410–1
1997–9810–1
1994–952623–323
1993–9411–01
1992–9354–111
1990–9130–3

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