Wes Moore and UNC’s Banghart Both Spoke Yesterday about Her Jab at NC State this Summer

Yesterday was the ACC Tipoff for Women’s Basketball, and the media wasn’t going to let NC State Head Coach Wes Moore or UNC Head Coach Courtney Banghart get away without addressing Banghart’s comments about the Wolfpack this summer.

If you remember, back in August, Banghart was on a podcast, and said NC State fans “classless” and “mean”, and stated that she likes beating Duke more because they are more “relevant.”

Back in January she downplayed NC State selling out games because they play in a “small gym.”

So obviously the media wanted to stoke the fire some more, and asked Moore and Banghart about her comments.

Moore responded by saying: “We’re all classless sometimes. We have fun man. It’s all about doing it on the court. We’ll have fun with it. It’s getting media attention, right, so that’s good. We’ll just keep playing in that little gym, and hopefully we can keep packing it out, and win some games.” 

Banghart hilariously claimed that her comments were all a sneaky plan to bring publicity to the rivalry, and get their two matchups on ESPN.

“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, right, and guess what? Those two games are now on ESPN, and last year they weren’t, but the Duke game was. You’ve kind of got to do what you’ve got to do for your team and for Women’s Basketball. Whatever we have to do to put light on two of the best teams in the country, if I have to take a bullet to do it, I’ll do what I’ve got to do.”