Hillary Fuller was present for it all. For the ecstasy, hysteria and uncertainty. As a redshirt senior this year, she has lived through one of the most volatile five-year stretches in North Carolina women’s basketball history.
She still remembers the team in 2013-14, which was minutes away from securing its first Final Four berth since the 2006-07 season. In the same vein, she remembers a barren team two seasons later, which was in the midst of a rebuilding process after all four of North Carolina’s recruits from the top-ranked 2013 class transferred.
She played for head coach Sylvia Hatchell before, during and after Hatchell’s battle with leukemia that took her away from coaching for the 2013-14 season.