The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team, making its third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament, learned Monday night that it will face 16th-ranked Kansas State in the opening round Sunday in Bridgeport, Conn.
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Staff Photo By Kelly Wegel -- Alex Anderson signs a ball for a fan before the NCAA tournament selection show at Big River on Monday.
The Lady Mocs watched the tournament selection show on ESPN at a packed Big River Grille & Brewing Works, and the UTC fans on hand let out a roar when they saw the Lady Mocs were awarded the No. 12 seed in the New Orleans Regional. Kansas State, the regular-season champion of the Big 12, is a No. 5 seed.
“I really don’t know much about Kansas State,” UTC coach Wes Moore said. “I know they’ve had a great program for several years, and obviously the Big 12 is one of the best conferences in the country, so I know it will be a tough matchup.”
The Lady Mocs have won 24 games in a row, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I. They won their ninth straight Southern Conference regular-season title and third SoCon tournament in a row.
Defending national champion Tennessee, ranked No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll released Monday, received one of the four No. 1 seeds and will play No. 16 seed Oral Roberts (19-13) on Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Georgia (22-9), which limped into the NCAA tournament having lost half of its final 18 games, had to settle for a No. 8 seed. The Lady Bulldogs will face ninth-seeded Iowa (21-10) on Sunday in Norfolk, Va.
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Video: Lady Mocs to play Kansas StateUTC Lady Mocs are a No. 12 seed for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament and will play No. 5 seed Kansas State on Sunday in Bridgeport, Conn.
John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department. A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole ...
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