When the brackets for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament are released Monday, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga could win up playing anywhere from Duke’s legendary Cameron Indoor Stadium to Tempe, Ariz.
The Lady Mocs (24-8) won their 13th Southern Conference tournament last week, their eighth under coach Wes Moore. Despite winning the SoCon regular-season and tournament titles, UTC is expected to be a 14 or 15 seed.
“There’s no way of knowing — nobody knows — so I don’t even worry about it,” Moore said of where UTC might wind up in the field of 64.
While Moore might not be paying attention to the projections on ESPN.com and other Web sites, his players have been. Freshman forward Erin Helton said the Lady Mocs, who returned to practice Saturday after a short spring break, have seen and discussed the predictions.
Helton said she didn’t really care what seed UTC was or where the team plays in the first round. However, when it comes to a first-round opponent, Helton said she’d “prefer not to play UConn — anybody but UConn would be great.”