| Rae Rippetoe-Blair has led UTSA to a school-record 23 wins this season. |
SAN ANTONIO ? The Southland Conference Tournament Champion UTSAwomen’s basketball team will find out its NCAA first-round assignmenton Monday night, when the 64-team NCAA Division I bracket isrevealed live on ESPN from 6-7 p.m. A watch party for the team, fansand media is set from 5-7 p.m. at Fox & Hound, which is located at 12651Vance Jackson Road.
Trey Wingo, Stacey Dales and Kara Lawson will host the selection show from ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Conn.
The first- and second-round sites have been selected as follows: ThePit/Bob King Court (Albuquerque, N.M.); Pete Maravich Assembly Center(Baton Rouge, La.); Wells Fargo Arena at the Iowa Events Center (DesMoines, Iowa); Maples Pavillon (Stanford, Calif.); Bridgeport Arena atHarbor Yard (Bridgeport, Conn.); Comcast Center (College Park, Md.) andMackey Arena (West Lafayette, Ind.). Each regional site will featureeight teams (six games), with play running from March 22-25.
The Roadrunners, who have won a school-record 23 games, advanced totheir first-ever NCAA Tournament with a 65-56 win against Lamar in the2008 SLC Tournament Championship game on Saturday at the Merrell Centerin Katy.
At the conclusion of the selection show, members of the team and coaching staff will head toWollf Stadium to be honored during the seven inning of the UTSA/Texas baseball game.