SAN ANTONIO ? The UTSA women’s basketball team learned its NCAA Tournament draw on Monday evening and the No. 15 seed Roadrunners (24-8) will face second-seeded Baylor (27-5) in the first round on Sunday, March 22, in Lubbock. The game will be televised on ESPN2 with a tip-off slated for 30 minutes following the conclusion of the 6 p.m. game between No. 7 South Dakota State and No. 10 TCU.
The winners will advance to the second-round game, which is set for Tuesday, March 24, at United Spirit Arena on the campus of Texas Tech. The four teams are in the Raleigh Regional with Maryland as the top seed.
The Roadrunners, who qualified for their second consecutive NCAA Tournament, successfully defended their Southland Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday with a 74-63 victory against UT Arlington in Katy. UTSA earned a No. 15 seed last year in the program’s first-ever NCAA postseason appearance and lost to second-seeded Texas A&M in the first round in Baton Rouge, La.
The Lady Bears won the Big 12 Tournament, 72-63, against Texas A&M on Sunday to earn that league’s automatic bid.
The first- and second-round sites have been selected as follows: The Pit/Bob King Court (Albuquerque, N.M.); McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Nationwide Arena (Columbus, Ohio); Arena at Gwinnett (Duluth, Ga.); Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.); Louis Brown Athletics Center (Piscataway, N.J.); Cox Arena (San Diego, Calif.); Bank of America Arena (Seattle, Wash.); Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, La.); E.A. Diddle Arena (Bowling Green, Ky.); Comcast Center (College Park, Md.); Jack Breslin Student Events Center (East Lansing, Mich.); Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa); United Spirit Arena (Lubbock, Texas); Joyce Center (Notre Dame, Ind.); and Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn.). Each regional site will feature four teams (three games), with play running from March 21-24.
