Dawgs Earn No. 7 Seed, Face Pennsylvania
March 15, 2016 | Women's Basketball
SEATTLE -- Selection Monday is complete and Washington earned a No. 7 seed in the Lexington Region and will face 10th-seeded Pennsylvania in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will be Saturday, March 19, at 1 p.m., PT in College Park, Md.
The Dawgs (22-10) return to the Big Dance for the second-straight season and 18th time in school history. They will face the Ivy League Champs in Penn (24-4) in a game played at Maryland. The Terrapins (30-3) are the No. 2 seed in the region and will face 15th-seed Iona (23-11) in the game preceding the Dawgs and Quakers. The winner of the two first round games will then play Monday, March 21, at a time to be announced back on the home floor of Maryland.
The Dawgs are 15-17 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a best finish of advancing to the Regional Finals in both 1990 and 2001. Last, year the sixth-seed Huskies fell in the first round to Miami (Fla.), 86-80.
Washington was one of five Pac-12 teams selected for the NCAA Tournament this year as co-conference champions Oregon State and Arizona State earned No. 2 seeds, UCLA earned a No. 3 seed and Stanford earned a No. 4. UCLA and Stanford were the two NCAA Tournament teams the Dawgs defeated this season, playing a total of 10 games against teams in the field.
After advancing to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament and playing three games in three days, the Huskies got some well-deserved rest last week, but returned to practice Monday after learning their opponent.
Visit the Tournament Central page for ticket information and more coverage of the Huskies' trip to the NCAA Tournament.
