For the second straight season under Kim Mulkey, LSU will serve as the venue for the first two rounds of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
A first round match against 14th place Hawaii (18-14) will be played in Baton Rouge on Friday, March 17 at approximately 4:30pm CT on ESPN2.
Also in the PMAC on Friday at 2pm CT on ESPNU will be a matchup between Michigan (22-9) and UNLV (31-2), seeded at No. 6.
No. 14 Hawaii at No. 3 LSU
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WHEN: Friday 4:30 p.m
WHERE: Pete Maravich Convention Center
TV: ESPN2
RECORDS: Hawaii 18-14, tournament winners in Big West; LSU 28-2, second place, Southeastern Conference.
SHORT ABOUT HAWAII: This is the second straight NCAA tournament appearance for Hawaii, who made it as the No. 15 seed last year and lost in the first round to Baylor. This year didn’t start well. The Rainbow Wahine lost six of their first seven games but finished third in the Big West behind UC Irvine and Long Beach State. Hawaii then made a spirited run through the conference tournament, coming back from a 15-point deficit in the third quarter to beat UC Santa Barbara 61-59 in Saturday’s championship game. Their strongest wins of the season came against Long Beach, who ranked 97th on the RPI.
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ABOUT LSU: Kim Mulkey said her job is to put up more banners at the PMAC. She has a real chance of hanging a Final Four banner already. The Tigers were a predicted No. 2 during their run through the SEC schedule, but a surprise loss to Tennessee in the conference tournament, as well as so-so schedule strength (82nd in the nation) due in part to LSU being in this season started with so many new pieces. Reese is the superstar, but senior Alexis Morris and freshman Flau’jae Johnson have played significant roles.
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