Duke, UNC Awarded No. 1 Seeds in Women's Tourney

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Duke, UNC Awarded No. 1 Seeds in Women's Tourney

Mar 13, 2007

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Durham, N.C. — Monday night was ladies' night for college basketball, and as expected, the Duke Blue Devils are the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

The Blue Devils, who went 29-0 in the regular season and then lost to North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals, will open up against No. 16 Holy Cross on Sunday in Raleigh. With a regional in Greensboro, Duke would stay in North Carolina until the Final Four in Cleveland.

Duke, ranked atop the AP Poll for the final nine weeks, hopes for better results than the last time the Blue Devils finished No. 1 - the 2003-04 final poll. They lost to Minnesota in the regional finals that season.

Others in the Greensboro regional are No. 8 Temple vs. No. 9 Nebraska, No. 4 Rutgers vs. No. 12 East Carolina, No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Delaware, No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 Brigham Young, No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 14 UC Riverside, No. 7 Bowling Green vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State, and No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 Delaware State.

"We're really excited. We're playing all year long, hoping to get a chance to stay in Raleigh, and stay in Greensboro which is about an hour and 15 minutes down the road," Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said.

Second-ranked North Carolina will have top billing in the Dallas region. The Tar Heels won the ACC women’s tournament by knocking off the Wolfpack in the finals last weekend.

Other games in the region include No. 8 California vs. No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 5 George Washington vs. No. 12 Boise State, No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 13 Texas-Arlington, No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Washington, No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 14 Belmont, No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. No. 10 DePaul, and No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Oral Roberts.

Connecticut was awarded the No. 1 seed in the Fresno region after finishing 29-3 overall, including a loss to Rutgers in the Big East tourney finals.

The sentimental choice in Fresno might be North Carolina State and coach Kay Yow. The Wolfpack, who have won 11 of the 13 games since Yow returned after breast cancer treatments, are the No. 4 seed in Fresno. They will play Robert Morris on Sunday in the first round in the Raleigh subregional.

Also in the West bracket, it will be: No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Chattanooga, No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11 West Virginia, and No. 7 Old Dominion vs. No. 10 Florida State.

The Tennessee Lady Vols are the top seed in the Dayton region after finishing their season 28-3 overall, including a perfect 15-0 mark in regular-season play in the Southeastern Conference.

Six-time champion Tennessee is now the only team that has competed in every NCAA tournament after Louisiana Tech didn't make the field this year. The Lady Vols, who are a No. 1 seed for the 17th time in 20 years, will open up Sunday against No. 16 Drake in Pittsburgh. The No. 8 Panthers will host No. 9 James Madison in the other game in that subregional.

Other games in the Dayton regional include: No. 5 Middle Tennessee, which has won 26 straight games, vs. No. 12 Gonzaga; No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Marist; No. 6 Marquette vs. No. 11 Louisiana-Lafayette; No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Southeast Missouri State; No. 7 Mississippi vs. No. 10 TCU.

The 64-team tournament begins Saturday.

Web Editor: Dana Franks

Most Recent Comments

Go DUKE!!!! if the men cant get it done, leave it up to the women to have to do it.

Yes, you can see where the article was updated at 9:07 pm last night. GO WOLFPACK!!!

Yes, I see they are today but I think the article was added to since I read it last night. I also heard this a.m. on news that Kay Yow's father passed away yesterday. We need to keep her in our thoughts and prayers.

they were mentioned pms50...maybe you got ahead of yourself.... The sentimental choice in Fresno might be North Carolina State and coach Kay Yow. The Wolfpack, who have won 11 of the 13 games since Yow returned after breast cancer treatments, are the No. 4 seed in Fresno. They will play Robert Morris on Sunday in the first round in the Raleigh subregional.

Read the story again. They most certainly are good enough to mention. Good luck to the Lady Wolfpack but my Tar Heels are going to take it all.

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