Louisville women’s basketball discovered their NCAA tournament fate last night. They are the 6th-seed in the Albany 2 Region bracket and will be playing MTSU in Baton Rouge.
Louisville and MTSU are scheduled to play Friday March 22nd, around 1:30pm on ESPN2.
Time to dance 💃@LouisvilleWBB is heading to Baton Rouge to face Middle Tennessee in the First Round!#GoCards x #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/lkVoShKdcX
— Louisville Athletics (@GoCards) March 18, 2024
The Cards and the Blue Raiders are no strangers. The last time these two teams squared off, MTSU whooped up on the Cards pretty good, to the tune of 67-49 in Murfreesboro, TN. Louisville was led in scoring by Olivia Cochran who had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Hailey Van Lith added 12 points and 10 rebounds on 4-18 shooting and had 5 turnovers in 40 minutes of action. The Blue Raiders do return a lot of their players, most notably Savannah Wheeler, Courtney Whitson, and Anastasiia Boldyreva.
The dance begins Friday in Baton Rouge 👇
Details: https://t.co/DGCCcWNUpR#GoCards x #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/YkXeHqmaIk
— Louisville Women’s Basketball (@LouisvilleWBB) March 18, 2024
This will be the 9th all-time meeting between the two schools. Louisville leads the all-time series 6-2.
Top Seeds/Host Seeds:
1) Iowa
2) UCLA
3) LSU
4) Kansas State
This will be the 26th all-time appearance for the Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament and the 15th appearance in the 16 tournaments under head coach Jeff Walz. This is the 13th-straight tournament the Cardinals have played in and they are 44-25 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Since Walz arrived in 2007, the Cardinals are 40-14 in the tournament and have advanced to 12 Sweet 16’s, eight Elite Eights, four Final Fours, and have been in the championship game twice.
The Cards are no stranger to playing their first 2 rounds in Baton Rouge. In fact, Louisville’s first ever trip to the Final Four & Championship Game appearance started in Baton Rouge, LA.
