The women's team will face Auburn for the second time this season in the opening round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The sixth-seeded Colonials will tip-off with the 11th-seeded Tigers on Saturday in Palo Alto, California at two p.m. Eastern Time. You can view the rest of the bracket here.
#20/19 GW won 68-66 at #18/18 Auburn on January 3. In that one, Lisa Steele hit a three-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to give the Colonials a tough road victory. You can find more information from that game here.
Very odd that the committee would go with a regular season rematch in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. During our Selection Monday special (the full audio is below), GW coach Joe McKeown said he couldn't remember such an instance in all his years of coaching.
On paper, it's a favorable road for the Colonials. They get Auburn, a team they beat earlier in the season that has lost four of its last six games, on a neutral floor in the first round. If the seeds hold, California would be the next opponent. If it comes to that, the Golden Bears should bring a sizable crowd, as the campus is fewer than 40 miles from Stanford. However, facing California would not be as bad for the Colonials as traveling to Norfolk, VA to visit Old Dominion would have been. In addition, out of all of the three seeds, I would much rather face the Golden Bears than the likes of Baylor, Duke, or Oklahoma State.
The team will be leaving for California on either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. We'll be updating frequently from the west coast, so please check back often.
Anyhow, here is the full audio from our Selection Monday special. Thanks to Jesse Hooker, the Sports Information Director for the women's team, for helping us put everything together. We also have to thank our guests Jack Kvancz, Mike Bozeman, Whitney Allen, and McKeown. Enjoy!
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