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A historic season for BYU Women’s Basketball continues Saturday as they open play in the NCAA Tournament. The no. 6 Cougars will be taking on the 11-seed Villanova Wildcats in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
BYU ended the season as the WCC regular season champs, with a 26-3 record. A 6-seed is the program’s highest ever (was previously a 7). The Cougars’ last game was played on Mar. 8 in Las Vegas for the WCC tournament title. They fell to Gonzaga, 71-59.
The Villanova Wildcats are 23-8 overall. They came in second place (to UConn) in the Big East Conference and also lost their conference tournament final, 70-40 in favor of UConn being the final score. That game was on Mar. 7.
BYU and Villanova have only met one other time, in 1995. It was a neutral site game that Villanova won.
Here’s how you can watch and support the Cougars in the Big Dance:
Game Date/Time:
- Sat. Mar. 19, 11:00 a.m. MT
Location:
- Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Game Notes:
Channel:
- ESPN News
Online Stream:
TV Broadcast Team:
- Sam Gore (play-by-play)
- Aja Ellison (analyst)
Radio Coverage:
- BYU Radio SiriusXM 143 and 107.9 FM
- BYURadio.org/BYU Radio app
- BYUCougars.com/BYU Cougars app
- BYU Gameday app.
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