Muldrow product, Auburn women earn NCAA bid, face Arizona in First Four

Sports

March 19, 2024

By AUBURN UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELATIONS,

AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn women’s basketball team is getting on its dancing shoes for the first time in five years as the Tigers earned a berth in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the NCAA announced Sunday night.

The Tigers (20-11) are headed to Storrs, Conn., where they will meet Arizona (17-15) in a First Four game at 6 p.m. Thursday at Gampel Pavilion.

Auburn, seeded 11th in the Portland 3 Regional, will be making its 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2019. It will be the first time for the Tigers to participate in the First Four, which was added to the NCAA Women’s Tournament beginning with the 2022 season.

The winner of that game will face sixth-seeded Syracuse in the first round at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Third-seeded and host Connecticut faces 14-seed Jackson State in the other first-round match-up.

The Tigers will be facing Arizona for the second time in program history. The teams previously met Dec. 19, 2000, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the Tigers won 69-66.

Auburn is making its second visit to Storrs for postseason play. The Tigers faced Connecticut on its home court in the Sweet 16 in 1994.

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