Completed Event: Women's Basketball at Eastern Kentucky on March 19, 2026 , Loss , 58, to, 72
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Women's Basketball
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at Eastern Kentucky
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The University of Utah Athletics
Women's Hoops Head To NCAA First and Second Rounds
3/13/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 13, 2000
Salt Lake City - Just the Facts: The McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Champion University of Utah (23-7, 11-3 MWC) enters the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region and will face the No. 6-seed University of Illinois (22-10) in the first round at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, on Fri., Mar. 17. Utah is making its 10th NCAA appearance. The Utes made their last appearance in 1998 and stand 1-9 in NCAA tournament play. They claimed their only win over Iowa State (66-57) in Charlottesville, Va., in 1997.
Utah claimed the first-ever McLeodUSA MWC Tournament Championship by defeating in-state rival Brigham Young, 61-47, on Sat., Mar. 11, in Las Vegas, Nev. Utah defeated No. 5 UNLV 67-65, in the semifinals on Fri., Mar. 10. UNLV ended its season with a 17-12 overall record, 8-6 in the MWC. No. 1 Utah defeated No. 8 Air Force 65-29, in the quarterfinals on Wed., Mar. 8. Air Force ended its season with a 4-24 overall record, 1-13 in the MWC.
NCAA Tournament Schedule (All Times Central):
Friday, March 17 (First Round)
Game 1: No. 6 Illinois vs. No. 11 Utah, 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Game 2: No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 St. Francis (PA), 30 minutes following Game 1
Sunday, March 19 (Second Round)
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 8:35 p.m.
Utah: 66, Cincinnati: 73 | Big 12 Tournament | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Wednesday, March 11
Utah: 75, Baylor: 101 | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, March 08
Utah: 78, Colorado: 92 | Utah Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Utah: 81, Colorado: 67 | Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference
Sunday, March 01