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The University of Utah Athletics
Women's Basketball Earns NCAA Tournament At-Large Bid
3/13/2022 7:31 PM | Women's Basketball
The Utes return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah Women's Basketball program has earned an at-large selection to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, taking on No. 10 Arkansas as the No. 7-seed in the Spokane Region. It is Utah's first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011.Â
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Utah (20-11) and Arkansas (18-13) will play on Friday, March 18 in Austin, Texas in a first-round game. The game is set to tip at 3:30 p.m. MT from the Frank Erwin Center, and it will be aired on ESPNews with Angel Gray and Chelsea Gray on the call. Â
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The Utah Ticket Office will be selling tickets for NCAA Tournament and they are on sale now. Tickets will be $18 for the contests and are available here to purchase. Tickets will be digital, and the tickets will cover both games on Friday. Â
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"We are excited and pleased with our seeding," remarked head coach Lynne Roberts. "We get a chance to play Arkansas, who is a very good team. We knew we were in but we didn't know where we would be. We are excited for this opportunity and I am so proud of our team."
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The Utes earned an at-large bid after collecting the 29th 20-win season in program history and finishing the season 20-11. Utah closed out the season on a strong note, winning three games at the Pac-12 Tournament and advancing to its first championship game appearance.Â
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Utah is the highest-scoring team in the Pac-12 (17th NCAA), averaging 76.0 points per game, and is on pace for the third-highest figure in school history and highest since 1980-81. Utah also leads the Pac-12 in three-pointers made (5th NCAA; school-record 291), three-point attempts (6th NCAA; 825), assists (32nd NCAA; 473), assists per game (47th NCAA; 15.3), free throws made (11th NCAA; 452) and free throw attempts (37th NCAA; 578).
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This season, the Utes finished sixth in the Pac-12, which ties their highest finish in school history. Utah's Gianna Kneepkens was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-12 selection. Kennady McQueen was a Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection, and Kneepkens and Jenna Johnson earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorees. Kneepkens is only the second Ute to take home the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors. She is the first since the 2019 season.Â
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Arkansas finished eighth in the SEC this season and was eliminated by South Carolina in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. The Razorbacks finished the year with a record of 18-13. This is Arkansas' 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Â
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This will be the fourth meeting between these two schools in program history. The last meeting came during the 2011-12 season when the Utes traveled to Fayetteville.
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Utah (20-11) and Arkansas (18-13) will play on Friday, March 18 in Austin, Texas in a first-round game. The game is set to tip at 3:30 p.m. MT from the Frank Erwin Center, and it will be aired on ESPNews with Angel Gray and Chelsea Gray on the call. Â
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The Utah Ticket Office will be selling tickets for NCAA Tournament and they are on sale now. Tickets will be $18 for the contests and are available here to purchase. Tickets will be digital, and the tickets will cover both games on Friday. Â
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"We are excited and pleased with our seeding," remarked head coach Lynne Roberts. "We get a chance to play Arkansas, who is a very good team. We knew we were in but we didn't know where we would be. We are excited for this opportunity and I am so proud of our team."
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This will be the Utes' 18th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first under Roberts. The Utes have been a seventh-seed once before, coming in the 1998 tournament. The highest the Utes have been seeded is the fifth seed, in the 2006 NCAA Tournament.A GREAT DAY TO BE A UTE! ?? pic.twitter.com/F0jhkBY24e
— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) March 14, 2022
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The Utes earned an at-large bid after collecting the 29th 20-win season in program history and finishing the season 20-11. Utah closed out the season on a strong note, winning three games at the Pac-12 Tournament and advancing to its first championship game appearance.Â
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Utah is the highest-scoring team in the Pac-12 (17th NCAA), averaging 76.0 points per game, and is on pace for the third-highest figure in school history and highest since 1980-81. Utah also leads the Pac-12 in three-pointers made (5th NCAA; school-record 291), three-point attempts (6th NCAA; 825), assists (32nd NCAA; 473), assists per game (47th NCAA; 15.3), free throws made (11th NCAA; 452) and free throw attempts (37th NCAA; 578).
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This season, the Utes finished sixth in the Pac-12, which ties their highest finish in school history. Utah's Gianna Kneepkens was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-12 selection. Kennady McQueen was a Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection, and Kneepkens and Jenna Johnson earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honorees. Kneepkens is only the second Ute to take home the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors. She is the first since the 2019 season.Â
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Arkansas finished eighth in the SEC this season and was eliminated by South Carolina in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. The Razorbacks finished the year with a record of 18-13. This is Arkansas' 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Â
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This will be the fourth meeting between these two schools in program history. The last meeting came during the 2011-12 season when the Utes traveled to Fayetteville.
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Bring on the madness. ?? #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/MShN5OWThr
— Utah Women's Basketball (@UTAHWBB) March 14, 2022
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