Alabama Earns NCAA Tournament Berth , Set to Play Baylor in First Round
3/12/2023 9:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will make its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years when the team tips off against Baylor on Saturday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will make its second NCAA appearance in three years after earning an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
Competing in the Seattle 3 Region, the Crimson Tide (20-10) will play as a 10th seed and will take on seventh-seeded Baylor (19-12) on Saturday, March 18 in Storrs, Connecticut.
Times and television information will be released at a later date.
Alabama in the NCAA Tournament
- Alabama earned the program's 12th NCAA Tournament berth
- The Crimson Tide has made the tournament twice in the last three years, after also advancing to the 2021 tournament
- UA made eight consecutive trips from 1992-99 after its initial two in the 80s (1984, 88)
- Head Coach Kristy Curry will make her 11th trip to the NCAA Tournament, after capturing berths to the Big Dance at Purdue (2000-06) and Texas Tech (2011, 13) prior to UA's 2021 appearance
- Alabama is 17-11 all-time in the NCAA Tournament
- The Crimson Tide's deepest run came in 1994 with the team advancing to the Final Four
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