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Princeton Earns 11 Seed and Faces St. John's in NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2010 | Women's Basketball
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PRINCETON, N.J. (3/15/10) - The Princeton women's basketball team has been chosen as a No. 11 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament and will face No. 6 seed St. John's in Tallahassee, Fla., in the first round. The teams will tip off on Saturday, March 20 at 12:21 p.m., on ESPN 2.
This is the highest seed an Ivy League team has ever received in the tournament.
Princeton is 26-2 overall and earned the Ivy League automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after going undefeated, 14-0, in the league. This is Princeton's first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
The winner will move on to the second round and face the winner of the (3) Florida State / (14) Louisana Tech. That game is slated for Monday, March 22 with a game time still to be determined.
All session tickets are $27 for adults, $17 for students. Single session tickets are $16 for adults and $11 for students. To buy tickets call the Princeton Ticket Office at (609) 258-4TIX.
Head coach Courtney Banghart, senior Tani Brown and freshman Niveen Rasheed participated in the Ivy League Postseason Teleconference on Tuesday, March 16 to discuss winning the Ivy League and about the match up with St. John's. Click here to here the audio of the call.