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No. 13 Women's Basketball Meets the Press on NCAA Practice Day
March 20, 2015 | Women's Basketball
PRACTICE DAY PRINCETON PRESS CONFERENCE
PRINCETON PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
PRINCETON VS. GREEN BAY GAME NOTES
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Prior to its final full practice before an NCAA first round match-up against ninth-seeded Green Bay, the No. 13 Princeton University women's basketball team addressed members of the media at the University of Maryland's XFINITY Center.
Eight-year head coach Courtney Banghart and senior co-captains Blake Dietrick and Mariah Smith represented the Tigers at the press conference prior to the squad's Friday (Mar. 20) practice. Watch the press conference here. To read a trancript from the press conference, click here.
Drawing the Phoenix (28-4) in the opening round, the Tigers are making their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance. Tip-off at the XFINITY Center is set for 11:05 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 21 and will be broadcast on ESPN2/ESPN3. The host Terrapins earned a No. 1 seed and will face No. 16 New Mexico State at 1:30 p.m.
Princeton's seed is the highest in conference history. The Tigers were a No. 9 seed in 2012 and 2013 and the No. 11 and No. 12 seed in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls are the highest in Ivy League history.
Winners of 11-straight, Green Bay captured its 13th Horizon League tournament title and will make its 15th NCAA Tournament appearance and ninth under head coach Kevin Borseth. Earning a berth into six of the last seven NCAA tournaments, the Phoenix have won at least one game in three of its previous five appearances. During its last NCAA run in 2012-13, Green Bay earned a No. 11 seed and fell to LSU in first round action, 75-71.