First Time Dancers! Women's Basketball Headed to NCAA Tournament
3/17/2024 9:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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The Lions earned an at-large berth and will face Vanderbilt in the First Four
INDIANAPOLIS – The Columbia women's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and will face Vanderbilt in a First Four contest. The game will take place Wednesday, March 20, at Cassell Coliseum on the campus of Virginia Tech at 9 p.m. ET and will air on ESPNU.
As co-regular-season champions of the Ivy League, Columbia (23-6, 13-1 Ivy) earned an at-large berth into the tournament, marking just the second time the conference has received two bids to the Big Dance. The Lions received a No. 12 seed in Regional 3 in Portland, and the winner of the First Four matchup will face No. 5 Baylor in Blacksburg, Virginia on Friday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
Columbia and Vanderbilt will meet for the third time with the Commodores holding a 2-0 edge in the previous two matchups. The teams last played on Nov. 13, 2022, with Vanderbilt taking a 74-63 win in Levien Gymnasium.
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For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
As co-regular-season champions of the Ivy League, Columbia (23-6, 13-1 Ivy) earned an at-large berth into the tournament, marking just the second time the conference has received two bids to the Big Dance. The Lions received a No. 12 seed in Regional 3 in Portland, and the winner of the First Four matchup will face No. 5 Baylor in Blacksburg, Virginia on Friday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
The Lions won 21 of their final 23 games of the season to earn a share of their second-straight Ivy League Championship and set a program record with 11 consecutive wins from January 27-March 15. Along the way, the Lions earned significant wins against No. 25 Princeton, Villanova and Seton Hall. They advanced to the Ivy League Tournament Championship Game for the second time in the last three years. The team's 23 wins in the regular season tied the program record they set last season.FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COLUMBIA LIONS ARE GOING DANCING!!! 💃
— Columbia Women's Basketball (@CULionsWBB) March 18, 2024
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Look out @MarchMadnessWBB!!!!#RoarLionRoar 🦁 // #OnlyHere 🗽 pic.twitter.com/Gex3CfAoJ4
Columbia and Vanderbilt will meet for the third time with the Commodores holding a 2-0 edge in the previous two matchups. The teams last played on Nov. 13, 2022, with Vanderbilt taking a 74-63 win in Levien Gymnasium.
FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
🗣️ Coach Griffith (@CUCoachG) spoke with members of the media this evening on @Columbia's selection to the NCAA Tournament.#RoarLionRoar 🦁 // #OnlyHere 🗽
— Columbia Women's Basketball (@CULionsWBB) March 18, 2024
FULL MEDIA AVAILABILITY:https://t.co/B2PcyOrlcQ pic.twitter.com/pCvGwSX6Uk
Postgame: WBB | Coach Griffith, Riley Weiss, and Susie Rafiu after Richmond
Saturday, November 15
Highlights: WBK | Columbia 67, Richmond 77
Saturday, November 15
Highlights: WBK | Columbia 92, Ohio 74
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Postgame: WBK | Page on Victory at Ohio
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