LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The UCLA and USC women’s basketball teams are headed to the NCAA tournament Monday as No. 1 seeds.
UCLA is the top seed in the tournament for the first time in school history. The Bruins won the Big Ten Tournament and will play the winner of the UC San Diego vs. Southern play-in game in the first round of the Regional 1 bracket in Los Angeles on Friday.
UCLA (30-2) has never won an NCAA national championship in women’s basketball. The only two losses for the Bruins this season came against crosstown rival USC. But UCLA beat USC in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament.
UCLA’s first round game is at Pauley Pavilion and will be televised on ESPN on Friday. The game is set to start at 7 p.m.
USC (28-3) is the No. 1 seed in Regional 4 and will play UNC Greensboro in the first round in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The Trojans have won two NCAA women’s basketball championship in 1983 and 1984.
USC plays UNC Greensboro (25-6) at Galen Center in Los Angeles. The game will be televised on ABC and is set to tip off at noon.
South Carolina, the reigning NCAA women’s basketball national champion, is the No. 1 seed in Regional 3. South Carolina (30-3) plays Tennessee Tech (26-5) in the first round in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday. The game is set to start at 10 a.m.
Texas (31-3) is the No. 1 seed in Regional 3 and plays the winner of the High Point vs. William & Mary play-in game. The first round game for Texas is Saturday and scheduled to start at 3:45 p.m. in Austin, Texas.
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