Baylor WBB Opens NCAA Tournament with Alabama Saturday

[Hild, Shelby]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 17, 2023

Baylor WBB Opens NCAA Tournament with Alabama Saturday
The Bears and the Crimson Tide will square off at 4:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2


BAYLOR GAME NOTES<https://baylorbears.com/sports/2022/8/3/wbb-game-notes.aspx>

For more information contact: Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, shelby_hild at baylor.edu<mailto:shelby_hild at baylor.edu>


STORRS, Conn. – The Baylor women’s basketball team begins its 19th-consecutive NCAA Tournament run on Saturday when it faces Alabama in the opening round at Gampel Pavilion.



Tip-off between the No. 7-seeded Bears (19-12) and the 10th-seeded Crimson Tide (20-10) is set for approximately 4:30 p.m. CT, or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the UConn/Vermont game, which is slated to begin at 2 p.m. CT.



The game airs nationally on ESPN2, with Beth Mowins and Christy Thomaskutty on the call. A live radio broadcast<https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/oas-1459/content/baylor:allaccess-Live-3959> is also available for fans on the Varsity Network App or locally on 104.9 FM. Additionally, live in-game updates will be provided via Twitter<https://twitter.com/BaylorWBB> or live stats<https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?xd_co_f=NmY4NDJjMTgtYjYwMC00NjUzLWEwNDItY2Y4MTFiNWIzOWI3&gid=bay>.



TOURNEY TIME

Baylor is making its 19th-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, which is the fifth-longest active streak in the country behind Tennessee (41), Stanford (35), UConn (34) and Notre Dame (27), and 21st appearance overall. The Bears are 54-17 in the Big Dance and have made 15 trips to the Sweet 16.



BU’s meeting with Alabama will be the first in program history. On the other side of the bracket in Storrs, it would be the first-ever meeting with Vermont if the two programs meet each other in the second round. Opening-round host UConn holds the slim 5-4 advantage in the all-time series with the Bears, last edging Baylor, 69-67, in the 2021 Elite Eight.



SCOUTING ALABAMA AND THE SERIES

Alabama enters the weekend with a 20-10 ledger and is making its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. Alabama is 17-11 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, and the Crimson Tide’s deepest run came in 1994 with the team advancing to the Final Four.



Brittany Davis leads the team at 17.3 points per game. The graduate student has reached double figures in all but two games and has 10 20-plus point performances on the year. Davis was placed on the All-SEC First Team, while Hannah Barber was named the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year.



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Shelby Hild | Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-405-7591

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