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Sooners Dancing Again, Selected as No. 5 Seed in NCAA Tournament
March 12, 2023 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN – For the 21st time since 2000, the Oklahoma Sooners are dancing and will play in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The regular season Big 12 champion Sooners received an at-large bid and will play in the Greenville Region I as the No. 5 seed.
Head coach Jennie Baranczyk's veteran team will take on No. 12-seeded Portland in Saturday's first round, with the winner taking on the victor of No. 4-seeded and host UCLA vs. No. 13-seeded Sacramento State with the pod's first- and second-round games played in Los Angeles.
"We're excited to continue our season in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. "The chance to keep playing with this team is special and what we've worked toward all season. We're proud that we get to keep representing Oklahoma, and we look forward to next weekend."
One of the most successful regular seasons in program history saw No. 14/12 Oklahoma (25-6, 14-4) win its seventh Big 12 championship after the Sooners shared the regular season title with Texas. The Sooners posted sweeps over TCU, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas, West Virginia and Oklahoma State in the regular season, setting a program record with six season sweeps. In addition, the team's 14 wins in conference play were the most since the 2009 Final Four team went 15-1 in league action.
A staple of the NCAA postseason, the Sooners have now made 23 NCAA Tournaments, including 21 since the turn of the century. The Sooners' 23 appearances in the tournament are the second most in the Big 12 Conference. The Sooners' selection is the second consecutive under Baranczyk, who is in her second season as the OU head coach.
Oklahoma will tip off Saturday at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. Times and television designations will be available on Monday.
The 2023 championship will be the second to have 68 teams. First Four games will be played Wednesday, March 15, and Thursday, March 16, at four of the top-16 host sites. First- and second-round games will be played Friday, March 17, through Monday, March 20, on the campuses of the top-16 seeds. In 2023 the championship will be utilizing a two-site regional format, with eight competing teams playing at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, and eight teams at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Regional play in Greenville and Seattle will take place March 24-27, with each site hosting two regional semifinal games March 24 and two March 25. In addition, each site will host a regional championship game March 26 and one March 27.
The 2023 Women's Final Four will be played March 31 and April 2 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Head coach Jennie Baranczyk's veteran team will take on No. 12-seeded Portland in Saturday's first round, with the winner taking on the victor of No. 4-seeded and host UCLA vs. No. 13-seeded Sacramento State with the pod's first- and second-round games played in Los Angeles.
"We're excited to continue our season in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. "The chance to keep playing with this team is special and what we've worked toward all season. We're proud that we get to keep representing Oklahoma, and we look forward to next weekend."
One of the most successful regular seasons in program history saw No. 14/12 Oklahoma (25-6, 14-4) win its seventh Big 12 championship after the Sooners shared the regular season title with Texas. The Sooners posted sweeps over TCU, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas, West Virginia and Oklahoma State in the regular season, setting a program record with six season sweeps. In addition, the team's 14 wins in conference play were the most since the 2009 Final Four team went 15-1 in league action.
A staple of the NCAA postseason, the Sooners have now made 23 NCAA Tournaments, including 21 since the turn of the century. The Sooners' 23 appearances in the tournament are the second most in the Big 12 Conference. The Sooners' selection is the second consecutive under Baranczyk, who is in her second season as the OU head coach.
Oklahoma will tip off Saturday at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. Times and television designations will be available on Monday.
The 2023 championship will be the second to have 68 teams. First Four games will be played Wednesday, March 15, and Thursday, March 16, at four of the top-16 host sites. First- and second-round games will be played Friday, March 17, through Monday, March 20, on the campuses of the top-16 seeds. In 2023 the championship will be utilizing a two-site regional format, with eight competing teams playing at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, and eight teams at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Regional play in Greenville and Seattle will take place March 24-27, with each site hosting two regional semifinal games March 24 and two March 25. In addition, each site will host a regional championship game March 26 and one March 27.
The 2023 Women's Final Four will be played March 31 and April 2 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
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