The players jumped from their seats when the projector showed their destination.
It was less than a day after the University of Arkansas at Little Rock women's basketball team beat Texas State 54-53 to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans learned Monday afternoon that it would be traveling to Florida this weekend.
UALR (23-9) was given the No. 14 seed and will play at No. 3 Florida State on Saturday at 10 a.m. Central.
"I was just waiting to see how it developed because you can guess all you want to," UALR Coach Joe Foley said.