The road to the Final Four begins on Monday for Northwestern (15-8, 11-7 B1G).
The ‘Cats are ranked as an 7-seed in the Alamo region. The venue, somewhere in the greater San Antonio area, is yet to be announced.
UCF (16-4, 12-2 AAC) finished second in the American and lost to rivals USF in the finals of the conference tournament. This will be head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson’s second consecutive appearance at the NCAA Tournament, last losing in the first round in 2019.
If they were to defeat the Knights, Northwestern would advance to play the winner of the matchup between 2nd-seeded Louisville and 15-seeded Marist.