The long wait makes the expectation turn into uncertainty.
Getting into the NCAA tournament isn’t the main priority for the Oklahoma State women’s tennis team, but being in the top 16 to be a host in the regional is a priority.
Senior Sofi Blanco and the rest of the OSU squad had already known they would end up being on the bubble. When NCAA.com host Jeremiah Johnson announced Michigan, USC, and Kansas respectively as the No. 16, 13 and 14 seed, the expectation turned into uncertainty.
Because the only remaining positive possibility for the Cowgirls was being the 15th-seed, the Cowgirls had to wait until the end of the show to hear their name heard.