There wasn't even enough time for nerves. The USF women's basketball team didn't wait long to learn its NCAA Tournament fate when ESPN announced the 68-team bracket on Sunday night.
It could be measured with a stopwatch — about 20 seconds.
In the second matchup shown during the bracket reveal, the No. 9-seeded Bulls (24-8), the American Athletic Conference Tournament runner-up, drew the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes (20-12), the ACC Tournament runner-up, in a first-round game at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.
"Our name came up faster than I expected,'' Bulls senior forward Bethy Mununga said.