MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will be the No. 6-seed in the NCAA Championship College Park, Maryland, site after earning the automatic bid by winning the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship last week. The Mountaineers will face No. 11-seed Elon on Friday, March 17, in College Park, Maryland. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET at the Xfinity Center.
The Mountaineers (23-10, 8-10) are making their 12th overall NCAA Championship appearance and the 10th under 16th-year head coach Mike Carey. WVU has reached the NCAA Tournament in nine of the last 11 years and has participated in the postseason for a school-record 11 consecutive years.