Samford Chosen To Play In One among The First Four Video games of The 2026 NCAA Division I Ladies’s Basketball Championship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee chosen Samford ladies’s basketball as one of many 16 seeds to play in one of many First Four video games of the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.

The workforce and college held a range present watch occasion within the college middle/Harry’s Coffeehouse Sunday night with neighborhood members, college students and school/workers in attendance.

“It’s a thrill to see your name called. It’s a thrill to be joined by so many people in our community like this, to come out and support us and for our team and the amount of workouts and extra work that we did all year long, for them to see that name (Samford) get called up on that show( NCAAW Basketball Selection Show), there’s no feeling like that.” stated head coach Matt Wise.

Samford will play the Southern University Jaguars on Thursday, March 19^th. Southern University was additionally named a 16 seed after successful the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) event. The winner of Thursday’s recreation will face the South Carolina Gamecocks on March 23^rd.

Southern went 19-13 total and have been 12-6 in SWAC convention play. They gained their convention event final yr and this might be a back-to-back NCAA event look for the Jaguars.

Bulldogs will look to proceed their successful momentum going into the NCAA event coming off successful the SoCon Tournament and defeating the highest three groups within the convention.

This is the Bulldogs third look within the NCAA Tournament. Their most up-to-date look was in 2012, however the Bulldogs did earn a bid in 2020 earlier than the event was canceled as a consequence of COVID-19.

The recreation on Thursday might be performed as a impartial web site match in Columbia, S.C. at South Carolina University and might be aired on ESPN2.

For extra info on the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Bracket click here.

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