BYU women’s basketball gets 11-seed in NCAA Tournament; UVU will face 1-seed Stanford

BYU coaches and players celebrate after a 3-point make as they and San Francisco play in West Coast Conference basketball tournament semifinal action at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Cougars made the NCAA Tournament as an 11 seed and will face No. 6 seed Rutgers in the first round. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

The Cougars will face the 6-seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the first round next Monday.

After their heartbreaking last-second loss in the West Coast Conference Tournament championship game last week, there was uncertainty if the BYU Cougars would make the NCAA Tournament field.

On Monday evening they got good news, as they were slotted as an 11-seed. They will face the 6-seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the first round next Monday.

BYU women's basketball gets an at-large bid to NCAA Tournament. Cougars get a No. 11 seed and will face No. 6 Rutgers in San Antonio area.

— Jay Drew (@drewjay) March 15, 2021

Elsewhere, the UVU Wolverines will make their first-ever trip to the tournament as a 16-seed and face the 1-seed Stanford Cardinal in the first round on Sunday. The Cardinal are ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

The journey begins.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/EYVJs3N766

— Stanford Women’s Basketball (@StanfordWBB) March 15, 2021

The Wolverines did not win the Western Athletic Conference but got its automatic bid because Cal Baptist is not eligible for the tournament.

This story will be updated.

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