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SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's basketball returns to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 8 seed, playing the No. 9-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind., on Sunday, March 23. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (ET), and it can be seen on ESPN2. Utah was seeded in the Oklahoma City Region.
The Utes and Boilermakers will tangle for the first time in their respective histories, with the winner advancing to the second round. Second-round games will be held on Tuesday with game times to be determined. Defending champion Tennessee is the top seed in the Oklahoma City regional. The Lady Vols' bid for back-to-back national championships begins Sunday against Oral Roberts. The winner of that game will play the Utah/Purdue winner.
Others in the Oklahoma City regional are No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Southern Methodist, No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Illinois State, No. 6 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Temple, No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Murray State, No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 10 Hartford and No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 15 Texas-San Antonio.
Also garnering top seeds were Maryland in the Spokane Region, Connecticut in the Greensboro Region, and North Carolina in the New Orleans Region.
