Utah women’s basketball finds out NCAA Tournament opponent for first round

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See who the Utah Utes women's basketball team will play in Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament.

The University of Utah women's basketball team gathers to learn its NCAA Tournament opponent on Selection Sunday, March 17, 2024.With every announcement of a fifth seed during the Women’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Sunday, the Utah Utes women’s basketball team grew more anxious.It wasn’t until the show announced the final region that the Utes found out who they were playing and where.

Utah has now qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year. The last time the women’s basketball program did that was in a stretch that ran from 1989-91., and that’s what I came here to do,” Roberts said of making the tournament three years in a row. “We’ve done it, and I have no expectation or plans to go backward.”

“South Dakota State, I have a ton of respect for,” Roberts said. “They’re good. They’re really good. ... They’re always the Summit League champs and always a really hard out. So we’ve got our hands full.”Johnson said the Utes feel “really confident” going into the tournament.

 

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