WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Saturday, March 23: Tennessee vs. Green Bay (12 PM, ESPN)
Saturday, March 23: NC State vs. Chattanooga (2:30 PM, ESPNU)
Monday, March 25: Saturday winners (time and TV TBA)

Wolfer79 said:

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WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Saturday, March 23: Tennessee vs. Green Bay (12 PM, ESPN)
Saturday, March 23: NC State vs. Chattanooga (2:30 PM, ESPNU)
Monday, March 25: Saturday winners (time and TV TBA)

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Gotta love the NCAA. First game is of course where Wes Moore used to coach. Not sure if their coach was a former assistant or not. Then if State and Tennessee advance, it will pit Moore against the person he replaced and I believe at onetime employed, in Kellie Harper. Harper will be returning to Reynolds, probably for the first time since she was fired. I am sure the NCAA had no prior knowledge of those two coincidental incidents. Never would the NCAA shaft the Wolfpack in that regard.

Eric Frede and Steffi Sorenson on tv

Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers for me

ESPN’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 1st and 2nd Round announcer pairings #CBB #WBB #MarchMadness 🔽 pic.twitter.com/9KUMQDIqSb

— Announcer Schedules (@announcerskeds) March 18, 2024

March means 🐺🐺@girl4allsports and @Ihoop___22 talk about their postseason mindsets.#GoPack // @PackAthletics pic.twitter.com/JJHdvOO2nd

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 20, 2024

Eleventh-ranked and third-seeded NC State women's basketball (27-6) opens its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance on Saturday afternoon as it hosts 14th-seeded Chattanooga (28-4) for first-round action in Raleigh.

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Mocs is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.

FAN INFO
Tickets for Saturday are good for both games in the first-round session. Sixth-seeded Tennessee and 11th-seeded Green Bay will play at noon, and NC State and Chattanooga will tip off at 2:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game).

Parking for the general public is available in the Coliseum Deck. Season ticket holder permits are NOT available or valid for this event. Limited handicap parking will be available in Jeter Bays on game day.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 3-0)

• Saturday marks the fourth overall meeting between NC State and Chattanooga. It will be the Pack's first time squaring off against Chattanooga in postseason play.
• The Wolfpack is a perfect 3-0 against the Mocs all time with an average margin of victory of 23 points in those previous three matchups.
• NC State and Chattanooga last matched up for a home-and-home series that spanned the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. The Wolfpack hosted the more recent of those two matchups, defeating the Mocs 74-38 to close out non-conference action in December of 2019.
• Those are the two matchups that have occurred against Chattanooga since Coach Moore began his tenure at NC State.
• The Wolfpack is 1-0 in home games played against Chattanooga.

https://gopack.com/news/2024/3/21/womens-basketball-march-madness-returns-to-raleigh-saturday-afternoon

This year’s gear: tall girl squad approved 😂 pic.twitter.com/J4iqL1a8Bv

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 22, 2024

Women's
NCAA Tournament
1st Round
Portland 4 Region, Reynolds Coliseum, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Announcers: Eric Frede/Steffi Sorensen
Tennessee-Chattanooga vs. North Carolina State ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

Locked in on tournament time.

⏰ 2:30 PM
🆚 Chattanooga
📍 Reynolds Coliseum
ℹ️ https://t.co/Ujr4aobTTW pic.twitter.com/BIrUYfIUZ5

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) March 23, 2024

(14) Chattanooga at (3) NC State
Women's' College Basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round
2:30 pm ET
ESPNU

@ericfrede (pbp) & Steffi Sorensen (analyst) #CBB #WBB #MarchMadness

(14) Chattanooga at (3) NC State
Women’s’ College Basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round
2:30 pm ET
ESPNU
 @ericfrede (pbp) & Steffi Sorensen (analyst) #CBB #WBB #MarchMadness
 
📍Raleigh, N.C.

— Announcer Schedules (@announcerskeds) March 23, 2024

1Q
Media timeout
4:44
NC State 5
UT Chattanooga 5

1Q
NC State 13
UT Chattanooga 9

2Q
Media timeout
4:51
NC State 20
UT Chattanooga 13

2Q
UT Chattanooga timeout
1:56
NC State 23
UT Chattanooga 15

Halftime
NC State 26
UT Chattanooga 17

3Q
UT Chattanooga timeout
4:53
NC State 37
UT Chattanooga 20

3Q
Media timeout
4:03
NC State 37
UT Chattanooga 20

3Q
NC State 45
UT Chattanooga 26

They're begging us to shoot the 3. I don't understand why Wes doesn't play Laci more.

Final
NC State 64
UT Chattanooga 45

free t throws vs UT Chattanooga
20-25
80%

Wolfer79 said:

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free t throws vs UT Chattanooga
20-25
80%

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Started off a little sketchy, but made them down the stretch.

Have to shoot much better from the field to beat Tennessee. Survive and advance.

So @tnBobSutton noted a switch of officials at halftime of Chat/NC State.

NCAA says it learned "after the game had started that Ump 2 Tommi Paris had a background conflict that, if known, would prevent her from working the game."

I googled: Paris has a Masters from Chattanooga

Just absolutely wild that the NCAA didn’t catch that one of the officials was an alum of the school playing in the game until after it began. It’s on her LinkedIn!!

Also, why didn’t she recuse herself?

Here’s the full statement from the NCAA: pic.twitter.com/2xxLG0ivTq

— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) March 23, 2024

Third-seeded Wolfpack women's basketball (28-6) defeated 14th-seeded Chattanooga (28-5) by a 64-45 score in its 2024 NCAA Tournament opener on Saturday afternoon.

Playing inside of Reynolds Coliseum, NC State extended its home winning streak in the NCAA Tournament to 17 games in a stretch that started in the 1985 edition of the postseason event. It also marked the Pack's 19th time in 29 NCAA Tournament appearances advancing past the opening round of action.

The Pack moves on to Monday's second round game, which will also be played in Reynolds Coliseum, to take on sixth-seeded Tennessee.

Aziaha James scored a game-high 19 points, with all of those coming in the second half. She hit 5-of-10 three pointers, with that marking the second-highest number of threes any Pack player has hit in an NCAA Tournament game.

River Baldwin posted her seventh double-double of the year with 10 points and 11 rebounds. She led the team on the boards, with six of hers coming on the offensive glass.

Saniya Rivers also scored in double figures with 16 points. Madison Hayes (4) and Zoe Brooks (5) combined for nine of the Pack's 10 assists on the day, with Hayes' mark tying her career high.

Rivers hit a turnaround jumper right before the first-half buzzer to give NC State its largest lead of the opening half (26-17), and the Wolfpack outscored the Mocs by 10 (19-9) in the third quarter to put its lead into double digits for good. The Wolfpack led by 20+ points the entirety of the fourth quarter until Chattanooga's final free throw of the game.

NC State limited Chattanooga to single digits in three of four quarters, and the Mocs' 45 points scored are the second-fewest given up by the Wolfpack in an NCAA Tournament contest.

All 12 available Wolfpack players saw time on the court in the win, with freshmen Brooks, Maddie Cox, Laci Steele, Mallory Collier and Jannah Eissa playing in the first NCAA Tournament game of their careers.

NC State's matchup against Tennessee on Monday will be the last opportunity to catch the 2023-24 squad in action at home. The game's tip-off time and television designation will be posted on the GoPack schedule page when available.

https://gopack.com/news/2024/3/23/womens-basketball-wolfpack-advances-in-ncaa-tournament-with-64-45-first-round-win-against-chattanooga