Lady Razorbacks Face Memphis in WNIT
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: March 19, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, AR - The University of Arkansas women's basketball team faces Memphis in the first round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament, it was announced by the selection committee via email Monday.
Arkansas was an automatic qualifier and has been to five WNIT Tournaments and has appeared in two WNIT Tournaments under current head coach Tom Collen (2009, 2011). Arkansas is 11-3 all-time in the WNIT winning the title in 1999, reaching the semifinals in 2000 and the quarterfinals in 2001 under Collen.
(The UALR women's team also qualified for the tournament and will play Pacific on Friday).
Automatic bids were awarded by the WNIT to teams who were the highest-finishing teams in their conference's regular season standings and were not selected to the NCAA Tournament.
"We are excited to be participating in the postseason again this year," said Arkansas head coach Tom Collen. "We have a team that I believe is capable of beating anyone we face on any given night and we are excited about the opportunity to continue representing ourselves, our University, our state and our fans in the postseason."
The winner of the Arkansas/Memphis game meets the winner of the Tulane/Sam Houston State contest in the second round. The sight will be determined after first round games are complete.
Arkansas is one of four Southeastern Conference teams to be selected to the WNIT and join seven other conference teams who were selected to the NCAA Tournament earlier Monday night.
The Razorbacks finished the regular season last Thursday with a 63-41 defeat of SIU- Edwardsville. Arkansas is 19-12, 6-10 in the SEC. The Razorbacks are led in scoring by a pair of senior forwards, as Sarah Watkins paces the team with 13.0 points per game followed by Quistelle Williams with 10.4 points per game and a team-leading 7.0 rebounds per game. Arkansas has 12 losses, seven to ranked teams. In those 12 losses, six are by five points or less, seven are on the road and one was in overtime. Arkansas outscored its opponent in the second half in four of those losses. Arkansas outrebounded its opponent in five of the losses.
The Razorbacks host Memphis Thursday (March 21) in a 7 p.m. tip at Bud Walton Arena. Tickets for Thursday's game went on sale this morning. Contact the Razorback Ticket Center at (479) 575-5151 or buy them online at ArkansasRazorbacks.com. Tickets will be $6 for youth, $7 for general admission, $11 for reserved seating and $1 for UA students.
The finals of the WNIT Tournament will be telecast live on April 6 on the CBS Sports Network.
Arkansas was an automatic qualifier and has been to five WNIT Tournaments and has appeared in two WNIT Tournaments under current head coach Tom Collen (2009, 2011). Arkansas is 11-3 all-time in the WNIT winning the title in 1999, reaching the semifinals in 2000 and the quarterfinals in 2001 under Collen.
(The UALR women's team also qualified for the tournament and will play Pacific on Friday).
Automatic bids were awarded by the WNIT to teams who were the highest-finishing teams in their conference's regular season standings and were not selected to the NCAA Tournament.
"We are excited to be participating in the postseason again this year," said Arkansas head coach Tom Collen. "We have a team that I believe is capable of beating anyone we face on any given night and we are excited about the opportunity to continue representing ourselves, our University, our state and our fans in the postseason."
The winner of the Arkansas/Memphis game meets the winner of the Tulane/Sam Houston State contest in the second round. The sight will be determined after first round games are complete.
Arkansas is one of four Southeastern Conference teams to be selected to the WNIT and join seven other conference teams who were selected to the NCAA Tournament earlier Monday night.
The Razorbacks finished the regular season last Thursday with a 63-41 defeat of SIU- Edwardsville. Arkansas is 19-12, 6-10 in the SEC. The Razorbacks are led in scoring by a pair of senior forwards, as Sarah Watkins paces the team with 13.0 points per game followed by Quistelle Williams with 10.4 points per game and a team-leading 7.0 rebounds per game. Arkansas has 12 losses, seven to ranked teams. In those 12 losses, six are by five points or less, seven are on the road and one was in overtime. Arkansas outscored its opponent in the second half in four of those losses. Arkansas outrebounded its opponent in five of the losses.
The Razorbacks host Memphis Thursday (March 21) in a 7 p.m. tip at Bud Walton Arena. Tickets for Thursday's game went on sale this morning. Contact the Razorback Ticket Center at (479) 575-5151 or buy them online at ArkansasRazorbacks.com. Tickets will be $6 for youth, $7 for general admission, $11 for reserved seating and $1 for UA students.
The finals of the WNIT Tournament will be telecast live on April 6 on the CBS Sports Network.
