Women’s basketball will play first round of NAIA tournament at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday

WomensBB3-17(Bracket) (Bracket Selection Show) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the bracket for the 34th Annual NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship. For the third-straight season, the 32-team, single-elimination national championship will take place from March 19-25 at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Ky. OLLU is the No. 3 seed in the upper left quarter of the bracket. The Saints will take on No. 6 seed Talladega College from Talladega, Ala., at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. The Saints qualified for the tournament after they captured the regular season Red River Athletic Conference title. Talladega, which is from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, qualified as the 10th at-large team. NeuLion, the NAIA’s official video streaming company of select NAIA National Championship events, will be broadcasting the first 30 games from Frankfort. An all-tournament pass (30 games) is available for $24.95, while a single day pass can be purchased for $9.95. OLLU will broadcast the game from the VIP room in UWAC. More information will be sent out on Thursday.  Go online for full article.