Princeton Women's Basketball Team Seeded Eighth in NCAA Tournament

Despite being undefeated and securing a record number of victories, the Princeton University women’s basketball team could do no better than a No. 8 seed when the bracket was unveiled for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament on Monday.

Princeton (30-0, 14-0 in the Ivy League) opens the tournament against No. 9 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (28-4, 15-1 in the Horizon) on Saturday, 11 a.m. in College Park, Maryland.

The winner faces the winner of No. 1 Maryland (30-2, 18-0 in the Big 10) vs. No. 16 New Mexico State (22-7, 13-1 in the WAC) in the second round.

Connecticut (32-1), Notre Dame (31-2) and South Carolina (30-2) were the other No. 1 seeds.

To view the full bracket, click here.

Princeton was the only undefeated team in Division I women’s college basketball this year. The Tigers won a record number of Ivy League games this season. The No. 8 seed is the highest for any Ivy League team in the history of the tournament, according to goprincetontigers.com.

However, the other three teams that earned No. 8 seeds in this year’s tournament each had nine losses.

This will be Princeton’s fifth appearance in the tournament, but the Tigers have never won a game. Their last appearance was in 2013, when they lost to Florida State, 60-44.