Illini women secure No. 8 in NCAA Tournament, will take on Creighton
The Illini women are putting on their dancing slippers again in the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 8 seed in the Birmingham Region takes on No. 9 seed Creighton in Austin on Saturday.
This is the second appearance for Illinois under Head Coach Shauna Green, and the 10th in program history.
Illinois (21-9) is one of 12 Big Ten teams in the women's tourney — the most in conference history.
"To hear your name called never gets old. I don't care how many times you hear it. So proud of this group. Obviously, our goal coming into the season was an NCAA Tournament," said Green. "For us to sit and hear our name, and know we're going to be in it — even leading into it; it wasn't like, you know we were on the bubble — again, it's something that you just don't get sick of hearing."
Also in the Birmingham Region, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women slipped to a No. 3 seed. Led by sophomore star Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame has a tricky road to the Final Four with a loaded field that includes No. 1 seed Texas.
This is the Notre Dame program's 30th appearance in the Big Dance.
