The 2012 Women's NCAA Tournament gets underway this weekend. While the men's side of the competition has been thrilling and unpredictable, the women's tournament looks to be every bit as wild. Both the Penn St. Nittany Lions and the West Virginia Mountaineers are in the competition for the women's national title this year.
While the Lady Lions are still waiting to get underway, the Mountaineers play their first game in the tournament on Saturday morning. They enter the competition as the No. 8 seed in the Fresno Region and will take on No. 9 Texas Longhorns at 10:10 a.m. ET.
The full schedule of Saturday's games is below.
10:05 AM (12) Eastern Michigan vs. (5) South Carolina --Fresno Region
10:10 AM (9) Texas vs. (8) West Virginia --Fresno Region
10:15 AM (15) Navy vs. (2) Maryland -- Raleigh Region
10:20 AM (9) Princeton vs. (8) Kansas State --Kingston Region
12:30 PM (16) Hampton vs. (1) Stanford--Fresno Region
12:30 PM (16) Prairie View A&M vs. (1) Connecticut--Kingston Region
12:30 PM (10) Michigan State vs. (7) Louisville -- Raleigh Region
12:30 PM (13) South Dakota State vs. (4) Purdue--Fresno Region
3:05 PM (11) Dayton vs. (6) Arkansas -- Raleigh Region
3:10 PM (15) Tennessee-Martin vs. (2) Tennessee--Des Moines Region
3:15 PM (11) Gonzaga vs. (6) Rutgers -- Kingston Region
3:20 PM (15) McNeese State vs. (2) Kentucky -- Kingston Region
5:30 PM (10) Brigham Young vs. (7) DePaul--Des Moines Region
5:30 PM (10) Iowa State vs. (7) Green Bay Kingston Region
5:30 PM (14) Albany vs. (3) Texas A&M -- Raleigh Region
5:30 PM (14) Idaho State vs. (3) Miami (FL) -- Kingston Region
For a full bracket, click here.
For more on Penn State basketball, check out Black Shoe Diaries. For updates and information on the West Virginia Mountaineers, head on over to The Smoking Musket.
