The West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team was selected as the No. 8 seed in Albany Region 2 of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament on Sunday and may be on a collision course with No. 1 Iowa in the second round.
At least that's what coach Mark Kellogg suggested in his speech to gather his fans at a National Team Sunday party.
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West Virginia head coach Mark Kellogg answers questions at the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tipoff at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 17. (Kylie Graham-USA Today Sports)
“I already told you to win one and send Caitlin Clark packing,” he said.
The Mountaineers will have to get past No. 9 Princeton before potentially facing Iowa in the round of 32. The Tigers defeated Columbia to win the Ivy League Tournament on Saturday. The Tigers have reached the second round of the tournament in each of the last two seasons.
Clark and Iowa will have a target on their backs entering the tournament given the media attention that has shone on the team all season. Clark began the season chasing Kelsey Plum's all-time scoring record in NCAA Division 1 women's basketball and ended up surpassing not only Plum but Lynette Woodard and Pete Maravich into the history books.
Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes reacts while playing against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Championship at Target Center on March 10, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
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The Hawkeyes' path back to the national championship won't be easy. If they beat Holy Cross or UT-Martin, and then West Virginia or Princeton, teams like Colorado, LSU and UCLA have the potential to ruin their career.
But West Virginia hopes to be that team before anyone gets to Iowa.
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark cuts the basket net after the overtime win over Nebraska in the final of the Big Ten women's tournament on Sunday, March 10, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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“Let's dance!! Proud of our team…they have earned the opportunity to represent in the NCAA Tournament! Let's do this Mountaineers!!” Kellogg wrote in X.
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