RALEIGH, N.C. — RV/RV Tennessee (20-12), the No. 6 seed in the Portland 4 Regional, continues its 42nd-straight NCAA Tournament journey, meeting No. 3 seed and No. 11/11 ranked NC State (28-6) on Monday at 4 p.m. ET in a second-round match-up at Raleigh, N.C. Lady Vol Network coverage begins at 3:30pm from 99.5FM WGRV.
The Lady Vols and Wolfpack will face off on Kay Yow Court inside the James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum. ESPN will televise the contest, while the audio broadcast will be available on Lady Vol Network radio stations (WGRV).
The winner of Monday’s game will advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., where it faces No. 2 seed Stanford (30-5) who defeated Iowa State in overtime 87-81. That contest is slated for Friday with the time and TV designation to be announced later.
UT, which is receiving votes in both polls, tied for fourth in the SEC during the regular season at 10-6 and advanced to at least the semifinals of the SEC Tournament for the fourth straight season before falling to No. 1/1 South Carolina, 74-73, on March 9 on a banked-in three-pointer as time expired.
Kellie Harper‘s squad has played the nation’s toughest schedule according to at least one rating service, and it did so as injuries to Rickea Jackson, Destinee Wells and Jillian Hollingshead, as well as a gradual return by Tamari Key from a medical condition, impacted the team’s continuity and success during the early going.
NC State, meanwhile, tied for second in the Atlantic Coast in 2023-24 at 13-5 after being picked to finish eighth. It earned the No. 2 seed in the league tournament and fell in the semifinals to Notre Dame. NCSU earned an at-large bid and is making its 29th NCAA appearance.
This will mark the 16th meeting between these programs, with the Big Orange holding a 12-3 series lead.
