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Published Mar 17, 2024
Vanderbilt women's basketball will face Columbia in the NCAA Tournament
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Alaina Morris  •  TheDoreReport
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The Vanderbilt women's basketball team has made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2013-14 season.

The 12-seeded Commodores will face Columbia in a play in game in the NCAA Tournament. The winner will face the fifth-seeded Baylor Bears.

Vanderbilt will be playing in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Virginia Tech is the host team.

This will be the third SEC team that Columbia has faced this season. It lost to Florida and Georgia in non-conference play.

While Vanderbilt coach Shea Ralph has plenty of tournament experience as an assistant coach and player, this is the first time she'll be coaching in the big dance as the head coach.

Ralph started on the team that won the 2000 National Championship while playing at UConn.

She then went on to add six National Championships as an assistant coach with the Huskies between 2008-21.

Ralph has plenty as experience with the big dance, but will get her first try at it as a head coach.