TW:Cowgirls get No. 3 seed, bye

[JimBob]

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Cowgirls get No. 3 seed, bye


By LYNN JACOBSEN World Sports Writer
3/7/2008


OU gets fifth seed in the Big 12 Tournament.


Oklahoma State's 72-68 upset of No. 8 Baylor on Thursday night and No. 17 Texas A&M's 73-59 win over Oklahoma gives the 20th-ranked Cowgirls the third seed and bye in the first round of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Championships.

The tournament opens Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City with the Sooners, the defending tournament champion, playing in a first-round game.

As the No. 5 seed, No. 11 Oklahoma (21-7) will face No. 12 seed Missouri at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Oklahoma State (23-16) will await the winner of the Nebraska-Kansas game in an 8:30 p.m. Wednesday game.

Kansas State earned the top seed followed by No. 2 seed Baylor, No. 3 OSU and No. 4 Texas A&M.

The top four seeds receive first-round byes.

[Landscapepoke]

I like the pairings. Having KST and aTm playing each other is a benifit for OSU. Those two teams gave us the most trouble.

We own Baylor. I dont think the girls are intimidated at all by them. There is no reason why the Girls shouldnt be playing in the finals on Saturday night.

I'll be there.

[MajorMike]

This is huge for OSU trying to get the OKC regional spot over uo. Huge. If the girls can beat BU again and make it to the finals, I think it would completely cement the spot.