BREAKING: LSU women’s basketball earns a No. 3 seed in NCAA Tournament, will host Rice in Round 1

The Tigers are on the three-seed line as they look to defend their national title.

The defending national champion LSU women’s basketball team has learned its draw for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

The Tigers will be the No. 3 seed in Albany Region 2, playing their first and (potentially) second games at home at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge. They will open their run against the No. 14 Rice Owls. With a win, they would draw either No. 6 Louisville or No. 11 Middle Tennessee State.

That could pit [autotag]Hailey Van Lith[/autotag] against the Cardinals, her former team, and it could set up an Elite Eight rematch of last year’s national title game against Caitlin Clark and Iowa.

Here’s a look at the full region of the bracket.

LSU’s game against Rice will be either on Friday or Saturday; specific days and times haven’t yet been announced.

UPDATE: LSU and Rice will play on Friday, though the time hasn’t been announced.

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