(FRISCO, TEXAS) You heard every second of the excitement Saturday night on WGNS as the Lady Raiders defeated Western Kentucky 82 - 70 and winning the 2023 Conference USA championship. 

Number 25 Middle Tennessee women's basketball will be traveling to Durham, N.C. to start the Lady Raiders' NCAA Tournament, as MTSU earned the No. 11 seed in the Seattle Regional 4 on Saturday.

MTSU will face off against No. 6 seeded Colorado on Saturday, who ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll of the season. No. 3 seeded Duke (AP No. 13) is the hosting institution for the opening two rounds of the host site, playing No. 14 seed Iona in the other first round game. The winners of the first round games will then play in the second round on Monday. As always, that game will be on the university's Flagship Station WGNS (FM 100.5, FM 101.9 and AM 1450). 

Head Coach Rick Insell said, "We're excited about where we're going." He noted that the team will celebrate and rest for a couple of days. "On Tuesday, we'll get back on the floor wide open and get ready to win that first game."  

Over half of the team's NCAA games have been under the leadership of Coach Insell.  In fact, this round will be Middle Tennessee's 20th NCAA Tournament appearance with Insell."

Go Blue!