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NORFOLK, Va. The 24th-ranked and fourth-seeded Virginia women’s basketball team will face 11th-ranked and fifth-seeded Old Dominion Tuesday night at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:12 p.m., and the game will be televised live on ESPN2. Additionally, live audio and live statistics are available at www.VirginiaSports.com.
UVa is looking to advance to the regional semifinals in Greensboro, N.C., after defeating UC Santa Barbara, 86-52, Sunday night in the first round. Old Dominion, meanwhile, ousted in-state foe Liberty in the first round.
Virginia trails the all-time series with in-state foe ODU, 16-14, but has won five straight against the Lady Monarchs.
The teams’ last meeting came on Nov. 12, 2006 – a 92-72 UVa victory in the first-ever game at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.
On Nov. 22, 2002, the Cavaliers played the Lady Monarchs in the opening game at the Ted Constant Convocation Center and prevailed, 63-55.
In games at the NCAA Tournament, Virginia holds a 2-0 record against ODU. In 1996, UVa won, 72-60, at University Hall in Charlottesville in the regional semifinal. Most recently, the Cavaliers defeated ODU in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament, 79-57.
Virginia is making its 22nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament, a mark that only five other programs have attained.
The Hoos have appeared in three Final Fours (1990, 1991, 1992).
In all-time games at the NCAA Tournament, Virginia has compiled a 32-21 (.604) mark.
UVa has been a No. 4 seed three times in its history (1989, 1997, 2000). All three of those years, the Cavaliers advanced to the regional semifinals.