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LSU women's basketball faces Jacksonville to open Women's March Madness Friday. Here's what to know about the Dolphins.
BATON ROUGE – LSU women's basketball is gearing for its fifth straight Women's March Madness appearance under head coach Kim Mulkey later this week. Like they have the last four seasons, the Tigers (27-5) will host the first two rounds of the 2026 NCAA Tournament inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center after securing the No. 2 seed in the Sacramento 2 Region.
LSU will tip things off against No. 15 Jacksonville (24-8) in the first round Friday (5 p. m.
CT, ESPN). LSU women's basketball Complete Tigers coverage from The Daily Advertiser Here's what to know about the Dolphins, who LSU hosted in a regular season game back in the 2023-24 season two years ago. How Jacksonville made Women's March Madness to face LSU women's basketball Jacksonville finished the regular season runner-up in the Atlantic Sun.
With the A-Sun being a one-bid league, the Dolphins only path the NCAA Tournament was to win the conference tournament. And that's exactly what it did. Jacksonville defeated West Georgia and Central Arkansas in the semifinals before needing overtime to beat No.