INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – UT Tyler women's basketball is sitting at number seven in the final edition of the NCAA South Central Regional Rankings as announced Wednesday afternoon by the organization.
The winners of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Lone Star Conference (LSC) Postseason Tournaments will receive the two available automatic qualifying bids into the tournament, while the final six teams of the eight-team South Central Regional Tournament field will be at-large bids determined by the NCAA selection committee.
UT Tyler won their final two games of the regular season last weekend, taking down Texas A&M-Kingsville and Texas A&M International. With those two wins they have moved to 21-9 overall and 16-4 in LSC play as they head into this weekend's LSC Tournament.
The Patriots are one of six LSC teams in this week's rankings, joining #1 Texas Woman's, #2 West Texas A&M, #4 Lubbock Christian, #8 Eastern New Mexico, and #10 Angelo State.
UT Tyler is the No. 3 seed in the Lone Star Conference Tournament this weekend and will play in the first round against No. 6 seed Angelo State at 12 p.m. on Friday at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas.
The full regional rankings can be found below.
| SOUTH CENTRAL |
| 1 |
Texas Woman's University |
25-1 |
23-1 |
| 2 |
West Texas A&M |
26-3 |
23-2 |
| 3 |
Colorado Mesa |
30-1 |
30-1 |
| 4 |
Lubbock Christian |
23-6 |
22-6 |
| 5 |
Adams State |
21-9 |
20-8 |
| 6 |
Colorado-Colorado Springs |
19-9 |
19-9 |
| 7 |
UT Tyler |
18-9 |
18-8 |
| 8 |
Eastern New Mexico |
19-9 |
18-8 |
| 9 |
Western Colorado |
16-10 |
16-10 |
| 10 |
Angelo State |
15-11 |
14-10 |
