Baylor Women's Basketball Earns No. 5 Seed in Portland 1 Regional

WACO, Texas – Baylor women’s basketball earned the No. 5 seed in the Portland 1 Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, as announced during the Selection Show on Sunday evening.

The Bears (24-7) will face the winner of Vanderbilt (22-9) and Columbia (23-6), who have the play-in game for the No. 12 seed, in Blacksburg, Virginia. The No. 4 seed and host Virginia Tech Hokies (24-7) are set to face No. 13-seeded Marshall (26-6).

Baylor is making its 20th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 22nd appearance overall. The Bears are 55-18 all-time in the Big Dance and have made 15 trips to the Sweet 16. Baylor’s 20th-consecutive appearance is the fourth-longest active streak in the country behind Tennessee (42), Stanford (36) and UConn (35).