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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Women’s Basketball Team Earns a No. 1 Seed in Nationals

JACKSON, Tenn. - 3/7/2007 - The two-time defending NAIA National Champion Â鶹ÊÓƵ University Lady Bulldogs teams knew they were playing in the NAIA National Tournament next week. The only questions were who, when, and from what place in the bracket. The TranSouth regular season and tournament champion Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lady Bulldogs earned one of the four No. 1 seeds and are seeded third overall in the bracket.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lady Bulldogs, ranked No. 5 in the final NAIA rankings, won what many consider to be the toughest conference in the NAIA by winning 18 of their last 19 games entering national tournament play. Â鶹ÊÓƵ opens the tournament versus The Master’s College (Calif.) on Wednesday at 8:00 pm. The No. 2 seed in Â鶹ÊÓƵ quarter of the bracket is Lubbock Christian University (Texas). Â鶹ÊÓƵ has ended the season of Lubbock Christian in each of the last two national tournaments (1st round in 2005 and championship game in 2006).

Â鶹ÊÓƵ notes leading into the national tournament:
• Entering the NAIA National Tournament, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lady Bulldogs have won 18 of their last 19 games including the 2007 TranSouth Regular Season and Tournament Championships.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ has competed in 15 conference tournament title games in the past 16 years (only year not in conference title game since 1992 was 2006). During that 16-year stretch, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won 10 conference tournament titles.

• Of the 11 TranSouth Tournament Championships dating back to the first year of the league in 1997, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won eight titles. (1997-2003, 2007).

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ has also won the last two NAIA National Titles. For Â鶹ÊÓƵ, this will be their 18th NAIA National Tournament appearance. That is just one appearance shy of Wayland Baptist’s 19 as the all time leader.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ head coach Mark Campbell has a winning percentage of 0.861 (253-41) in this his eighth season at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. This puts Campbell atop the list of active NAIA women’s basketball coaches of at least five years of experience.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ brings a 10-game national tournament winning streak into this year’s tournament. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won eight of those 10 games by double figures and has posted a two-year tournament scoring margin of 15.9 points per game (2005 and 2006).

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