{"id":8443,"date":"2016-03-17T22:36:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T02:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2016-03-17T22:36:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T02:36:03","slug":"jmu-women-open-ncaa-tournament-against-depaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8443","title":{"rendered":"JMU Women Open NCAA Tournament Against Depaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z9dBH7_5OFw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe 2016 NCAA Women&#8217;s Basketball Tournament kicks off on Friday. Once again, Kenny Brooks and the JMU women are dancing. The Dukes won the CAA for the third consecutive year and earned a matchup against the DePaul Blue Demons. JMU enters the game with a 27-5 overall record, which was good enough to earn an 11 seed. The 6th seeded Blue Demons managed to go 25-8 and win the Big East regular season title, before losing in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament to St. John&#8217;s. Here&#8217;s what you need to know:<\/p>\n<p>Tip time: 12:00 noon on Friday<\/p>\n<p>Location: KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: <a href=\"http:\/\/ev9.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=WB&amp;linkID=jmu&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\">Available Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Broadcast: ESPN2 and streaming via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/watchespn\/index\/_\/id\/2758525\/james-madison-vs-20-depaul-first-round\">ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Streaming Audio: <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/jmu\/\">Madizone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMUWBasketball\">@JMUWBasketball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/i\/ncaa\/16_womens_bracket.pdf\">entire bracket here<\/a>. As you can see, the winner of JMU vs. DePaul faces the very real possibility of playing Louisville in its home arena. But let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves. For now, let&#8217;s focus on the present. And root.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8443&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 NCAA Women&#8217;s Basketball Tournament kicks off on Friday. Once again, Kenny Brooks and the JMU women are dancing. The Dukes won the CAA for the third consecutive year and earned a matchup against the DePaul Blue Demons. JMU enters the game with a 27-5 overall record, which was good enough to earn an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6733,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6733","url_meta":{"origin":8443,"position":0},"title":"JMU Softball Eliminated from NCAA Tourney","date":"May 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The women of JMU softball dropped a pair of one run games in the NCAA Tournament Lexington Regional yesterday, bringing their stellar 2014 season to an end.\u00a0After cruising to a 6-1 victory over Depaul in their tourney opener on Friday, the Dukes lost a 2-1 nail biter to Kentucky in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"NJLEHKBYGLFIVZM.20140518033647","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NJLEHKBYGLFIVZM.20140518033647.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10942,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10942","url_meta":{"origin":8443,"position":1},"title":"JMU Softball Headed to Ann Arbor","date":"May 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU Softball entered the CAA tournament on a bit of a heater. 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