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Colorado Buffaloes Women's Team Are Back In The NCAA Tournament For First Time Since 2013

March 14, 2022 / 9:30 AM MDT / CBS Colorado

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BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) - The Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team is celebrating its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2013.

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It's only the CU women's second appearance in the tournament since 2004.

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The Buffs are a 7th seed and will face 10th seeded Creighton on Friday in the first round. The game will be in Iowa City and tipoff is set for 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time.

Colorado Buffaloes head coach JR Payne watches her team before sending in Colorado Buffaloes guard Tameiya Sadler (2) during the game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at the Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It feels like we're fulfilling something that we've been working towards every single day for 6 years and come close but fallen short," head coach JR Payne said. "And so to have reached this opportunity is really great."

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