Indiana women’s basketball earns No. 9 seed, will face Utah in Columbia, South Carolina

Indiana women’s basketball is in the NCAA tournament for a fifth straight season.

The Hoosiers are the No. 9 seed in Birmingham Regional and will play No. 8 seed Utah in Columbia, South Carolina. Utah is 22-8 this season.

If the Hoosiers advance, they will play either No. 1 seed South Carolina or No. 16 seed Tennessee Tech in Columbia.

Indiana is 19-12 and is coming off a loss to USC in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.

Here’s the full release on IU’s draw from the athletic department:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball will make its sixth-consecutive NCAA Tournament with an at-large selection into the 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament field announced on Sunday night.

As a No. 9 seed, the Hoosiers will face No. 8 Utah on Friday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s the second time in program history that Indiana will be at 9-seed with its only other time in 2016. This will be the first meeting between the two teams. Game time and TV designation are TBD. Ticket information can be found through the South Carolina Athletics ticket office.

IU makes its 11th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history in 2025 and seventh under 11th-year head coach Teri Moren. All-time tournament appearances include 1983, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023. Overall, they are 11-10 all-time in the Big Dance.

This season’s team is 19-12 overall and finished 10-8 in Big Ten play. They have four Top 25 wins to their resume, a 35 NET ranking and the 11th toughest schedule in the nation. Junior guard Yarden Garzon leads the pack with 14.1 points per game as three others add double figures including graduate student guard Sydney Parrish (11.9 ppg.), junior guard Shay Ciezki (11.6 ppg.) and senior forward Karoline Striplin (10.1 ppg.).