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Lady Vols earn no. 4 seed in NCAA Tournament, will host Buffalo in the first round

Tennessee will have a homecourt advantage to start the 2022 women's basketball national championship tournament.
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Tennessee's Rae Burrell plays against Kentucky in an NCAA college basketball game at the women's Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Lady Vols are the No. 4 seed in the Wichita Region and will host Buffalo in Knoxville to start the 2022 Women's NCAA Tournament.

The team will be holding a press conference ahead of the game on Friday at 10:45 a.m. You can watch below:

The game will take place on Saturday at 3 p.m. The winner will face Oregon or Belmont in the second round.

Tennessee enters March Madness with a 23-8 overall record. The Lady Vols fell to Kentucky in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. 

Their opponent, Buffalo, is 25-8 overall and are Mid-American Conference champions. 

Tip-off times have been announced for Saturday's NCAA First-Round games at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.

No. 4 Tennessee (23-9) will play host to No. 13 seed Buffalo (25-8) at 3 p.m. 

No. 5 seed Oregon (20-11) will face off with No. 12 seed Belmont (22-7) in the day's second contest on The Summitt at 5:30 p.m. ET. 

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