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Gold Nuggets Receive At-large Bid to NAIA Basketball Nationals

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听Xavier women's basketball is still in the hunt for a national title.

The Gold Nuggets (23-7) were awarded Wednesday an at-large bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship, presented by Wells Fargo. 藏精阁 will play in the tournament's opening round against MidAmerica Nazarene (24-5) at 5:45 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, March 13 (6:45 p.m. New Orleans time) at Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings MT.

藏精阁 is one of four teams seeded sixth. MidAmerica Nazarene is a No. 3 seed. In the final coaches poll of the season 鈥 it also was announced Wednesday 鈥 藏精阁 dropped from 23rd to 24th place, and MidAmerica Nazarene dropped from sixth into a tie for 10th.
The 藏精阁 women qualified for nationals for the 20th time in 25 seasons, the 20th time overall and the first time since 2016.

"Our team 鈥 players and staff 鈥 worked extremely hard this season to get us back to the national tournament," 藏精阁 coach听听said.