2025 NCAA Women's Tournament: Georgia Tech Placed In Regional 1, Will Face Richmond in the First Round

Nell Fortner has Georgia Tech going to the NCAA Tournament for the third time during her tenure as head coach and this time, the Yellow Jackets are the No. 9 seed in Regional 1 in Spokane, Washington. Their first round matchup will be the No. 8 seed Richmond Spiders, who are 27-5 this season. The game will take place on Friday, with the time to be announced later.

Georgia Tech is going to have a chance to win this first round matchup and if they do, they will get to face the No. 1 overall seed in the Tournament, the UCLA Bruins. UCLA has been one of the top teams in the country for the entire season and if the Yellow Jackets will have their hands full in the second, if they can get by a very good and underrated Richmond team. The Spiders have the talent to knock off the Yellow Jackets and this is not an opponent to be taking lightly.

There are a lot of familiar opponents for Georgia Tech in this bracket. NC State, who the Yellow Jackets lost to in the ACC quarterfinals a couple of weeks ago, is the No. 2 seed in this region. Not only is NC State in this region, but Florida State is as well. The Seminoles beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta towards the end of the season and could be a dangerous team in this bracket.

UCLA is going to be the heavy favorite to come out of this side of the bracket, but Georgia Tech may get a chance to face them in round two if they can get by Richmond in round one.

The Yellow Jackets capped the regular season earning some prestigious honors as Kara Dunn was named all-ACC first team, while Tonie Morgan earned a spot on the all-ACC second team. Five-time ACC rookie of the week, Dani Carnegie was selected to the ACC all-freshman team and voted the ACC Sixth Player of the Year.

The trio of Jackets are all averaging double-figures on the season, paced by Dunn’s 15.8 points per game. Morgan contributes 13.8 points, while Carnegie adds 13.1 points per game. Graduate transfer Zoesha Smith leads Tech with 6.0 rebounds per game.

Georgia Tech’s 2025 berth into the NCAA Tournament marks the 12th appearance by the Yellow Jackets. Tech made its first appearance in 1993, but would not return again until 2003. From 2007-2012, the Yellow Jackets made six consecutive NCAA Tournaments, highlighted by the program’s first-ever run to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2012. Georgia Tech’s highest seeding in the NCAA Tournament has been No. 4 in 2012.

In 2021, Georgia Tech advanced to the Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history. As the No. 5 seed, the Jackets uprooted 12th-seeded Stephen F. Austin in overtime and No. 4-seeded West Virginia to meet No. 1 South Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Tech has won five first round games dating back to its first NCAA Tournament victory in 2007.

Matchup	Date	Time	TV
No. 1 UCLA vs UC San Diego/Southern	Friday, March 21st	TBD	TBD
No. 8 Richmond vs No. 9 Georgia Tech	Friday, March, 21	TBD	TBD
No. 4 Baylor vs No. 13 Grand Canyon	Friday, March, 21	TBD	TBD
No. 5 Ole Miss vs No. 12 Ball State	Friday, March, 21	TBD	TBD
No. 3 LSU vs No 14 San Diego State	Saturday, March 22nd	TBD	TBD
No. 6 Florida State vs No. 11 George Mason	Saturday, March 22nd	TBD	TBD
No. 2 NC State vs No. 15 Vermont	Saturday, March 22nd	TBD	TBD
No. 7 Michigan State vs No. 10 Harvard	Saturday, March 22nd	TBD	TBD

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