Feb. 27, 2005

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The TCU Lady Frogs (20-9, 10-4 C-USA) enter the Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 4 seed and face the winner of USF-Southern Miss. The top four seeds in the event, which takes place over March 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C., at Dale F. Halton Arena, have first-round byes. The Lady Frogs are scheduled to play at 2:30 p.m. CST Friday, March 4.

TCU and Houston finished the regular season tied for third with records of 10-4 in league play. Since both squads were 1-1 against each other and their wins and losses were to the same teams, representatives from the C-USA office conducted a draw following Houston's win over TCU Sunday.

Two pieces of paper with the names of each school were placed inside a box and then shaken up. Brenda Weare, C-USA Senior Associate Commissioner, drew Houston's name first, giving the Lady Cougar's the No. 3 seed and TCU the four.

DePaul earned the No. 1 seed by finishing with a 13-1 record. Louisville got the No. 2 spot thanks to an 11-3 mark. USF was seeded fifth followed by Charlotte, Marquette, East Carolina, Memphis, UAB, Cincinnati and Southern Miss.

The schedule of play for the tournament is listed below.

Thursday, March 3
Game 1: (8) East Carolina vs. (9) Memphis, noon CST
Game 2: (5) USF vs. (12) Southern Miss, 2:30 p.m. CST
Game 3: (6) Charlotte vs. (11) Cincinnati, 5 p.m. CST
Game 4: (7) Marquette vs. (10) UAB, 7:30 p.m. CST

Friday, March 4
Game 5: (1) DePaul vs. Winner Game 1, noon CST
Game 6: (4) TCU vs. Winner Game 2, 2:30 p.m. CST
Game 7: (3) Houston vs. Winner Game 3, 5 p.m. CST
Game 8: (2) Louisville vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30 p.m. CST

Saturday, March 5
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 1 p.m. CST
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3:30 p.m. CST

Sunday, March 6
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 4 p.m. CST