PBC Releases Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket

AUGUSTA – Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference has released the bracket for the 2008 women’s basketball tournament. Francis Marion, despite losing their final two games of the season, will be the top seed for the championships, which begin on Wednesday at USC Aiken.

Five PBC women’s teams were tied atop the conference standings following the 20-game league schedule, setting a new record for regular-season co-champions. The prior number was three co-champions in the 1994-95 season. The five teams were placed in the conference’s multi-team tiebreaker, which looked at their performances against one another. Francis Marion took that tiebreak with a 5-3 record against Clayton State, Lander, Augusta State and USC Aiken.

Clayton State will be the #2 seed following their dramatic 76-74 win at Francis Marion in Saturday's finale.  Augusta State will be the #3 seed and Lander will be the #4 seed after winning five of six games to end the season.   Host USC Aiken will be the #5 seed.

Columbus State had the opportunity to become the sixth co-champion, but fell at UNC Pembroke on Saturday 61-57 and will be the #6 seed. Armstrong Atlantic State is seventh followed by #8 North Georgia, #9 GCSU and #10 UNC Pembroke.

The top six seeds received byes in the first round, leaving UNC Pembroke to face Armstrong Atlantic State in the tournament’s first game on Wednesday at 1:00. North Georgia will take on GCSU on Wednesday at 3:00.

The tournament continues to the championship game on Sunday, March 9, at 2:00.

The tournament bracket can be seen here (PDF).