FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Birgitta Gray O: (406) 896-5917 E: birgitta.gray@msubillings.edu March 8, 2016 Woodin to be featured on GNAC Insider Women’s Basketball on Facebook | MSUB Women’s Basketball on ISSUU GNAC Insider
MSUB women’s basketball head coach Kevin Woodin will be a featured guest on GNAC Insider.
After earning a berth in the NCAA national tournament, MSUB women’s basketball head coach Kevin Woodin will be a featured guest on the GNAC Insider to discuss the upcoming games in California. BILLINGS, Mont. – MSUB women’s basketball head coach Kevin Woodin will be a featured guest on the GNAC Insider this Tuesday evening at 8 PM Mountain time. GNAC Insider is the weekly radio program of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which airs on Tuesday evenings and is available as a free podcast on iTunes. To listen live to Tuesday's program, click here. Coach Woodin was named the 2015-16 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. After being voted to finish tied for seventh in the preseason coaches’ poll, the Yellowjackets finished the season with a 15-5 conference record to earn the third seed at the conference tournament.
Last week in Lacey, Wash., MSUB won two games to advance to the GNAC Championship game. In the title game, MSU Billings finished the GNAC tournament as the runner-up to Alaska Anchorage. On Sunday’s NCAA Division II women’s basketball selection show, the Yellowjackets earned an at-large bid to the national tournament and are headed to California to face the host and No. 1 seed Azusa Pacific in the first round. MSU Billings (21-10) was eighth in last week's NCAA west region poll, and this week has retained the ranking to advance into the national dance. Azusa Pacific was ranked No. 2 last week, but moved up a spot and will host the west region tournament in Azusa, Calif. The Cougars (27-3) won the PacWest Tournament last Saturday defeating Cal Baptist 75-58 for the championship. 2016 NCAA Div. II Women's Basketball West Region Championships Felix Event Center – Azusa, CA Friday, Mar. 11 - Quarterfinals 1 PM – #6 Academy of Art (24-8) vs #3 Cal Baptist (28-2) 3:30 pm - #7 Cal State Dominguez Hills (22-9) vs. #2 Alaska Anchorage (33-2) 6:00 pm – #5 Cal State East Bay (27-4) vs #4 UC San Diego (24-4) 8:30 pm – #8 MSU Billings (21-10) vs #1 Azusa Pacific (27-3) Saturday, March 12 – Semifinals 6 pm - AAU/CBU vs CSUDH/UAA winner 8:30 pm – CSUEB/UCSD winner vs MSUB/APU winner Monday, March 14 – Championship 8 pm - Semifinal winners GNAC Insider is hosted by Central Washington University's Rob Lowery, and is produced by the conference office. In addition to the free podcast on iTunes, all archived versions of the program are available for listening through the GNAC's Stretch Internet portal under the 'on-demand' tab. --@MSUBSports | #JacketNation--