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Thursday, March 19, 2026

WBB to face Vermont in first round WBB NCAA Tournament. -- Thursday Cardinal Couple

 CARDS WBB ENTER NCAA TOURNAMENT 27-7


Louisville WBB enters the 2026 NCAA Tournament against Vermont. The Cards are the #3 seed in one of the Ft. Worth regions,while Vermont is the #14 seed. Alabama and Rhode Island will be the other two teams in the Louisville pod. Games will take place on March 21st and March 23rd. 

Rally the Catamount

Both the Cards and the Catamounts have a 27-7 record. Your first question may be.."so what is a catamount?"  A Catamount is a legendary mountain cat...similar to a cougar or panther....that roamed the Green Mountain around Vermont University.  An interesting tidbit about how the catamount became the mascot...the school had four nicknames to choose from...the Cows, the Tomcats, the Camels and the Catamounts. I'm not positive on this but I am guessing the team would have been a bit intimdated walking onto an opponent's court with a cow mascot and hearing moos from the stands. 


Nikola Priede

The on-court WBB Catamounts are led by Nikola Priede and her 17.4 points a game. Priede is from Lativa and a 6'2" senior center.  Also in double figures for UVM are Keira Hanson at 14.1 ppg and Jadyn Weltz at 11.0 a game. 

Alisa Kresge is the Catamount head coach and has a 141-88 record at the school. She began her caoching with Vermont in 2019 and also was a player at Marist U.  

The 2025-26 Catamounts

The Vermont losses came against High Point, Washington, Lindenwood, Holy Cross, Binghamton, Maine and UMBC. They won the America East Conference Tournament (in Burlington, Vermont) with wins over Albany. UMBC and Maine. 

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We won't be running a NCAA WBB Pick 'em contest this year. Personnel changes at Cardinal Couple and my questionable health these days make it a "no-go" . I will offer a few picks on tournament games in the Friday Cardinal Couple,



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