The Liberty University Lady Flames women's basketball team will open the 2012 Women's NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed in the Raleigh regional. The 2012 Women's NCAA tournament bracket was announced on Monday night.

The Liberty Lady Flames will face No. 1 seed Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. The game is scheduled for March 18 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Liberty finished the season with a 24-8 record, including a 16-2 mark in the Big South Conference. The Lady Eagles earned an automatic bid by defeating High Point 81-73 in the Big South tournament championship game.

The rest of Liberty's regional bracket looks like this:

No. 8 Cal vs. No. 9 Iowa
No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 13 Marist
No. 6 Arkansas vs. No. 11 Dayton
No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Albany
No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Michigan State
No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 15 Navy

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