State Education News

PRODUCERS OPEN THEIR DOORS TO MAINERS TO SHOW OFF THEIR SWEET OPERATIONS. TWO NIGHTS AGO THE UMAINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR FIRST AMERICA EAST TITLE SINCE 2019, AND WITH THAT CLINCHED A BERTH IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, AKA MARCH MADNESS..TONIGHT WE FOUND OUT WHO THE BLACK BEARS WILL FACE. AFTER TAKING DOWN VERMONT 64-48 ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOSE MAINE AS A 15 SEED IN TONIGHT’S SELECTION SHOW. MAINE WILL FACE 2 SEED OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.. IT’S THE BLACK BEARS FIRST TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE SINCE 2019.. MAINE IS 1 AND 9 ALL-TIME IN THE TOURNAMENT, WITH THEIR LONE WIN DATING BACK TO 1999 WHEN THEY TOOK DOWN STANFORD. THERE’S NO TIME SET FOR THEIR MATCHUP WITH THE BUCKEYES, BUT THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED NEXT FRIDAY IN COLUMBUS OHIO, A HOME GAME FOR THE 2 SEED. THE TEAMS LAST PLAYED IN 2017.. BLACK BEARS HEAD COACH AMY VACHON REACTED TO THE THE MATCHUP “THEY HAVE PLAYED, YOU KNOW, INDIANA, THEY’VE PLAYED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD TEAMS. SO GOING INTO OHIO STATE ISN’T UNCHARTERED TERRITORY, YOU KNOW? IT’S SOMETHING THAT THEY’RE FAMILIAR WITH AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YEAH, IT’S A B