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Michigan women seeded third, will host NCAA Tournament weekend

Kim Barnes Arico has taken the program to places it has never been in her 10 seasons as Michigan women’s basketball coach.

She has added a new destination, and it’s right at home at the Crisler Center.

The Wolverines are a No. 3 seed — their highest ever — in the Wichita Regional of the NCAA Tournament, and as one of the top 16 seeds, will for the first time in program history host first- and second-round tournament games this weekend.

Michigan will open against No. 14 American on Saturday in a first-round game in Ann Arbor, and No.