WNIT 2026 Championship: Secure Your Spot in the Playoffs!
Here is the full WNIT field featuring Southern Indiana. The women's basketball invitation tournament concludes on April 4.
The Women's National Invitation Field has been set on Sunday, March 15. The WNIT has fallen in stature in recent years, as the WBIT replaced the tournament three years ago as the second-tier tournament for college women's basketball. The WNIT now offers 48 bids.
The WNIT offered automatic bids for teams that were two-seeds in their respective conference tournaments and didn't make either the NCAA or WBIT tournaments. More: USI women's basketball falls short in OVC Tournaments semifinals The tournament will start on March 19 with the Championship game set for April 4. 2026 WNIT basketball tournament field Teams in alphabetical order.
Story will be updated once the bracket is revealed. Abilene Christian Air Force Alcorn State Arkansas State Army Binghamton Bradley Cleveland State Drexel Florida Gulf Coast Florida International George Washington Illinois State La Salle Lamar Lehigh Loyola Chicago Marshall Maryland Eastern Shore Mercyhurst Merrimack Middle Tennessee State Monmouth Montana State Morehead State NJIT Norfolk Northern Colorado Ohio Pepperdine Portland Purdue Fort Wayne Radford Sam Houston San Francisco South Alabama South Dakota Southern Indiana Southern Utah St. Bonaventure Stetson UC Davis UMBC Utah Valley UTRGV Wake Forest Youngstown Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports, Jax State athletics, the outdoors in Alabama and more for the Gadsden Times and USA TODAY Network.
Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@usatodayco. com . This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: 2026 WNIT basketball tournament field set