Bradley Lights Up Final Push for Playoffs with Magic Moments!
The Bradley Braves women's basketball team landed a bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament on March 15, and is part of a 48-team field.
PEORIA — Bradley has two basketball teams in postseason play. The Braves women's team earned an at-large bid to the 2026 Women's National Invitation Tournament on Sunday night. The 48-team field was announced Sunday.
Bracket pairings and game locations will be released Monday. First-round games tip off on Thursday. Who is in the tournament?
Automatic Qualifiers*: Abilene Christian (23-10) - WAC Alcorn State (17-13) - SWAC Florida International (20-11) - Conference USA Lamar (20-10) - Southland Conference Mercyhurst (15-16) - NEC Montana State (25-7) - Big Sky Radford (22-12) - Big South Maryland Eastern Shore (19-14) - MEAC Youngstown State (24-9) - Horizon League *– Teams that were the 2-seed in their conference tournament that did not receive a bid into the NCAA Tournament or WBIT. At-Large: Air Force (16-18) - Mountain West Arkansas State (24-9) - Sun Belt Army (24-7) - Patriot League Austin Peay (19-13) - ASUN Binghamton (19-12) - America East Bradley (20-12) - Missouri Valley Cleveland State (24-9) - Horizon League Drexel (21-10) - CAA Florida Gulf Coast (16-15) - ASUN George Washington (15-17) - Atlantic 10 Illinois State (20-13) - Missouri Valley La Salle (18-13) - Atlantic 10 Lehigh (17-14) - Patriot League Loyola Chicago (14-17) - Atlantic 10 Marshall (23-9) - Sun Belt Merrimack (19-12) - MAAC Middle Tennessee State (16-15) - Conference USA Monmouth (20-11) - CAA Morehead State (18-14) - OVC NJIT (18-12) - America East Norfolk State (18-14) - MEAC Northern Colorado (22-10) - Big Sky Ohio (18-13) - MAC Pepperdine (19-12) - WCC Portland (18-14) - WCC Purdue Fort Wayne (20-13) - Horizon League Sam Houston (18-12) - Conference USA San Francisco (18-14) - WCC South Alabama (16-18) - Sun Belt South Dakota (23-9) - Summit League Southern Indiana (21-10) - OVC Southern Utah (19-12) - WAC St. Bonaventure (16-15) - Atlantic 10 Stetson (20-11) - ASUN UC Davis (23-10) - Big West UMBC (16-14) - America East Utah Valley (16-14) - WAC UTRGV (20-13) - Southland Wake Forest (14-17) - ACC The tournament schedule Round 1: March 19-21 Round 2: March 22-24 Super 16: March 25-27 Great 8: March 28-30, 2026 Fab 4: March 31-April 1 Championship: Saturday, April 4, 2 p.
m. CT How the tournament field is filled Automatic Berths : One berth from each of the nation's 31 conferences. A team that is offered an automatic berth by the WNIT shall be the team that is: the highest-finishing team in the conference's regular-season standings and ...