Women's Basketball Mar 17 ULM Athletic Communications

ULM Women's Basketball Qualifies for WNIT, Earns First Postseason Bid Since 1994

The Warhawks are one of four Sun Belt teams set to compete in the 2024 WNIT.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The ULM women's basketball team has qualified for the 2024 WNIT Tournament, after tournament officials revealed the 2024 WNIT field on Sunday night. The Warhawks will play in the postseason for the first time since 1994.

The Warhawks received a bye and will play the winner of Grambling and Oral Roberts. The date, time and location of ULM's second-round matchup will be finalized after Thursday night's first round game between the Tigers and Golden Eagles. The second round of the WNIT will be played between March 23-26.

ULM is coming off of a 19-13 season and earned the most victories in program history since the 2005-06 season. The historic turnaround season comes after the program won a total of 14 games over the previous three seasons. ULM reached the Sun Belt Quarterfinals for the first time since 2013 and won its first SBC Tournament game in 11 years with a second round win over Georgia Southern. The 2023-24 team earned its highest Sun Belt regular season finish in 13 years and went on the largest conference winning streak since the 2007 season.

The 48-team WNIT field begins play this week, as the 26^th edition of the Postseason WNIT returns to acknowledge deserving programs with a championship chase like no other. The 2024 field features 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There are 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.

2024 WNIT BRACKET

2024 WNIT TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Round 1 - March 20-22, 2024 Round 2 - March 23-26, 2024 Round 3 - March 27-29, 2024 Quarterfinals - March 30-April 1, 2024 Semifinals - April 2-3, 2024
Championship - April 6, 2024

Automatic Qualifiers:

Colgate (18-13), Patriot

Grambling (22-9), Southwestern Athletic

Le Moyne (18-13), Northeast

Monmouth (21-9), Colonial

Niagara (20-13), Metro Athletic

Northern Arizona (25-9), Big Sky

South Carolina Upstate (16-15), Big South Southern Indiana (24-6), Ohio Valley Stetson (17-14), Atlantic Sun

UAlbany (25-6), America East

UNC Greensboro (21-11), Southern

At Large Qualifiers:

Boise State (21-13), Mountain West

Bowling Green (16-14), Mid-American

Buffalo (19-13), Mid-American

Butler (14-16), Big East

Central Arkansas (21-11), Atlantic Sun

Charleston (21-9), Colonial

Cincinnati (14-17), Big 12

Duquesne (20-12), Atlantic 10

Eastern Kentucky (22-11), Atlantic Sun

Florida International (20-11), Conference USA

Illinois State (21-11), Missouri Valley

Louisiana-Monroe (19-13), Sun Belt

Minnesota (16-15), Big Ten

Montana (22-9), Big Sky

Murray State (20-11), Missouri Valley

North Carolina A&T (20-11), Colonial

North Dakota State (21-11), Summit

Northern Colorado (15-15), Big Sky

Northern Iowa (16-15), Missouri Valley

Old Dominion (22-9), Sun Belt

Oral Roberts (21-10), Summit

Pacific (18-14), West Coast

Providence (13-20), Big East

Purdue (13-18), Big Ten

Purdue Fort Wayne (21-12), Horizon

Saint Louis (16-18), Atlantic 10

South Dakota (21-12), Summit

Southern Miss (18-13), Sun Belt

Stephen F. Austin (22-12), Western Athletic

Troy (19-11), Sun Belt

UAB (18-13), American Athletic

UC Riverside (18-13), Big West

UI-Chicago (18-15), Missouri Valley

UT San Antonio (17-14), American

Vermont (22-11), America East

Wisconsin (13-16), Big Ten

Wyoming (16-14), Mountain West The 2024 Postseason WNIT will again have its championship game broadcast on CBS Sports Network, with tipoff set for Saturday, April 6, at 3 p.m. ET.