March 16, 2025
Postseason WNIT | 3/16/2025 9:17:02 PM
FORT COLLINS, CO – Tournament officials have concluded months of research and thoughtful discussion and are excited to announce the field of 48 teams for the 27th annual Postseason WNIT, powered by Triple Crown Sports.
Fulfilling its longtime role as an event that showcases the depth and competitive excellence found throughout women’s college basketball, the Postseason WNIT will release its full bracket on Monday with matchups, locations and start times for the opening round.
There are 21 teams that won 20 or more games this season. Here’s a look at the field for the 2025 Postseason WNIT:
Automatic Qualifiers*:
Army West Point (24-7) – Patriot
Bryant (17-14) – America East
Central Arkansas (23-9) – Atlantic Sun
Howard (21-11) – Mid-Eastern Athletic
Illinois State (21-12) – Missouri Valley
Lindenwood (21-10) – Ohio Valley
Longwood (22-11) – Big South
Siena (17-13) – Metro Atlantic
Stonehill (17-15) – Northeast
Tarleton State (20-13) – Western Athletic
Texas Southern (16-15) – Southwestern Athletic
Troy (20-13) – Sun Belt
*-- Teams that were the highest regular-season finishers in their conference that did not receive a bid into the NCAA Tournament or WBIT.
At-Large:
Abilene Christian (20-12) – Western Athletic
Air Force (18-14) – Mountain West
Alabama A&M (21-10) – Southwestern Athletic
Buffalo (25-7) – Mid-American
Butler (15-17) – Big East
Campbell (21-12) – Coastal Athletic
Chattanooga (16-14) – Southern
Cleveland State (24-9) – Horizon
Coastal Carolina (23-8) – Sun Belt
Colgate (23-9) – Patriot
College of Charleston (24-7) – Coastal Athletic
Coppin State (18-14) – Mid-Eastern
Duquesne (19-12) – Atlantic 10
Lipscomb (20-11) – Atlantic Sun
Louisiana Tech (16-15) – Conference USA
Miami OH (19-11) – Mid-American
Navy (19-11) – Patriot
New Mexico State (17-15) – Conference USA
North Dakota State (19-11) – Summit
North Texas (24-8) – American Athletic
Northwestern State (16-15) – Southland
Old Dominion (17-15) – Sun Belt
Pacific (15-18) – West Coast
Purdue Fort Wayne (25-8) – Horizon
Rutgers (11-19) – Big Ten
Saint Mary’s (14-16) – West Coast
Southern Indiana (22-12) – Ohio Valley
Tulsa (17-14) – American Athletic
UAB (16-15) – American Athletic
UIC (14-17) – Missouri Valley
UIW (18-13) – Southland
UMass (16-14) – Atlantic 10
Utah Valley (18-12) – WAC
UT Arlington (17-13) – Western Athletic
Washington State (20-13) – West Coast
Western Illinois (16-16) – Ohio Valley
Here’s the schedule for the 27th edition of the Postseason WNIT:
Round 1 - March 20-22, 2025
Round 2 - March 23-25, 2025
Super 16 - March 26-28, 2025
Great 8 - March 29-31, 2025
Fab 4 - April 1-2, 2025
Championship - Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
“Our longstanding belief has always been that women’s college basketball demanded the respect that comes with a genuine postseason challenge outside the standard tournament,” said Sarah Sullivan, WNIT director. “For more than a generation, we’ve been there to celebrate the determination and hard work of players, coaches and staff that helped make the sport so great. Others have tried to copy our model, but for pure excitement and the kind of competitive environment that lifts programs higher, the Postseason WNIT set the standard before the turn of the century.”
Follow the 2025 Postseason WNIT:
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About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs the Postseason WNIT basketball event and produces the men’s and women’s DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown is also powering a “WNIT” concept event in D-I volleyball (NIVC), with that event debuting in 2017. Triple Crown’s PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,300-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch softball tournaments draw the nation’s finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 700-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 650 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.