Fresno State, SMU and Tulsa all earn bids to the Sportsview.tv Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), giving the Western Athletic Conference five total teams in postseason play. This is the most since six teams advanced to postseason during the 1998-99 season. That year two teams played in the NCAA Tournament, while four advanced to the WNIT.
Tulsa advances to the WNIT for the second-straight season, while the Bulldogs make their second appearance in three years. SMU last made the postseason in 2000 advancing to the NCAA Tournament. This is the Mustangs first appearance in the WNIT.
Tulsa will travel to College Station to take on Texas A&M on March 16 at 5:00 p.m. Fresno will take on Texas Corpus Christi on the road on March 18. SMU will take on Southwest Missouri State on the road on March 17. If the Bulldogs and Golden Hurricane both win, they would faceoff in the second round. SMU would face the winner of the Gonzaga/BYU game.
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