Indiana Tech and Siena Heights set for NAIA WBB Tournament
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – [Video Announcement | 1st & 2nd Round Schedule Page | Bracket] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and bracket for the 2024 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship First Round presented by Ballogy. The 64-team bracket will begin with the first and second rounds at host sites nationwide on March 15-16. The 2024 NAIA second round winners will meet in Sioux City, Iowa, at the NAIA National Championship final site presented by Bomgaars and Sterling. The 43rd annual championship occurs at the Tyson Events Center from March 21-22.
This year's first round field includes 37 automatic qualifiers and 27 at-large selections. Automatic berths were given to teams that either won their respective conference tournament title or regular season championship, finished runner-up at the conference tournament or were otherwise selected by the conference. The NAIA Women's Basketball National Selection Committee determined the at-large bids. The selection committee consists of one representative from each geographical area and six at-large members consisting of coaches and administrators from around the country.
Indiana Tech (28-3) won both the WHAC regular season and tournament and makes its trip to the tournament for the 13th time, this time earning a No. 6 seed. They will travel to Siloam Spring, Ark. on the campus of John Brown University. The Warriors will take on No. 11 St. Thomas (Fla.) on Friday, March. 15 at 8 p.m. Live Streaming can be found here
Siena Heights (27-4) earned an autobid as the WHAC tournament runner-up and is making its 7th trip to the NAIA National Championships. The Saints are the No.14 seed and will travel to Williamsburg, Ky. to take on host No.3 Cumberlands (Ky.). Tipoff on Friday, March 15th is at 1 p.m. Live streaming can be found here