Women's Basketball

Five Teams Invited To NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship

Official NCAA Release

INDIANAPOLIS--For the second straight year, five teams from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) will participate in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship after UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls and UW-Whitewater secured bids into this year’s 64-team field.
 
UW-La Crosse (18-9) received an automatic bid after winning the WIAC Tournament (presented by Culver’s). It is the seventh NCAA appearance in program archives. UW-La Crosse will travel to Waukesha, Wis., for its first round game against LaGrange College (Ga.) (20-9). Carroll University (Wis.) (22-5), the host institution, will take on DePauw University (Ind.) (19-9) in its opening contest.
 
UW-Oshkosh (24-3), UW-Platteville (18-8), UW-River Falls (16-11) and UW-Whitewater (19-8) earned four of the 21 at-large bids into the national field.
 
UW-Oshkosh is making its 21st NCAA appearance and will host first and second round contests. The Titans will play Webster University (Mo.) (19-8) in their opening game, while Wisconsin Lutheran College (22-5) and Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) (20-8) will meet in their first round contest.
 
UW-Whitewater is also hosting first and second round action. The Warhawks are in their 24th NCAA tournament and will take on Transylvania University (Ky.) (24-5) in the first round. University of Chicago (Ill.) (17-7) and Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) (18-8) will also play in the first round.
 
UW-Platteville will appear in the NCAA championship for the first time in program history and travel to St. Paul, Minn., for its first round matchup against Coe College (Iowa) (21-6). Bethel University (Minn.) (22-6), the host institution, will face Millsaps College (Miss.) (21-7) in the first round.
 
UW-River Falls is in its sixth NCAA tournament and first since the 2016 campaign. The Falcons will travel to Moorhead, Minn., to play Ripon College (Wis.) (25-3) in the first round. Concordia College-Moorhead (Minn.) (23-5), the host institution, will meet UW-Superior (12-16) in the first round.
 
All first and second round action will be conducted March 6-7.  Second round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites March 13-14. Winners of the four sectional sites will advance to the national semifinals/final site on March 19 and 21. All games, except the semifinals and final, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The semifinals/final will be conducted at Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia, hosted by City of Salem and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
 
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