The Women’s NCAA Tournament isn’t the only show in town for women’s basketball this March. The Postseason WNIT is also on tap in 2023.
Like the NIT counterpart, the WNIT offers a chance for those teams who weren’t selected to the NCAA Tournament to shine.
KU, K-State and Wichita State were all picked to play in the 2023 Women's NIT.
The field includes 64 teams with 32 automatic qualifiers representing each conference’s next-highest finisher behind those selected for the NCAA Tournament.
WNIT schedule
- First round: Mar. 15-17
- Second round: Mar. 18-21
- Third round: Mar. 22-24
- Quarterfinals: Mar. 25-27
- Semifinals: Mar. 28-29 in Las Vegas
- Championship: Apr. 1 at 5:30 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network
Teams participating in the 2023 WNIT
Automatic Qualifiers (32 – * denotes regular season champion/co-champion)
- Arkansas (21-12) – Southeastern
- *Boston (24-8) — Patriot
- Bowling Green (27-6) – Mid-American
- *Columbia (23-5) – Ivy
- *Fairleigh Dickinson (24-7) — Northeast
- *Green Bay (27-5) – Horizon
- High Point (17-14) – Big South
- *Illinois State (24-8) – Missouri Valley
- *Jackson State (21-9) – Southwestern Athletic
- Kansas (19-11) – Big 12
- Liberty (24-8) — Atlantic Sun
- *Little Rock (21-10) – Ohio Valley
- Memphis (20-10) – American Athletic
- Morgan State (17-11) — Mid-Eastern Athletic
- Nebraska (16-14) – Big Ten
- Niagara (18-12) – Metro Atlantic Athletic
- North Dakota State (18-11) – Summit
- *Northern Arizona (21-13) – Big Sky
- San Diego (17-13) – West Coast
- Seton Hall (18-14) – Big East
- *Stephen F. Austin (26-6) — Western Athletic
- Syracuse (18-12) – Atlantic Coast
- *Texas A&M Corpus Christi (19-11) – Southland
- Texas State (23-9) – Sun Belt
- *Towson (21-11) — Colonial Athletic
- *UAlbany (22-11) – America East
- *UC-Irvine (24-6) – Big West
- *UMass (26-6) – Atlantic 10
- Washington (15-14) – Pac 12
- Western Kentucky (19-13) — Conference USA
- *Wofford (22-9) – Southern
- Wyoming (22-10) – Mountain West
At Large (32)
- Auburn (15-14) – Southeastern
- Ball State (25-8) – Mid-American
- *Belmont (23-11) – Missouri Valley
- BYU (16-16) – West Coast
- Clemson (17-15) – Atlantic Coast
- Colorado State (20-11) – Mountain West
- Drexel (21-9) – Colonial Athletic
- Florida (16-14) – Southeastern
- Fordham (18-12) – Atlantic 10
- Harvard (17-11) – Ivy
- Kansas State (17-16) – Big 12
- Kent State (21-10) – Mid-American
- Long Beach State (23-9) – Big West
- Louisiana Tech (19-12) – Conference USA
- Missouri (17-13) – Southeastern
- Missouri State (20-11) – Missouri Valley
- New Mexico (20-12) – Mountain West
- Northern Iowa (22-9) – Missouri Valley
- Oregon (17-14) – Pac 12
- Penn (17-11) – Ivy
- *Rhode Island (24-6) – Atlantic 10
- Rice (22-8) – Conference USA
- Richmond (20-10) – Atlantic 10
- Saint Joseph’s (20-10) – Atlantic 10
- San Diego State (23-10) – Mountain West
- San Francisco (19-12) – West Coast
- SMU (16-12) – American
- Texas Tech (18-14) – Big 12
- Tulane (18-13) – American
- UTEP (20-11) – Conference USA
- Wake Forest (16-16) – Atlantic Coast
- Wichita State (18-14) – American Athletic
How to watch the WNIT
CBS Sports will broadcast the WNIT championship game once again this year. Fans can head over the CBSSports.com to watch the network live, but they will need a login from a satellite or television service provider.
Those who have cut the cord can sign up for fuboTV’s seven-day free trial to watch via that service.
The broadcast plan for the other games in the tournament has not been officially announced.