WNIT play kicks off out West
WNIT postseason play kicks off tonight with teams from California, Washington and Colorado.
Northern Colorado visits Colorado in Boulder while Cal Poly visits Washington in Seattle. Colorado is 18-13 overall and finished its first season in the Pac-12 Conference in 10th place at 6-12. Northern Colorado is 20-11 and an automatic qualifier to the field due to their second-place finish in the Big Sky Conference.
Washington finished 17-13 in the regular season, winning four of its last six games under first-year coach Kevin McGuff. Cal Poly is 17-14. This will be the first meeting between the teams.
"One of our goals was to be in postseason play," said McGuff about his team. "So I’m just really excited for our players that they will have that chance."
Northern Colorado at Colorado, 9 p.m. ET, Coors Event Center
Streaming: BuffsTV
Audio: KKZN AM 760/BuffsRadio, Mike Rice and USA Basketball’s Carol Callan.
Series: This will be the 16th meeting between Colorado and Northern Colorado with the Buffaloes holding a 9-6 edge. Colorado head coach Linda Lappe has never faced Northern Colorado as a head coach.
Cal Poly at Washington, 10 p.m. ET, Alaska Airlines Arena
Streaming: GoHuskies.com
Audio: KKNW 1150 AM
Series: First meeting
Other WNIT games this week
Thursday, March 15
Drexel @ Fairfield, 7 p.m. ET
UC Davis @ Oregon State, 10 p.m. ET
UNLV @ Saint Mary’s, 10 p.m. ET
Utah State @ Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Eastern Illinois @ Texas Tech, 8 p.m. ET
Mississippi Valley State @ Tulane, 8 p.m. ET
Central Michigan @ Illinois State, 8:05 p.m. ET
American @ Villanova, 7 p.m. ET
Drake @ South Dakota, 8 p.m. ET
UMKC @ Missouri State, 8 p.m. ET
Chattanooga @ Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Quinnipiac @ Temple, 7 p.m. ET
Harvard @ Hofstra, 7 p.m. ET
VCU @ Bowling Green, 7 p.m. ET
Boston University @ Saint Joseph’s, 7 p.m. ET
High Point @ NC State, 7 p.m. ET
Appalachian State @ UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m. ET
Miami-Ohio @ Richmond, 6 p.m. ET
Howard @ Virginia, 7 p.m. ET
Davidson @ James Madison, 7 p.m. ET
Wake Forest @ Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Stetson @ Florida International, 7 p.m. ET
Florida Atlantic @ South Florida, 7 p.m. ET
Friday, March 16
Arizona State @ Pacific, 10 p.m. ET
CS Northridge @ San Diego, 10 p.m. ET
Oral Roberts @ Wichita State, 8:05 p.m. ET
Central Arkansas @ Oklahoma State, 8 p.m. ET
Syracuse @ Hartford, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit @ Toledo, 7 p.m. ET
Duquesne @ Cincinnati, 7 p.m. ET