Printable 2026 Women's NIT Bracket, Schedule & Score Updates

The 48-team field for the WNIT was announced last Sunday, giving us some more tournament hoops to watch this month.
Below is everything you’ll need to follow the tournament.
Printable WNIT Bracket
You can print out a bracket from the official NIT website right here.

First-Round Scores
Pepperdine 71, UC Davis, 68
Northern Colorado 79, Air Force 72
Portland 62, Sam Houston 59
San Francisco 80, Utah Valley 50
George Washington 63, Bradley 60
UTRGV 71, Austin Peay 59
Binghamton 81, Mercyhurst 60
MD Eastern Shore 59, Wake Forest 48
UMBC 62, Ohio 58
St. Bonaventure 69, Drexel 67
Monmouth 72, Lehigh 62
Loyola Chicago 58, Norfolk State 54
FIU 76, Stetson 73
South Alabama 73, Alcorn State, 65
Radford 77, Morehead State 58
NJIT 68, Merrimack 65
Second-Round Scores
Pepperdine 85, Southern Utah 80
South Dakota 80, Northern Colorado 60
Portland 78, Lamar 68
Montana State 69, San Francisco 53
Illinois State 81, UTRGV 52
Army 59, NJIT 52
Loyola Chicago 62, Florida Gulf Coast 56
George Washington 61, Southern Indiana 58
La Salle 70, Binghamton 61
Marshall 66, UMBC 53
Arkansas State 83, Radford 52
Middle Tennessee 69, Saint Bonaventure 50
Cleveland State 74, Monmouth 68
Abilene Christian 77, FIU 66
Purdue Fort Wayne 77, South Alabama 72
Youngstown State 61, MD Eastern Shore 42
Super 16 Scores
Army 74, La Salle 63
South Dakota 73, Pepperdine 57
Montana State 72, Portland 54
Cleveland State 66, Middle Tennessee 56
George Washington 71, Loyola Chicago 62
Illinois State 59, Abilene Christian 55
Arkansas State 83, Purdue Fort Wayne 72
Marshall 72, Youngstown 46
Great 8 Scores
South Dakota 65, Montana State 56
Marshall 82, Army 65
Illinois State 61, George Washington 53
Arkansas State 71, Cleveland State 53
Final Four Scores
Illinois State 67, South Dakota 60
Marshall 69, Arkansas State 62
Championship Game
Marshall 64, Illinois State 41
WNIT Teams
Automatic Bids
Abilene Christian (23-10) - WAC
Alcorn State (17-13) - SWAC
Florida International (20-11) - Conference USA
Lamar (20-10) - Southland Conference
Mercyhurst (15-16) - NEC
Montana State (25-7) - Big Sky
Radford (22-12) - Big South
Maryland Eastern Shore (19-14) - MEAC
Youngstown State (24-9) - Horizon League
At-Large Bids
Air Force (16-18) - Mountain West
Arkansas State (24-9) - Sun Belt
Army (24-7) - Patriot League
Austin Peay (19-13) - ASUN
Binghamton (19-12) - America East
Bradley (20-12) - Missouri Valley
Cleveland State (24-9) - Horizon League
Drexel (21-10) - CAA
Florida Gulf Coast (16-15) - ASUN
George Washington (15-17) - Atlantic 10
Illinois State (20-13) - Missouri Valley
La Salle (18-13) - Atlantic 10
Lehigh (17-14) - Patriot League
Loyola Chicago (14-17) - Atlantic 10
Marshall (23-9) - Sun Belt
Merrimack (19-12) - MAAC
Middle Tennessee State (16-15) - Conference USA
Monmouth (20-11) - CAA
Morehead State (18-14) - OVC
NJIT (18-12) - America East
Norfolk State (18-14) - MEAC
Northern Colorado (22-10) - Big Sky
Ohio (18-13) - MAC
Pepperdine (19-12) - WCC
Portland (18-14) - WCC
Purdue Fort Wayne (20-13) - Horizon League
Sam Houston (18-12) - Conference USA
San Francisco (18-14) - WCC
South Alabama (16-18) - Sun Belt
South Dakota (23-9) - Summit League
Southern Indiana (21-10) - OVC
Southern Utah (19-12) - WAC
St. Bonaventure (16-15) - Atlantic 10
Stetson (20-11) - ASUN
UC Davis (23-10) - Big West
UMBC (16-14) - America East
Utah Valley (16-14) - WAC
UTRGV (20-13) - Southland
Wake Forest (14-17) - ACC
WNIT Schedule
Round | Date(s) |
|---|---|
Round 1 | March 19-21 |
Round 2 | March 22-24 |
Super 16 | March 25-27 |
Great 8 | March 28-30 |
Fab 4 | March 31-April 1 |
Championship | April 4 |
How to Watch the WNIT
ESPN+ will be your home for the early round games and quarterfinals. The semifinals will be shown on ESPNU and the championship game will be on ESPN2.
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