Racers Selected to Play in the WNIT

Murray State women's basketball is selected to play in the Women's National Invitational Tournament as announced by the league, today.

This is the Racers' fifth selection to the tournament and second time under Rechelle Turner. The seventh time they will compete in a postseason tournament.

The 48-team field was selected on Sunday, March 17, after the NCAA and WBIT schedules were released. The Postseason WNIT will have matchups, times and locations determined and its bracket ready for viewing later on Monday, March 18.

2024 is the 26th year that the WNIT has been held after it was launched in the spring of 1998.

Here is the schedule for each round:
Round 1 - March 20-22, 2024
Round 2 - March 23-26, 2024
Round 3 - March 27-29, 2024
Quarterfinals - March 30-April 1, 2024
Semifinals - April 2-3, 2024

The 2024 Postseason WNIT will again have its championship game broadcast on CBS Sports Network, with tip-off set for Saturday, April 6, at 3 p.m. ET.

From 1969-96, there was a postseason event for women's collegiate basketball and it was called the (NWIT) The National Women's Invitational Tournament. When the NWIT folded in 1996, the new WNIT as we know it today was launched in spring 1998.

Murray State's WNIT history began when the event was known as the NWIT. The Racers compete in the 1989 National Women's Invitation Tournament under Head Coach Bud Childers in Amarillo, Florida.

The Racers were knocked out of title contention in a 97-81 loss to San Diego State and then played the third-place game against Toledo where they lost in double overtime 107-104. MSU's two future hall of famers, Sheila Smith scored 26 points and Wenning added 19 points.

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