Fort Collins, CO – Illinois State women's basketball will host WNIT Second Round action Sunday inside CEFCU Arena at 2 p.m., the WNIT announced Wednesday. The Redbirds are set to take on the First-Round winner of Western Illinois and Lipscomb, which is scheduled for Thursday in Macomb, Ill.
It marks the second-straight season the Redbirds will host postseason basketball inside CEFCU Arena, after a home win over Charleston last season that sent Illinois State to the 2024 WNIT Super 16. Tickets are on sale now at goredbirds.com/tickets and are $12 for the general public and $7 for students and youth.
The Redbirds earned their fifth-straight postseason bid, which includes a trip to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Illinois State is set to make its 16th appearance all-time in the WNIT and its fourth trip to the WNIT in Gillespie's tenure. The Redbirds earned a WNIT bid for the third consecutive season. Illinois State is 16-10 overall in the WNIT since 2000, and 13-3 in the WNIT at home over that stretch.
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The 2024 field features a 48-team field that includes 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large selections chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There are 22 teams that won 20 or more games this season, which includes the 21-win Redbirds. All games are set to be hosted on campus sites, with Round 1 tipping off March 20-22. The 2025 WNIT Championship is Saturday, April 5 at 3 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.
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