The Houston women’s basketball team will compete in its seventh Women’s National Invitational Tournament after securing one of 23 at large bids on Monday.
The Cougars, however, are also in uncommon territory after it was announced that they were the first of four teams in line to fill in for the NCAA Tournament if a program drops out.
In other words, the Cougars are just one phone call shy of taking a spot on the national stage if an issue arises, but they were not good enough to make it in with an at-large bid.