PROVO — Just like in men’s basketball, no in-state team will represent Utah in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, which kicks off this weekend.
But three teams will continue playing into the postseason.
BYU (20-11) earned the West Coast Conference’s automatic berth to the Women’s NIT after regular-season champion Gonzaga clinched an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament via the WCC Tournament title. The Cougars will face Washington State (12-19) in the tournament’s opening round Thursday at 7 p.m. MDT.
Broadcast plans will be announced closer to game time, but with no television partner for the WNIT until the championship game on CBS Sports Network, it seems likely that BYUtv will be able to pick up the contest.